Angry neighborhoods

[ThomasEugene]

I cannot really understand why the neighbors of the intercessors of the Lamb in Omaha are very angry with them. They are angry over their being tax-exempt. A neighbor said it’s easy to make a religious organization, so why allow them to be tax-exempt.

She said, “I’m surrounded by the Intercessors of the Lamb. I could possibly start my own church and become tax exempt… I can find a supreme being that I’m praying to.”

What do you think? I’m giving links:

ketv.com/news/15765529/detail.html
omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10534289&u_rss=1&
wowt.com/home/headlines/17196606.html

Laws at USA are really different with ours. Religous orders are very welcome in our neighborhood.

I can smell something atheist in the news.

 

[abort73catholic]

I cannot really understand why the neighbors of the intercessors of the Lamb in Omaha are very angry with them. They are angry over their being tax-exempt. A neighbor said it’s easy to make a religious organization, so why allow them to be tax-exempt.

She said, “I’m surrounded by the Intercessors of the Lamb.** I could possibly start my own church** and become tax exempt… I can find a supreme being that I’m praying to.”

What do you think? I’m giving links:

ketv.com/news/15765529/detail.html
omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10534289&u_rss=1&
wowt.com/home/headlines/17196606.html

Laws at USA are really different with ours. Religous orders are very welcome in our neighborhood.

I can smell something atheist in the news.

I’d like to see that.

Some people get bent out of shape over the smallest things.

Anyways…I don’t know. I live in Nebraska, about 2 hours away from Omaha, and I don’t understand why people have such a problem over this.

 

[Dale_M]

I live in Iowa (which is the state to the east) and have family in Nebraska. My opinions aren’t necessarily correct, but I wonder if this religious order has been doing a very good job communicating with the public.

Neighbors long have been perplexed by the teal-colored-robe-wearing brothers and sisters of the group. The Intercessors, who live as hermits but in clusters, smile but rarely speak as they stroll the neighborhood.

They live in at least 15 homes in the neighborhood — yet no neighbors know where they’ve come from or their full names. Neighbors have fought some of the group’s developments, including the tax-exempt status of several houses.

Three women in the neighborhood said they’ve tried several times, without success, to set up a small meeting.

“I have no concern with their religious beliefs,” said neighbor Jane Matsui. "I’m also a Catholic, and I believe in the power of prayer.

“But I don’t feel that it is a Catholic tradition to not communicate with your neighbors.”

omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10534289&u_rss=1&

To me, the problem seems an inexcusable failure of public relations on the part of the religious order.

 

[ThomasEugene]

I live in Iowa (which is the state to the east) and have family in Nebraska. My opinions aren’t necessarily correct, but I wonder if this religious order has been doing a very good job communicating with the public.

omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10534289&u_rss=1&

To me, the problem seems an inexcusable failure of public relations on the part of the religious order.

I know the Intercessors are very hospitable. I think what the neighborhood is complaining is that they want them to attend quartely meetings. But what i am confused about is why are they so angered with their being tax-exempt.