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62. and a religious bigot would say "have a blessed day"

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Sun Jun 16, 2024, 10:54 PM

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Today's Republicans do in fact have Christian values [View all] Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 OP

HYPOCRISY Skittles Jun 2024 #1

Not all Christian denominations take the Bible as the absolute word of God. Elessar Zappa Jun 2024 #2

So why bother? You don't need religion to embrace basic human dignity. Sibelius Fan Jun 2024 #3

THANK YOU Skittles Jun 2024 #7

"Good Without a God"... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #21

What's the point of all those STUPID supernatural stories? Sky Jewels Jun 2024 #70

So as democrats do we want to insult and run off Christian voters? questionseverything Jun 2024 #4

I'm OK with running off people who are OK with slavery & genocide Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #9

I know lots of christians and non of them support any of that questionseverything Jun 2024 #11

Yes, but... slightlv Jun 2024 #17

Here's some NT love, right from the mouth of the Prince of Peace: Sibelius Fan Jun 2024 #30

Out. of. context. ancianita Jun 2024 #31

I guess their omnipotent God couldn't get it right the first time Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #32

You don't even believe in their God, nevermind just getting God wrong the same way they do. ancianita Jun 2024 #39

"...eat the apple." MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #81

LOL!!! Congratulations. You take the Bible as literally wnylib Jun 2024 #82

That's DemocRAT if you seek the prober hypocritical Khrishtun inflection..... magicarpet Jun 2024 #68

Oh no,... not at all,... nobody is trying to run off genuine Christians who.,.. magicarpet Jun 2024 #72

YES!!! niyad Jun 2024 #5

"God has no religion." Mahatma Gandhi 🙏 anciano Jun 2024 #6

THIS is one idea I can totally get behind! slightlv Jun 2024 #18

Namaste 🙏 anciano Jun 2024 #27

"god is dead." - Friedrich Nietzsche JoseBalow Jun 2024 #25

"God is a figment of human imagination" - Me Sky Jewels Jun 2024 #71

Way back 2000 yrs ago in the middle east, it seems like everyone belonged Karadeniz Jun 2024 #8

I like a lot of what I've read of the Essenes. slightlv Jun 2024 #19

From what ive read, they had female leaders, at least at Carmel. Karadeniz Jun 2024 #23

Yes. They were considered an outlier sect, and that possibly John the Baptist was from them. ancianita Jun 2024 #33

I object, and I have read it. nt LAS14 Jun 2024 #10

are you saying Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #34

difference between "every word inspired and true" rampartc Jun 2024 #12

"meek and poor of spirit who try to live by the golden rule and share a few loaves and fishes" Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #35

absolutely rampartc Jun 2024 #75

In The Name Of. dchill Jun 2024 #13

So does Joe Biden. Just not the ones you list. onenote Jun 2024 #14

and, if asked to elaborate on what those values are.. Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #36

You mean like REVEREND orangecrush Jun 2024 #15

Your theology is off, and so is your interpretation of the Bible. lees1975 Jun 2024 #16

"The context for interpreting the Bible from a Christian perspective is the words of Christ" Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #37

My favorite commentary on the Bible, by my favorite all time skeptic: Goodheart Jun 2024 #20

I've read a bit about Ingersall. And that's what HE says is in the Pentateuch. It's not. ancianita Jun 2024 #28

It's in there. Numbers 31. Having spoken to the Lord, Moses executed the Lord's vengeance upon the Midianites. Goodheart Jun 2024 #43

Okay, I hear ya. ancianita Jun 2024 #49

OK here is our self-proclaimed Christian apologizing for slavery Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #53

Tubman ordered the slaves she freed to murder Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #73

Don't niggle. My parallel was about people being so immersed in their slavery that they feared the unknown ancianita Jun 2024 #74

There is no comparison. One thing actually happened. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #78

Interesting Marcuse Jun 2024 #48

God exists, but not in the sky. Marcuse Jun 2024 #22

That's Old Testament stuff mcar Jun 2024 #24

You might have first Amendment rights, but you're dissing fellow Democrats. ancianita Jun 2024 #26

This general time period is also known as the Dark Ages. n/t spike jones Jun 2024 #40

Nope. Those came two centuries later. After the fall of the Roman Empire. ancianita Jun 2024 #41

yes, 500-1400. Every where I read. spike jones Jun 2024 #45

Cool. So the book isn't about ONLY the early Dark Ages, but two hundred years before it. ancianita Jun 2024 #50

As I posted spike jones Jun 2024 #66

Funny, ancianita Jun 2024 #67

Good enough. Thanks for the exchange. spike jones Jun 2024 #69

Post removed Post removed Jun 2024 #42

That is not very nice to say. pwb Jun 2024 #47

how in the world did you get that from what I said? Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #56

Calling a poster pitiful? pwb Jun 2024 #57

set me straight - show how the Bible doesn't condone slavery rape genocide Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #60

This is the last time I kick your division post up. pwb Jun 2024 #63

How sophist you are. ancianita Jun 2024 #54

OK, please define genocide in your own terms Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #58

That's what a sophist would say, "my dear." ancianita Jun 2024 #61

and a religious bigot would say "have a blessed day" Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #62

brought to you by Hellinistic astrology Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #46

Say what? Goodheart Jun 2024 #55

Fine. But ancianita Jun 2024 #59

I think we can summarize it this way: Goodheart Jun 2024 #64

Or we can summarize it the political way: ancianita Jun 2024 #65

Religion usually destroys. chouchou Jun 2024 #29

I don't ForgedCrank Jun 2024 #38

and yet their Bible is full of all that stuff Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #44

more Christian values Stardust Mirror Jun 2024 #51

The Ten Commandments were way before Jesus and Christianity. pwb Jun 2024 #52

And don't covet your neighbor's property. Mariana Jun 2024 #77

The thing about "Christian" or any similar labels is that the validity RockRaven Jun 2024 #76

False, disappointing that general faith bashing tolerated on DU uponit7771 Jun 2024 #79

I affirm tolerance of such posts. It gives the rest of us an opportunity to present... LAS14 Jun 2024 #80