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Mariana

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19. Churches don't like competition.
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 08:35 PM
Dec 2017

If there is anything else to do on Sunday, fewer people will attend services, and there will be less money in the collection plate.

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Hmmm 3auld6phart Dec 2017 #1
"Just sitting in the house and reading that 'Book'"? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #6
No working on the Sabbath? SCVDem Dec 2017 #12
My stove has a "sabbath" mode JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #13
Really? No Joke? nt. druidity33 Dec 2017 #15
Not joking. Never used it, but came across it while reading the manual. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #16
Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #21
Damn Gideons stick to seedy hotel rooms. Historic NY Dec 2017 #2
When I lived LittleGirl Dec 2017 #3
Good for her for standing up to bullies. Bullies, no matter how it's done, are Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #4
This is a miracle, brothers & sisters. JNelson6563 Dec 2017 #5
I remember in the 70s in Texas you could go into a grocery store but only shop demigoddess Dec 2017 #7
Missouri, same decade: El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #8
I think you could buy beer after 12 noon on Sunday. Demtexan Dec 2017 #18
3.2 but it'll do. El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #22
Blue laws. Demtexan Dec 2017 #17
Orthodox areas of Brooklyn and Long Island force the shopkeepers to close on Saturdays. dhol82 Dec 2017 #9
My brother couldn't buy a car in Denver on a Sunday More_Cowbell Dec 2017 #10
Can't buy a car in Minnesota on Sumday forever Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #14
Colorado 1990s... El Mimbreno Dec 2017 #23
Yeah, nothing says charity (loving kindness) like bullying someone. n/t sarge43 Dec 2017 #11
Churches don't like competition. Mariana Dec 2017 #19
Why do these ilk assume that their god ... GeorgeGist Dec 2017 #20
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