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Michael Flynn - US must have only one religion

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I had grandparents and great grandparents in addition to parents. Thus, one can be more than half of one thing and half of another.

Which will always be a factor of two.
 
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What would Flynn know about religion? He can keep his opinions to himself, given that they are not solicited.
 
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I had grandparents and great grandparents in addition to parents. Thus, one can be more than half of one thing and half of another.

You seem proud of the accident of birth and fully informed of the various breeds. Typical focus, I suppose. What do you think of having "one religion"? I'm kidding, it's not a crap shoot.
 
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Any word yet on who Michael Flynn considers his personal savior, so that we can best determine which "one religion" he had in mind?
Flynn’s “personal savior” may be the Chosen One endorsed by many evangelical Christians.
 
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You seem proud of the accident of birth and fully informed of the various breeds. Typical focus, I suppose. What do you think of having "one religion"? I'm kidding, it's not a crap shoot.

Proud? If that were the case, I would have named my other 2 breeds that make up my other 2/3 composition.
As for the "one religion" issue, I believe that the God of the one true religion should physically come to Earth and put all of His enemies under His feet to prove He is the one true God. Of course, many will disagree with such a God and will physically oppose Him, but they won't win. Then the Earth will have one God, and one true religion.
 
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Flynn’s “personal savior” may be the Chosen One endorsed by many evangelical Christians.

I suspect as much -- but we'll get official confirmation soon enough.
 
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I had grandparents and great grandparents in addition to parents. Thus, one can be more than half of one thing and half of another.

You can't be more than half of one thing and half of another. You'd be more than one person. And you might find your great grandparents chipped in with 1/8 each. You can't get to 1/3 by adding up eighths.

I didn't know geneology was so interesting. Did you know I'm related to Kirk Douglas?
 
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Proud? If that were the case, I would have named my other 2 breeds that make up my other 2/3 composition.

Fair enough.


So there is "us" and "them." I'm tracking you. Do you think Christianity should be the State religion? I assumed as much in my previous post, which might not have been fair. You should have the chance to make a clean denial. So, do you think Christianity should be the State religion?
 
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And which denomination...

Absolutely. It would be messy. We have centuries of evidence to see Christians in power killing each other. My position is that power is absolutely contrary to the faith. That might be why we hardly ever see faith, but I don't really know that. We've seen very little of it without power. There was Jesus, but that was a long time ago.
 
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From what I have seen, he's Catholic. But whether he holds to Catholic teaching is another thing:

'(CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is being vetted by Donald Trump's campaign as a potential vice presidential candidate, flip-flopped his position on abortion in the last two days.

Flynn said Sunday that it was up to women "to make the decision" about whether to end a pregnancy, a position squarely contradicting the Republican Party's long-held opposition to abortion rights.

But on Monday, Flynn described himself as a "pro-life Democrat" and and said that the current court standing, which allows for some legal abortions, should be reversed.

"This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts," Flynn told on Fox News. "I believe in law. If people want to change the law, they should vote so that we can appoint pro-life judges. I believe the law should be changed." '

If people want to change the law? And if they don't? I'm not sure his position on abortion would stand up to much scrutiny. So if he picks Christianity and then Catholicism then he might want some changes to the small print. Are all the Protestants going to be happy with it? Sounds like a can of worms to me...
 
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Right, if you remove all "adversaries," Christians will eat their own. We've already done it for....ever. Christianity, by and large, is an institution with all the usual drawbacks. The sad part is that Christians have not used their power for good things. Instead, it's climate denial, vax denial, helping the poor denial, whatever. It's nauseating.
 
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I'm not answering any questions until I have an attorney.
 
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That's because you're incorrigible, which is not necessarily a virtue.


When a line of questioning resembles something I see on a TV crime drama, I take my cues from A-list Hollywood actors.
 
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Well, stop that.

Ok, then I'll take my cues from defendants on Court TV, at least the ones who know not to answer questions that railroad the respondent into saying whatever they want them to say.
 
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I'm not answering any questions until I have an attorney.

You're not getting an attorney unless you're willing to pay for one.
 
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