Comments on: ABC 7 News Calls Shiloh Baptist Church – “Shady”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:25:49 +0000

you guys can debate about religion till your blue in the face. but people will believe what they want. and really what matters in this is the law. and tax evasion.
everything else is just opinion.

you garner more respect when you stick to the issues. the cars pastors drive is really no ones business. `

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:08:51 +0000

what business is it to anyone but the congregation what the pastors drive? none. get off your moral narrow viewed high horse.
stick to the issues, not what you think religion or christianity or whatever should be….shiloh is an official church and has legal status as such. regardless of what you think about it.

now, tax evasion.. different story. whole different story. whole nother criminal story..

and yes, shiloh has been making changes and is trying to do more for those that have it hard.

By: Sampson

Sampson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:42:33 +0000

We will build our properties up on 9th and P street N.W., Washington, D.C. God has a plan for every congreation, we will create homes for members in the communities, a senor Citizens home and a Youth Center. It is time for us to use our talents, gifts and Build our shaw community up. God bless, 2009. Goal 20010. Let us go forth and build our community to help those in need, listen to our ancestors that have create a pathway for us, we must now create a pathway for the children, youth, young adults, and the elderly.

By: Sampson

Sampson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:39:59 +0000

By: Neener

Neener — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:09:11 +0000

Cupcake, sure you are fooling yourself.

The “Con” in Christianity is that God created the world, planets, water, animals and people and not, you know, following scientific explanations. You willfully misread the 11:06 comments to proselytize. That itself is lying or at best a sin of omission.

I find your comments bizarre to the point of irrationality and the idea that someone would have to be “hurt” by a Christian to believe in evolution is almost obscenely self-indulgent. I have no problem telling you to go back to your hole.

By: am2o

am2o — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:04:56 +0000

MMM:

Manipulation of the vacant property list in dc is both common and corrupt.
The last time I looked (a year or so ago), the list was kept in an excel file that anyone on the network at DCRA could manipulate:

Call it in, and theoritically an inspector goes to “inspect” – however since there is no audit trail of changes to the spreadsheet – anything can happen. IF DCRA wished to fix corruption allegations on the vacant propertly list, they would make an auditable database so that they know why entries get modified. None of this “none of our people are corrupt” business.

And yes, I am speaking of E. Rice, sector supervisor.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:42:06 +0000

The most important Christian principle is that Jesus died for our sins, that His death paid the price for humankind’s sins. The love thy neighbor and forgiveness behaviors as well as other good works are an outward manifestation and testimony of God’s saving power within us. And I don’t even go to church.

By: SundayDriver

SundayDriver — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:08:31 +0000

So back to the matter at hand; if the vacant properties upset the neighbors so much, why don’t they form a Sunday morning picket? Easter is coming up and it would make for great local news and perhaps pressure the church to do something. Of course if neighbors really want to hit the church where it counts, they could park in all the diagonal parking spaces on 9th Street early Sunday morning. No one said those spaces were reserved only for Maryland churchgoers.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:54:06 +0000

Um, cupcake? You should look at some really well-done survey studies of American religion. Pretty much everthing you just said is wrong.

By: cupcake

cupcake — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:10:46 +0000

Well yes, but the purpose is not to be wicked – there are lessons to be learned from wicked behavior – no? The Bible is a complex document, written by human beings. If you start trying to take it as absolute truth it goes down a very bad path – most Christians do not interpret the bible this way.

For instance, despite media reports, most Christians believe in the science behind the formation of the world and the evolution of the beings that inhabit it. They believe that the systems that allow this to happen were created by God. But, they don’t believe that God created the world magically in 7 days.

Yes, I believe that love of neighbor, putting yourself before others, forgiveness, etc. should be principles of humanity, but they are the principles on which Christianity is founded.