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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:42 PM Original message |
Wouldn't it be cool if Barack could save Christianity from the repugs? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's in danger of being lost? |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No, just bastardized, co-opted, trivialized, turned into civil religion, and |
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Narkos (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Civil religion? Sounds good to me! |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. it just always reminds me of a Howard Dean speech I saw... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. People always put their own spin on whatever religion they believe in... |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. here's an old post I made on DU re: atheism/religion and Obama |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. well said! n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nah. Just save the things that are worth saving. |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. It would be cooler if Christianity went the way of Zeus and Odin. |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nope. Dogma in need of rescue isn't worth rescuing. They can have it. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. And it's the POTUS's job to get involved in religious squabbles why? |
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JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Exactly!! Church. State. Separate. 3 simple words this country can't seem to remember. |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. i totally agree that church and state should have residences in different solar systems.. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Straightened into what? |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. no need to get steamy |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I wasn't intending to sound like I was steamed or anything... |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. :D no worries:) |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Jesus Doesn't Vote !!! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Groovy? No. I'm electing him to save America.....Christianity |
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Bubbha Jo (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd prefer that he saves spirituality from the fundamentalists ; ) n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. It doesn't need to be "saved" |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. offended can also mean intrigued:) |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. i would think atheist would allow a christian to be exactly who he is as they would like the same |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Somebody should but not a politician. |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. good point |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nothing can save christianity |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Christianity, along with every other religion, needs to stay out of politics........... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. i don't make a lot of noise about religion but...as an atheists who keeps to themselves |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. yes. im an atheist, but i see a lot of value in christ's teachings, CHRIST'S, not all that... OT |
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bmartello (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. that's exactly what i'm talking about... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. no, they can have that CRAP. nt |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Christianity survived sponsoring Hitler... |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. well at least obama could teach them how to ACT like a christian. n/t |
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Dems4me (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. That would be the best thing to happen to Christianity in Years! n/t |
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