tpaine posted:gyaa wheere's kraphead?@ or fuckin' blinkie. i want to talk to my forums support netwerk where is paul
Here for you always
cars posted:for those people I'd suggest Assemblies of God or the "Church of God" that's based out of Cleveland Tennessee because they're free, they'll link you up with left-liberal activism and also they're hemorrhaging members badly right now so you'll be treated like water in the desert.
are you mixed up b/c i'm pretty sure assembly of god is reactionary as fuck and also growing rapidly
wtf way to ninja the whole paragraph i was responding to. rude!!
shriekingviolet posted:a megachurch mall of god destroyed the local congregations in my home town that way too. it's a pretty common tactic i think. the bigger ones will eradicate small churches by generously giving them rent-free space for services in side chapels which makes the poaching process even faster: they're already in the building!
lol sorry
i was never sure exactly how systematized it was but it seemed pretty slick, their pastor dude moved in and immediately started coaching volleyball and girls basketball, and two/three years later my parents' church was nothing but olds
Landmark will try to talk you into getting all your friends and family to come to them, but I don't consider encouraging proselytizing to be cult behavior unless it's done as an underhanded means of trying to get you to alienate everyone else you know by insisting that you proselytize in ways that are almost always ineffective which is also a big thing in a lot of right-wing Protestant Christian sects.
thirdplace posted:are you mixed up b/c i'm pretty sure assembly of god is reactionary as fuck and also growing rapidly
There are multiple sects named Assemblies of God and Church of God. I don't really keep track of which ones are which anymore.
if the answer to all these questions is Yes, then your stupid community is either a church or a sports club or a splinter maoist sect and you should seek help immediately
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cars posted:If you're trying to get married fast I recommend the Mormons.
Will I get married to a local during my time biking around some random city's downtown area asking pedestrians if they've noticed how weird my hair choices are.
Keven posted:Will I get married to a local during my time biking around some random city's downtown area asking pedestrians if they've noticed how weird my hair choices are.
MENO: This is so.
blinkandwheeze posted:I agree with tpaine about god not being real and church being stupid.
Same.
damn this shit is already 9 years old
cars posted:People call Landmark a cult but I wouldn't call them that
Landmark will try to talk you into getting all your friends and family to come to them, but I don't consider encouraging proselytizing to be cult behavior unless it's done as an underhanded means of trying to get you to alienate everyone else you know by insisting that you proselytize in ways that are almost always ineffective which is also a big thing in a lot of right-wing Protestant Christian sects.
ah so instead of being a cult its just a MLM scheme. sounds so much better.
shriekingviolet posted:a megachurch mall of god destroyed the local congregations in my home town that way too. it's a pretty common tactic i think. the bigger ones will eradicate small churches by generously giving them rent-free space for services in side chapels which makes the poaching process even faster: they're already in the building!
wtf way to ninja the whole paragraph i was responding to. rude!!
i cant believe the religious people got taken in by a bigger scam
cars posted:shriekingviolet posted:what if money and vague liberal platitudes are my god. what then cars.
"Church of God" that's based out of Cleveland Tennessee