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Old 12-03-2014, 12:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by granpa View Post
is Christianity a business?
if so, what is it selling?
If not, why not?
Christianity is a belief in Jesus as the Messiah -- the way to have peace and reconciliation with God. It is not a business.

There are certainly some churches that act as businesses, though. Don't confuse the slick, money-grubbing televangelist with Christianity.
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Old 12-03-2014, 12:02 PM
 
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Yeah it's worth pointing out (in spite of my previous post) that there *IS* an important semantic distinction here... Churches are businesses. Religions are not.
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