The Political Agenda of the Christian Right

[Samson]

Obviously you don't know much about Christian Conservatives... LOL
Either that or the person you get your information from doesn't... LOL

Just because you believe in something doesn't mean to want to control everyone else.

As a Christian Conservative I believe in God and the Constitution of this country... If that is bad then I am confused...

As a right-of-center pagan, I agree.

They want to ban the use of contraceptives.

Untrue: All of the Christians that participate in our Saturnalia Orgies adamately insist on using contraceptives.

 

[LuckyDan]

The agenda of Christian conservatives is relatively limited and they believe that much of it can be accomplished through the federal courts. Broadly speaking, their agenda is as follows:

They want to ban all forms of gay marriage.

Just so I can keep track, how many forms of gay marriage are there?

 

[Nosmo King]

I am a conservative Christian and I take issue with your broad statements.

First of all, I believe in the sanctity of human life: that means babies(they are NOT fetuses), elderly, and those who have special needs. Abortion is the chicken way out. If you are responsible enough to have unprotected sex, then belly up to the bar and be responsible and have the child. Let it be adopted. Abortion is your drug of convenience to take care of a "problem". It is not the child's fault. It is a scourge on our nation and we are paying for it in spades. Just think 45 million babies aborted--that is 45 million people paying taxes, paying into social security. What about all of the inventors, doctors, lawyers, teachers who have been killed because someone chooses to get pregnant and not be bothered with the responsibility of a baby. God forbid. There again we have raised a generation who have NO idea what personal responsibility means.

I believe as a Christian that the only safe sex is ABSTINENCE. Sex outside of marriage is wrong. Does it happen? Yes it does. I also believe that it is the responsibilty of the parents and NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR SOME SCHOOL SYSTEM to teach my children about sex. .

In other words, you would prefer to live in a sexually repressed society. Could we bring back the chastity belt, too? Let me ask this simple question in response to your plans to ban all abortion and then preach abstinence only as the official state line? No access to contraceptives, and no access to safe abortion. My question is this: which is more precious, the unborn or the excess population?

And you thought illegal immigration was dangerous. Wait til you have hundreds of thousands more born to the poorest section of society. The better off will still be able to get contraceptives. Or maybe you think STDs will be a thing of the past simply by rolling back the clock to a time before the pill.

In a perfect world, I would like for creationism to be taught and that only. However, I have to live in the real world where there are those who love Darwin and his drivel. Why would it be so hard to teach both equally with the same respect? No liberals don't play that way. It is their way or the highway. And the way the school systems look now and the poor quality of MANY teachers, homeschooling is looking pretty good for lots of children and not just in Christian homes either.

Speaking as a Liberal, I offer you this compromise. Teach Creationism and "Intelligent" design in philosophy classes. When it comes to science, leave it to the scientists. The alternative is a path on a slippery slope. If your plan gets implemented, the vast majority of the people in this world will dismiss American scientific success, if any.

The empirical evidence continues to mount up. Even this month, a discovery displaying the traits of a new species of homo sapien (you and I) was announced. American science will become shackled to a dogma that is too proud to be considered a mammal.

There is evidence suggesting that the Genesis story is not quite accurate. And who can blame them? When this story was finally written, the best minds in the civilization believed the earth was flat.

I read my Bible too. Where does it say man cannot think for himself?

As a Christian gay marriage is wrong. Marriage is sanctioned by God and NOT ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE is it suggested between anyone other than 1 man and 1 woman.

The state licenses marriage as a contract. The church sanctifies marriage as a rite and ritual. A church may still refuse the rite and ritual to a gay couple. Just like they did with interracial couples back in your charming south.

How's that workin' out for ya? You betcha!

Like it or not, our country WAS founded on Judeo-Christian values. It is amazing to me, we have taken God out of everything and yet in Washington D.C. God is everywhere.

What makes you believe God isn't everywhere? He is in my heart.

I don't understand how the Christians are the intolerant ones and yet the liberals can get away with calling us whatever they would like and paint us as the hate mongers. It is the same old song. One word for them HYPOCRITES.

Well. Let's take score right here. You are opposed to both abortion and contraceptive education. Excess population and increased STD deaths.

You want to eliminate science from biology and replace it with a story divined millennia ago. Shades of the Taliban. Just sayin'. Resulting in the brakes put on American scientific achievement to please your dogma.

You want to close the stabilizing institution of marriage to a community of sober, responsible tax paying American citizen because their lifestyle, which is not illegal, offends you. In spite of what average, everyday fellow American citizens know about their gay acquaintances.

