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SWBTATTReg

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6. I agree w/ you. Too many preachers and the like have been charged w/ corruption and ...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 12:24 PM

Oct 2019

such, and too many are way too political, so they obviously have a hidden agenda of some sorts, and aren't really interested in the teachings of the bible. Folks see how toxic they are and stay away. I don't blame them. They deserve every bit of it.

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