Religion is a topic that's very tough for some to talk about and can also be dangerous. In some countries you don't dare openly discuss your faith unless it is the faith of the ruling party. There is religious persecution all over the world in many forms.
But here in the US we claim to be a nation founded under GOD, but exactly what GOD is that. Looking over the recent headlines. We had a 12year old girl die because her parents believed in prayer instead of doctors, we have 400 + kids removed from what appears to be a extremist church that marries off the girls as young at 8. Neither of these actions are the wish of my GOD. So how do these people get things so wrong.
The answer is that so many people are just natural born followers. They look for somebody to give them a few shots of motivation and excitement, and then they follow them to the end of the earth. These at one time were simply classified as cults, but today that is the structure of many mainstream traditional churches. These arrogant and self empowered pastors are hiding inside our traditional Catholic and Lutheran churches right here in our area. They preach membership growth instead of doctrine, they want members instead of believers, they throw away traditions because they seem too churchy and they abandon the beautiful historic looking churches and build worship centers, praise centers and spritual growth auditoriums. These days it's almost impossible to see a difference between the average motivational, self help, get rich quick seminar and the average Sunday praise service. Sing some current songs, clap your hands, hear how the Lord wants you to prosper and the best way for that to happen is give more to the "pastors' latest pet project.
Today it is acceptable to many that church leaders lie, or taint the truth to get that budget passed. Withholding facts from congregations is done to eliminate unproductive disagreements. It is acceptable to have anybody lead a bible study, reagrdless of his understanding of the bible, just so long as the church can count the number of participants. The message is all about join us and follow us, instead of follow the Lord's word.
So before we shake our heads and pass judgement against the young girl's parents, or the mothers in the FLDS, we should look at our own church. What do we allow to take place that veers off from our true beliefs and allows members to follow the preacher instead of The Teacher. When did it become accpetable to force families out of churches because they disagree with the personal plan of a preacher. Why is the only conversation about maintaing one's faith is generally related to disasters or national elections. The answer is we've allowed our faith to be dumbed down to praise songs and bumper stickers. The more symbols on your car, the better christian you think you are. The more total times we participate in anything, the less time we have to spend trying to understand all that difficult terminology and translations of the Lord's Word.
Faith For Dummies, $19.85 - buy it now at your local praise center and feel good about yourself tomorrow.
So i see the outcome of the dems primary and i can hardly believe it.. Is wisconsin really ready to elect a guy that has done nothing, has no experience, and has only vague outlines for his plans.. God help us all..
looks like a lot of right-wingers voted for Obama so johnny boy wouldn't have an experienced candidate to run against..
If you think i'm wrong, name one legitimate accomplishment of Obama.. (being a black senator is not an accomplishment, it's genetic)
now that football is finally over, we can all focus on the real sport of men, nascar. Thank you to WFXS for working out a deal with charter to get HD on in time for the daytona 500. my two favorite shows in HD are NASCAR and American Idol. i like to dream that i'm either in the car or on stage myself. makes the cold winters pass quicker.
I like your new site.. I think your community section could be cool if you promote it well and get people involved.. Your old forums were not well maintained..
I felt the need to comment on both the FOX-GM's and the Pack4ever statements about the NFL Network and the missing Packer games.. I would have to agree that the NFL seems destined to make us pay through the nose to watch our team. While I would love to believe the NFL that Charter should add it to thier basic tier and not charge us, that's a pretty lame argument since the NFL wants to be paid about $80,000 a month by Charter.. Add to that the local taxes and a profit margin for Charter, and Wausau area fans would be shelling out over $100,000 a month for 12 months to watch the NFL Network.
Some of my very dear friends are upset because they are "stock holders" of the Pack.. And now the team wants them to pay again.. What happened to the loyalty to the fans who have supported this team through a lot more bad times than good.. Our team has betrayed us..
