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You are displaying hate and anger. I would suggest you go to your local health unit and seek help.

No, I think Canada officially (Parliament) decreed we are a "multicultural" country. That implies officially a hodgepodge of religions and officially not a Christian country. How would that work if none of the religions agree with each other? It means officially Canada has no one culture or belief. It's whatever anyone wants or decides at any given moment.

I don't know of any country that every worked on trying to be officially a diversity of religions. How could it even be defined? Why should a country that historically was built on nominal Christianity become a hodgepodge of religions officially. Can't see how that would work. I doubt it has ever been done and ever worked successfully. There are too many differences between different religions to ever work closely. Isn't that why Trudeau was reported as saying Canada has no culture or was it some other word?

Since you don't tell your religious background and don't say what country you came from, that leaves big questions about why you believe the way you do and why you are so intolerant of me. There must be more to the story that you are not revealing on here. You carry a lot of hate and anger toward a Bible believer. Must be a reason, but you're not saying. Maybe you had some bad experiences in your personal life.

I never advocated for only a Christian nation. Only show some respect for our Christian heritage. Why is that too much to ask? Second thoughts I don't accept your definition of pluralism. I believe in live and let live. People next door can believe whatever they wish. That's just being responsible. I don't accept pluralism if it means agreeing with every ideology and religion in existence. You seem to claim to but I don't believe you would.

That says it all.

And that is what Jesus said it would be like. That's why they threw countless Christians to the lions in the Roman Empire in the early centuries. That's why Rome persecuted millions of people down through the centuries for being heretics. You prove what side you're on.

That's fine. I never said it should have a state religion. I am not in favour of a state religion. But like many countries, there is a culture of one kind or another. Canada's culture is historically Christian. Some or Muslim, some Hindu (India), some Buddhist, etc. Canada's is Christian culture and should remain so. We should not be forced to change by the woke, progressive liberals.

They crucified Jesus because they thought he was a fraud. He warned the world would treat his followers that way.

No, why should it annoy me.? That's just a fact of life. The world is what it is. Bible believes learned from the Bible the way the world is and we understand the Bible says we are in the world but not part of the world. Being part of the world system is a losing proposition. It means millions are heading for a lost eternity if you accept what the Bible says at face value. If you want to be saved, you must be born again. John ch3.

You prove you are very intolerant of people like myself who hold religious beliefs, particularly Biblical. If I was a heathen talking about Islam, Hinduism, aboriginal Mother Earth religion, you would be fine with that. But Biblical beliefs irk you because your conscience is pricked.

Like it or not, Canada was colonized by the settlers who Catholic and Protestant from Europe, who claimed to be Christian. That is a simple fact of history.

What is your religious background? Muslim or Buddhist or ?

Doesn't have to have an official "state religion". That doesn't change the fact that Canada's history is Judeo-Christian and our system is built on that fact. Like it or not, that's the way it is.

At least you declare you're an atheist and that is the reason why you don't care. I understand where you're coming from. It makes no difference to you.

People can believe or support whatever religion they want on their own. But in a public event, officials should not be promoting every religion in the world. Canada is a Christian-founded nation coming from British North America. Are you a Catholic or a Muslim?

All you can do is accuse me lying which shows your character. Seems like you are out of control and not someone anyone can have a civilized conversation with.

Out of respect for the people who do believe and as an example of what is right.

Some globalist, multiculturalist liberals or leftists don't want a Christian prayer to be made in public, but these same liberals gladly force the taxpayers to pay 35 million dollars for a Papal public relations visit to and around Canada by one of the world's largest religions.

It doesn't warrant any kind of battle or federal investigation. It is just the principle of the thing. I would assume many of the people attending and perhaps family members would consider themselves Christians because Canada is in essence still a Christian or Judeo-Christian founded nation whether some like it or not. So it is kind of a insult against those who do because it was not a Christian prayer. People should get over trying to be politically-correct and appease every conceivable ideology and religion in the world in major public functions and events in Canada.

Certainly if you're dumb enough to accept that as a legitimate reason. He is a religious-political leader, but there is no law that says we must bow down and pay 35 million dollars for a trip that is for the Papacy's benefit. That is a convenient excuse to make the taxpayers pay for it. What is the benefit in paying for it there for the millions of Canadians who do not support or belong to the Roman system? When the people in control of the tax strings in Ottawa belong to that organization, there is an obvious conflict of interest. Are you one of them? Are you a member? Were you baptised in it? If so, did you declare your association when commenting on it or are you hiding the truth? Remember, if one is being open and transparent and not recusing yourself, conflicts of interest are to be declared when speaking for or against something.

When Jesus was alive on earth, they were still under the Old Testament law which is why he kept the Sabbath. When he was crucified that all ended and the age of grace began, which is what the Church is under. As already explained, that means we are in a different dispensation and no longer under the Sabbath laws.

Keeping the Sabbath only applied to the Jews during the age of the Law which ended when Christ was crucified on the cross. Christians are not under that command since the crucifixion. "16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: {in meat…: or, for eating and drinking} {respect: or, part} 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." Colossians 2:16, 17 KJV " The Christian community as a whole does not keep the Sabbath because it was a part of the legal requirements of the Law, and according to the New Testament the Christian today is not under such legal requirements like circumcision, Sabbath keeping, even tithing. Instead, we are to produce the righteousness of the Law, the character of Christ, through the Spirit (see Rom. 6:14; 7:1-8:13; 2 Cor. 3:4-18; Gal. 3-5). Further, there are no commandments or exhortations in the New Testament for us to keep the Sabbath. Rather, the early church gathered on the first day of the week in celebration and remembrance of the resurrection. This is evident throughout the book of Acts (cf. also 1 Cor. 16:2 and Acts 20:7). Acts 20:7 is the clearest verse in the New Testament which indicates that Sunday was the normal meeting day of the apostolic church. Paul stayed in Troas for seven days (v. 6) and the church met on the first day of the week." Why do Christians worship on Sunday instead of the Sabbath? | Bible.org

The Reformation led to freedom of conscience and beliefs in the countries where it succeeded. That led to democracy and human rights in Europe and then north America. These things never happened in the countries where there was no Reformation like Spain, Portugal, Italy, central and south America. They pretty well remained in darkness in many areas even to today. Communist revolutions were common. Totalitarianism in Spain. Honduras just now is establishing close relations with Communist China and cut off relations with Taiwan.

The 35 million dollars was to pay for he Pope's visit which involved organizing events. That's all part of the Pope's visit to benefit the Roman Church and papacy. As far as Romanism is concerned, they have 1,700 years of history of brutal treatment of the world. You have a problem. You can't squirm out of it by false accusations.