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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
"the sun may be setting on the political influence of fundamentalist churches like New Life." - and not a day too early. The last thing we need in the USA is a Theocracy. These anti-science, anti-intellectual Christian fundamentalists are of the same ilk as their Muslim counterparts.
I'm from Canada and I can tell you unequivocally that Walmart has not left Canada. The story of the attempt to unionize the Walmart was a grassroots campaign by the workers (not the government) which succeeded. Instead of allowing it, Walmart shut down that store claiming it was losing money (yeah right).
I do think though that the Democratic stance of protectionism is wrong-headed. I agree unions do (at times) increase costs and businesses leave because of cheaper labour costs elsewhere. There is no happy middle ground with these conditions. There are many solutions that haven't been looked at (ever) but radical change is something the USA isn't very good at.
I agree, they are one and the same. I hope this segment of the population gets banished to the political wilderness, never to return.
I despise them in so many ways, I can't even list them all in one sitting....but what really gets me about them is their blatant anti-intellectual stance. What a dangerous, reactionary, fear-inspired mindset that is. I don't want that world-view ANYWHERE NEAR my government, yet it has been there for 16 years of Reagan and Bush, and 6 years of that repulsive, horrific Republican Congress that swept in in 1994.
We've already had one president who bore the numerical identity of the Anti-Christ in his name: Ronald Wilson Reagan. Count the letters.
The Christianists that now dominate the Republican Party don't seem to be interested in the teachings of the titular founder of their religion. It's much more about Leviticus, the misogyny and revulsion with sex of Paul, and the apocalyptic vision of John. Jesus? Not so much -- too "liberal."
For Christianists, religion serves their right-wing political ideology -- not the other way around. Just look at the way they threw Jimmy Carter, a true practicing Christian, overboard for the shallow Hollywood Christianity of Ronald Reagan, and their adoration of the phony "Santa Claus" Christianity of George W. Bush.
Bunch of sheep. They would jump off a cliff if their pastor told them it's what Jesus wanted them to do. They are just a sliver away from the radical jihadist in the Middle East. The only difference is the jihadist get it over with quick while these people are committing a slow suicide.
...the main thing on Boyd's mind. "I'm not going to tell you who to vote for," he said. "You pray, fast and vote for whoever God tells you represents your values. We have a biblical worldview here, so vote for candidates who are going to do that -- who are going to uphold the Biblical worldview we all have."
And then there's this pronouncement: "I'm afraid Obama is going to change our country into a Muslim country," said Melody Edwall, 51, a manager for an air carrier who lives in Colorado Springs. "I do. I'm afraid of him." Edwall was pretty sure Obama wanted to change the country too much. "This is America -- you don't like it, leave," she said. She'd heard Obama wanted to change the flag and the symbols of the country somehow. "He wants it to be this one big -- I don't know -- it's not America. It's going to be something else, and I don't know what it's going to be."
Fearful people like Melody, who will accept only the views of their religious leaders, are Peoples Temple equivalents who are quite willing to follow their leaders to the rapture experienced by their fellow Jonestown sheep.
I, for one, am sick and tired of supporting these politically active 'believers' with my tax dollars. This loophole permitting the invasion of our states by churches is a grave danger to our republic and our individual privacy and freedoms.
I will support any effort to end tax exemptions for churches and non-profits.
It is the right that is obsessed with abortion. As for as we are concenred, it was settled in 1973.
I certainly hope their influence is dying out. We couldn't get so lucky as a nation these people would crawl back under the rock they crawled out from under. And the ignorance that walks hand in hand with these religious fruitcakes disappear with them! Christianity in this country has become a sham!!! It's ruining a lot of people's opinion of religion. These people worry about Muslim religious extremist's??? I wonder if they have taken a good look in the mirror recently. They are just as bad as Muslim religious extremists. I personally am more worried about the religious nuts we have in this country that can't accept any other belief but their own sick ones. Who see it as they duty to turn us into a 'Christian Nation'. Only they would support a corrupt greedy megalomaniac like Bush! Then have the audacity to imagine they are being a good Christian!
I proudly say that I am a Christian, no, more than that, I am a knower and what really puzzles me is how these churches can support McCain-Palin. McCain is an adulterer, he left his first wife after she had a terrible accident, for someone who was then prettieer, cindy, who was married at the time, got divorced and married John. Sarah has been named as a co respondant in a divorce suit of one of her business associates. Then they take part in gossip mongering like Barack is a muslin when they KNEW he is not, he is a terrorist for sitting on a board with AYers but Palin is not when she sleeps with a home grown terrorist from the AIP? As far as abortion goes, until these so called do gooders can say to a woman contemplating an abortion, we will take u in and look after you and your kid til he graduates from university, they have NO RIGHT to say abything. God gives us all freedom of choice, who is man to take that away? Our decisions are between us and God. Shame on the Christian community for spreading rumors and falsehoods and trying to take away God given rights??.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
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