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Bowling Alone: How Washington Has Helped Destroy American Civil Society and Family Life
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Posted on 08/29/2019 12:55:37 PM PDT by ammodotcom

Church attendance in the United States is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll released in April 2019. This decline has not been a steady one. Indeed, over the last 20 years, church attendance has fallen by 20 percent. This might not sound like cause for concern off the bat. And if you’re not a person of faith, you might rightly wonder why you would care about such a thing.

Church attendance is simply a measure of something deeper: social cohesion.

It is our position that civil society – those elements of society which exist independently of big government and big business – are essential to a functioning and free society. What’s more, these institutions are in rapid decline in the United States, and have been for over 50 years.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; church; family; government; welfare
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To: null and void

[There was a Saint Freddy Mercury candle in the rogue’s galley at the top.]

wow


41 posted on 08/29/2019 7:51:50 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: null and void

There’s one for Britney Spears and of course, Lady Gaga.

Makes perfect sense. Need one for Mussolini, one for Stalin and why not Judas Iscariot with a sacred heart, while they’re at it.

There was another Cardi B version, too. With the whole sacred heart thing.


42 posted on 08/29/2019 8:03:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: null and void; metmom; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal

The Saint Beyonce (with sacred heart, of course) has a wonderful message. Should be great for the children (on the left).

There is also St. Elvis, St. Marilyn Monroe and of course St. Chance the Rapper.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/501512542/celebrity-saint-candle-celeb-prayer?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=beyonce+saint+candle&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1


43 posted on 08/29/2019 8:11:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

The left love to sanctify all that they believe in.


44 posted on 08/29/2019 9:31:00 PM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: melsec

Yes they do. And they see nothing wrong with it.

In fact they think they’re doing a great “work”.


45 posted on 08/29/2019 10:19:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

True that!


46 posted on 08/30/2019 5:42:43 AM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: melsec
The left love to sanctify all that they believe in.

While mocking Christians who believe in God.

47 posted on 08/30/2019 6:25:30 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: SaveFerris

That bottom candle?

Put an Oprah one next to it and you have the Dem ticket for 2020.

#OprahMO2020!


48 posted on 08/30/2019 6:27:11 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Pelham

“Too much diversity”

Diversity: Sponsored by the Father of Lies.

Biblical Prophecy in montion.


49 posted on 08/30/2019 6:34:33 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Mr. Lucky

No intent to be impolite. :) Figured fellow FReepers would appreciate the article that’s all.


50 posted on 08/30/2019 10:23:57 AM PDT by ammodotcom
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To: SaveFerris

Buddy, I never break fellowship with anyone over:

Dispensationalism
Ceassasetionism
Arminiansism
Calvinism
or any other way the Spirit leads you to perfect your faith!

One man’s “apostate and backslider” is another’s “beloved founder of our denomination”. It’s all good if you know the Shepherd’s voice...


51 posted on 08/30/2019 11:11:16 AM PDT by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: L,TOWM

Thanks, FRiend.


52 posted on 08/30/2019 12:02:15 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Syncro

53 posted on 08/30/2019 12:05:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Chant:

Oh

Prah

Mo

2 Oh

2 OH

OprahMO2020


54 posted on 08/30/2019 3:00:50 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro

She’s another false prophet who helped bring false prophet Barack.

Same spiritual adviser at one time - Dr. Jeremiah Daddy Rich Wright, Jr.


55 posted on 08/30/2019 3:14:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: PGR88

I have heard that China’s largest club is a yoga club, and their government still infiltrates it with spies to keep a close eye on what members are saying to one another.


56 posted on 07/29/2020 10:45:49 PM PDT by ammodotcom
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To: Dr. Sivana

I hope it didn’t come across that way. We do discuss the book and link to its Amazon page in the first part of the article.


57 posted on 07/29/2020 10:47:08 PM PDT by ammodotcom
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To: ammodotcom
I hope it didn’t come across that way. We do discuss the book and link to its Amazon page in the first part of the article.

My apologies. I was working within the ongoing Free Republic tradition of only reading the excerpt.
58 posted on 07/30/2020 7:41:28 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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