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In reply to the discussion: When did so many (not all) "christians" become hateful psychopaths? [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)139. I agree wholeheartedly. Great post.
Peter was supposed to lead the church. Instead, they ignored his writings and went with that old homophobic, woman hating Paul.
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When did so many (not all) "christians" become hateful psychopaths? [View all]
NightWatcher
Jul 2012
OP
not all but a large majority are Anglo, sorry if people can't accept that but its backed up by
NavyDavy
Jul 2012
#106
The title of this OP strains to make the distnction between 'so many' and 'all'. Yet the post I
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2012
#115
Personally, I'm not greatly fond of religion itself either, so I understand more than most.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#298
There are precise, obvious and relevant differences between both the classical and the contemporary
LanternWaste
Feb 2014
#325
I don't think he's quite THAT old, but he was with Hitler's Youth Patrols.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#291
You have the correct view. There's no use looking into the past for a period when
dimbear
Jul 2012
#287
Really? So then Americans are completely bad because of everything we've done too.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#300
Right, but it's still fictional. I didn't say that "I" thought all Americans are bad.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#305
You and I aren't very far apart, really. I intentionally misunderstood you because you
dimbear
Jul 2012
#310
A habit so strong, so old, so ALL pervasive that they are almost completely unaware of it,
patrice
Jul 2012
#285
I think aethia is referring to in general, on average and you are referring to one specific case/you
patrice
Jul 2012
#280
Part of the difficulty is the Right/Wrong concept itself. There is a middle too.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#306
Reads as though you may be like me, in love with the mystery that we Catholics used to call the
patrice
Jul 2012
#308
Agree, on average. The last emotion to disappear from a living brain/nervous system is Fear.
patrice
Jul 2012
#281
I think about that original Rollerball a lot, too. It doesn't get enough credit...
villager
Jul 2012
#47
They have to be a little careful to protect their tax-exempt status. Not much, but a little.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#147
That was what I was going to say. All warped to stay/get rich, idolizing the rich. Saw it up close.
freshwest
Jul 2012
#108
+1. IMO, too many people mistake selfishness, and ruthlessness, as signs of good leadership skills.
Zorra
Jul 2012
#107
The way I interpret the NT tells me there was a helluva power struggle going on
malthaussen
Jul 2012
#250
1970s. The Republicans figured out a way to stay in power by coopting churches.
yardwork
Jul 2012
#9
Exactly!!! The "faithful" will blindly follow, it attracts a lemming type personality IMO. n/t
RKP5637
Jul 2012
#105
That's a good point in that differentiation. Wow, there are really 38,000 Christian denominations ..
RKP5637
Jul 2012
#324
Spot on. The Right's "Southern Strategy" pales in comparison to their "Christian Strategy."
SunSeeker
Jul 2012
#141
Ive have partied with some former UW grads many years ago and I can only imagine.
DCBob
Jul 2012
#55
Problem is, when they read such, they see THEMSELVES, not others as the blessed ones...
Moonwalk
Jul 2012
#69
But there's more! like how do they explain this in relation to their relentless search for wealth
Ghost of Huey Long
Jul 2012
#162
They have no explanation for their 'praying' in public, applauding themselves for being so 'holy'
Ghost of Huey Long
Jul 2012
#163
I thought that was why they are against campaign contribution transparency.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#319
It's interesting that your post appeared right after #12 because those were land grabs!
yardwork
Jul 2012
#16
and the church in the dark/middle ages creating the modern marriage was for gaining land....
NavyDavy
Jul 2012
#110
Bwa-ha-ha. Great Mormon story. I would have said I hoped to return as a flea
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#21
Why just pick on Christians? Many Muslims and Jews are just as bad. It's a thing about all
totodeinhere
Jul 2012
#43
Your statement is in the right direction, Muslim are considered as ultra conserative
Thinkingabout
Jul 2012
#57
because Christians are always attacking other religions for the things the Christian say are hateful
NavyDavy
Jul 2012
#112
I don't think that Christinas have a monoploy on that sort of thing either. n/t
totodeinhere
Jul 2012
#134
The "mean" ones are also seems to be very anti-abortion but against taking care of children
Thinkingabout
Jul 2012
#49
But it is primarily a discussion of the religous right, and how the perversion of a
Zorra
Jul 2012
#138
You touched on what I've thought for some time now, the desire by some christians
RKP5637
Jul 2012
#135
no its in the right place.....its not about theology its a discussion about behavior of a certain
NavyDavy
Jul 2012
#116
Well, now I know where YouTube posters hang out when they're not there.
I Love a Mystery
Jul 2012
#215
The problem with religious fantatacism isn't the religion. It's the fanatacism.
rocktivity
Jul 2012
#67
Good post. The social justice people left and the angry/scared took over the leadership
uppityperson
Jul 2012
#113
Well said. I have absolutely no use for religion anymore. I left years ago. Today to
RKP5637
Jul 2012
#83
Four events triggered this: Civil rights, roe vs. wade, Jerry Falwell and Raygun.
jwirr
Jul 2012
#87
Some people accept their religious lifestyle with grace...others have a problem because...
Tikki
Jul 2012
#96
I became judgmental when I started getting religious laws forced down my throat.
Shadowflash
Jul 2012
#111
the oped did not state all Christians, show me some proof that food stamps are being used by most
NavyDavy
Jul 2012
#124
"the halcyon (as imagined by us old farts) days of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
Occulus
Jul 2012
#222
True, but IF the conversation can result in more tolerance on both sides, it's worth it.
Tigress DEM
Jul 2012
#292
You can do and say anything and be a Christian. The label is meaningless.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jul 2012
#132
Maybe they should be called Levicites since they are more interested in old Bible Laws
ErikJ
Jul 2012
#148
My neighbors go to church every sunday to the cool and groovy born again mega church..
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#151
I would suggest some hateful psychopaths use religion as a front for their hate....
Thor_MN
Jul 2012
#169
when?, sometime between 1977 and 1980 as far as mainstream American Evangelicals are concerned
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#174
This is bullshit moderators! If someone posted this same shit about Muslims or Hindus it would be
nonoxy9
Jul 2012
#175
I wouldn't worry. Assuming Christianity is true, I think it said somewhere in the Bible
Proles
Jul 2012
#180
Fortunately, there are many Christians who are not like that. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, the Clintons,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#187
Agree. LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. The southern white churches mostly were
SDjack
Jul 2012
#283
The "pain" you feel over being "attacked" (which you yourself are not) is as nothing compared to
Occulus
Jul 2012
#239
Would you be happy if Obama, Biden, the Kennedys, and Jimmy Carter renounced their Christianity? nt
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#220
Yep. If you start a "why do so many Muslims believe that they will be rewarded with 72 virgins
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#212
Funny, I've never felt "persecuted" by Christians such as Obama, Biden, the Kennedys, the Clintons,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#219
There have ALWAYS been strong currents of right-wing Christianity in the United States....
YoungDemCA
Jul 2012
#240
imho, you are referencing the pagan/neopagan demonic crew that has been with US ever since Creation.
bobthedrummer
Jul 2012
#242
Please elaborate on this "unstability" in the natural sciences. I'm curious.
2ndAmForComputers
Jul 2012
#257
About the same time that many humans (not all) became hateful psychopaths.
LanternWaste
Jul 2012
#245
When the KKK stopped being a powerful force in our culture, they went Religious Right n/t
arcane1
Jul 2012
#278
Agree. I'd bet there is a high probability that the dominant trait(s) are negative. nt
patrice
Jul 2012
#286
The ironic thing is, the Christian Right has lost a lot of power in society at large....
YoungDemCA
Jul 2012
#320