Article about Canada's empty Churches


	Article about Canada's empty Churches

Antara

10-11-2009 7:19 PM

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get off yer butt and go to church :)

Antara says:

best part: author's name is Mohammad !

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10-12-2009 2:17 AM

BartendingBear

Accept that people are wising up to the lie that organized religion is.

10-12-2009 5:41 AM

Antara

You better 'wise up' as to what is replacing it.

10-12-2009 9:41 AM

BartendingBear

One gang of thieves (commonly a subset of the first) replacing another. Nothing hard to figure out there.

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