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what does this church mean to you?

Submitted by Judith on December 1, 2008 - 9:10pm
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Hy my name is Judith, I am just looking the movie "Shopping for Jesus". Through this movie I heard about this church. I have to write a paper about a social, political, religious group in the states (I am a german exange student) I wounder about writing my paper about you church because ist facinating me. The problem is, that I have to get a few statements from members of the group I am gooing to write about. Threfore my request:

Are there a few of us how could just write me, what this church means to you? How long are you a member? What made you join the church. What is the most important thing for you about the chuch of stop shopping? How do you participate?

I would be realy happy if a few of you could answer... thank you!
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could you make a more complete profile?

Submitted by Evergreen0306 on December 1, 2008 - 11:15pm.
from one researcher to another, you could be the shopping education police for all i know, trying to infiltrate the unaflicted and force me/us into re-education shopping camps, centers, or worse, malls. could you tell us or me what school are you are doing this paper for, and would you be willing to post the final copy on this site somewhere please and thank you? that'd be sweet

from a fairly new member

Submitted by Evergreen0306 on December 1, 2008 - 11:04pm.
I joined the site approximately 6 hours ago after hearing member Savitri D speak today December 1, 2008 on Democracy Now! She said perfectly in one concice parapraph which resonated with what I'm about:

"I see this death, this untimely death, as the time to enlarge the moment and look at how stores have protected American shoppers from violence and companies like Wal-Mart make it seem like there is no violence in the consumer cycle. This is the huge cycle of violence beginning with resources extracted from the earth and ending with things return to landfills and poisoning our water. So this moment is something we all have to enlarge, we have to look to, we have to learn from it and we have to educate ourselves. As citizens, we have to understand our culpability, but we also have to hold these corporations responsible."

I joined in solidarity over the death of Jdimytai Damour - not to make a martyr out of tragedy, but to use the power of the moment and the media to brighten the spotlight on the disease of consumerism. 

The most important aspect of the church is mediation through education.

This is how I participate - helping and sharing ideas and concepts with others.

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