Naturally, no thread yet on Romney's speech Thursday

jgmacg · Dec 13, 2007

DanOregon said:

Anybody think every presidential candidate should make a speech defending their faith, and how well they adhere to it, whether it's its Christianity, Mormon, Muslim etc?
Hell Nixon was a Quaker and it didn't make this kind of stir.
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When Romney's father, George, ran for the same office in 1968, the issue of his faith never came up.

outofplace · Dec 13, 2007

young effin dud said:

I'm a Christian. I'm a liberal. I'm also young, so maybe I'll grow out of one or both. Either way, I want to let it be known that yawn's beliefs appear to be far from accurate representations of the central tenets of Christianity. Hell, he's not even an accurate representation of the religious right. Some are ignorant, some are lemmings, and some are even hateful, but very few encapsulate all three the way yawn seems to.

Also...

Kaylee said:

Misidentifying something as progress just because it benefits you and your unenlightened, uneducated ilk is truly the trait of a dyed in the wool dunce.
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I hope that by "unenlightened, uneducated ilk" you are referring only to those religious people who think exactly like yawn. But given some of your other posts, I suspect that you're not. And the notion that all Christians are uneducated is downright yawn-like in its bigotry.

I come from a deeply religious family. It is also a more well-educated family than at least 99.5 percent of those in this country. On my father's side, two uncles have doctorates from Harvard, as does my grandfather. Another has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. All three of my mom's brothers are medical doctors, as is her father.

As for my parents, my dad is a biologist and a drug developer. My mom is a religious studies professor and a biblical scholar. Both have Ph.Ds from Yale. If being raised by a biologist and a biblical scholar has taught me anything, it's that it is completely impossible to espouse fundamentalist religious beliefs and remain intellectually honest, particularly when you work in fields that dismantle both the creation myth and the notion that the Bible is -- inerrantly and completely -- the "word of God."

But I've also learned that a Christian faith -- when composed of spiritual and intellectual humility, deep consideration for personal experience, and a continual process of questioning and growth -- can be an uncommonly compassionate, intellectually honest, and damn effective way to live this life.
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Excellent post. I truly hope Yawn was taking notes.

Fenian_Bastard · Dec 13, 2007

young effin dud said:

I'm a Christian. I'm a liberal. I'm also young, so maybe I'll grow out of one or both. Either way, I want to let it be known that yawn's beliefs appear to be far from accurate representations of the central tenets of Christianity. Hell, he's not even an accurate representation of the religious right. Some are ignorant, some are lemmings, and some are even hateful, but very few encapsulate all three the way yawn seems to.

Also...

Kaylee said:

Misidentifying something as progress just because it benefits you and your unenlightened, uneducated ilk is truly the trait of a dyed in the wool dunce.
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I hope that by "unenlightened, uneducated ilk" you are referring only to those religious people who think exactly like yawn. But given some of your other posts, I suspect that you're not. And the notion that all Christians are uneducated is downright yawn-like in its bigotry.

I come from a deeply religious family. It is also a more well-educated family than at least 99.5 percent of those in this country. On my father's side, two uncles have doctorates from Harvard, as does my grandfather. Another has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. All three of my mom's brothers are medical doctors, as is her father.

As for my parents, my dad is a biologist and a drug developer. My mom is a religious studies professor and a biblical scholar. Both have Ph.Ds from Yale. If being raised by a biologist and a biblical scholar has taught me anything, it's that it is completely impossible to espouse fundamentalist religious beliefs and remain intellectually honest, particularly when you work in fields that dismantle both the creation myth and the notion that the Bible is -- inerrantly and completely -- the "word of God."

But I've also learned that a Christian faith -- when composed of spiritual and intellectual humility, deep consideration for personal experience, and a continual process of questioning and growth -- can be an uncommonly compassionate, intellectually honest, and damn effective way to live this life.
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Good post.
But did you want to be 'young effin' dude" and run out of letters, or "young effin' stud" and misspell it?
Welcome, young effin' whatever you are. A Leinie's would be nice.

young effin dud · Dec 13, 2007

Just a lame attempt at a pun. And I'm on my way to the fridge.

Fenian_Bastard · Dec 13, 2007

Go with God, my son.

