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happyslug

(14,779 posts)
128. I love people who take things out of Context, people use the bible that way all the time
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013
"Matthew 5:17? Jesus does not abolish the law of the OT, he's supplanting it. He's not replacing it with kindness."

Is in the Sermon on the Mound", the whole thrust before and after that sentence is for people to WORK TOGETHER and TOLERATE EACH OTHER:


5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

The Fulfillment of the Law

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Murder

21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

25 “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Adultery

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’[e] 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[f] 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Oaths

33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.[g]

Eye for Eye

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.




"Jesus says that most people will go to hell. "7:13-14

9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.



Those who fail to bear "good fruit" will be "hewn down, and cast into the fire." 7:19

15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.



The children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 8:12

5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”

7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”

8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.



Jesus tells a man who had just lost his father: "Let the dead bury the dead." 8:21

18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.



Jesus sends some devils into a herd of pigs, causing them to run off a cliff and drown in the waters below. 8:32

28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.
33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.


Cities that neither "receive" the disciples nor "hear" their words will be destroyed by God. It will be worse for them than for Sodom and Gomorrah. And you know what God supposedly did to those poor folks (see Gen 19:24). 10:14-15

9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.



Families will be torn apart because of Jesus (this is one of the few "prophecies" in the Bible that has actually come true). "Brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death." 10:21


21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!


Jesus says that we should fear God who is willing and "able to destroy both soul and body in hell." 10:28

26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.


Jesus says that he has come to destroy families by making family members hate each other. He has "come not to send peace, but a sword." 10:34-36

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”


Jesus condemns entire cities to dreadful deaths and to the eternal torment of hell because they didn't care for his preaching. 11:20-24

20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”


.Jesus will send his angels to gather up "all that offend" and they "shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." 13:41-42, 50

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”


36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.



Jesus had no problem with the idea of drowning everyone on earth in the flood. It'll be just like that when he returns. 24:37


32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.



God will come when people least expect him and then he'll "cut them asunder." And "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 24:50-51

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.



Jesus also hates a living thing: A fig tree. And because of the curse, it withers and dies. He cursed it because it was not fruiting because of the wrong season to fruit.
Mark 11:12-14 and 11:20


12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[c]? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[d]”

18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.


