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In reply to the discussion: Riddle me this: When did Christianity become solely owned by Conservatives? [View all]ellenfl
(8,660 posts)53. conservatives do NOT solely own christianity.
they own faux religious righteousness. what they espouse is NOT christianity . . . at least not how i understand it.
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Riddle me this: When did Christianity become solely owned by Conservatives? [View all]
Tennessee Gal
Aug 2012
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Jesus would also cry at the RW idea that the environment is there to be exploited.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2012
#8
all conservatives are treated as 'authentic'. any thing other than conservative - not so much.
xchrom
Aug 2012
#6
As a Christian myself, most modern "Christian" churches are simply a culture
newthinking
Aug 2012
#7
Yes, a few years ago, a DUer whose father was an Assemblies of God minister complained about
Lydia Leftcoast
Aug 2012
#24
St. Paul. A guy who never met Jesus, who never knew him personally and knew NOTHING about his life.
A HERETIC I AM
Aug 2012
#65
I don't believe Jesus view of the world fits in well with todays liberal/conservative concepts
Johonny
Aug 2012
#67
Eastern Christianity is, but the trend worldwide is to the "conservative Jesus" unfortunately
newthinking
Aug 2012
#21
"As Liberals we should respect EVERYONE whether we agree with them or not and not berate anyone."
Tennessee Gal
Aug 2012
#33
I totally agree with you, but that doesn't satisfy atheists and anti-christians here on Du. When
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#35
Just like you and your ilk. You and others, at times, make blanket statements
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#115
I don't know if I'm good or not. It's like sayin' I'm humble. If I say I'm humble, I'm not.
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#118
I don't know. Maybe when they stopped ignoring the example of how Christ lived his life.
gollygee
Aug 2012
#26
I trace it to 1979 when the fundamentalists took over the Southern Baptist Convention
bluestateguy
Aug 2012
#27
The people posting this on Facebook are equating the media to liberals. nt
Tennessee Gal
Aug 2012
#55
"So, is there some attack under way on Christians by "liberals" that I am unaware of?" Ever
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#31
Seriously? 1981 - The Moral Majority was neither, but the message was pushed in the press.
hootinholler
Aug 2012
#38
The irony that Mr Carter is an actual evangelical Christian was lost on the nation. n/t
hootinholler
Aug 2012
#58
It was shortly after Satan got control of Right-Wing Fundamentalist Churches
ThoughtCriminal
Aug 2012
#41
Maybe ever since Bush II said: "“You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#46
you must not read or watch much news...and I guess you can spot a "liberal christian" just
demosincebirth
Aug 2012
#61
I think it was about the same time that they claimed to be the only true patriots.
Arkansas Granny
Aug 2012
#66
As a liberal Christian, arguing with a Fundie is a lot like arguing with a drunk.
turtlerescue1
Aug 2012
#93
They should make themselves apparent as they love others, including gay people and poor
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#106
The internet is a house of echoes. You can make it say anything & then blame that on anyone. nt
patrice
Aug 2012
#77
I think a particularly noxious brand of christianity has been deliberately promoted since around
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#83
It didn't. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, the Kennedys, and the Clintons are all Christians (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#102
Yeah, read through DU for awhile. Christian bashing is one of the only prejudice actually
cbdo2007
Aug 2012
#103
When the republican platform did not believe in the separation of church and state /nt
still_one
Aug 2012
#105