• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

Trump Tells Christians They Won’t Have to Vote in Future: ‘We’ll Have It Fixed’

wing2000

E pluribus unum
Site Supporter
Aug 18, 2012
25,482
21,526
✟1,780,908.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
What a sad display of intentional ignorance and willful deceit.
Trump is talking to Christians who, in large part, do not like to vote and would not vote unless they have to. We have to because of the mess the nation is in.

What makes you think Christians attending a "believers summit" sponsored by Turning Point Action" don't like to vote? The fact is, Evangelicals have been voting in mass since 1976. And white Evangelicalsmade up 1/3 of the Trump voting block in 2016 & 2020.

Trump would not have been President without them.

Trump simply says that if we help get him elected this last time, he will help fix the mess, and thereafter, we will no longer have to vote.
Fix it how?

We can shed ourselves of this nasty chore.

Voting is nasty?
Or perhaps voting for a man like DJT is nasty?

He is not suggesting that there will be no more elections. That is pure deceit and false witnessing.
He's clearly indicating Christians will not have to vote after this election.
 
Upvote 0

durangodawood

re Member
Aug 28, 2007
28,105
19,719
Colorado
✟549,821.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Seeker
Marital Status
Single
Thats not how it works. Only he can explain what he meant. Did he say on some other occasion that he wants to end democracy or elections?
When the plausible gap between what a person says and what they might mean becomes a chasm, thats a sign of their mental unfitness for office.
 
Upvote 0

Merrill

Well-Known Member
Mar 25, 2023
1,456
1,064
45
Chicago
✟89,807.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
It looks like the alternative is Kamala Harris. Please show that she is "crazy and dangerous" and choosing her instead is "really, really dangerous and foolish". Would choosing her be the most dangerous choice in the history of Presidents? I get the impression she has a lot of word salad and maybe just goes along with the party line.

On the other hand do you agree that Trump's speech gave the impression that Christians would no longer have to vote any more to keep him in power? That's how people who aren't his supporters see it. Remember that he literally has already tried to ignore the results of an election helped by many supporters. If he was able to get away with it what do you think he would do? Ignore the election results or change his mind and keep things democratic? Note that Project 2025 talks about the President having more powers, etc.
She supports things like

1. Reparations for slavery
2. Defunding police
3. Equity-based economics (Marxist)
4. Unrestricted abortion until birth
5. More foreign interventionism and handouts to the military-industrial complex
6. Term limits for SCOTUS judges, and potential court-packing
7. Open borders

she was rated as the furthest left Senator in the US save for Bernie Sanders --she is out-of-touch with average Americans

and she simply isn't qualified for the job

all this makes her really dangerous
 
Upvote 0

JohnClay

Married Mouth-Breather
Site Supporter
Oct 27, 2006
1,336
230
Australia
Visit site
✟604,416.00
Country
Australia
Gender
Male
Faith
Other Religion
Marital Status
Married
She supports things like

1. Reparations for slavery
2. Defunding police
3. Equity-based economics (Marxist)
4. Unrestricted abortion until birth
5. More foreign interventionism and handouts to the military-industrial complex
6. Term limits for SCOTUS judges, and potential court-packing
7. Open borders

she was rated as the furthest left Senator in the US save for Bernie Sanders --she is out-of-touch with average Americans

and she simply isn't qualified for the job

all this makes her really dangerous
But I think all or most of those things could be changed back pretty quickly and they don't seem to have a plan for the liberals to rule the government permanently.
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
But I think all or most of those things could be changed back pretty quickly and they don't seem to have a plan for the liberals to rule the government permanently.
How quickly could we regain voting rights after they've been taken away? Or will it be permanent?
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
Yep, Trump 2024, vote for me and we will end that whole democracy and peaceful fair transfer of power every 4 years.

The one thing he is honest on is his intention to rig the whole election system.
Is that a bad thing? Or a really, really bad thing? :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: DaisyDay
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
When the plausible gap between what a person says and what they might mean becomes a chasm, thats a sign of their mental unfitness for office.
So when Kamala Harris says she wants to end all policing in America, we should either take her seriously, or assume she is unfit for office.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Merrill
Upvote 0

childeye 2

Well-Known Member
Aug 18, 2018
6,147
3,427
67
Denver CO
✟247,913.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
She supports things like

1. Reparations for slavery
2. Defunding police
3. Equity-based economics (Marxist)
4. Unrestricted abortion until birth
5. More foreign interventionism and handouts to the military-industrial complex
6. Term limits for SCOTUS judges, and potential court-packing
7. Open borders

she was rated as the furthest left Senator in the US save for Bernie Sanders --she is out-of-touch with average Americans

and she simply isn't qualified for the job

all this makes her really dangerous
The above Looks like a misrepresentation of her policies by an opponent. Take a look at these sources.