And the Liberals are intolerant.

 

[jillian]

The religious right are the Jerry Falwell's, the MArvin Gormans, the Pat Robertsons, etc. If you ignore them, they are not a part of your life. The left on the other hand have infiltrated the government and are radically trying to regulate every aspect of our lives.

Big difference.

you have it backwards.

and what does 'the left' do to force you to abort; keep you from practicing your chosen religion; make you marry someone of the same sex; etc?

answer: nothing.

but... the religious right would

prohibit reproductive choice; force my child to be subjected to YOUR prayers in school at the risk of being shunned if he doesn't participate; and want to keep gays from marrying the person they love.

and the radical religious right has infiltrated and taken over the agenda of the repubs...

like i said... you're butt backwards.

 

[Samson]

you have it backwards.



like i said... you're butt backwards.

I've heard that before......



Jillian, did you go to South Padre Island for Spring Break '83?

 

[DiamondDave]

I don't believe this is a matter to be thought of as "sacred". A frozen embryo is no more human than an egg lost though menstruation or semen lost through masturbation. An embryo ain't human.

There are definite traits to human life. I'm happy your baby survived and seems, by the account you have just provided, to be doing well. But your preemie is a human. A fetus is a human. But an embryo just isn't. Not yet anyway.

And that slippery slope of which you speak. It's hardly an apt fear. No one is calling for concentration camps. No one is an evil Mengle slicing and dicing twins for his own amusement. That is genuine evil. This sort of hyperbole muddies the water of clear, honest debate.

The science involved in stem cell research is dedicated to the cure, treatment and hopefully eradication of some of life's most dreaded diseases and conditions. If you're 'Pro-Life" why aren't you for the elimination of Type I diabetes? Of cancer and dementia?

WRONG.. a human embryo is not a fully developed human that can take care of itself.. but it indeed human.... such a caveat makes it easy for those to throw away a life... just like when the Nazis considered the Jews less than human...

I am for the elimination of those diseases and many more.. just not at the expense of a developing innocent life... there are other research paths into these things.. there are other sources for stem cells... etc

Which one is the human?

The one that has the human genetic makeup, silly

Just because my mom may look like a rhinoceros, does not make her one

 

[teapartysamurai]

The agenda of Christian conservatives is relatively limited and they believe that much of it can be accomplished through the federal courts. Broadly speaking, their agenda is as follows:

They want to control the right of women to have abortions.

They want to ban all forms of gay marriage.

They want to prevent the teaching of safe sex in schools and to encourage home schooling.

They want to ban the use of contraceptives.

They want to halt stem cell reserach using human embryos.

They want to stop the teaching of evolution and/or to start the teaching of intelligent design.

They want to bring God into the public square and eliminate the separation of church and state.

They want to overturn the legality of living wills.

They want to control the sexual content of cable and network television, radio and the Internet.

They want to eliminate an "activist" judiciary that limits or impinges on their agenda by placing God-fearing judges on the bench who will promote their sincerely held beliefs.

From "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean (p. 109)

I don't know about y'all, but this doesn't sound too good to me.

Comments?

You ever notice religious bigots and paranoiacs are always going about how Christians want a "theology" but they are the ones that:

Ban anything but their religion being taught in schools sans any real evidence and insist on it being taught as fact?

Will not tolerante anything but their religion in schools. No mention of God is allowed?

Will not tolerate anything but their religion in government. They want to get rid of any evidence of the how this country was founded on Christians principles.

Insist on a total changing of the definition of marriage despite that marriage was always between men and women, whether you talking Christianity, paganism, etc. I mean seriously. Study Ancient Greece. Homosesxuality was rampant. NEVER and I mean NEVER was their a concept of homsexuals marrying each other. NEVER EXISTED. Now suddenly it does because liberals "say so" and they get in a huff because not everyone wants to go along? Typical!

Want to get rid of crosses off 150 year old Court House buildings.

Don't think Christians should have their views in politics as evidenced by the rant of the op. I mean how DARE Christians have political views different from me!!!!!!!!!

The entire op was nothing but the typical paranoia, hypocrisy, and intolerance of the left toward ANYONE with a view, a faith, or a religion different from their own.

Whom does the left worship? Oh they can claim it's God, but challenge them with the difference between the God the Bible and their views, and they tell me they don't need the Bible to know what God wants.

Which to translate means their god is themselves and they are just furious we don't worship them too.

