Cinnabar (10-21-2019), PoliTalker (10-21-2019), Trumpet (10-21-2019)
I hate to have to agree with this, but you are right. Rather than a way of life, for many it's a super special club only for those personally invited, where you are taught that you are better than everyone else. The compassion taught by Christ is twisted into sneering pity tinged with scorn for those not of the one true faith. If you doubt that, just look at how the ppl on this board who bleat the loudest about their faith use it as a bludgeon rather than an example of a better way.
I've noticed in my many years that those who talk the loudest about possessing something -- their intelligence, their honesty, their money, their sexual prowess, their religion -- are the ones who don't have it at all.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Cinnabar (10-21-2019), PoliTalker (10-21-2019), Trumpet (10-21-2019)
What do you know of Evangelicals? Have you attend our churches? Have you attended mine?
NO! You haven't, and you never did. You, like others, make up your own pathetic interpretations when you have no knowledge whatsoever. You're an idiot, always have been and always will be. Climb back under the (you know who's) skirt and go away. You're nothing but an irrelevant twit.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
ThatOwlWoman (10-21-2019)
Thank you for illustrating how alleged Xtians on political boards use their religion. It's not a way of life that makes you (group you) a better person; it's a social club that makes you think you're better than others. You use the Bible as a brick, not as a guide to improving yourself and your relationship to God.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Trumpet (10-21-2019)
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
TOP (10-21-2019)
Hello ThatOwlWoman,
We have got to talk about politics. I am sorry if people are bothered by discussing big things that affect their lives and the world, but it is a social responsibility to keep oneself informed and politically engaged. The country cannot run on auto-pilot. This is a do-it-yourself country. We have to run it ourselves. If we shirk this responsibility there are very powerful figures ready and eager to take control and mold it into the country which benefits them. Far too much of that has already occurred. We have to make politics an every day discussion with as many people as possible involved. Apathy is the enemy of the people.
Trump got it totally wrong. The media is the friend of the people. The enemy is really apathy.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
That's quite an ironic question coming from someone who doesn't know Jade yet viciously launched an uncalled-for personal attack on him merely for pointing out the meaning of the word "evangelical." Why do you have such animosity towards a fellow Xtian who you do not know? Rather than maybe enlightening him on what *you* think the word "evangelical" means, you said this "You're an idiot, always have been and always will be. Climb back under the (you know who's) skirt and go away. You're nothing but an irrelevant twit." Is that what your church teaches you to say to other ppl, especially a fellow Christian?
I willingly admit to having animosity towards anyone who wants to insert his/her religious beliefs into our government and public life. I don't want Muslim laws, I don't want Christian laws, I don't want Hindu laws. I want secular law only.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
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