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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:38 AM Original message |
Fighting the Republicans using the Bible? Questions for Christian DU'ers. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think there's something in there about killing. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. the 'pukes love the old testament (which would make them Jewish, not Christian) but here's a good |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Hey, don't knock the old testament - |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. This has been done...again and again. |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I know I'm not going to convince hard core righities |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I understand. I'm not really saying you shouldn't do it, |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Beatitudes |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yup. Matthew Chapter 5. The Sermon on the Mount, which includes the Beatitudes. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just tell them what Jesus told his disciples when they asked |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Bible isn't applied literally....it's all interpretation. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. For extra entertainment, argue alcohol with a fundamentalist |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Have a look at Sojourners Magazine sometime. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. Just about anything Jesus is quoted as saying |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. As you have done to the least of these ... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. I did the "do unto others..." once at a family gathering, and asked |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Matthew 25:31 to 25:46 - Republicans Are Going To Hell |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. How about not giving the old book of fairy tales any more credibility than it deserves? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. Everything Jesus stood for is oppositional to the Republicans as they now identify themselves |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Absolutely |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well it almost borders on "demonic" the way they try and take |
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norepubsin08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Here's a few |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. Matthew 26:31-46 -- On treating the "least" as though they were God itself: |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. It doesn't shut them up, they just twist things. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Christians...they don't follow Christ's words at all |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. Isaiah 32...5-8 |
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serrano2008 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is a losing battle...cause you can make anything in the Bible mean anything you want. |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. Pointless. Everyone needs to realize that they are lying hypocrties. |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. A couple that come to mind for me... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. Fight delusion with delusion? Not gonna work! Try fighting their delusions head on. |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Show them the below from the Book of Matthew |
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serrano2008 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Good call...I've been making the comparison between the Pharisees and the Repubes |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's a suggestion: find a red letter edition of the Bible (they're common) and read it yourself. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. Check out: "Jesus Is A Liberal": |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. I recommend the Slacktivist blog |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. A few more, but there are lots of them. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thanks, everyone .... |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm a strong atheist, but I remember the story about Jesus kicking the asses of the money changers |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've always thought that the so-called "Christians," the fundamentalist variety, |
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