 

[txlonghorn]

I am a conservative Christian and I take issue with your broad statements.

First of all, I believe in the sanctity of human life: that means babies(they are NOT fetuses), elderly, and those who have special needs. Abortion is the chicken way out. If you are responsible enough to have unprotected sex, then belly up to the bar and be responsible and have the child. Let it be adopted. Abortion is your drug of convenience to take care of a "problem". It is not the child's fault. It is a scourge on our nation and we are paying for it in spades. Just think 45 million babies aborted--that is 45 million people paying taxes, paying into social security. What about all of the inventors, doctors, lawyers, teachers who have been killed because someone chooses to get pregnant and not be bothered with the responsibility of a baby. God forbid. There again we have raised a generation who have NO idea what personal responsibility means.

I believe as a Christian that the only safe sex is ABSTINENCE. Sex outside of marriage is wrong. Does it happen? Yes it does. I also believe that it is the responsibilty of the parents and NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OR SOME SCHOOL SYSTEM to teach my children about sex. .

In other words, you would prefer to live in a sexually repressed society. Could we bring back the chastity belt, too? Let me ask this simple question in response to your plans to ban all abortion and then preach abstinence only as the official state line? No access to contraceptives, and no access to safe abortion. My question is this: which is more precious, the unborn or the excess population?

And you thought illegal immigration was dangerous. Wait til you have hundreds of thousands more born to the poorest section of society. The better off will still be able to get contraceptives. Or maybe you think STDs will be a thing of the past simply by rolling back the clock to a time before the pill.

In a perfect world, I would like for creationism to be taught and that only. However, I have to live in the real world where there are those who love Darwin and his drivel. Why would it be so hard to teach both equally with the same respect? No liberals don't play that way. It is their way or the highway. And the way the school systems look now and the poor quality of MANY teachers, homeschooling is looking pretty good for lots of children and not just in Christian homes either.

Speaking as a Liberal, I offer you this compromise. Teach Creationism and "Intelligent" design in philosophy classes. When it comes to science, leave it to the scientists. The alternative is a path on a slippery slope. If your plan gets implemented, the vast majority of the people in this world will dismiss American scientific success, if any.

The empirical evidence continues to mount up. Even this month, a discovery displaying the traits of a new species of homo sapien (you and I) was announced. American science will become shackled to a dogma that is too proud to be considered a mammal.

There is evidence suggesting that the Genesis story is not quite accurate. And who can blame them? When this story was finally written, the best minds in the civilization believed the earth was flat.

I read my Bible too. Where does it say man cannot think for himself?

The state licenses marriage as a contract. The church sanctifies marriage as a rite and ritual. A church may still refuse the rite and ritual to a gay couple. Just like they did with interracial couples back in your charming south.

How's that workin' out for ya? You betcha!

Like it or not, our country WAS founded on Judeo-Christian values. It is amazing to me, we have taken God out of everything and yet in Washington D.C. God is everywhere.

What makes you believe God isn't everywhere? He is in my heart.

I don't understand how the Christians are the intolerant ones and yet the liberals can get away with calling us whatever they would like and paint us as the hate mongers. It is the same old song. One word for them HYPOCRITES.

Well. Let's take score right here. You are opposed to both abortion and contraceptive education. Excess population and increased STD deaths.

You want to eliminate science from biology and replace it with a story divined millennia ago. Shades of the Taliban. Just sayin'. Resulting in the brakes put on American scientific achievement to please your dogma.

You want to close the stabilizing institution of marriage to a community of sober, responsible tax paying American citizen because their lifestyle, which is not illegal, offends you. In spite of what average, everyday fellow American citizens know about their gay acquaintances.

And the Liberals are intolerant.

I love a good debate...and this looks like a good one. I see problems in both of your approaches....specifically on the procreation and creation aspects.

In the area of abortion and contraception...There are, IMO, a very few possible exceptions for abortion and only in very early stages of the pregnancy. But I will go ahead right now and say that getting an abortion because you're too stupid to protect yourself from pregnancy isn't on my list. Convenience abortion is an abomination. There are many ways to keep from getting pregnant. The most solid form of contraception is called keeping your legs closed. If you don't want to have a baby...don't have sex. This is mostly for the unwed teens out there that can't control their sexual urges. You can call that sexual repression if you choose...but it's not...it's common sense. It kinda goes hand in hand with the idea that if you don't want to get burned, you don't jump into a fire.

It's stupid to ban contraception...period. There really isn't a debate here.

