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The first deplorable is a fake Christian. roamer65 Sep 2017 #1
Some of these people will give you their last dollar if they think you need it. Warpy Sep 2017 #3
Question....they would give the shirt off their back to a person of color or LGBTQ? MLAA Sep 2017 #6
Yes. Warpy Sep 2017 #8
If color/LGTBQ/equality had been important to more people during the election we wouldn't have Trump MLAA Sep 2017 #15
I'm in Florida and most people are acting like assholes. kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #115
That's really weird Warpy Sep 2017 #116
It's normal here to not let people in and cut people off kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #121
Thanks for making me even more glad I didn't move there after my parents died Warpy Sep 2017 #122
Yep - it's a miracle when someone does that. I try to kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #123
Yes, they would. They might feel superior to the person of color and they Arkansas Granny Sep 2017 #14
And sorry to say, what they're fed from some of the pulpits sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #53
The funny thing is that the answer to your question is probably "yes". Stonepounder Sep 2017 #43
So glad your family got through the accident. MLAA Sep 2017 #49
So, bad public schools and only one TV channel? #sad #notcredible WinkyDink Sep 2017 #97
That's one of the problems: the belief that private charity should be all the help WinkyDink Sep 2017 #98
What has that got to do with anything? Warpy Sep 2017 #99
You mentioned their personal generosity. How is my post tangential? WinkyDink Sep 2017 #101
So of course you launched yourself on a tangent about public policy Warpy Sep 2017 #106
If the first is not a Christian Mariana Sep 2017 #13
Well, as an Orthodox Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #18
Interesting. Mariana Sep 2017 #22
Not uncommon throughout various religions, even within some denominations of the same religion Major Nikon Sep 2017 #26
Well... Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #36
So, the letter writer is a fake Christian. Mariana Sep 2017 #56
I really could not say Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #68
Aside: Mormonism is rejected as "Christian" by all mainstream churches, for it teaches that men WinkyDink Sep 2017 #102
My personal belief is Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #113
ITA. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #124
No, our Faith does not. sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #52
There is nothing whasoever christian about that person. pangaia Sep 2017 #32
If they think he has repented treestar Sep 2017 #63
Clearly, a lot of Christians don't agree with you. Mariana Sep 2017 #72
There is a distinction being made here between professed and lived. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #103
It sounds to me like you are saying Mariana Sep 2017 #119
It makes them non-Christians for ignoring the Beatitudes. Yes, "cast the first stone" and WinkyDink Sep 2017 #100
... Major Nikon Sep 2017 #28
The Onion could do no better. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2
Could you please include a Link? alittlelark Sep 2017 #4
The OP is refusing to provide a link b/c "safety" yet OP posted the entire content of the letters on anneboleyn Sep 2017 #74
Another poster googled to find the letters, and came up zilch. cwydro Sep 2017 #81
sfgate posted links below! Thnx sfgate. Be warned -- the website is so old school it hurts my eyes. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #89
Lol, thanks! nt cwydro Sep 2017 #90
just respond in an letter to the Editor and ask each of the authors to... samnsara Sep 2017 #5
or, in response to the first letter azureblue Sep 2017 #33
I agree, you can't reach these people. But how do you stop this cancer from spreading? femmedem Sep 2017 #7
Millions are hearing this in church bobbieinok Sep 2017 #9
Jonathan Cahn, or "Rabbi Bluto", as we call him at home musette_sf Sep 2017 #38
Ooh. Oh no. I knew he reminded me of sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #55
Many, if not most Christians reject the OT for good reason Major Nikon Sep 2017 #41
The "man and also Son of God" was settled centuries ago. It's why it's called "faith." WinkyDink Sep 2017 #104
Not as well as you might think Major Nikon Sep 2017 #110
These people are crazy. LittleGirl Sep 2017 #10
The degree of ignorance in each letter is disheartening. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #11
Another poster on this thread tried to find these letters. cwydro Sep 2017 #86
But we can't mock their faith!!!1! progressoid Sep 2017 #12
What these people don't get is "their own" should be the citizens of The United States. PaulRevere08 Sep 2017 #16
So Trump is God's punishment? Did I read that first letter right? nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #17
The author of the second letter CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #19
