Letters to the Editor
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Xian Zionist
Xian Zionist = Christian Zionist, a Christian who believes Israels right to the Holy Land, that is the land that Israel occupies as a nation and also the disputed Palestinian areas.
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He doesn't even know what it means.
Or he'd rather not say. He's basically defining a Zionist who happens to be a christian (lower case c). You are not one of the sharpest spoons in the drawer we've had around here. I dare not look if there is a counter definition in Conservapedia.
Christian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy. This belief is primarily, though not exclusively, associated with Christian Dispensationalism, mainly in English-speaking countries outside Europe.
Christian Zionism, as a specifically theological belief, does not necessarily entail sympathy for the Jews as a nation or for Judaism as a religion. Since the biblical text is filled with references to God's chosen people, it is common for Christian Zionists to emphasize the Jewish roots of Christianity, and even to promote Jewish practices and Hebrew terminology as part of their own practice; however, Christian Zionists commonly believe that to fulfill prophecy, a significant number of Jews will accept Jesus as their Messiah, and that in the last days, such Messianic Jews will practice a thoroughly Hebraic form of Christianity.
Many Christian Zionists believe that the people of Israel remain part of the chosen people of God, along with the ingrafted (based on Romans 11:17-24, Holy Bible) Gentile Christians. This has the added effect of turning Christian Zionists into supporters of Jewish Zionism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism
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Ondelette...
Xmas... Xian or Xtain.
It's a shorthand or abbreviation that used to be no big deal until the wingnuts invaded a perfectly respectable religion. Now it's an insult, a reason to go to war, like a chocolate Jeebus. All revealed religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, etc.) are prone to this type of perversion.
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Repulsive
"I'm not perfect, I'm a filthy sinner myself, but just as I would speak out against drunkeness, lust, porn, adultery, etc etc.,"
So does this mean you aren't going to point to Winston Churchill as some sort of posterboy for neoconservatism? Which one of these "sins" do you or did you engage in? Is it Arne who does the uncensored Churchill quotes. Maybe it's someone else over Eschaton. Very funny.
"He went to my website, quoted me, and callled me repulsive, so I responded..."
Glenn did not call "you" repulsive. Read it again. Allow me to call you repulsive.
"Jim C
Obviously you have never lived on a farm.
-- Jonathan Hoag"
Don't be so sure. JimC may abuse the sheep and the goats. And he may not be too fussy about it. Not that there's anything wrong with that. As long as they consented...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Horsley
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The mule consented
http://www.newshounds.us/2005/05/14/the_mule_consented.php
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Jim C
You never answered my very simple question.
Please tell me which Biblical passages you think show that homosexuality is an abomination.
Could it be that those passages are in Leviticus?
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JimC's lizard brain
There is a reason to watch TDS and Colbert:
Every wave of disgust is not a shallow issue, but a biological problem more serious than... losing a meal. "The reason we experience disgust today is that the response protected our ancestors. The emotion allowed our ancestors to survive long enough to produce offspring, who in turn passed the same sensitivities on to us," said Dan Fessler, associate professor of anthropology and director of UCLA’s Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture.
He explained the methods through which disgust may have been useful for our ancestors: to guard them during such risky situations as pregnancy and to increase their fertility.
But what worked for our ancestors may not be so useful today, provoking xenophobia, sexual prejudices and other irrational reactions. "We often respond to today’s world with yesterday’s adaptations. That’s why, for instance, we’re more afraid of snakes than cars, even though we’re much more likely to die today as a result of an encounter with a car than a reptile," Fessler said...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/uoc--eua032707.php
Or maybe JimC's got some other... issues. Like Ted Haggard:
Repressed Homosexuality Could Be Root of Homophobia
New research lends considerable credence to the psychoanalytic theory that repressed homosexual urges may be at the root of homophobic behavior by heterosexual men.
Take your pick, JimC. Is it Darwin, or Ted Haggard?
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Repressed Homosexuality Could Be Root of Homophobia
http://www.psych.org/pnews/96-09-20/phobia.html
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On topic?
Sorry to come back to the topic of the post, but with respect to the claim by Shooter and the other high RWAs that Congress has no say in US foreign policy, has anyone ever read the Syria Accountability Act of 2003 (http://www.theorator.com/bills108/s982.html)? Pay particular attention to SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY: "It is the policy of the United States that--"
And if Congress has no voice in foreign policy, why is there even a House Committee on Foreign Affairs (http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/) or a Senate Foreign Relations Committee (http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/).
Before idiots start talking about Congress (and congresscritters) exceeding their Constitutional authority it would be well if they took a look around and see what the Constitution of the United States is all about.
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There is fringe, and there is Finge
I thought most of Glenn's piece was great, and the current conservative leaders are certainly no longer aligned with the majority of Americans. But, please stop listing Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh in the same sentence as Krauthammer or Kristol, unless you are willing to put Rosie O'Donnall and Michael Moore on a par with Susan Estritch and Frank Rich.
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But if Pelosi Succeeds....How are we going to have our war with Iran?....
Most of the main stream media caters to the extreme right wing/neocon/Israel Lobby world view. Thank God for the Internet!
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Canadian Conspiracy
Seriously.. what the hell?
What is it that Canada is giving our government in the United States that makes people like me want to flee the country?
Or, has the U.S. bought off Canada on the gambit that once the affluent liberals are gone, then the en masse slaughter of poor people (brown, black) can be done without the interference of our "votes" and "democratic ideals?"
Am I over-reacting? This country is starting to bear little resemblance to the United States of America I learned about in AP History. Maybe I just went to a high school that was too liberal ("reality based").