Things that make you want to go hmm...

angrylittlefisherman said:

Hehehee
And the protestants say they are inconoclasts.

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Oh, they have their icons. Their icons are just not of Christ, the Theotokos and the saints...

Insubres said:

What an insanely bizarre picture...

There is definitely something weird about the Obama crowd. He was praised and treated as some kind of hero before he did anything-what-so-ever.

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I'm not weird.

Photini said:

I'm not weird.

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Are you sure you are not wierd???


J/K! He was not meaning you, per se. You know all of TAW thinks the world of you, except my wife. She thinks you have infected me with shutterbugitis.

Michael the Iconographer said:

Are you sure you are not wierd???


J/K! He was not meaning you, per se. You know all of TAW thinks the world of you, except my wife. She thinks you have infected me with shutterbugitis.

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Actually, if you asked my kids, they would probably say that Yes, their mom is very weird. But any weirdness I have is not because of my support of our president or my stand with politics.

Photini said:

Actually, if you asked my kids, they would probably say that Yes, their mom is very weird. But any weirdness I have is not because of my support of our president or my stand with politics.

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No, your wierdness is not due to politics at all.

Photini said:

I'm not weird.

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The people that want to give him awards and praised because he says nice things are though...

Insubres said:

The people that want to give him awards and praised because he says nice things are though...

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If you are referring to the Nobel, then I guess I am weird then, because I think he 100% deserves it.

I am sure I could think of a few choice words to call people who are against him receiving such an award. But I won't, because that lacks class.

Photini said:

Actually, if you asked my kids, they would probably say that Yes, their mom is very weird. But any weirdness I have is not because of my support of our president or my stand with politics.

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Oh, Photini! Say it ain't so!

That man is evil and probably the worst thing to happen to this country since Ted Kennedy was born under a bad sign.

I know those comments will probably draw a deletion and a warning from the CF mods, but so be it.

Obama is the worst president ever, and I know because I lived through Jimmah Carter.

I don't think he is the Antichrist, but he is an antichrist.

MKJ said:

THe Lenny Kravitz tune?

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The version I was thinking was by Living Colour.


The thing that gets me, after reading the post regarding Oliver Cromwell, is how it seems evident that veneration of the saints got replaced with veneration of politicians.
I wouldn't know from experience since I was never Protestant.

Sure, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass all did and said great things; however, to throw Obama in there whose seeds (good or bad) have yet to bear fruit and then to have it all together in a church not only baffles me but also seems a bit premature.

Maximus said:

Oh, Photini! Say it ain't so!

That man is evil and probably the worst thing to happen to this country since Ted Kennedy was born under a bad sign.

I know those comments will probably draw a deletion and a warning from the CF mods, but so be it.

Obama is the worst president ever, and I know because I lived through Jimmah Carter.

I don't think he is the Antichrist, but he is an antichrist.

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LOL. I doubt you will get any deletion warning from CF. This place is very hostile for people who support Obama. I am usually very careful who I even admit it to on CF, because of the sheer hatred that the right wing slings around these days.

I don't buy any of the BS and paranoia that right wing talk radio is selling.

E.C. said:

The version I was thinking was by Living Colour.


The thing that gets me, after reading the post regarding Oliver Cromwell, is how it seems evident that veneration of the saints got replaced with veneration of politicians.
I wouldn't know from experience since I was never Protestant.

Sure, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass all did and said great things; however, to throw Obama in there whose seeds (good or bad) have yet to bear fruit and then to have it all together in a church not only baffles me but also seems a bit premature.

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I just don't understand mixing politics with spirituality period. I don't give a craapola what political figure is up there. It doesn't make sense.

Michael the Iconographer said:

No, your wierdness is not due to politics at all.

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I concur!

E.C. said:

The version I was thinking was by Living Colour.


The thing that gets me, after reading the post regarding Oliver Cromwell, is how it seems evident that veneration of the saints got replaced with veneration of politicians.
I wouldn't know from experience since I was never Protestant.

Sure, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass all did and said great things; however, to throw Obama in there whose seeds (good or bad) have yet to bear fruit and then to have it all together in a church not only baffles me but also seems a bit premature.

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I suppose they thought that he was significant simply because he was the first black President, whether he does anything else or not? But it is a strange choice for a church.

I don't know anything really about Oliver Cromwell, but I have always thought that it was peculiar that Low Anglican churches, which tend to frown on images of saints, always have a ton of commemorative plaques and so on to members or former members of the congregation. Joe Smith beats out St Anybody, I suppose because Joe contributed cash for the windows!

Photini said:

LOL. I doubt you will get any deletion warning from CF. This place is very hostile for people who support Obama. I am usually very careful who I even admit it to on CF, because of the sheer hatred that the right wing slings around these days.

I don't buy any of the BS and paranoia that right wing talk radio is selling.

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Well, I don't want to argue. Just look at the facts.

I am not in the "right wing", and I don't "sling hatred". I work all day during the week, so my exposure to talk radio is minimal.

But Obama is evil. Do not be fooled.

My impression is that the hate is usually being spread by the political left.

What is loving about abortion, the gay agenda, and race-based quotas?

What is loving about the Marxism that Obama has never repudiated?

If a place full of Christians is generally hostile to Obama, that ought to be a hint that something is wrong with Obama.

how the heck can you even tell who those figures are?

buzuxi02 said:

how the heck can you even tell who those figures are?

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Enlarge the photo. The names are on banners beneath each image.

I just blew up the photo, i now see the inscriptions. This is pretty common among black protestant churches, which i'm assuming it is.

Maximus said:

If a place full of Christians is generally hostile to Obama, that ought to be a hint that something is wrong with Obama.

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HAhahahahaha! I would hardly base my political leanings on the general consensus of CF. That is hilarious.

One thing I love about Orthodoxy, is that it pushes no political agenda on me. I am free to vote as I see fit. The Catholics and the Protestants are way to wrapped up in politics for my liking. The minute that Orthodoxy dictates to me that I have to vote for one politician or another, I will abandon it. That is not something I think churches should be doing. Look at the lack of political threads in TAW. Then glance at the stuff over on OBOB. There is a vast difference, and I like it that way.

Suit yourself.

It is beyond me how any Christian could know anything about Obama and the platform of the Democratic Party and support either.

A vote for him is a vote for evil, and that is the truth.

The only excuse I can see for supporting Obama is ignorance.

Orthodoxy doesn't tell you for whom to vote or which party to support, but if you get its principles the conclusions are plain.

Maximus said:

Suit yourself.

It is beyond me how any Christian could know anything about Obama and the platform of the Democratic Party and support either.

A vote for him is a vote for evil, and that is the truth.

The only excuse I can see for supporting Obama is ignorance.

Orthodoxy doesn't tell you for whom to vote or which party to support, but if you get its principles the conclusions are plain.

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Obviously, Photini disagrees with that opinion.....