Hey sometimes they started with concerts and picnics. All normal to those average white lunasun Sep 2017 #34
"Everybody Welcome!" hunter Sep 2017 #45
I know! Hilarious! I thought it was The Onion! Nay Sep 2017 #67
Well... it says "Races" right in the box at upper right jberryhill Sep 2017 #77
Link please GeoWilliam750 Sep 2017 #20
The OP will not provide a link because it does not exist. alittlelark Sep 2017 #40
Link ... BigOleDummy Sep 2017 #47
OK - going to bed - but WTF r u trying to say? alittlelark Sep 2017 #54
There's no link. cwydro Sep 2017 #59
The irony of ironies is that there God was a socialist jew GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #21
He also was assumed to be single during a time when all Jewish Rabbis were expected to be married Major Nikon Sep 2017 #35
Indiana has a long history with the christian KKK nt msongs Sep 2017 #23
God installed the guy who won't bow down to him? czarjak Sep 2017 #24
Nobody reads the bible more than Trump Major Nikon Sep 2017 #44
WHY have you not yet included a LINK....? alittlelark Sep 2017 #25
Link Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #27
And Hurricane Irma struck because god wanted it to strike. And children die of brain cancer... Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #29
On the other hand Roy Rolling Sep 2017 #30
Race traitors and Satan oh my ! lunasun Sep 2017 #31
Honest question BadgerMom Sep 2017 #37
Rural Dem here, these people do exist (and vote) but are really uncommon Amishman Sep 2017 #64
One third Kajun Gal Sep 2017 #39
OMG. I could only read a couple of sentences of the idiocy. Racism, plain & simple. Can't tolerate iluvtennis Sep 2017 #42
Ask for a link.... you will get none from a Troll..... alittlelark Sep 2017 #48
I almost threw up. Doreen Sep 2017 #46
Agreed. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #50
I have family in Indiana left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #51
OP has been asked repeatedly for a link. cwydro Sep 2017 #60
I just now 'googled' the letters ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #65
My guess as well. These "letters" are not in any newspaper in Indiana. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #71
Interesting, eh? cwydro Sep 2017 #75
We do too. No links to letters or even NAME OF THE PUBLIC NEWSPAPER anneboleyn Sep 2017 #70
"We only entered the war's after we were attacked"? Ken Burch Sep 2017 #57
"we were attacked by Mexico in 1846" Uh, no left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #92
I know we weren't...My rhetorical questions were inspired by the person in the first letter Ken Burch Sep 2017 #94
Why go back so far? IRAQ. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #105
If this is real, you would have included a link. cwydro Sep 2017 #58
Not comfortable with providing a link. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #61
Sure. cwydro Sep 2017 #62
These were published, you claim, in a PUBLIC NEWSPAPER IN INDIANA. Which newspaper? This isnt anneboleyn Sep 2017 #69
Sure LOL, that is why you felt the need to put "this is real" at the end of the subject line snooper2 Sep 2017 #76
I know. I thought the "this is real" was a cute touch. cwydro Sep 2017 #83
Like Trump saying ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #93
Oh bullshit jberryhill Sep 2017 #78
sfgate provides links below. That must have been a dig -- this thing looks like 1997 never ended. anneboleyn Sep 2017 #88
3 possible reasons there's no link NotASurfer Sep 2017 #66
If number two were true why would you post the entire content of the letters on a highly active anneboleyn Sep 2017 #73
Link to the second... sfwriter Sep 2017 #79
Thnx. WTH is "WhiteWaterPub.Com" and why does this site look like it's from 1997? anneboleyn Sep 2017 #85
These people are dealing in trashy fanfiction on the LTE pages. Scoopster Sep 2017 #80
Link to the first... sfwriter Sep 2017 #82
Katie is a regular writer... sfwriter Sep 2017 #84
Katie sounds profoundly mentally ill. Also sad that she spends her time writing LTE in some tiny anneboleyn Sep 2017 #87
One way to identify a xenophobic racist treestar Sep 2017 #96
She is 81 years old dalton99a Sep 2017 #118
Excellent sleuthing! cwydro Sep 2017 #91
As I said, I wasn't comfortable providing a link to the site. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #95
I too get the vapors thinking about the horrors of posting a link bronxiteforever Sep 2017 #107
Ah, more snark. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #109
You give as good as you take ornotna Sep 2017 #114
...or over it. CanonRay Sep 2017 #108
The second writer's ancestors should have stayed in Europe based on his logic. muntrv Sep 2017 #111
There is a guy by the same name in the same county who is a convicted felon dalton99a Sep 2017 #120
Welcome to the Indiana Bible Belt. Chipper Chat Sep 2017 #112
more of a bible thong, maybe? 0rganism Sep 2017 #117
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