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They Call Me Liberal ........

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Crabtownboy, Jul 23, 2012.

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  1. Crabtownboy

    Crabtownboy Well-Known Member
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    He calls me liberal because I will not respond to his off thread responses.
     
  2. mandym

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    Just how old are you?
     
  3. targus

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    My guess is north of 100.
     
  4. Zaac

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    I appreciate your answer.:thumbsup:

    So why not side with what the words on the page say? I mean most of us speak English, so why not discuss the English?

    So are you against the murder of the unborn?

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    But as a Christian, shouldn't we be pro-CHRIST FIRST?

    I like the response you gave.
     
  5. mandym

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    My guess is south of 10
     
  6. Zaac

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    But aren't a lot of Christians on this board throwing their support behind a candidate who worships a false god?Isn't that also hypocritical?

    Same thing evangelicals are doing with Romney.


    It's the same place that is reserved for those who worship a god that is not Jesus Christ.

    And this is where y'all lost me from day 1. Considering what I just pointed out, how is CTB's brand of Christianity any worse than that of the evangelicals on here who support Romney and his idolatry?

    In another thread, we were asked what the most important thing is that we should do as Christians and God's Greatest Commandments were mentioned by many.

    How is CBT's brand of Christianity where he supports a candidate who is pro-abortion any different from your brand of Christianity and that of so many other evangelicals where you support a candidate who worships a false god?

    Maybe that Greatest Commandment doesn't mean what we say it means because we(myself included) sure do seem to find reasons that we will whitewash and elevate as cause to not keep that Greatest Commandment.
     
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    I take exception to your implication. I cannot speak for others; but though I agree with most of what the Tea Party stands for, it is not on par with my Saviour.
     
  8. Crabtownboy

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    I am glad you do take Christ more seriously. Praise God.
     
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  10. mandym

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    And you take Planned Parenthood more seriously that Christ.
     
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    And couldn't he say that the evangelicals on this board take politics and the election of their candidate more seriously than Christ?
     
  12. preachinjesus

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    lol...well buddy. You know, one person's liberal is another's conservative.

    I don't take much of the labeling around here very seriously. I've been called a "liberal" here for a statement that when made in another forum gets me called a "fundamentalist." Just one of those things that makes ya wonder. :)
     
  13. Crabtownboy

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    I know what you mean about labels. A long time ago I was in New England working with the Evangelistic Association of New England ... I think their name has changed ... if they are still in business. A man in Vermont asked me if I was theologically a liberal or conservative. I asked him what he meant by the two words. It turned out that if you were a liberal your did not think God existed. If you were conservative you believed God does exist.

    I assured him I was a conservative. :laugh:

     
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    I mean instead of us interpreting and giving a response that seemingly is in opposition to what the words on the page say elsewhere, why not just say what's on the page?



    I agree. But that's why I have asked before is it not important that we love the things that God loves and hate the things that He hates? So if He speaks against something, should the Christian support that thing either directly or tacitly?

    I can't really see how you concluded that:laugh: but it's your conclusion. I just see a man who is not calling the shots, and though he may do things that look like he "socially" cares, the ultimate outcome of what will happen to the poor and downtrodden when the country is bankrupt seems to say that there is another motive. But that is just my conclusion.

    I see a man pushing the country to the brink of destruction, politically , socially and economically. But I also believe that such a destruction MUST take place in accordance with what we are told in the Book of Revelation. Thus no mention of the US.

    I understand. But I'll repeat what I have to others. That's settling. Yes, when it gets down to two candidates and people feel like they don't have a choice, they are bound to settle. I however feel as though it is more important to keep a right witness for Christ and not support those things or a candidate who does. And if that means every Christian has to write someone in, lets' do it.



    And this is where you have to help me out. Because I'm a firm believer that God does not author confusion. SO how does one say I'm pro-people and pro-helping people yet support someone who is okay with taking the life of the very people you say you want to help?

    This is where I am left with a question mark as to what is really important to people?

    Is it more important to help people at the expense of it looking like you don't love the Christ we say we are to keep first? Because when someone supports someone who does not support the things that Christ does, it makes it difficult to take them at their word that the love Him with all their , heart, soul, body and mind.

    But rest assured, it's the same question I have asked of the "conservatives" who are supporting a man who worships a false god.





    Look forward to your always civilized response.:laugh:
     
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    Be honest. I call you a coward. Start a thread on that.
     
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    I support Planned Parenthood in those areas where they help the poor and needs with no insurance with their medical problems that do not include abortion. Because I support one service does not mean I support all services.

    Do you feel the poor and needy with no insurance should be helped medically?
     
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    So murdering children can just be overlooked?
     
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    Really man? Is civility so far beyond your grasp that you resort these kinds of innane and ridiculous comments?

    I just finished reading this whole conversation and man, some of you have anger problems. Maybe its time to ask yourselves if you are just being typer-writer tough guys or if this kind of anger expresses itself in other areas of your life.

    If it is overflowing then you've got serious problems. I'd encourage repentence first and then maybe talking with a pastor.

    One of the challenges of American Christianity is that it has greviously conflated nationalism, republicanism, and Christian beliefs to create some amalgamated civic religion that is more devoted to right rhetoric and overlooking Jesus focus ministry than it is to upholding biblical values of peace, love, justice, and mercy.

    Maybe some of us, maybe all of us, need to wonder if you're getting so angry about stuff around here, and thus always looking for a fight, because you're not actually in a fight for the Gospel.

    Just saying. :)
     
  19. mandym

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    And how is that?
     
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    :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
     
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