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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 05:11 PM
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The 'god' of the Christian Right and the Republican Party must be a small one
Edited on Sat May-03-08 05:15 PM by ck4829
"In "America Under a Curse," a seventeen page chapter in Day of Deception, John Hagee wrote, "As a nation, America is under the curse of God, even now. Look at the scriptures and see for yourself. The stand we have taken on abortion, the stand we have taken against God in our classrooms, just may have sealed or doom." "The Curse on America" is neatly organized into subsections for different types of divine curses sapping and damaging America and its people, its culture and economic well-being: God's curses on individuals; God's `curse on America'; "The Curse on The Home"; "The Curse against People" (Americans generally); "The Curses of The Cities"; "The Economic Curse"; "The Curse of The Plagues"; "The Curse of Servitude". According to Hagee, in the case of curses humans speak against each other, "
http://www.drudge.com/news/107282/mccains-pastor-gods-curse-upon-america

What kind of God is willing to curse over abortion, but not over allowing malnutrition and deficient sanitary conditions?

What kind of God is willing to curse over Him being in our classrooms, but not over our flawed foreign policy (Which has included, but not limited to: Supporting a dictator who gassed his own people (Saddam Hussein), supporting a dictator who killed thousands, stole millions from his own people, trafficked in cocaine, and sent people to be tortured by a pedophile Nazi (Pinochet), supporting psychopaths who cut off fingers and genitalia of POW's and threw acid in women's faces (Afghan Mujahideen), supporting murderers who shot doctors, nurses, humanitarian activists, and trafficked in cocaine (Contras), and so many more)?

As a person who does believe in God, I think it's time to ally with those who believe He doesn't exist, and with those who aren't sure. The Right Wing says that God is everywhere and omnipotent and is in charge of everyone, their god does seem awfully small, doesn't he?

It's time to call out the Republican Party and the Christian Right, no more talk about God, about "moral values", or anything related to that until they answer those two questions; why does their god, if so powerful, only seem willing to curse America over things that are impediments to the Republican Party agenda.

Are they lying about God, or is their god really just that small?
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 05:13 PM
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1. hagee THINKS he IS that small god nt
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 05:14 PM
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2. Well as one liberal put it...
"I distrust those who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -- Susan B. Anthony
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 05:24 PM
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3. I keep sayin' -- their god is petty, mean, and vengeful. They may call him Jesus, but he's not. nt
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Baby Snooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 05:32 PM
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4. The mean old man in the sky...
All three religions that worship the God of Abraham have their fundamentalist sects that believe in the inerrancy of the Old Testament and in this "mean old man in the sky" which is why the human race is on the brink of extinction particularly when once again we live under the threat of nuclear annihilation. No doubt the "holy rollers," be they Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, would fall to the ground believing the the nuclear blasts were deliverance for their piety. The chariots of fire wreaking havoc on the evil ones while delivering the pious ones to the paradise of heaven. All three religions can be summed up quite simply by accepting that in the beginning, Man created God in His image.

Our forefathers revered the idea of a higher being called God but also for some reason feared religion itself and thus the 1st Amendment was the first amendment they wrote. And as soon as the ink was dried, some began to claim that this was a "Christian" nation.

Sorry but I do not believe in the mean old man in the sky and have learned to avoid those who do. Particularly if they are also Republicans.

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zonmoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:44 PM
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5. In that case you probably want to avoid me. since I believe in the mean old man in the sky
and completely despise him and call him and all of his followers the worst possible sorts of villains.
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