Darwinism vs Creationism...While I believe that there were all kinds of cool creatures that used to be here, but aren't anymore, I have a real hard time with the big bang theory. I have a hard time with it because it's just as much speculation as any other approach. Who was there to see these two meteors or stars or gigantic space balls collide? And how in the hell do they know that the world has been here for BILLIONS of years. Because some lines in the Grand Canyon tell them so? I understand that the same argument could be made for God's creation of the heavens and the earth. It does seem to be a perfect balance of things to support our exsitence however and would seem reasonable to have some acceptance of the possibility of an intelligent being having some input in it all. I don't see the harm in teaching both and allowing the humans we have "adapted" into reason out our own understanding. Why exactly would you put the "intelligent design" theory in a class other than a science class? I guess we'll all find out the truth when we die. Man it would suck to be on the wrong end of that...but I'm not here to convert anybody. For all I know, I may be in for the surprise of my afterlife too!

 

[Nosmo King]

I love a good debate...and this looks like a good one. I see problems in both of your approaches....specifically on the procreation and creation aspects.

In the area of abortion and contraception...There are, IMO, a very few possible exceptions for abortion and only in very early stages of the pregnancy. But I will go ahead right now and say that getting an abortion because you're too stupid to protect yourself from pregnancy isn't on my list. Convenience abortion is an abomination. There are many ways to keep from getting pregnant. The most solid form of contraception is called keeping your legs closed. If you don't want to have a baby...don't have sex. This is mostly for the unwed teens out there that can't control their sexual urges. You can call that sexual repression if you choose...but it's not...it's common sense. It kinda goes hand in hand with the idea that if you don't want to get burned, you don't jump into a fire.

It's stupid to ban contraception...period. There really isn't a debate here.

Well then the mystical beginning of life moves a little further down the timeline from conception as far as you're concerned, right? As a Liberal, I'd like to take the opportunity to invalidate one piece of Limbaughesque thinking. I don't want to abort every pregnancy. I don't necessarily want abortion on demand either. But I do want abortion services to be accessible, safe and legal. This debate always hinges on the individual's idea of the beginning of life. Otherwise, there would be no argument about a 'morning after' pill.

Putting the social stigma back into unwed motherhood is probably a grand idea. Accomplishing it versus "a "Jersey Shore" culture would be another thing altogether.

Darwinism vs Creationism...While I believe that there were all kinds of cool creatures that used to be here, but aren't anymore, I have a real hard time with the big bang theory. I have a hard time with it because it's just as much speculation as any other approach. Who was there to see these two meteors or stars or gigantic space balls collide? And how in the hell do they know that the world has been here for BILLIONS of years. Because some lines in the Grand Canyon tell them so? I understand that the same argument could be made for God's creation of the heavens and the earth. It does seem to be a perfect balance of things to support our exsitence however and would seem reasonable to have some acceptance of the possibility of an intelligent being having some input in it all. I don't see the harm in teaching both and allowing the humans we have "adapted" into reason out our own understanding. Why exactly would you put the "intelligent design" theory in a class other than a science class? I guess we'll all find out the truth when we die. Man it would suck to be on the wrong end of that...but I'm not here to convert anybody. For all I know, I may be in for the surprise of my afterlife too!

But the origin of mankind is the question here. Let the cosmos rest tonight. Do you believe mankind was formed whole and complete as we recognize each other today, or did we evolve, the same way other species have evolved, down through the ages?

Or, do you take the entire Bible literally. And I mean literally.

I know how beautifully the Bible is written. But I know it was written millenia before. I embrace it as the rock of my belief in God, but not as a textbook.

I guess the question is, are you too proud to think of yourself as a mammal, or are you above that classification? I'm not being flippant here. Because if we are mammals, surely we are subject to the same forces which evolved our fellow mammals.

Darwin does not exclude God. The same as Galileo did not exclude God. It's a matter of dogma versus curiosity and discovery. I'll bet on curiosity and discovery every day. We saw how the Dark Ages worked out compared to the Renaissance.

 

[Douger]

They have the same thoughs as always.
Let their Lawd do that thar judgin' !

 

[jillian]

you have it backwards.



like i said... you're butt backwards.

I've heard that before......



Jillian, did you go to South Padre Island for Spring Break '83?

I can't remember.

 

[☭proletarian☭]

Darwinism vs Creationism...

'Darwinism' is a word made up by creationists and used only by the same.