Notice those comments you cite, when put in context is telling people to help each other (i.e. do what is in the beatitudes), not to go out and fight people.
What kind of people continue following a church that preaches hate? ananda Aug 2013 #1
Hateful people who want to believe sufrommich Aug 2013 #3
More like stupid people obxhead Aug 2013 #67
Stupid and hateful volstork Aug 2013 #78
And severely, supremely IGNORANT ailsagirl Aug 2013 #119
Hatred may be an ingredient sometimes... TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #112
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #126
It's fear get the red out Aug 2013 #7
I disagree.. Lithos Aug 2013 #20
You have a great point. MatthewStLouis Aug 2013 #31
Steeple jacking get the red out Aug 2013 #39
^ THIS ^ mac56 Aug 2013 #106
Does your applause refer to post #20 or #39? If it is the latter, then reply to the latter. If the Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #113
Brilliant, spot-on analysis! markpkessinger Aug 2013 #121
Not In The Cities DallasNE Aug 2013 #132
People that were taught to accept whatever JoeyT Aug 2013 #26
I agree completely get the red out Aug 2013 #40
The really annoying ones are the people who preach Right Wing crap,.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #66
Southern Baptists FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #51
New President johnsolaris Aug 2013 #118
millions of them... n/t jtuck004 Aug 2013 #92
Christians, in this case! atreides1 Aug 2013 #101
It begs the question: rvt1000rr Aug 2013 #120
Someone Looking For Validation Of Their Own Hate DallasNE Aug 2013 #129
People EXACTLY like the many respondents below. TheMadMonk Aug 2013 #130
People who generally hate their lives..Wives ignored by husband, children ignored by parents and busterbrown Aug 2013 #137
That holy water must be poisoned. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #2
anticipate there is truth in this dembotoz Aug 2013 #4
RAPTURE REPUBLICANS JEFF9K Aug 2013 #5
I wish Somebody would "rapture" them... truebluegreen Aug 2013 #27
I have experienced the hate in a white church. CherokeeDem Aug 2013 #6
Well said get the red out Aug 2013 #8
have you read joe bageant's books? riverbendviewgal Aug 2013 #114
I've witnessed the same at a Southern Baptist church in the Florida panhandle Zorro Aug 2013 #12
I thought I had found a church in east TN that was not racist. fasttense Aug 2013 #22
I missed the hate in your story, especially race hate hfojvt Aug 2013 #34
You are correct. Methodist churches would be the least likely to preach against racial JDPriestly Aug 2013 #42
Methodists are weak in the South happyslug Aug 2013 #115
Methodists churches are everywhere here Go Vols Aug 2013 #141
Tennessee, the only State the succeeded that did NOT have a Military Governor. happyslug Aug 2013 #142
While I am not religious.... CherokeeDem Aug 2013 #68
You beat me to it! And I do live in the south 7962 Aug 2013 #86
I feel like there are probably some churches who do it hfojvt Aug 2013 #95
Had a similar experience cilla4progress Aug 2013 #57
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2013 #73
K & R malaise Aug 2013 #9
I attend church services every week 1awake Aug 2013 #10
How does your church feel about gays? B Calm Aug 2013 #41
At my church wryter2000 Aug 2013 #46
You know what? They don't give a flying fuck about what you think. There are millions of these jtuck004 Aug 2013 #94
My parents abelenkpe Aug 2013 #11
All these churches operate tax free to play "pulpit politics".... Historic NY Aug 2013 #13
"Tales of the American Taliban" Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #14
Tax the Churches. FSogol Aug 2013 #15
Bad idea. n/t LTX Aug 2013 #81
Why? n/t FSogol Aug 2013 #82
You would drive smaller churches out of existence LTX Aug 2013 #83
Ok, then just tax the churches that engage in politics. FSogol Aug 2013 #84
That is the most sensible solution, LTX Aug 2013 #87
these hatemongers are parasites in control of their hosts (certain churches) eShirl Aug 2013 #16
THIS IS ED AT WORK drynberg Aug 2013 #17
Here in Oklahoma redstatebluegirl Aug 2013 #18
I know this is true from my good, God fearing, Baptist inlaws in Texas. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #19
Black Couple Told They Can't Wed In Baptist Church (2012) Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #108
It always seems to be 30% of Americans who are bigoted, racist and homophobic. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #110
K&R stonecutter357 Aug 2013 #21
no suprise heaven05 Aug 2013 #23
THIS IS SOOOOO TRUE!! In North Carolina....hot seat of the Southern Baptist Convention loudsue Aug 2013 #24
FYI, the independent Baptists in NC are very progressive, though zazen Aug 2013 #58
This so-called Christianity is a cruel hoax. Stonepounder Aug 2013 #25
Very well said! maddiemom Aug 2013 #74
Have you read these parts of the New Testament? Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #90
god hates fags figs: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #107
I love people who take things out of Context, people use the bible that way all the time happyslug Aug 2013 #128
You still have not refuted a lot of the cruelty in the original quotes. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #133
