Honoring my oath
Atheists believe there is no high road since, to them, it's all arbitrary. To religious adherents, the high road is defined by the precepts of their religion. Some people represent and live those precepts, others, like PmP, Bigdog, Stretch, TOP,etc, put politics first and only give lip-service to religion. Trump, of course, worships money and only plays a Christian on television.Originally Posted by Crocodile
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Honoring my oath
You don't strike me as a practicing Christian since, like PmP, you break the Ten Commandments and Christ's Two Commandments daily. Your post exemplifies my point.
Christians and non-Christians alike have valid concerns about the direction of our secular governments from Local to National. With each party pushing toward more and more authoritarianism, every American, regardless of beliefs, should be concerned about the bias in their governments.
Phantasmal (09-21-2020)
Honoring my oath
Prosperity Christians are blasphemers and antithetical to following Christ's path. They befriend Trump because he worships money, just like they do.I was talking about those Evangelicals in particular.
Ted Cruz and his father would be another example.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct...perity-gospel/
An aberrant theology that teaches God rewards faith—and hefty tithing—with financial blessings, the prosperity gospel was closely associated with prominent 1980s televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Bakker, and is part and parcel of many of today’s charismatic movements in the Global South. Orthodox Christians wary of prosperity doctrine found a friend in Senator Chuck Grassley, who in 2008 began a thorough vetting of the tax-exempt status of six prominent “health and wealth” leaders, including Kenneth Copeland, Bishop Eddie Long, and Paula White.
https://www.highview.org/discipleshi...sperity-gospel
There is a belief in our culture that many people are deceived by what is called the “prosperity gospel.” It is a false teaching that in essence says, "If I am a Christian, God promises to bless me with great health, wealth, and prosperity." This teaching is a great danger to those who believe it. What happens is people place their hope in what God gives even over and above God himself. The problem is God never promises a life of riches, comfort, and abundant prosperity, so when a person experiences suffering they feel as though God has lied to them.
Read 2 Timothy 3:12
"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
AProudLefty (09-21-2020)
Honoring my oath
Certainly not Trump, who worships mana, and his "Christian" advisors.
Phantasmal (09-21-2020)
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dems locking down churches make it pretty obvious where they stand.
Former Vice President
blah blah blah blah blah
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Don't presume to speak for atheists. They have consciences and act according to the laws of society. They just do not do it from fear of a vengeful sky spirit who wants your money. It is not arbitrary at all. When they do wrong, they live with it and it diminishes themselves. They cannot make it go away with confessions or purchasing absolution. It is there values and character that makes them do right.
Honoring my oath
Don't presume to speak for Christians. See how that works? I only speak for myself. Atheists and Theists alike define themselves by their actions and statements on this forum.
Laws are arbitrary. Do I need to post a link to Dred-Scott or Jim Crow laws to you? Care to take a trip with me to 1930s Germany and view the laws there? How about 1960s China and the laws there? Modern China and the laws there?
Malarkeyville
Why don't you explain it to us Pope gullie..........
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
Malarkeyville
Yep.........
THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT CHRIST TAUGHT & STOOD FOR...........
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
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Trump is the first atheist president in a long time. He has no religion at all.
Malarkeyville
Yep.........
Sad that so many see him as they wish him to be, not how he really is....
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
ButterMilk Man
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And the claims that Christianity is a hate group.
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Blackwater Lunchbreak (09-30-2020)
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