 
Last edited:
  • Informative
Reactions: DaisyDay
Upvote 0

durangodawood

re Member
Aug 28, 2007
28,105
19,719
Colorado
✟549,821.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Seeker
Marital Status
Single
So when Kamala Harris says she wants to end all policing in America, we should either take her seriously, or assume she is unfit for office.
So when was that?
 
Upvote 0

childeye 2

Well-Known Member
Aug 18, 2018
6,147
3,427
67
Denver CO
✟247,913.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
So when Kamala Harris says she wants to end all policing in America, we should either take her seriously, or assume she is unfit for office.
You should first make sure you're not looking at slander.

To unmask the wolf in sheep's clothing, people should be looking for expressed sentiments that denote slander. The problem preventing the uniting of America is that Americans are being deceived into turning against one another. When the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and greater in number, there's something wrong.

The rise of autocracy has allowed for powerful entities to buy up the news we hear, the economy we depend upon to make a living, the politicians running for office, the government of the people by the people, and even the supreme court. And there is a consistent message saying it's time to destroy the socialists/communists.
 
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
You should first make sure you're not looking at slander.

To unmask the wolf in sheep's clothing, people should be looking for expressed sentiments that denote slander. The problem preventing the uniting of America is that Americans are being deceived into turning against one another. When the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and greater in number, there's something wrong.

The rise of autocracy has allowed for powerful entities to buy up the news we hear, the economy we depend upon to make a living, the politicians running for office, the government of the people by the people, and even the supreme court. And there is a consistent message saying it's time to destroy the socialists/communists.
Does that go both ways? Because there's a larger message in my posts.
 
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
He isn't just one guy, he has the support of the Republican party and a sympathetic supreme court.
So you think the Republican Party will back the plan to remove voting rights in America. And you're 100% sure it's not the LW, MSM, blowing things out of proportion, but rather is the actual goal?

Ridiculous... Comspiratorial... Nonsense...
 
Upvote 0

childeye 2

Well-Known Member
Aug 18, 2018
6,147
3,427
67
Denver CO
✟247,913.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Does that go both ways? Because there's a larger message in my posts.
I'd be interested to hear your message. I just don't like blank assertions or slander.

I'm saying not to get lost in the semantics. To elaborate, don't get lost in the semantics so that you can't tell a positive from a negative. To elaborate further, don't get lost in the semantics so that you can't tell the truth from the lie.

Example: party A calls party B a liar without any proof, which is a lie in itself. So, B calls A a liar which is true and it's not a lie. <--- There is a distinction.

I'm talking about the ad hominem attack logical fallacy. The ad hominem attack is a tactic where a person engages in a personal attack against the character of their opponent to avoid arguing the substance of their argument.

Since engaging in personal attacks to avoid the substantive argument is a show of bad character in itself, it's not an ad hominem attack logical fallacy to discredit the character of a person who engages in an ad hominem attack logical fallacy.

In propaganda the intention is to turn positives into negatives, and negatives into positives, but more common, is to use propaganda to make them both look neutral so that no one can tell the difference.
 
Upvote 0

variant

Happy Cat
Jun 14, 2005
23,790
6,591
✟315,332.00
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Single
So you think the Republican Party will back the plan to remove voting rights in America. And you're 100% sure it's not the LW, MSM, blowing things out of proportion, but rather is their actual goal?

The Republican party has been trying to make it harder to vote for most people for decades now.

So far, the Republican party and Donald Trump have been complaining about an election they clearly lost for 4 years now, they excused a riot that started and sacked the capitol building and a fraudulent attempt at capturing the electoral college.

Then the Supreme Court then says the President has immunity for illegal acts committed as part of the presidents official duties.

Now Trump is openly promising that everything will be "fixed" so that religious voters wont have to turn out to vote in 4 years.


So no, I'm not making stuff up, just, paying attention.
 
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
The Republican party has been trying to make it harder to vote for most people for decades now.

So far, the Republican party and Donald Trump have been complaining about an election they clearly lost for 4 years now, they excused a riot that started and sacked the capitol building and a fraudulent attempt at capturing the electoral college.

Then the Supreme Court then says the President has immunity for illegal acts committed as part of the presidents official duties.