While I believe that there were all kinds of cool creatures that used to be here, but aren't anymore, I have a real hard time with the big bang theory.

TBB has nothing to do with evolution. Thanks for playing. You fail 6th grade science.

And how in the hell do they know that the world has been here for BILLIONS of years.

Let me google that for you

The Age of the Earth

Because some lines in the Grand Canyon tell them so? I understand that the same argument could be made for God's creation of the heavens and the earth

Only if your god is the deceiver (Revelations 12:9 et al)

. It does seem to be a perfect balance of things to support our exsitence however

Really?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4238NN8HMgQ]YouTube - Neil Degrasse Tyson - Stupid Design[/ame]

Why exactly would you put the "intelligent design" theory in a class other than a science class?

Because it's not science.

 

[☭proletarian☭]

They have the same thoughs as always.
Let their Lawd do that thar judgin' !

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IABptlAhyJw]YouTube - Atheist Experience - Tallying God's kill count in the Bible (Part 1)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWHzB6H718w]YouTube - Atheist Experience - Tallying God's kill count in the Bible (Part 2)[/ame]

 

[rdean]

Most of those items would qualify them as central authoritarian leftists, save for the political affiliation and standard irrational leftist fear and loathing of evangelicals.

That's bullshit and you know it.

 

[rdean]

The agenda of Christian conservatives is relatively limited and they believe that much of it can be accomplished through the federal courts. Broadly speaking, their agenda is as follows:

They want to control the right of women to have abortions.

They want to ban all forms of gay marriage.

They want to prevent the teaching of safe sex in schools and to encourage home schooling.

They want to ban the use of contraceptives.

They want to halt stem cell reserach using human embryos.

They want to stop the teaching of evolution and/or to start the teaching of intelligent design.

They want to bring God into the public square and eliminate the separation of church and state.

They want to overturn the legality of living wills.

They want to control the sexual content of cable and network television, radio and the Internet.

They want to eliminate an "activist" judiciary that limits or impinges on their agenda by placing God-fearing judges on the bench who will promote their sincerely held beliefs.

From "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean (p. 109)

I don't know about y'all, but this doesn't sound too good to me.

Comments?

You ever notice religious bigots and paranoiacs are always going about how Christians want a "theology" but they are the ones that:

Ban anything but their religion being taught in schools sans any real evidence and insist on it being taught as fact?

Will not tolerante anything but their religion in schools. No mention of God is allowed?

Will not tolerate anything but their religion in government. They want to get rid of any evidence of the how this country was founded on Christians principles.

Insist on a total changing of the definition of marriage despite that marriage was always between men and women, whether you talking Christianity, paganism, etc. I mean seriously. Study Ancient Greece. Homosesxuality was rampant. NEVER and I mean NEVER was their a concept of homsexuals marrying each other. NEVER EXISTED. Now suddenly it does because liberals "say so" and they get in a huff because not everyone wants to go along? Typical!

Want to get rid of crosses off 150 year old Court House buildings.

Don't think Christians should have their views in politics as evidenced by the rant of the op. I mean how DARE Christians have political views different from me!!!!!!!!!

The entire op was nothing but the typical paranoia, hypocrisy, and intolerance of the left toward ANYONE with a view, a faith, or a religion different from their own.

Whom does the left worship? Oh they can claim it's God, but challenge them with the difference between the God the Bible and their views, and they tell me they don't need the Bible to know what God wants.

Which to translate means their god is themselves and they are just furious we don't worship them too.

The Romans appear to have been the first to perform same sex marriages.

History of same-sex unions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The OP gives a very credible list of what the white wing in this country want and you rant. Where was he wrong?

 

[txlonghorn]

I love a good debate...and this looks like a good one. I see problems in both of your approaches....specifically on the procreation and creation aspects.

In the area of abortion and contraception...There are, IMO, a very few possible exceptions for abortion and only in very early stages of the pregnancy. But I will go ahead right now and say that getting an abortion because you're too stupid to protect yourself from pregnancy isn't on my list. Convenience abortion is an abomination. There are many ways to keep from getting pregnant. The most solid form of contraception is called keeping your legs closed. If you don't want to have a baby...don't have sex. This is mostly for the unwed teens out there that can't control their sexual urges. You can call that sexual repression if you choose...but it's not...it's common sense. It kinda goes hand in hand with the idea that if you don't want to get burned, you don't jump into a fire.

It's stupid to ban contraception...period. There really isn't a debate here.

