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calimary's JournalDelighted to say I have one of those! Mighty proud of my proudly liberal guy!
Feeling fortunate and grateful indeed! I don't know if I could marry a republic-CON. We'd have too many fights. And we might need separate residences.
And I hope you understand that I was providing "ammo."
When these know-nothings attempt to use their "understanding" of Scripture, there are too many who just take that as - pardon the pun - "gospel". Since they clearly are getting it wrong and trying to show that Christ said that, they need to be corrected. As publicly as possible. Sometimes one has to fight on other ground than one maintains as one's own. As a Catholic (even a conflicted one) I still happen to believe in the basics. But that means I'm a lot more accurate with Scripture quotes than the michele bachmanns of the world ever could be. As long as they maintain this kind of crap I think it's up to us who actually know and studied who said what to correct them. I never tire of proving those idiots to be total idiots!
Btw - I typed in "catholic" and the auto-correct wanted to make it "carholic"!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!
That's WUNNNderful, KentuckyWoman!
Wonder how that 1%'er feels about marrying his own capitalist selfishness so intimately to the COMMIES - COMMUNIST CHINA no less!!!!!
Strange bedfellows indeed!
I'll have to go look. But actually I do like the "FDR Dems" too.
Because we have to get back to that. To THAT! THAT mentality, THAT reality, THAT urgency, THAT resolve, THAT MISSION!!!!!
I think we all need to remember that this hew and cry that's developed from the Dark Side since the Powell Memo and the 30+ years the bad guys have worked and built and strategized to take our country back (and backward) for themselves is a revolt against the New Deal. FDR's New Deal. They're the same ones who insist that ronald reagan should rank first on the list of greatest president of the 20th Century - replacing and helping everyone to forget the TRUE All-Time GREATEST President, Franklin Roosevelt. Indeed, I think ronald reagan is their Bizarro FDR if you want. The Upside-Down FDR. The Reverse FDR. The FDR-from-Hell.
Because they hate government, and they hate helping people, and they hate the whole idea of government helping people. And I think we need to remind everyone and anyone of that, BIG-TIME. Particularly since that's EXACTLY what the bad guys very much WANT us to forget.
And all the more reason for US to use it, and use it a LOT.
RUB IT IN THEIR FACES. In the faces of OUR guys as well as the bad guys.
Welcome to DU to you, too, czarjak!
Glad you're here as well! We need you! Yeah, I think that would be their favorite god/patron saint: Supply-Side Jesus! SHHHHH!!!! DO NOT quote that Scripture story wherein Our Lord advised the rich young man to abandon all his wealth and possessions and come follow Him - if he wanted to get into Heaven.Found it - AND another one, too:
Matthew 19:16-22 - Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A16-22&version=NKJV
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?[ b ] No one is good but One, that is, God.[c] But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[d] and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”[e]
20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth.[f] What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
and
Mark 10:17-31 - The Rich and the Kingdom of God
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A17-31
17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’[a]”
20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is[ b ] to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Our modern-day Pharisees wouldn't like this. We actually have a LOT of proof that they don't. Because they NEVER BRING THIS UP. They NEVER MENTION THESE Scripture passages in their "holy" pontifications and proselytizing. They'll quote you that crap, ALL DAY, about "if you don't work, you shall not eat." Know what? Just for the record and in the interest of accuracy (which never interests our modern-day Pharisees), Jesus never said that. Don't try to hang this shit on Jesus Christ. It's NOT His message. It came from yet another "middle man," the Apostle Paul (the Hard-ass):
2 Thessalonians 3 - Those Who Are Lazy
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Thessalonians+3&version=MSG
3 1-3 One more thing, friends: Pray for us. Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a groundswell of response, just as it did among you. And pray that we’ll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. I’m finding that not all “believers” are believers. But the Master never lets us down. He’ll stick by you and protect you from evil.
4-5 Because of the Master, we have great confidence in you. We know you’re doing everything we told you and will continue doing it. May the Master take you by the hand and lead you along the path of God’s love and Christ’s endurance.
6-9 Our orders—backed up by the Master, Jesus—are to refuse to have anything to do with those among you who are lazy and refuse to work the way we taught you. Don’t permit them to freeload on the rest. We showed you how to pull your weight when we were with you, so get on with it. We didn’t sit around on our hands expecting others to take care of us. In fact, we worked our fingers to the bone, up half the night moonlighting so you wouldn’t be burdened with taking care of us. And it wasn’t because we didn’t have a right to your support; we did. We simply wanted to provide an example of diligence, hoping it would prove contagious.
10-13 Don’t you remember the rule we had when we lived with you? “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.” And now we’re getting reports that a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings are taking advantage of you. This must not be tolerated. We command them to get to work immediately—no excuses, no arguments—and earn their own keep. Friends, don’t slack off in doing your duty.
14-15 If anyone refuses to obey our clear command written in this letter, don’t let him get by with it. Point out such a person and refuse to subsidize his freeloading. Maybe then he’ll think twice. But don’t treat him as an enemy. Sit him down and talk about the problem as someone who cares.
16 May the Master of Peace himself give you the gift of getting along with each other at all times, in all ways. May the Master be truly among you!
17 I, Paul, bid you good-bye in my own handwriting. I do this in all my letters, so examine my signature as proof that the letter is genuine.
18 The incredible grace of our Master, Jesus Christ, be with all of you!
Welcome to DU, ActiveTen28!
Glad you're here! THIS ONE IS KEY. Just absolutely and completely KEY! Let's remember this moment - dubya's "valentine" to the rest of us. Dumb-ass tipped his hand (and that of warmongers and chickenhawks EVERYWHERE) about what this aggression is really all about: BLOOD FOR GREED. As in OUR blood for THEIR greed.
Iz Sunday! Iz calimary Laff-Out-Loud-at-Sunday LOLCats Day!
LOVE 'em, SCE!!!! It wouldn't be Sunday without checking in here!
Indeed - I think that's exactly it.
Well, just as the Good Doctor did, I think it's worth hauling back out, again. And reinvigorating as a meme. Especially since we have a budding presidential candidacy that needs to see this developing.
Another example of "The Meaning of America."
"Meaning" as - BECOMING MORE MEAN!!!
Our country is rapidly turning into some mean-spirited, hard-hearted, angry, resentful, mercenary, coldly-calculating place. It's really sad. Our generosity of spirit seems to have gone off the deep end. I think if you're lucky you can find it on the Endangered Species list, but shit like this suggests it may already be extinct.
Know something? I'm gonna quote the fuckin' teabaggers here: I WANT MY AMERICA BACK!!!!!!!!!
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