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Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
24. You forgot the sarcasm icon (I hope)
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 10:42 AM
Jun 2012
A Mormon is not a Christian... [View all] rfranklin Jun 2012 OP
This post would be better placed in the Religion Group. MineralMan Jun 2012 #1
Ugg trumad Jun 2012 #2
Brilliantly said. nt MineralMan Jun 2012 #3
Yeah---I see you're back in full concern mode.... trumad Jun 2012 #5
Correct on all counts. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #7
The article mentions Mitt Romney... rfranklin Jun 2012 #4
Bingo trumad Jun 2012 #6
I agree. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #8
I doubt it will be much of an issue with the RW christian set Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #14
OK. Do you know much about right wing religoius people? Do you know that Beck is also LDS? Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #70
I thought I was explicit in my point that RW Christians listen to Beck despite his Mormonism Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #78
While the article at the link mentioned Romney, MineralMan Jun 2012 #120
I disagree. Mitt Romney's religion and people's reactions to it are highly political this year. yardwork Jun 2012 #58
Just posted it in Good Reads because it IS one, elleng Jun 2012 #90
Yes, but how many angels does each side think can dance on the head of a pin? GodlessBiker Jun 2012 #9
Nope... trumad Jun 2012 #10
From your keyboard to Whoever's ears! Bake Jun 2012 #15
Fostering bigotry and religious intolerance for political gain on a Progressive board Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #17
Good point. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #19
Good for you. Bake Jun 2012 #20
Are you saying the President has nothing else to run-on except appeals to bigotry? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #21
No, I'm NOT saying that. Bake Jun 2012 #28
(2) They may find it creepy but they also like Glen Beck Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #38
Politics is a nasty business. Bake Jun 2012 #48
You're everything you pretend to despise in RWers Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #53
Fine. We disagree on tactics. Bake Jun 2012 #56
Calling religion idiotic isn't bigotry, it's spreading the truth.. snooper2 Jun 2012 #23
Judging from Bake's posts Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #27
Who the hell is "fostering bigotry?" Bake Jun 2012 #32
And you apparently love it. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #41
He went to SCHOOL. Was it a Madrassa? Bake Jun 2012 #51
It doesn't matter Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #55
Ah, so you are claiming falsehood and truth have equal standing. That's common among the Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #62
Truth schmuth. Winning is all that matters. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #73
I'm Reminded of the New.... WiffenPoof Jun 2012 #46
Ahhh you're one of those play nice Progressives.... trumad Jun 2012 #39
No. I'm a progresive who believes bigotry is bad Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #43
No---you're one of those play nice progressives..... trumad Jun 2012 #50
THANK YOU! Bake Jun 2012 #54
You left out Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #57
Nice try, but the difference is that the blood libels were LIES. The beliefs and history Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #63
Who cares so long as it works. That's what we're being told here. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #65
Uh...this a political website, not some ecumenical seminar Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #69
Nice strawman... trumad Jun 2012 #84
If it helps you win, why not? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #92
There are a thousand reasons to criticize Romeny Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #67
No---but Joe Smith the Con man... trumad Jun 2012 #85
His adherence to the doctrines of his cult are one of the thousand reasons to criticize him. GoneOffShore Jun 2012 #87
Whose cult? Mitt Romney's or Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #96
Mormonism as a cult - GoneOffShore Jun 2012 #103
Religion absolutely is on the table. Daemonaquila Jun 2012 #97
They are already Bigots, and will probably not change bahrbearian Jun 2012 #64
Well, since the RW Christians have no problem listening to Glen Beck Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #68
They think that Mormons are Christians, we can educate them a little. Progressive are for education. bahrbearian Jun 2012 #74
It is time to foster intolerance of religion, when religion is used for oppression. Daemonaquila Jun 2012 #102
As this thread so sadly demonstrates -- Bigotry is not the exclusive domain of the religious or RW Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #104
The GOP pits the Baptist African American church against the LGBT community. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #110
And fostering homophobia -- another form of bigotry -- is wrong. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #112
Except I did not advocate "fostering homophobia" in any way. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #113
I didn't say you did. I said fostering religious bigotry is the same as fostering Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #114
Oh spare me. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #116
Oh spare me Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #117
You don't think he is getting that treatment? JoePhilly Jun 2012 #118
Two wrongs make you a right-winger Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #119
He's not JUST a Mormon. He did his door hassling in FRANCE. WingDinger Jun 2012 #61
Their desire to dictate policy overwhelms any supposed religious views they may have... Bandit Jun 2012 #49
I am much more concerned about this . . . siligut Jun 2012 #11
It will only turn to vengeance if they get power. Bake Jun 2012 #16
