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MineralMan

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27. And what other Christian organizations have funded ALEC do you suppose.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:40 PM

Mar 2018

You can start here, and follow the leads:

https://twocare.org/the-gathering-the-religious-rights-cash-cow/

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ABSURD: Church blesses AR-15 assault rifles [View all] True Dough Mar 2018 OP

Who Would Jesus Shoot? TBA Mar 2018 #1

More like who would Reverend Moon shoot. rsdsharp Mar 2018 #5

Now, now. trotsky Mar 2018 #2

I'm not waiting on permission to use the term absurd! True Dough Mar 2018 #4

What if the "lord" is a god of war? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #6

Then he/she/it is absurd as well True Dough Mar 2018 #7

We need an assault god ban. Pope George Ringo II Mar 2018 #9

The Sons of Mars aren't going to like that. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #11

this good guy gun thing is a bunch of crock AllaN01Bear Mar 2018 #3

Moonies. MineralMan Mar 2018 #8

Oh seriously? It's the fucking Moonies? Iggo Mar 2018 #17

IMO it's a very rightwing Korean group masquerading as a church. These are the folk struggle4progress Mar 2018 #10

Many "real" churches are rightwing, nationalist Bretton Garcia Mar 2018 #12

Whatever you think of Judaism or Christianity, the Moonies really have nothing to do with either struggle4progress Mar 2018 #13

It's clearly an offshoot of Christianity marylandblue Mar 2018 #18

It's a dangerous rightwing famly-business empire, hidden behind a personality cult struggle4progress Mar 2018 #19

From the article you linked marylandblue Mar 2018 #20

No one, who has himself crowned messiah, can be considered Christian struggle4progress Mar 2018 #22

Anyone can call themselves a Christian marylandblue Mar 2018 #23

"Anyone can call themselves X and other Xs are free to say he is not" is a useless argument-form struggle4progress Mar 2018 #24

And you are qualified to judge who is a Christian and who is not? MineralMan Mar 2018 #26

IMO Lewis handled such issues rather well in "Mere Christianity" struggle4progress Mar 2018 #31

So, you do feel competent to decide? Interesting. MineralMan Mar 2018 #32

C. S. Lewis died long before the Moonies existed. MineralMan Mar 2018 #33

Moon's original organization dates from about 1954. Lewis died in November 1963. struggle4progress Mar 2018 #37

Scientist has a generally agreed definition marylandblue Mar 2018 #28

Indeed it is Brainstormy Mar 2018 #29

Christianity originated as a Jewish cult near Roman-occupied Jerusalem struggle4progress Mar 2018 #38

The "Unification Church" is not simply a "church" with a lot of rightwing nationalist members struggle4progress Mar 2018 #14

And then, there's this: MineralMan Mar 2018 #30

... Sharpton said .. he would never join the church .. and maintained that he knew struggle4progress Mar 2018 #36

Washington Times struggle4progress Mar 2018 #15

And what other Christian organizations have funded ALEC do you suppose. MineralMan Mar 2018 #27

That could be a description for many Southern Baptist churches, frankly. MineralMan Mar 2018 #25

Guns are more important than people. Iggo Mar 2018 #16

The Fall of the House of Moon struggle4progress Mar 2018 #21

And the Right-Wing Christians are aiming to do the same thing. MineralMan Mar 2018 #34

Life is short, and there are other fires to put off struggle4progress Mar 2018 #39

What's next? worshiping a nuclear weapon? DinahMoeHum Mar 2018 #35

Ah, Moonies Bradical79 Mar 2018 #40