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Yet the NBA begins their season the same day, and people will pack the stands and gather around the tv.

Just a matter of people picking their gods. Same can be said of people that get up at 1am to stand outside a store for hours to get 20 bucks off a tv, but are too tired at 10am Sundays to make it to church.

They are just not Christians.

So make a later service time. Noon, maybe? This is exactly why I don’t attend church anymore. Pastors are weak in one way or the other, whether they’re just motivational speakers like Joel Osteen or showmen like Ed Young, Jr., or just weak men like Bob Oliver who don’t want to be an “imposition”, these are the kinds of “pastors” who are destroying the body of Christ. I can literally have more connection with The Lord in my own household, and it’s a sad day and age when the communal fellowship of CHURCH is all but extinct.

HAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!

Growing up if Christmas landed on a Sunday it was extra special. My parents made sure we attended church and then we would have a special Christmas dinner. Although I’m not religious now I find it interesting that here in the middle of the bible belt pastors aren’t preaching on Christmas day.

What about the family? This pastor is simply saying celebrate Christmas with your family and honor the birth of Christ with your family instead of dragging them out to attend a gathering in a building. I think it is honorable that he cares more about family spending time together than opening the church doors.

Funny how people today are more interested in an excuse rather than actually taking part.

I also think it is funny how my first comment the night of the broadcast did not make it to the website.

My comment was how I thought it was a shame how CBS showed video taped images of an ash wednesday service at a catholic church then also of an Easter service, but yet the story had nothing to do with the catholic church at all. Was this for promotional purposes? I think CBS should be ashamed. The Catholics have enough trouble with the media as it is. That was very poor journalism and a low & cheap shot.

In the video the clip with Roger Raymer (and his name is Raymer not Rymer as printed above) says “Church Closed.” His church held services of Christmas morning. The credit in the video is deceiving. Also, the story above says, “‘Our church family would be disappointed, if we didn’t have church on Christmas Sunday,’ Oliver said.” Oliver didn’t say this, Raymer did. Oliver’s church was closed. Pure sloppiness on the part of these “journalists.”