Form-Specific Guidelines for Conservatives

[Nadiine]

The neo-Cons have been around for 30 years, and abortion has gotten less restrictive than it ever was. That indicates a lack of focus on their part...or a pattern of lying to get the conservative Christian vote.

No, it indicates a majority who fought against them - when you have
a majority in the public, you won't win no matter who is in charge

It's only until now that the numbers are coming back down - but it's
still at nearly 1/2 and 1/2

 

[BelindaP]

Never stopping to think that maybe they're more moderate than conservative?
Why is it conservatives who always "have it wrong" in this labeling
system people are creating?

How about homosexuality?

Conservatives get it wrong because anyone to the left of you is a liberal.

What about homosexuality?

 

[Nadiine]

I helped to create the moderate forum, so I know exactly what it's there for. And, no. I am not here to restructure this forum. However, I can demand that it stick to its structure. There is nothing in the FSRs that say we have to be politically conservative. In fact, it is my conservative theology that drives me to be liberal politically.
I believe it is wrong to make the rich richer while the poor get poorer.
I believe that capital punishment as it is implemented in this country is an abomination.
I believe it is wrong to start a war just so we can spread our political idealogy.
I believe it is wrong to give lip service to abortion while doing nothing substanitive to stop it or prevent it.

Those are all beliefs I hold dear because of Christ in my life. Seriously, you should change your FSRs if you want to exclude people like me.

No, I'm not into exclusion - I AM into holding on to a conservative forum tho.
conservatives get along fine with conservatives.

And this is why the moderate forum was created - when people aren't as
hardcore conservative, that's the best place to be, I know, I've read
plenty of threads there.

 

[Nadiine]

Conservatives get it wrong because anyone to the left of you is a liberal.

What about homosexuality?

nice stereotyping.

Actually I consider most who lean liberal (who claim to be conservative),
MODERATE, not liberal persay.

And I asked about your beliefs on homosexuality- you seemed to have
left that big one out

 

[BelindaP]

No, I'm not into exclusion - I AM into holding on to a conservative forum tho.
conservatives get along fine with conservatives.

And this is why the moderate forum was created - when people aren't as
hardcore conservative, that's the best place to be, I know, I've read
plenty of threads there.

Then why are you the Conservative Christians? Perhaps you should be called the Hardcore Conservative Christians.
I fit within the FSRs. You can't pitch me out just because I'm not as far right as you are--unless you're willing to change your FSRs to reflect what you really believe.

 

[BelindaP]

nice stereotyping.

Actually I consider most who lean liberal (who claim to be conservative),
MODERATE, not liberal persay.

And I asked about your beliefs on homosexuality- you seemed to have
left that big one out

I don't know why it's bigger than any other sin. The Bible says it's wrong. I'm not going to disagree with the Bible.

 

[Nadiine]

I believe it is wrong to start a war just so we can spread our political idealogy

ps. when you can read minds and hearts to know that's why any
war was started, then you can judge this.
They had bad intell., and other countries were involved in offering
it.
Until then, many people have been spared attrocities under the regime
of Hussein & his brutal sons. (ie rape rooms)
If it was so lovely to live there prior to our "invasion", we wouldn't have
had testimony after testimony of people asking for our help
to end Hussein's reign there.

I consider it true to democratic claims that they want people
to BE FREE. no?

 

[Nadiine]

I don't know why it's bigger than any other sin. The Bible says it's wrong. I'm not going to disagree with the Bible.

Who said it's Bigger? I said you left it out of your list.

 

[Nadiine]

As a conservative, we vote our theological consciences.

There IS a moderate forum you know Belinda - that forum is for
conservative moderates - it was created just for this reason.

by the way, the word Moderate is not theological - one isn't a
"moderate Christian", this was a political issue in this forum before.

People who were conservative who leaned more moderately in
politics/social issues.

 

[BelindaP]

The Moderate forum was not created for political moderates. Just as this forum wasn't created for political conservatives. The Moderate forum was created for people with moderate theology. Yes, it does exist.

 

[ReformedChapin]

by the way, the word Moderate is not theological - one isn't a
"moderate Christian", this was a political issue in this forum before.

People who were conservative who leaned more moderately in
politics/social issues.

Again I repeat, how do you know this?


The reason for the moderate forum to me has always been to build bridges between theological liberals and conservatives. Hence the name bridge builders. The congregation section of CF has never been about politics.

 

[Nadiine]

Again I repeat, how do you know this?


The reason for the moderate forum to me has always been to build bridges between theological liberals and conservatives. Hence the name bridge builders. The congregation section of CF has never been about politics.

What is a "moderate Christian" RC?
Is there any such term for a Christian?

The people who had liberal buddies and in political topics that
conservatives didn't want in the forum (since a forum is
supposed to be their "safe haven") had that forum created
to stop the divisions going on in here.

And as I recall, YOU were part of the division along with others.
This also had to do with political leanings as well; thus, the
"moderate" term - centrists, those who didn't hold fast to
any one party 100% and wanted to openly chat with
liberals or anyone else.

 

[Nadiine]

The Moderate forum was not created for political moderates. Just as this forum wasn't created for political conservatives. The Moderate forum was created for people with moderate theology. Yes, it does exist.

I didn't say it was ALL for politics. I know it's not,
what I said to RC is what it was.
And yes it did include politics - it was to stop all
the division and what people felt was infiltration to
the forum when there were others they would be in
more agreement to

 

[Nadiine]

also, if you went into that forum, the majority of posters in there
were conservative theology - not "moderate".

 

[BelindaP]

Moderate Christians would be those who hold both conservative and liberal beliefs. An example would be somebody who is opposed to abortion any time after the 8th week. Or somebody who is conservative in every other way except they don't believe the Bible teaches against homosexuality. Another possibility would be somebody who is very conservative socially, but they are Nestorian in their beliefs. There are lots of examples of moderate Christians.

It isn't black and white.

 

[BelindaP]

also, if you went into that forum, the majority of posters in there
were conservative theology - not "moderate".

Then, why the FSRs for this forum not say the politics have to be conservative?

 

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