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I think it's a bold claim to make, that conservative religious communities are comprised of humans who don't lie, cheat, steal, and have their libido under cont
by pavel_lishin 3y ago
I think it's a bold claim to make, that conservative religious communities are comprised of humans who don't lie, cheat, steal, and have their libido under control.
I'm sure some exist, just by dint of probability, but plenty more are made of regular stock humans like you or me, or worse.
- brightball 3y agoAll churches are full of sinners just like hospitals are full of sick people. You're there to get well.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoWell, I'm not. But it's a good point, one that hopefully everyone there agrees on in mind and heart.
- ethbr1 3y agoThe difference is that doctors and nurses are certified and policed.
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- brightball 3y agoPastors are as well. Just differently. Each church has a board of elders who will hire/fire/correct/counsel the pastors. At most protestant churches at least. I can't speak for all churches. I've seen a board of elders remove a megachurch founding pastor. They take their positions seriously.
- ethbr1 3y agoI have more faith in the Protestant and Baptist, more decentralized methods. Catholic monoliths, less so.
- brightball 3y agoI can understand that.
- toyg 3y agoAmerican evangelist preachers are notorious tax-evaders. Just sayin'.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoBeats the other sort of thing religious leaders can get up to.
- DontchaKnowit 3y agoyou are misunderstanding me - I am saying the act of being traditionally conservative - that is embodying the traditionally conservative values of not lying cheating etc - that is counter-cultural. "conservative communities" do not necessarily embody "traditionally conservative values".