NJ Governor shuts places of worship, but deems liquor stores "essential"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't DC the same? Churches closed, liquor stores open?

Shhhhhh! Suport local alchoolics.

[Anonymous]

The worse part.. those liquored store found their ways to a residential shopping centers.. sadly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The worse part.. those liquored store found their ways to a residential shopping centers.. sadly.

OMG! You can buy LIQUOR at a strip mall?!? Better call US Teetotalers Association!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worse part.. those liquored store found their ways to a residential shopping centers.. sadly.

OMG! You can buy LIQUOR at a strip mall?!? Better call US Teetotalers Association!

If you run out, just ask the neighbors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t get it. Closing liquor stores would result in:

- black markets

- alcoholics going through withdrawal, many at hospitals

This plus increased abuse of other kinds. Turning to other drugs. Looting and break-ins. All this would fill the ERs with stupid people and the people they harmed, and would keep police and other first responders busy with stupid stuff.

Think.

I, too, haven't had communion in more than a month. I want to go to church. I am staying home because that is the highest form of worship right now; to put others before myself!

I hope you're attedning services on line. Otherwise, it's sinful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alcohol is one of the tried and worked methods of running nations.

True.

[Anonymous]

Apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, you don't usually have more than 10 people in a liquor store at one time. Hopefully they are also doing pick up or carry out. You can't have all the people in NJ detoxing at once.

Some religious groups think they are special and exempt and can cause plagues to spread. Its not a good look. Looking at you evangelical megachurches and super conservative Jews.

Every single Orthodox rabbi that I am aware of has ruled that minyanim are completely forbidden right now. The Lakewood Va'ad issued a ruling over Pesach in very strong terms. Every village has its idiot, but there is no community sanction for this kind of embarrassing chutzpah. Quite the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gov says liquor stores are essential to mental health, yet he arrests 15 individuals in a synagogue.

I love Dems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gov says liquor stores are essential to mental health, yet he arrests 15 individuals in a synagogue.

I love Dems.

Do you also love "Reps," because they are doing the exact same thing? IN and MD Republican governors, doing the exact. same. thing. Liquor stores open, churches and all places of worship closed. Hogan even went after the BBQ folks!

But you gotta love "Dems," right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be dim.

Many liquor stores also sell food items and may be the only store in a neighborhood.

Also, alcoholics can't just dry up on a whim... then you have angry people stuck at home, taking it out on their families.


But ANY religious organization can live stream their service on Facebook.

We aren't allows in our locale becasue having a priest in the church building violates the stay at home order. So let's not pretend everyone is able to worship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worse part.. those liquored store found their ways to a residential shopping centers.. sadly.

OMG! You can buy LIQUOR at a strip mall?!? Better call US Teetotalers Association!

No not a strip mall.. it is a precise location WITHIN the residential communities all over MoCo…
do you know what else comes with the booze? Crime.

[Anonymous]

Prohibition did not work in this country. It increased illegal activity. It increased mob activity. It made the Kennedys wealthy beyond belief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t get it. Closing liquor stores would result in:

- black markets

- alcoholics going through withdrawal, many at hospitals

This plus increased abuse of other kinds. Turning to other drugs. Looting and break-ins. All this would fill the ERs with stupid people and the people they harmed, and would keep police and other first responders busy with stupid stuff.

Think.

I, too, haven't had communion in more than a month. I want to go to church. I am staying home because that is the highest form of worship right now; to put others before myself!

I hope you're attedning services on line. Otherwise, it's sinful.

meh.. considering that God send the plague, the suffering happened first so sin should be cancelled by prior suffering.

Excuse me but which exactly command is that you need to go to the church every Sunday?
You are NOT confusing the commandment of celebrating the holiday right? Because it is an open ended suggestion,
it does NOT specify that you need to leave the house as such to go and worship elsewhere or even online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t get it. Closing liquor stores would result in:

- black markets

- alcoholics going through withdrawal, many at hospitals

This plus increased abuse of other kinds. Turning to other drugs. Looting and break-ins. All this would fill the ERs with stupid people and the people they harmed, and would keep police and other first responders busy with stupid stuff.

Think.

I, too, haven't had communion in more than a month. I want to go to church. I am staying home because that is the highest form of worship right now; to put others before myself!

I hope you're attedning services on line. Otherwise, it's sinful.

I am the person you replied to. While I am, indeed, attending services online, it would not be "sinful" for me not to. God does not live in a building. The way to communicate with him is not through a priest, a pastor, a pope, a deacon, a nun, or any other human conduit.