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Title: Should a President regularly attend Church services? Post by: Marv on October 20, 2004, 09:54:57 AM Hi,
A recent article in the New Republic talked about Presidential habits concerning church attendance. The gist of the article was current President is not regular, Reagan was not regular, Clinton was regular, Carter was regular (even taught Sunday School). Link is: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=vKO1twmWG2Uvnyi2qoWQfW%3D%3D (http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=vKO1twmWG2Uvnyi2qoWQfW%3D%3D) So what do you think? Marv Title: Re:Should a President regularly attend Church services? Post by: sincereheart on October 20, 2004, 10:08:03 AM Quote So what do you think? Marv I think this: "Unlike certain past presidents they could name but won't--ahem, cough, Bill Clinton--Bush doesn't feel the need to prove his religiosity." was funny! :-X And this: "It shouldn't really matter. A president's religious habits often reveal far less about his faith than the decisions he makes." makes sense. :) Title: So you don't think a Christian needs to attend worship? Post by: Marv on October 20, 2004, 10:16:35 AM Is that what you are saying? That a Christian doesn't really need to attend services.
I run into people all the time who say they are Christian but they just don't feel a need to worship God at church services. Are you saying they are correct? Marv Title: Re:So you don't think a Christian needs to attend worship? Post by: sincereheart on October 20, 2004, 10:22:09 AM Is that what you are saying? That a Christian doesn't really need to attend services. I run into people all the time who say they are Christian but they just don't feel a need to worship God at church services. Are you saying they are correct? Marv Did I say all that? :-\ Did I actually say any of that? :-\ What is church? How do we know he's not attending? :) Title: That's why I asked Post by: Marv on October 20, 2004, 12:52:59 PM You said this:
I think this: "Unlike certain past presidents they could name but won't--ahem, cough, Bill Clinton--Bush doesn't feel the need to prove his religiosity." was funny! Which sounded like you were agreeing that attending church was just done to "prove" religiosity. And this: And this: "It shouldn't really matter. A president's religious habits often reveal far less about his faith than the decisions he makes." makes sense. Seems to say that you don't think it really matters. What did I misread? And what do you mean by What is church? I would think that we shouldn't have to define that. It's pretty generally known where the President goes so his attendance or nonattendance is known. Marv Title: Re:Should a President regularly attend Church services? Post by: sincereheart on October 20, 2004, 01:43:40 PM LOL Marv. I had to check and make sure this wasn't in the debate section. It isn't. ;)
You said: Quote So what do you think? I thought one quote was funny and I thought one quote made sense. :) Quote And what do you mean by What is church? I would think that we shouldn't have to define that. It's pretty generally known where the President goes so his attendance or nonattendance is known. Is it considered 'church' if there is an assembling of believers? Or does it have to be in a a manmade building to be considered 'church'? If you see The Church as the Body of Christ then it doesn't have to be held strictly in a building; it can be wherever two or more are gathered in His name. :) |