Naturally, no thread yet on Romney's speech Thursday

Zeke, isn't about time for you to have sex with Fenian again?



Boy, these jokes suck, don't they?

 

Why?

It may be intolerant of the religion, but why is it stupid?

 

*Sigh*

I remember when people used to accuse me of having sex with you.

Those were the days...

 

And if you live it, then it guides, whcih means its rules, directly or indirectly, may become part of public, or at least moral, policy.

But just for the sake of "clear separation" of church and state, let's legalize murder since "Thou Shalt Not Murder" is part of that scourge called the Ten Commandments, straight out of that archaic Judeo-Christian tradition. Right, lefties?

 

I just wish you'd take your lovefest to a private room.

 

"I like this Yawn fella. In a total non-butt sex way, of course."

 

Not that it matters to Yawn, but every major religion or belief system has a set of instructions about not committing murder. The Ten Commandments doesn't hold the copyright on common sense, nor is it the only source for human law.

“The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error.” - Buddha


Alas! We are ready to commit a great sin
By striving to slay our kinsmen
Because of greed for the pleasures of the kingdom. - the Bhagavad Gita


- anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people. (5:32)

- "You shall not kill any person - for God has made life sacred - except in the course of justice. If one is killed unjustly, then we give his heir authority to enforce justice. Thus, he shall not exceed the limits in avenging the murder, he will be helped."(17:33) - The Qu'ran

Actually, I suspect Yawn and Muhammad would fall in pretty much the same camp when it comes to the moral imperatives of capital punishment. Facts are fun!

 

I just find it funny that Yawn starts this thread when his kind of conservatives are the ones who have problems with Romney's Mormonism.

 

Because, Pastor, I believe that intolerance and stupidity go hand in hand.

The man/woman is disqualifying somebody from being POTUS on the basis of his religion. Not because of his political views or agenda. To me, that is stupid.

 

I believe that I have some magic beans that will guarantee peace and prosperity.

Vote Zeke!

 

For the sake of argument... I believe that everyone in the country should dismiss anyone running for president if they believe that creationism or intelligent design (the same but different words) should be taught in school. However, that won't happen.

My dismissal seems pretty quick. However, my reasoning behind it would be that the person looking to push creationism isn't doing so because of evidence or science. They are doing it because they don't want to believe that evolution occurred regardless of what scientists say. To me, that signals a person that is unwilling to compromise or change course when evidence indicating otherwise is placed in front of them.

Now, this same "test" can be applied with just about anything counter to reason. That is why I am asking about the comment being referred to as "stupid."

On top of this, you stated that "intolerance and stupidity go hand in hand.” What about Romney’s push to limit the rights of gay individuals? He doesn’t want to “tolerate” the idea that they are human beings that were just born different. Would you also classify him as stupid? What about Huckabee?

 

Good points Pastor. My initial brush stroke regarding intolerance was too broad.

I believe that everybody, to some degree or another, manifests different levels of intolerance towards certain things in their individual beliefs and actions.

What blows my mind is when individuals are intolerant towards something which they know little or nothing about.

It is obvious from ThomsonONE's initial comment that he/she knows very little about Mormonism. In all my years as a Mormon, I have never, ever heard any mention of Joseph Smith looking into a "hat".

So to make a statement that a Mormon isn't qualified to be POTUS when you actually know little about the religion, to me that is stupid. That is the point I was trying to make. Unless you thoroughly understand the fundamentals and beliefs of Mormons, how in the world can you make a logical argument that a Mormon wouldn't be qualified to serve as POTUS?

If somebody wants to thoroughly study Mormonism and then declare that a Mormon isn't qualified to serve as POTUS, I'd love to hear their explanation. But that's another discussion ;-)