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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:32 AM Original message |
How did Jesus's "blessed are the peacemakers" and "turn the other cheek" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. One Word... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Today's republicons = yesterday's Pharisees |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. After JC bought an Escalade |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Some of them stopped reading before they got to the New Testament. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Jewish people never read the New Testament (as part of their faith) and |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah, good point. Guess Republicans have no excuse, then. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Or even before they got to the Book of Proverbs |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. NeoCons, dogmatic authority, and fear |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. It all has to do with the Fellowship of the Family |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. For Jesus it was make peace, turn cheek, then it was nunchucks all the way |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. You are confusing the old Jesus, the Prince of Peace, with |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Jesus is back, and he's pissed... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is there one, short Jesus quote/message that would be a slap in the face... |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. One passage? Try Matthew 25:31-46 |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Matthew 22:21 |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Thank you both -- I shall keep these on hand. As for a bumpersticker... |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. Take it from the old guy and research the aftermath of the Scopes monkey trial |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Actually, it's "Calvin" and "Calvinists". Great analysis. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've met at least one "thumper" who doesn't believe that JC-- |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why could a Christian not support the NRA? n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The difference is |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Actual Uzi's are as tightly controlled in the USA as bombs, grenades, and rocket launchers... |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. It happened about the same time |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. 'Cause Jebus was talking about the 1873 Colt Army Revolver? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Popular religion follows a society's culture, the actual tenets of the faith doesn't affect much. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Good point, I agree. n/t |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. They aren't Christians. They're "biblians" or "Godlians". |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. The Prince of Peace died on the Cross. |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. Michael Moore had it right: the rabid right evangelicals |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. Jesus actually said "blessed are the cheesemakers," but neither |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. The perversion of Christ's teaching started with St. Paul.... |
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