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FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Sep 21, 2012.

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  1. dog eat dog world

    dog eat dog world New Member

    Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

    Are either one of you a person of faith? And if so, how can that not shape your world view or values in that world?
    If the answer is no to the former, no further questions are needed.
     
  2. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

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    Didn't the evangelical "exodus" began more than 30 years ago. Have you ever heard of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson or Ralph Reed? The Moral Majority? The Christian Coalition? Any of this strike a bell?

    Otherwise, many of us would be extremely concerned about Bishop Jackson's movement to take back the country for evangelical Christians.
     
  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

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    How does my faith matter in response to your assertion that Christians are somehow underrepresented in our founding documents?
     
  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

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    Al G defends sale of his network to Al J... not very convincingly.

    http://freebeacon.com/gore-defends-current-sale-to-oil-backed-al-jazeera/

    LAUER: Yet even as you sold to Al Jazeera, you in the book blast other television news programs, saying this: “Virtually every news and political commentary program on television is sponsored in part by oil, coal, and gas companies–not just during campaign seasons, but all the time, year in and year out–with messages designed to soothe and reassure the audience that everything is fine, the global environment is not threatened.” And the critics jumped, and they said, here’s the guy who just sold to Al Jazeera, which gets an undetermined amount of funding from the country of Qatar, which gets its money from oil reserves. Isn’t there a contradiction in that?

    GORE: I certainly understand that criticism. I disagree with it. I think Al Jazeera has, obviously, long since established itself as a really distinguished and effective news gathering organization. And by the way, its climate coverage has been far more extensive and high-quality than any of the networks here–
     
  5. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

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    If black christians leave the Democrat party and blacks start voting only 70% in lockstep, you'll be singing a different tune.
     
  6. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

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    I grew up a Catholic and my world view is very much shaped by Judeo-Christian values and principles.
     
  7. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

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    So you're pro-life? Or is that one of the the salad-bar parts you pass over?
     
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

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    Man, can't get one by you. Now the sj left will have to seek you out and suppress you.
     
  9. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

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    And the razing of Christian churches by the thousands proves your point.
     
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

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    Like claiming to be "pro-life," but advocating capital punishment? That kind of 'salad bar'?
     
  11. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

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    Are you suggesting that the authenticity of a world view shaped by Judeo-Christian values is dependent on one's political viewpoint about the abortion issue?

    How about if I don't go along with the teaching of creationism in public schools? School prayer? School vouchers?, etc. (Which I don't.) Can those viewpoints be consistent with having Judeo-Christian values?
     
  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

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    O_T's points usually aren't worth any thinking man's time, but it is worth pointing out that there is a wide diversity in Christian churches, some of which don't oppose abortion and support gay rights. So which Christian church are we going to govern by, all you who seem to want theocracy?
     
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