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Religion UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #12
You are absolutely correct,l and I hammer home that point when talking to believers Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #13
'I don't believe in Leprachauns, I believe in Gnomes'. Marr Jun 2012 #18
As the old Socialist refrain had it: "There'll be pie in the sky\When coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #81
Acrimonious "niggling"? Do you really need to use a word whose first 4 letters Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #22
You forgot the sarcasm icon (I hope) Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #24
That word is in the op-ed that was excerpted. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #25
Thanks. But I'm disappointed in the NY Times for allowing this word. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #30
I got in huge war in Meta over the use of the word niggardly. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #37
Of course. Like "Niger" should be referred to as "the country bordering Algeria and Libya" Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #45
I'd use Niger. It's the name of a country. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #52
If you don't like Niger, LibertyLover Jun 2012 #75
I love it. I'm helping one of their Generals transfer $120 million to this country, Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #93
That is wonderful - LibertyLover Jun 2012 #107
There is nothing wrong with the word. mlevans Jun 2012 #80
I know that. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #91
It's not The Post; the assumption is that The Times readership is educated enough... Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #59
Excuse me, do you know about dictionary.com?? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #134
OK Sentath Jun 2012 #60
Hush now. You're exposing the 'chink' in his armor :) - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #82
Excuse me, do you know about dictionary.com?? Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2012 #133
David Frum has a Newsweek puff piece about how Romney's cult membership Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #26
When it comes down to it, most people vote deaniac21 Jun 2012 #29
No. Debating which exact version of Jesus Christ Romney believes in Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #33
OK, you won me over! deaniac21 Jun 2012 #36
it's one of the fucking debates in this war... trumad Jun 2012 #42
Well, they're certainly not Hindus. surrealAmerican Jun 2012 #31
OT, but there has been speculation that Jesus the Nazarene may have travelled to coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #83
Who gives two shits what "Mormons" are or are not? Spoonman Jun 2012 #34
But.... but.... Holy Ghost! ... Nicene Creed! ..... Divinity of Jesus!...... Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #40
Hell, I'm not even thinking about any of that serious stuff. Rozlee Jun 2012 #72
And that's all that need be said. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #47
The monster that is Mormonism already turned on my people with politics drenched in their faith. Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #76
To be fair, other monsters that are more "mainstream" Xtian have also turned on our side. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #130
I've talked to several conservative Christians who feel that Mormonism ... spin Jun 2012 #35
Again--- trumad Jun 2012 #44
While I do not blindly embrace "end justifies means" arguments, in coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #88
Excellent post trumad Jun 2012 #89
Thanks. I grew up among these evangelical and charismatic coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #95
Who cares whether it is or isn't? MadHound Jun 2012 #66
I am child of the Universe nolabels Jun 2012 #71
This guy cites Richard Land Aerows Jun 2012 #77
More than likely he is actually citing whoever Land plagiarized Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #122
lol! fishwax Jun 2012 #132
Hey! A tomato is not a vegetable. eShirl Jun 2012 #79
Close enough RZM Jun 2012 #86
The whole 'Joseph Smith' thing cries to me false idol LynneSin Jun 2012 #94
And the whole "Muhammad" thing, too (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #100
Muhammad has been around alot longer and is based on the same first 5 books of the bible we use LynneSin Jun 2012 #105
First of all: Who is we? JackRiddler Jun 2012 #127
Why, then, the name "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"? KamaAina Jun 2012 #98
Well, it's all to do with the Nicene Creed and the Holy Ghost. Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #99
Some Protestants reject the Nicene Creed KamaAina Jun 2012 #101
Unitarians do not consider Bohunk68 Jun 2012 #109
Some of the old-line UUs do KamaAina Jun 2012 #111
Uh...Maybe because Smith was hustling Americans and Europeans? Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #106
When is the candidate's religion relevant and The Second Stone Jun 2012 #108
Mormons believe that (Mormon) people become gods, like God. That is worshiping false gods if you are McCamy Taylor Jun 2012 #115
I don't care whether or not a Mormon is a Christian ... Martin Eden Jun 2012 #121
If a Muslim was running for office Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #123
Are you a Mormon? UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #128
The "Holy Trinity" is what should be addressed here Motown_Johnny Jun 2012 #124
I'm sure Jim Lehrer will put the Holy Trinity on his list of debate questions (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2012 #125
I'm sure Jim Lehrer will be scanning UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #129
Most Christians are not Christian. JackRiddler Jun 2012 #126
i41 GIVA A FUCK Zanzoobar Jun 2012 #131
Since this a pure theology discussion, I'm locking REP Jun 2012 #135
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