Well then the mystical beginning of life moves a little further down the timeline from conception as far as you're concerned, right? As a Liberal, I'd like to take the opportunity to invalidate one piece of Limbaughesque thinking. I don't want to abort every pregnancy. I don't necessarily want abortion on demand either. But I do want abortion services to be accessible, safe and legal. This debate always hinges on the individual's idea of the beginning of life. Otherwise, there would be no argument about a 'morning after' pill.

Putting the social stigma back into unwed motherhood is probably a grand idea. Accomplishing it versus "a "Jersey Shore" culture would be another thing altogether.

Darwinism vs Creationism...While I believe that there were all kinds of cool creatures that used to be here, but aren't anymore, I have a real hard time with the big bang theory. I have a hard time with it because it's just as much speculation as any other approach. Who was there to see these two meteors or stars or gigantic space balls collide? And how in the hell do they know that the world has been here for BILLIONS of years. Because some lines in the Grand Canyon tell them so? I understand that the same argument could be made for God's creation of the heavens and the earth. It does seem to be a perfect balance of things to support our exsitence however and would seem reasonable to have some acceptance of the possibility of an intelligent being having some input in it all. I don't see the harm in teaching both and allowing the humans we have "adapted" into reason out our own understanding. Why exactly would you put the "intelligent design" theory in a class other than a science class? I guess we'll all find out the truth when we die. Man it would suck to be on the wrong end of that...but I'm not here to convert anybody. For all I know, I may be in for the surprise of my afterlife too!

But the origin of mankind is the question here. Let the cosmos rest tonight. Do you believe mankind was formed whole and complete as we recognize each other today, or did we evolve, the same way other species have evolved, down through the ages?

Or, do you take the entire Bible literally. And I mean literally.

I know how beautifully the Bible is written. But I know it was written millenia before. I embrace it as the rock of my belief in God, but not as a textbook.

I guess the question is, are you too proud to think of yourself as a mammal, or are you above that classification? I'm not being flippant here. Because if we are mammals, surely we are subject to the same forces which evolved our fellow mammals.

Darwin does not exclude God. The same as Galileo did not exclude God. It's a matter of dogma versus curiosity and discovery. I'll bet on curiosity and discovery every day. We saw how the Dark Ages worked out compared to the Renaissance.

Do you believe mankind was formed whole and complete as we recognize each other today, or did we evolve, the same way other species have evolved, down through the ages?

Or, do you take the entire Bible literally. And I mean literally.

I know how beautifully the Bible is written. But I know it was written millenia before. I embrace it as the rock of my belief in God, but not as a textbook.

It's a question I cannot answer with certainty...as if I knew the image of God. As the scripture reads...man was created in God's image. Some say that the image of God isn't a reference to an appearance, but more the spirit of Him. So, I don't know. Not sure why it would be that we couldn't have been created in the form we are today, unless it's just to support the evolution process. I guess we could have been monkeys at one time...but why not just become the planet of the apes? Why the necessity to evolve and co-exist with primates today?

I can't say that I take the entire Bible literally. There are many parts that are open to interpretation.

 

[☭proletarian☭]

As the scripture reads...man was created in God's image. Some say that the image of God isn't a reference to an appearance, but more the spirit of Him.

So god's a sinful, disobedient, naive, and murderous monster?

That explains much, actually...

 

[txlonghorn]

Darwinism vs Creationism...

'Darwinism' is a word made up by creationists and used only by the same.

While I believe that there were all kinds of cool creatures that used to be here, but aren't anymore, I have a real hard time with the big bang theory.

TBB has nothing to do with evolution. Thanks for playing. You fail 6th grade science.

Let me google that for you

The Age of the Earth


Only if your god is the deceiver (Revelations 12:9 et al)

. It does seem to be a perfect balance of things to support our exsitence however

Really?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4238NN8HMgQ]YouTube - Neil Degrasse Tyson - Stupid Design[/ame]

Why exactly would you put the "intelligent design" theory in a class other than a science class?

Because it's not science.

Thanks for sharing your opinions. God knows you're entitled. And He knows my beliefs are my own. You can call me a failure all you want, but it is just your opinion and that's as far as your power goes.

 

[rdean]

It really surprises me that in this day and age, people still believe in mysticism and the occult.

 

[txlonghorn]

As the scripture reads...man was created in God's image. Some say that the image of God isn't a reference to an appearance, but more the spirit of Him.

So god's a sinful, disobedient, naive, and murderous monster?

That explains much, actually...

What is your goal? Other than to prove you are an atheist?