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Captain_New_York

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9. I have a tough view of "born again" Christians

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Sat May 13, 2017, 02:51 PM

May 2017

My parents summer home was in Ocean Grove NJ. While the Methodist Camp Meeting Association ran wonderful programs; but I had to hear:

- " you are not a Christian, you are a catholic"
- " my dad is a pastor and he talks to god so I'm right"
-" as long as you go to church on Sunday you can sin all you want during the week and Jesus will forgive you"

BTW Scott Rasmussen, of the right wing Rasmussen report, was part of my older brothers group. He was a jerk before his dad made it big with ESPN

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Conservative "Christians" [View all] Proud liberal 80 May 2017 OP

They are also extremely dangerous... not physically but their desire to enforce their will through MedusaX May 2017 #1

I hope the Con turns out to be their anti-Christ. CrispyQ May 2017 #2

Certainly. Dawson Leery May 2017 #3

Specifically, the 3 branches of TrishaJ May 2017 #11

Two words that should never go together. It's an oxymoron onecaliberal May 2017 #4

I'm a Christian, and I don't understand them at all. dawg May 2017 #5

"the Bible is a giant Rorschach test" FiveGoodMen May 2017 #8

Thank you for the reminder of the good. NCTraveler May 2017 #12

modern religion has been bastardized to mean exactly the opposite of what it truly means Takket May 2017 #13

I think it's mostly down to a long-term, coordinated propaganda campaign FiveGoodMen May 2017 #14

I agree Proud liberal 80 May 2017 #15

Republican Jesus. sarcasmo May 2017 #6

A con artist at a paper mill. RandySF May 2017 #7

I have a tough view of "born again" Christians Captain_New_York May 2017 #9

I always thought it was so stupid how evangelical "christians" though that catholics smirkymonkey May 2017 #16

Ocean Grove's actually pretty progressive crazycatlady May 2017 #18

My right wing, evangelical siblings ... left-of-center2012 May 2017 #10

If God allows them into heaven, I'd rather be in hell. roamer65 May 2017 #17

That is how I feel. Dawson Leery May 2017 #19

Few biblical descriptions of heaven sound like a party FiveGoodMen May 2017 #20