Now Trump is openly promising that everything will be "fixed" so that religious voters wont have to turn out to vote in 4 years.


So no, I'm not making stuff up, just, paying attention.
There's a lot of baloney being force-fed on the news these days... First of all, the Republicans don't want illegal immigrants voting - that's not taking voting rights away, it's just following the law. Second, the MSM made it seem like the Capitol protest was sacking the government, but not a single person was shot at, and I'm not totally sure, but I don’t remember anyone claiming that weapons were even brought into the capitol. Third, Presidential immunity goes both ways, and that was created to protect from radicals using the court system as a weapon, as has become popular recently. It's called lawfare, and it's a type of corruption.
 
Upvote 0

childeye 2

Well-Known Member
Aug 18, 2018
6,147
3,427
67
Denver CO
✟247,913.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
There's a lot of baloney being force-fed on the news these days... First of all, the Republicans don't want illegal immigrants voting - that's not taking voting rights away, it's just following the law. Second, the MSM made it seem like the Capitol protest was sacking the government, but not a single person was shot at, and I'm not totally sure, but I don’t remember anyone claiming that weapons were even brought into the capitol. Presidential immunity goes both ways, and that was created to protect from radicals using the court system as a weapon, as has become popular recently. It's called lawfare, and it's a type of corruption.
It's like you just brushed away the observable and undeniable facts that @variant presented and answered a different post.



 
Last edited:
Upvote 0

variant

Happy Cat
Jun 14, 2005
23,790
6,591
✟315,332.00
Faith
Agnostic
Marital Status
Single
There's a lot of baloney being force-fed on the news these days... First of all, the Republicans don't want illegal immigrants voting - that's not taking voting rights away, it's just following the law.

Republicans are for making it harder for everyone to vote to address problems in the voting system that they've made up.

Second, the MSM made it seem like the Capitol protest was sacking the government, but not a single person was shot at, and I'm not totally sure, but I don’t remember anyone claiming that weapons were even brought into the capitol.

The capitol was sacked in protest in order to try to overturn a rightful election. It was then excused by the Republican party and downplayed.

Third, Presidential immunity goes both ways, and that was created to protect from radicals using the court system as a weapon, as has become popular recently. It's called lawfare, and it's a type of corruption.

The plot to have alternative slates of electors (an actual coup attempt) was kept from being prosecuted by the Supreme Court.

Republicans want to put it's author back in power. With a different vice president since the last one didn't cooperate.

This is why Trump isn't: Just one man., the point I was replying to. He has the backing of the Republican Party in his schemes and a cooperative supreme court.

He's now openly saying that he'll fix everything so that Christians won't have to turn out to vote in the future.
 
Last edited:
  • Winner
Reactions: Innsmuthbride
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
It's like you just brushed away the observable and undeniable facts that @variant presented and answered a different post.



The first video is of a woman who protested at the capitol, but had no weapon. Why did you post that? I haven't watched the second two videos, on account of the first being irrelevant to what we're discussing.

Can you explain why you posted those, or what they mean in regards to the conversation?
 
Upvote 0

Landon Caeli

I ♡ potato pancakes and applesauce
Site Supporter
Jan 8, 2016
17,644
6,788
48
North Bay
✟818,396.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
I'd be interested to hear your message. I just don't like blank assertions or slander.

I'm saying not to get lost in the semantics. To elaborate, don't get lost in the semantics so that you can't tell a positive from a negative. To elaborate further, don't get lost in the semantics so that you can't tell the truth from the lie.

Example: party A calls party B a liar without any proof, which is a lie in itself. So, B calls A a liar which is true and it's not a lie. <--- There is a distinction.

I'm talking about the ad hominem attack logical fallacy. The ad hominem attack is a tactic where a person engages in a personal attack against the character of their opponent to avoid arguing the substance of their argument.

Since engaging in personal attacks to avoid the substantive argument is a show of bad character in itself, it's not an ad hominem attack logical fallacy to discredit the character of a person who engages in an ad hominem attack logical fallacy.

In propaganda the intention is to turn positives into negatives, and negatives into positives, but more common, is to use propaganda to make them both look neutral so that no one can tell the difference.
Nobody has any evidence of any Trump policy initiative to end Democracy in America... Yet, a soundbyte snippet says it all..? :doh:

How is that different from snipping a soundbyte clip of Harris saying she supports defunding the police, and then going around saying she wants to end policing in America.

...The two fallacies are equal. They're both wrong - that is the point.
 
  • Agree
Reactions: rjs330
Upvote 0