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In reply to the discussion: I am a christian - and it affects ALL of my political views. [View all]SmileyRose
(4,854 posts)129. christian
Only because that's my lens. It isn't everyone's nor should it be. Good is good. The label is less important to me than it seems to be to a few DUers.
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"So it's best to let the judgement part up to God and live and let live instead."
bloomington-lib
Apr 2012
#1
the USA is not founded as a christian nation. some of its founders were christians. there is a
msongs
Apr 2012
#2
Ok - some of the best christians i know are also athiests... Sorry, i missed the small "c"
peacebird
Apr 2012
#8
Not to me. Atheists make good humans, not good christians no matter how twisty
Lionessa
Apr 2012
#21
What anger? What hate? I'm just trying to illustrate to christians why...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#128
Given that, christian as a word(capitalized or not) is meaningless...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#116
I am wiccan. I believe in the three fold law. That which I send out to the world returns 3x to me.
peacebird
Apr 2012
#3
Nope. That is not partof the three fold law. All it says is that what I send out into the world will
peacebird
Apr 2012
#16
When i was ten a friends mom told me about karma, that youndon't need to "pay someone back" for
peacebird
Apr 2012
#20
You realize that when atheists ridicule and demean Christians for "illogical and unscientific"
mistertrickster
Apr 2012
#100
Slavery's defenders were on more solid footing in the theological debate over slavery.
Marr
Apr 2012
#42
And the two times religion is actually mentioned in the constitution it's negative.
Initech
Apr 2012
#34
So because a minimum of 60% of the world's most generous philanthropists are nonbelievers
dmallind
Apr 2012
#25
Oh, you have other ways to act superior, they are all over this thread...
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#132
I was raised to be a Xian, but about 40 years ago I found this seminal quote
Air Marshal8
Apr 2012
#23
What on earth did people do before the Christians came along and invented good people?
MuseRider
Apr 2012
#36
So, are you saying that without your belief you would be a cruel, selfish, parasite? n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#39
"Christianity can be used to justify many different and contradictory conclusions."
cleanhippie
Apr 2012
#55
I had heard them before and just did a quick google search for the actual wording
Goblinmonger
Apr 2012
#89
I would be interested in any citation you have that he was a traditional Christian
grantcart
Apr 2012
#96
but some Christians think we should I handle snakes and others picket funerals.
Kablooie
Apr 2012
#70
Then what was the point of calling it, multiple times, a "Christian Nation"? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2012
#125
In one of the few references to religion during the constitutional convention...
bhikkhu
Apr 2012
#135