Yawn · Dec 14, 2007

outofplace said:

young effin dud said:

I'm a Christian. I'm a liberal. I'm also young, so maybe I'll grow out of one or both. Either way, I want to let it be known that yawn's beliefs appear to be far from accurate representations of the central tenets of Christianity. Hell, he's not even an accurate representation of the religious right. Some are ignorant, some are lemmings, and some are even hateful, but very few encapsulate all three the way yawn seems to.

Also...

Kaylee said:

Misidentifying something as progress just because it benefits you and your unenlightened, uneducated ilk is truly the trait of a dyed in the wool dunce.
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I hope that by "unenlightened, uneducated ilk" you are referring only to those religious people who think exactly like yawn. But given some of your other posts, I suspect that you're not. And the notion that all Christians are uneducated is downright yawn-like in its bigotry.

I come from a deeply religious family. It is also a more well-educated family than at least 99.5 percent of those in this country. On my father's side, two uncles have doctorates from Harvard, as does my grandfather. Another has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. All three of my mom's brothers are medical doctors, as is her father.

As for my parents, my dad is a biologist and a drug developer. My mom is a religious studies professor and a biblical scholar. Both have Ph.Ds from Yale. If being raised by a biologist and a biblical scholar has taught me anything, it's that it is completely impossible to espouse fundamentalist religious beliefs and remain intellectually honest, particularly when you work in fields that dismantle both the creation myth and the notion that the Bible is -- inerrantly and completely -- the "word of God."

But I've also learned that a Christian faith -- when composed of spiritual and intellectual humility, deep consideration for personal experience, and a continual process of questioning and growth -- can be an uncommonly compassionate, intellectually honest, and damn effective way to live this life.
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Excellent post. I truly hope Yawn was taking notes.
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Yeah, the only thing you got was the rejection of evolution. Admit it. Because (despite the fact that you think you have me all figured out), I'm 95 percent of that in the way I live my life. On this board, confronted with a narcissistic scourge and his sycophant peons, I'll run my mouth and have a hell of a good time doing it. It's one thing to discuss politics and other hot-button issues. It's another to strut around acting supreme. There are good hearted liberals who mean well and want well and then there's the kind who are indeed hateful, rude and arrogant. If I'm that of the right, then there's a hell of a full room on the left. I'll admit I can be that way. You'll never get that from FenPhen or his brigade of lips-on-the-ass henchmen. As FenPhen himself will say, "Cite examples please."

outofplace · Dec 14, 2007

Yawn said:

outofplace said:

young effin dud said:

I'm a Christian. I'm a liberal. I'm also young, so maybe I'll grow out of one or both. Either way, I want to let it be known that yawn's beliefs appear to be far from accurate representations of the central tenets of Christianity. Hell, he's not even an accurate representation of the religious right. Some are ignorant, some are lemmings, and some are even hateful, but very few encapsulate all three the way yawn seems to.

Also...

Kaylee said:

Misidentifying something as progress just because it benefits you and your unenlightened, uneducated ilk is truly the trait of a dyed in the wool dunce.
Click to expand...

I hope that by "unenlightened, uneducated ilk" you are referring only to those religious people who think exactly like yawn. But given some of your other posts, I suspect that you're not. And the notion that all Christians are uneducated is downright yawn-like in its bigotry.

I come from a deeply religious family. It is also a more well-educated family than at least 99.5 percent of those in this country. On my father's side, two uncles have doctorates from Harvard, as does my grandfather. Another has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. All three of my mom's brothers are medical doctors, as is her father.

As for my parents, my dad is a biologist and a drug developer. My mom is a religious studies professor and a biblical scholar. Both have Ph.Ds from Yale. If being raised by a biologist and a biblical scholar has taught me anything, it's that it is completely impossible to espouse fundamentalist religious beliefs and remain intellectually honest, particularly when you work in fields that dismantle both the creation myth and the notion that the Bible is -- inerrantly and completely -- the "word of God."

