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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK
I understand that you are not 'bashing' church folk you are just stating the fact of your up-bringing. That is well and good. But do you think that they also saw non-church people that were deadbeats and unethical? I know that the church people or saints are always under the microscope by those outside the body of Christ. Is it fair to say that no one is perfect, but I have seen people outside the body of Christ point at those in it and pick out very bad examples on why they should not join. There are, IMO, many more good ones in this body than there are bad. The reason I used to term body is because we all fit together to be the entire body of Christ. Some people have bad feet and hands, but they do not cut them off because they are hurtful or even useless in some cases. They deal with it cause it is part of the body. There are very bad people in the body, but there are more 'real' people in this thing than there are 'fakes'. It just seems that to bad apples stink more than the good fruit fragrance.
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In my neck of the woods, I'd say the "church folks" were on the scoundrel list much more than the unchurched in my little community where a relative owned a small business. More is expected from those who call themselves preachers and believers than those who make no such claim. As a child it was rather disheartening to see that those who were supposed to be more were those who were less ....and it's even harder to deal with it as an adult. I know there are many good preachers out there. I'm dwelling on the negative here. So, let's just move on. Thank God for all of the good ministers out there who are ethical, honest and trustworthy!...God's gonna judge all of those who are the "aints"...LOL
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