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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:17 AM Original message |
Politics vs Religion : The Hypocrisy |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Who says Republicans are all bad? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Scroll to any page of DU. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hmmm |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Have you ever read DU? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. I do |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. "a few members of the Republican Party"? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. There are millions of registered Republicans... |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Point taken |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Bull, those three hundred would not be there to screw everything up without |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. cherry-picking to support a narrow-minded view always results in a false argument. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Republican party is a semi-cohesive political party, with generally held principles... |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. But I can easily compare any single religion just fine, and the analogy fits. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Considering I'm not a Christian, I don't feel a need to defend that. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Where did you get this crap? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Deuteronomy (17:2-7) and (13:10) , Leviticus (24:16) |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. In all seriousness (long post warning) |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Thats all bullshit. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. CT, St paul is pretty clear on how Christians are to treat those passages |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Christians... now Muslims... but somehow never mentions the JEWS who wrote these Scriptures. n/t |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh, you can include Judaism too. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. We all pretty much agree with you... but I think that calling the OT and NT |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. You don't understand any of these religions |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I like the Jews... they're much oppressed |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I'll take that challenge |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I stand corrected |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Have you been to the Hasiddic Community? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. It's not my religion, I'm an atheist |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. I disagree with your editorial slant, but excellent info |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Those are NOT Christian Scriptures.... so you think the JEWS are "fucking sick" |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Those passages are in the CHRISTIAN BIBLE. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Those passages do not apply to Gentiles |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Sorry, your claim is 100% certified bullshit. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I don't care if the mods delete this: You're a loony |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Wow, that's a little crazy |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. People misunderstand Leviticus in a lot of ways |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. can you explain to me how the pope can edit the bible? |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. He takes a lunch meeting with L. Ron Hubbard, the Dalai Lama and Joseph Smith |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. In the Bible |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Notice how you convienently pretend the Bible doesn't contain the Old Testament. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The Gospel is to supercede the law |
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Bishop Rook (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Jesus was pretty clear about it too |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. SHAME ON YOU ! |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I fixed it. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Why'd you fix it? |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It says essentially the exact same thing, without the sarcasm. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. No, because you reference was to Chrisitanity |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. You cant pretend the Old Testament doesnt exist, pal. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. It's not how its written, it's how it's read |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. "There is no middle ground." |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. I know that it exists |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I did answer it - I called it bullshit, which it is. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. hypocrisy |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. They are all about killing gay folk too |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Religions are a very broad subject, but I take issue with one point. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Buddhism doesn't require a belief in deities... |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Note that the "generally held principles" of the Republican movement |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. No, because they were allies at the time, he invaded other nations instead, and traded with two... |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Look at the platform |
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nightrider767 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. Republicans or Christians... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Republican policies are intended to make $ for the few --- by any means!! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. The only problem I have with your post is the use of "few" |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
70. If it were "a few" Republicans that were bad, it would be OK. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. Maybe because there is only one republican party... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
42. That's only hypocrisy if both those are equally true |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. Demographics: The Reality |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
56. Alternatively maybe not all republicans are the same |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
65. but.. isn't Jesus and the Devil brothers? |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
69. At DU, it's more like "The Democrats stand for everything bad in this world." |
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