But I've also learned that a Christian faith -- when composed of spiritual and intellectual humility, deep consideration for personal experience, and a continual process of questioning and growth -- can be an uncommonly compassionate, intellectually honest, and damn effective way to live this life.
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Excellent post. I truly hope Yawn was taking notes.
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Yeah, the only thing you got was the rejection of evolution. Admit it. Because (despite the fact that you think you have me all figured out), I'm 95 percent of that in the way I live my life. On this board, confronted with a narcissistic scourge and his sycophant peons, I'll run my mouth and have a hell of a good time doing it. It's one thing to discuss politics and other hot-button issues. It's another to strut around acting supreme. There are good hearted liberals who mean well and want well and then there's the kind who are indeed hateful, rude and arrogant. If I'm that of the right, then there's a hell of a full room on the left. I'll admit I can be that way. You'll never get that from FenPhen or his brigade of lips-on-the-ass henchmen. As FenPhen himself will say, "Cite examples please."
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No, I got his post. And maybe off this board you do live that way. On this board, all I see is a closed-minded pain in the butt who loves to pick fights.

By the way, did you see the Brawl Thread? Perfect place for your BS.

Fenian_Bastard · Dec 14, 2007

Here's trouble for Mitt!

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0061/0061_01.asp

jgmacg · Dec 14, 2007

Huckabee's a better cartoonist than you'd think possible.

Ace · Dec 14, 2007

Fenian_Bastard said:

Here's trouble for Mitt!

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0061/0061_01.asp
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I bet Aunt Fran's pretty hot once she lets her hair down.

zeke12 · Dec 14, 2007

What I want to know is how Fenian stumbled across that...

Yawn · Dec 14, 2007

outofplace said:

Yawn said:

outofplace said:

young effin dud said:

I'm a Christian. I'm a liberal. I'm also young, so maybe I'll grow out of one or both. Either way, I want to let it be known that yawn's beliefs appear to be far from accurate representations of the central tenets of Christianity. Hell, he's not even an accurate representation of the religious right. Some are ignorant, some are lemmings, and some are even hateful, but very few encapsulate all three the way yawn seems to.

Also...

Kaylee said:

Misidentifying something as progress just because it benefits you and your unenlightened, uneducated ilk is truly the trait of a dyed in the wool dunce.
Click to expand...

I hope that by "unenlightened, uneducated ilk" you are referring only to those religious people who think exactly like yawn. But given some of your other posts, I suspect that you're not. And the notion that all Christians are uneducated is downright yawn-like in its bigotry.

I come from a deeply religious family. It is also a more well-educated family than at least 99.5 percent of those in this country. On my father's side, two uncles have doctorates from Harvard, as does my grandfather. Another has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. All three of my mom's brothers are medical doctors, as is her father.

As for my parents, my dad is a biologist and a drug developer. My mom is a religious studies professor and a biblical scholar. Both have Ph.Ds from Yale. If being raised by a biologist and a biblical scholar has taught me anything, it's that it is completely impossible to espouse fundamentalist religious beliefs and remain intellectually honest, particularly when you work in fields that dismantle both the creation myth and the notion that the Bible is -- inerrantly and completely -- the "word of God."

But I've also learned that a Christian faith -- when composed of spiritual and intellectual humility, deep consideration for personal experience, and a continual process of questioning and growth -- can be an uncommonly compassionate, intellectually honest, and damn effective way to live this life.
Click to expand...

Excellent post. I truly hope Yawn was taking notes.
Click to expand...

Yeah, the only thing you got was the rejection of evolution. Admit it. Because (despite the fact that you think you have me all figured out), I'm 95 percent of that in the way I live my life. On this board, confronted with a narcissistic scourge and his sycophant peons, I'll run my mouth and have a hell of a good time doing it. It's one thing to discuss politics and other hot-button issues. It's another to strut around acting supreme. There are good hearted liberals who mean well and want well and then there's the kind who are indeed hateful, rude and arrogant. If I'm that of the right, then there's a hell of a full room on the left. I'll admit I can be that way. You'll never get that from FenPhen or his brigade of lips-on-the-ass henchmen. As FenPhen himself will say, "Cite examples please."
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No, I got his post. And maybe off this board you do live that way. On this board, all I see is a closed-minded pain in the butt who loves to pick fights.

By the way, did you see the Brawl Thread? Perfect place for your BS.
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That thing? More wimpy that a pillow fight. No passion. At least FenPhen really hates radical conservatives. You can't fight without a cause, as weak as his is.

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