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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
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Hmmmm, seems someone found the gospel of Jesus to be "inappropriate." Well, it's the gospel nonetheless, and it is decidedly NOT pro-torture.
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"Knee jerk" is right. When I was a little kid in Sunday school, I never would have imagined that years later there would exist such a thing as a "christian" pro-torture caucus. Yet here they are: the angry, angry Bush voters (I'm guessing) denigrating those who speak against the torture of other human beings. All while congratulating themselves on how holy and "christian" they are.
truthfulwitness, Jesus commanded us to love our enemies, not to treat them roughly. He commanded us, when our enemies want to kill us, to turn our cheeks to receive the blow. It's a difficult gospel to embrace, perhaps, but that's what He said.
"My concern is temperament. [McCain] has kept his temper under control during this entire primary season," notes [Paul] Weyrich. "... But I am concerned about temperament. As Pat Robertson said, 'We've got to be concerned about a man who blows up frequently in having his finger on the nuclear button.'"
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=68057
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- "When they stand before God one day, he is not going to accept their excuses about how they ignored Him because Christians are not perfect."
- 'These are some, of who Christ will say at the judgment "Depart from me, I never knew you".
They will say, "But Lord, Lord!, Did we not...(insert your good work here) ...in your name?"
and again Christ shall say "Depart from me, I never knew you".'
I don't know if these are the kinds of statements that the people surveyed had in mind, but I have to admit that this sounds like extreme arrogance to me. No matter how well someone knows the bible, I still don't accept that they have any business putting themselves in the place of God and making such definitive statements about what is going to happen on Judgment Day.
Quecat, maybe it will be you who the Lord doesn't recognize at the end. Maybe it will be me. Maybe it will be all of us. We just don't know. All of us are sinners, and we need to have some humility about that fact. Truthfulwitness, maybe you'll be the one making excuses. Maybe the Lord will be especially hard on you because you were so outspoken here on earth.
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One of the problems is that some of our "leaders" have apparently decided that the religion we all share is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican party. And those same "leaders" have become obsessed with the worldly power that comes to them because of this political alliance.
Amen!
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Isn't the worship of sexuality a pagan, rather than a christian, thing?
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Yet another piece of political propaganda, from a website that claims to be about christianity. If American culture is in decay, it may be because too many of us don't put in the time and effort to get involved and think through the issues for ourselves.
Beam doesn't get it.
America is sick and tired of christians who are humorless, nasty people always getting into others' business and never minding their own. And too many christians these days really are like that.
We should all lead by example, as Jesus did, and leave the politics to the politicians.
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Peter LaBarbera is one of the fake "christians" who is an embarrassment to the faith. He's a money grubber and hate peddler, nothing more. And he never said anything about his religious beliefs until quite recently, after he discovered that certain churches provide such a good market for his "product".
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Hmmmph, more GOP propaganda masquerading as christianity. Mark Creech is another ChristianPost false prophet.
From my point of view, thinking that God takes a personal interest in US politics is more than a little arrogant. And claiming to know God's specific political preferences is outrageous.
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And Christianpost.com turns the propaganda meter up to eleven....
Spare us the politics, please. This is supposed to be a site for christians, not one for right-wing republicans.
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"Let's start with www.ChristianPost.com and these comments to this article as well."
I don't see any militancy on either side. star2 and Citizen are having a very interesting exchange.
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Hmmmm. 100 signers isn't really an overwhelming number. They might be representative of the laity at large, but then again they might not.
Certain propaganda sites, like for instance this one, certainly love to present the Episcopal Church as in crisis.
I would say that educating ourselves about the political process and about the issues facing our country is our civic obligation. Voting is something we should do only if we've already done that hard work first.
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Rowan Williams is a failure and an embarrassment.
We've already seen that he's willing to sell out Anglican christianity to bigots and barbarians who want to dictate third world superstition to the West. And now we find he's willing to sell out British civil law and British civil democracy too.
Resign!
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Chris333, when did God appoint you or Tom to be the judge of other people's words? Jesus calls us to follow his moral example, not to behave like self-righteous Pharisees.
Some people just can't help themselves when it comes to the 21st century equivalent of praying loudly on a street corner, it seems. On any thread about any gay issue, they all come rushing out to show off to everyone how holy they are and how strictly they interpret scripture.
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Tom, if you think that hating homosexuality (and/or hating homosexually oriented people) is one of the major tenets of christianity, you know very little about christianity. It's absurd for you to insult ifeelfine or any pro-gay christian in the way that you do. By doing so, you reveal your own ignorance of Jesus' message and Jesus' morality.
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Don't blame your anti-gay superstition on God, JC. It's yours, and you should take responsibility for it.
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The default setting should be the constitution and the bill of rights. The word of god is for us to worry about in our churches, and the government should stay out of it.
On our own we are little more than bits of stone and glass. Together we are the Body of Christ. Holy Bible: Mosaic is an invitation to experience Christ in His Word and in the responses of his people. Each week, as you reflect on guided Scripture readings aligned with the church seasons, you will receive a wealth of insight from historical and contemporary writings.