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How the Democratic Party opposes Christian Principles
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reverend B
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clirus,
you state that there is a cultural war raging between Christians and atheists, but i must disagree with you. there is a cultural war going on between those that think the country was born out of Christian principles or rather on the concept of freedom. you see, in no way is the lifestyle of the devout Christian impacted by freedom, as they can still choose to live their lives based on Biblical principles, but once those principles have become law, those that don't agree with them are now being strong-armed into a lifestyle they find repugnant. to not expect them to fight you to the end on that is simply naive. freedom is a Christian ally. by maintaining it, we can tell what a persons true inclinations are, and not that they simply fear legal reprisal because they broke the established moral code. if they maintain Christian Biblical principles, it is because that is what they have chosen for themselves, not what someone has chosen for them. why do we need man's law to enforce our view? doesn't God's law do that already? is there an authority that would be greater than that?
i vote for the candidates that err on the side of freedom, as freedom is never an imposition on an individual. as soon as you advocate restrictions based on your specific views, you have set yourself up to be the victim when the prevailing winds change and now you are the outsider and no means to protect the minority, which is you.
don't fear freedom. God doesn't. free will is what gives any faith its value. allow for it. people will err. you and i will err. He knows that too. you can not legislate a man's heart.
you state that there is a cultural war raging between Christians and atheists, but i must disagree with you. there is a cultural war going on between those that think the country was born out of Christian principles or rather on the concept of freedom. you see, in no way is the lifestyle of the devout Christian impacted by freedom, as they can still choose to live their lives based on Biblical principles, but once those principles have become law, those that don't agree with them are now being strong-armed into a lifestyle they find repugnant. to not expect them to fight you to the end on that is simply naive. freedom is a Christian ally. by maintaining it, we can tell what a persons true inclinations are, and not that they simply fear legal reprisal because they broke the established moral code. if they maintain Christian Biblical principles, it is because that is what they have chosen for themselves, not what someone has chosen for them. why do we need man's law to enforce our view? doesn't God's law do that already? is there an authority that would be greater than that?
i vote for the candidates that err on the side of freedom, as freedom is never an imposition on an individual. as soon as you advocate restrictions based on your specific views, you have set yourself up to be the victim when the prevailing winds change and now you are the outsider and no means to protect the minority, which is you.
don't fear freedom. God doesn't. free will is what gives any faith its value. allow for it. people will err. you and i will err. He knows that too. you can not legislate a man's heart.
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Yes, but for most people, in USA and Europe, the travel lis short distances. Long-distance travelling is the exception.
Goods have to travel far in Europe too: in fact, Europe is perhaps larger than USA in area and distances.
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I said you should love thy enemy so your enemy doesn't kill you.
not BECOME your enemy.
Clirus shares the same lack of vision most republicans in power do.
but then again, we are friends with our enemy. See post about saudi arabia....
Republicans are the enemy. They support oil revenues, and oil revenues support saudi businessmen and saudi businessmen support terror organizations.
not BECOME your enemy.
Clirus shares the same lack of vision most republicans in power do.
but then again, we are friends with our enemy. See post about saudi arabia....
Republicans are the enemy. They support oil revenues, and oil revenues support saudi businessmen and saudi businessmen support terror organizations.
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also, the no child left behind policies have cut more money to our systems than any other educational policy in our nation's history.
schools' test scores are what determined how much funding would be cut to schools, and since their score standards were so ridiculously high, most schools are now left with less money than they started with.
no, I'm not going to give you the sources for this information. Its simply true, and I'll be damned if I feel as if I have to prove it to someone who wouldn't believe it anyways.
schools' test scores are what determined how much funding would be cut to schools, and since their score standards were so ridiculously high, most schools are now left with less money than they started with.
no, I'm not going to give you the sources for this information. Its simply true, and I'll be damned if I feel as if I have to prove it to someone who wouldn't believe it anyways.
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chuck norris' roundhouse is scientifically proven to alter one's dna.
If one is to be kicked by chuck, decades from now one's grandchildren will grab their heads in disbelief screaming "what the heck was that?"
If one is to be kicked by chuck, decades from now one's grandchildren will grab their heads in disbelief screaming "what the heck was that?"
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Nathan Poe
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When Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks you, his foot moves so fast as to actually exceed the speed of light, creating a small rip in the space/time continuum. Thus, it is possible for Chuck Norris to literally kick you into next week.
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Nathan Poe
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To bring this thread back on topic, the Democratic Party opposes Christian Principles by repeatedly taking Chuck Norris' name in vain.
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the good chuck giveth, and the good chuck taketh away.....
for some reason its always the same though; its either a 12 year old kid with fundamental radicalism at the core of his heart, or its some octegenarian who is still living in the sexist/racist/culturalist days of 1953.
Ive said it once, I'll say it again; God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.
...now back to chuck....he went to Wendy's, ordered a Big Mac, and got one.
for some reason its always the same though; its either a 12 year old kid with fundamental radicalism at the core of his heart, or its some octegenarian who is still living in the sexist/racist/culturalist days of 1953.
Ive said it once, I'll say it again; God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.
...now back to chuck....he went to Wendy's, ordered a Big Mac, and got one.
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radical fundamentalism is what keeps terrorists believing that they get a bunch of virgins after blowing theirselves up for allah.....
chuck norris um....crushes diamonds in his morning cereal......ok that one wasn't that good...
chuck norris um....crushes diamonds in his morning cereal......ok that one wasn't that good...
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Nathan Poe
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Fundamentalism is always a reactionary stance -- never in favor of anything, always against something. Take away the perceived "enemy," and the fundies usually fizzle out before they can find a new one.
Chuck Norris once did jumping jacks. The result -- 4.9 on the Richter Scale.
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hopefully all the fundies will just die out after people ignore them...or they'll all just detonate.
chuck norris doesn't do push ups; he pushes the earth away from himself.
chuck norris doesn't do push ups; he pushes the earth away from himself.
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