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Did the pastor of your church speak about the assassination attempt?
7/14/24 | Me

Posted on 07/14/2024 8:32:22 AM PDT by heartwood

I was shocked that my pastor said nothing. It is a fairly conservative church in a very liberal, wealthy town full of influential people - many of them having some power to shape public discourse - not that those are necessarily church-goers.

But I expected prayers for peace, for the safety of leaders and candidates, for us as a nation to handle disagreements with reason, fairness, gentleness.


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What was your experience?
1 posted on 07/14/2024 8:32:22 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: heartwood

Our parish priest was out of town for a family wedding, but his pinch hitter discussed it, and we prayed for DJT and out nation.


2 posted on 07/14/2024 8:35:29 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: heartwood

They don’t think they can afford to offend the members who happen to be rich communists. This applies in very “conservative” churches.


3 posted on 07/14/2024 8:36:11 AM PDT by old-ager
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To: heartwood

I haven’t gone to mass yet, but in my time going to different Protestant/Evangelical services, I always found the prayers to be so insular and only relevant to people inside the church…Growing upCatholic however, I remember praying for “peace in the Middle East” before I knew what the Middle East was! And to this day praying for the unborn, praying for our leaders. This is a sort of mainstay on Sundays…


4 posted on 07/14/2024 8:38:16 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: old-ager

Didn’t want to offend liberals


5 posted on 07/14/2024 8:38:34 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: heartwood

I stopped attending churches that focus on politics 10 years ago. So, no mention. I was up half the night, praying. I do not need a church or a man to tell me to pray.


6 posted on 07/14/2024 8:38:49 AM PDT by exnavy
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To: heartwood

For that matter, what exactly did the enemedia all say? https://rumble.com/v56vd39-dr.-simone-gold-reveals-major-media-blackout-of-attempted-assassination-of-.html

This observation by Dr. Simone Gold who as at the center of Times Square is quite revealing.... I don’t think I saw a time on any of the monitors but she said at the beginning that she had just heard the news....


7 posted on 07/14/2024 8:39:13 AM PDT by hecticskeptic ( )
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To: heartwood

Catholic. Priest talked about political violence and extolled the fact that Democrats & Republicans denounced the assassination attempt but never mentioned President Trump by name.


8 posted on 07/14/2024 8:39:50 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: heartwood

We prayed as a congregation concerning the rancor that leads to such a thing. We use bidding prayer format, so President Trump was mentioned in the bid.


9 posted on 07/14/2024 8:41:08 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (In a world of parrots and lemmings, be a watchdog.)
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To: heartwood

Our lead Paster was off but the sub mentioned the assassination attempt,
but not strong enough for me.


10 posted on 07/14/2024 8:41:50 AM PDT by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: heartwood

Don’t know yet: we go to Mass at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. I find that our Spanish-speaking congregation is pretty tuned out on American politics, so we’ll see. The Nicaraguan exile priest talks about current events sometimes, though.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 8:44:51 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: heartwood
It will come down to this.

Is church to worship God or discuss politics?

12 posted on 07/14/2024 8:48:22 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: heartwood

Non-denominational means they accept money from anyone.


13 posted on 07/14/2024 8:48:36 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: heartwood

If my pastor had said nothing, I’d change pastors.


14 posted on 07/14/2024 8:50:20 AM PDT by Ken Regis (I concur )
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To: heartwood

What happened yesterday was evil. And, if those who are charged with shepherding the flock, in your church, don’t address that evil, then you need to find a new church! That’s not difficult calculus.


15 posted on 07/14/2024 8:51:12 AM PDT by old school
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To: heartwood

We got one remark in passing about “how divisive our country has become”, but that could apply any week for the last few decades. No specific mention of Trump, no special prayer, nothing.


16 posted on 07/14/2024 8:51:25 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: heartwood

Yes.
Our pastor almost always reminds us to pray for our political representatives and the people that advise them. And today to pray for families of victims as well as for Trump.


17 posted on 07/14/2024 8:52:33 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: old school

Agree


18 posted on 07/14/2024 8:54:07 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: heartwood

Did your church take PPP money...?

If so, nuff said.


19 posted on 07/14/2024 8:57:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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From late last year...

Billions in Federal Aid Helped Christian Orgs Survive the Pandemic A CT analysis of federal data shows that ministries received about $7 billion in forgiven PPP loans, with about a third of US churches receiving funding.

20 posted on 07/14/2024 8:58:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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