I Bolded,.because you cite it. That is all happyslug Aug 2013 #140
Thank you! JNelson6563 Aug 2013 #134
You're welcome!!! Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #135
Dear Julie, Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #138
This nastiness AGAIN? cordelia Aug 2013 #139
"out of context". Yeah, plain words don't say what they say. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2013 #144
Understand, folks, the white churches FAILED these people long ago. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #28
salon is being silly hfojvt Aug 2013 #48
Nitpicky. And irrelevant. DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #52
and Salon decided to publish the hooey hfojvt Aug 2013 #62
So take your complaint to Salon and the author, OK? DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #64
sorry, did not meant to harsh on you hfojvt Aug 2013 #100
The New Deal didn't fail the Southern Whites bigbrother05 Aug 2013 #53
The same people had problems NOLALady Aug 2013 #29
Exactly! I remember when DUers were this concerned about Rev. Wright's sermons. hughee99 Aug 2013 #61
Someone's FOS... ileus Aug 2013 #30
I've been in dozens of churches in the south, AlbertCat Aug 2013 #33
apparently not as worthless as the ONE church hfojvt Aug 2013 #38
One church she's probably never been in. ileus Aug 2013 #44
sermon on Easter @ Lutheran Church 2011 in Texas catrose Aug 2013 #102
lots of people hated Hillarycare too hfojvt Aug 2013 #105
Boom HangOnKids Aug 2013 #65
it comes from a story - one story told by one person hfojvt Aug 2013 #43
Need me to point you in the direction of some of Falwell/Robertson's affiliated churches? Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #50
Ed Schultz EXPOSES Cause Of Racism In The South AlbertCat Aug 2013 #32
+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #47
+ 2 cordelia Aug 2013 #54
Openly racist Northern politicians typically lose elections meow2u3 Aug 2013 #76
Openly racist Northern politicians typically lose elections AlbertCat Aug 2013 #145
Meanwhile Coyote_Bandit Aug 2013 #35
I left my church Brainstormy Aug 2013 #36
I'm guessing racism in other places in the U.S. has much the same reason too. Lex Aug 2013 #37
There's a lot of hate in certain churches in the South, particularly LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #45
Funny...I can find hundreds of videos on YouTube of "kittehs" but not one exposing this alleged Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #49
Its not all Hate; many are tired polynomial Aug 2013 #55
Can you clarify these thoughts a bit? M0rpheus Aug 2013 #77
it's a prison thing heaven05 Aug 2013 #93
The reason doesn't even matter any more. M0rpheus Aug 2013 #96
LOL heaven05 Aug 2013 #97
And right on cue... Sadly... M0rpheus Aug 2013 #98
Well, one of the causes, and some of the churches. nolabear Aug 2013 #56
this bears repeating- right here Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #80
The KKK never went away, they just weren't organized until the like of Karl Rove came around Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #125
Happy to say madokie Aug 2013 #60
Not only racism comes from the southern religions - they have been anti union for as long as jwirr Aug 2013 #63
On the contrary, Americans don't spend enough time on race issues. DeSwiss Aug 2013 #69
"Martin Luther King said the most segregated hour in America is at 11:00 on Sunday mornings" KamaAina Aug 2013 #70
"Martin Luther King said........ usaf-vet Aug 2013 #71
those churches should lose their tax-exempt status noiretextatique Aug 2013 #72
every church needs to lose its tax exempt status. Vashta Nerada Aug 2013 #75
Related: The rise of the nons: Why nondenominational churches are winning over mainline churches Mosby Aug 2013 #79
This is not limited to the South - not by a long shot. WestSeattle2 Aug 2013 #85
Its easier for some to bash the south instead of looking at what is happening in their own Rebellious Republican Aug 2013 #91
IMHO Racism is caused by 3 things: gopiscrap Aug 2013 #88
God guns and gays-Lee Atwater underpants Aug 2013 #89
I always liked JK Galbraith's assertion that the modern ashling Aug 2013 #99
Religious fanatacism is used worldwide felix_numinous Aug 2013 #103
Love Ed Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #104
Hatred for long haired hippies condemning the rich: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #109
They want to preach the politics of racial hatred, segregation, and voter supression? Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #111
Amazing what followers will do. Apparently they have no inner voice... polichick Aug 2013 #116
It is the..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Aug 2013 #117
You preach politics and hate, you lose tax exempt status. End of debate. Initech Aug 2013 #122
This is not exclusive to the South Generic Brad Aug 2013 #123
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it's not the church, it's the radio. those dumbass preachers listen to team limbaugh certainot Aug 2013 #127
Pen!s envy. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #131
Ed Schultz is always worth watching -Just watch..... LaPera Aug 2013 #136
K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #143
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