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10. I'm not a religious person, but I feel strongly they give a really bad name to the christian

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #1)

Thu May 19, 2016, 10:00 AM

May 2016

religion. There are some good things, and all they bring to the table is hatred and evilness.

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Here’s why people don’t take right-wing Evangelicals so seriously anymore [View all] LiberalArkie May 2016 OP

I'm Christian wryter2000 May 2016 #1

Amen, especially if its going to be associated with words of hate that they call the love of God... uponit7771 May 2016 #2

I'm not a religious person, but I feel strongly they give a really bad name to the christian RKP5637 May 2016 #10

+1 hamsterjill May 2016 #23

Let's keep the door open for individuality, even for Hortensis May 2016 #41

Hey! Just a cotton-pickin' minute there! KamaAina May 2016 #45

Well, the one on my lap (requiring me to type on the armrest) Hortensis May 2016 #46

Yes, you are right. hamsterjill May 2016 #48

Me too, Hamsterjil. Evangelicalism was always vulnerable Hortensis May 2016 #52

Thank you, if there is a god or Jesus (heyseuss is how to pronounce that BTW) Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #26

And I love atheists like you wryter2000 May 2016 #32

Ah, warm fuzzies all over. Hortensis May 2016 #47

back atcha wryter2000 May 2016 #49

It's pronounced that way in spanish for a given name. bluesbassman May 2016 #40

Couldn't agree more. Egnever May 2016 #34

I agree with you wryter2000 May 2016 #37

Unfortunately, many of us are Different Drummer May 2016 #42

Hear, hear. I couldn't put up an American flag for the Hortensis May 2016 #50

Well, it's like their God . . .. HughBeaumont May 2016 #3

I thought those xians claimed it was fire scscholar May 2016 #29

God killed all the people on the planet, except Noah and his family. Rex May 2016 #39

We've always been wary of them. Bad Dog May 2016 #4

And for all of the ranting and raving about abortion... JayhawkSD May 2016 #5

If you mean those elected to federal office, sure. Act_of_Reparation May 2016 #6

True, yes, I was referring to federal elections. JayhawkSD May 2016 #7

They don't want to kill their #1 wedge issue Brother Buzz May 2016 #25

Women's healthcare will no longer include unrestricted access 2 any reproductive rights if any GOP Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #27

Yes, George W. proved that to be the case. JayhawkSD May 2016 #33

So Trump wont appoint SC justices 2 do it even though he says he will? Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #38

Revisionist claptrap whatthehey May 2016 #8

I work with several of them Populist_Prole May 2016 #15

Evangelicals? Or Mainliners? whatthehey May 2016 #19

Good post! Different Drummer May 2016 #43

does he smile when he takes crap? Demonaut May 2016 #9

He runs a corporation. Religion, Inc., and makes huge profits like the rest of the con artists. n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #11

Westburrow Baptist libodem May 2016 #12

Bravo SCantiGOP May 2016 #13

I wish that were true, but religion is as alive and well as the corruption it's built for. nt valerief May 2016 #14

Just built another non-denominational one in my tiny town. County is only 11,000 population. LiberalArkie May 2016 #17

Prosperity Gospel purveyors are the worst humans in history. Moostache May 2016 #16

Are you suggesting elljay May 2016 #21

Jesus, protect us from your followers.... perdita9 May 2016 #18

Quote from John Fugelsang Different Drummer May 2016 #44

They've shown just how absurd religious belief actually is... And that's a good thing! cleanhippie May 2016 #20

Remember these two - Jim and Tammy Faye packman May 2016 #22

Jesus rocks? Damn! Now that's a GOOD hustle. GOLGO 13 May 2016 #24

Lewis Grizzard once opined... liberaltrucker May 2016 #30

Jim is still hustling TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #56

All you ever needed to know about religion but were afraid to ask Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #28

The Gospel According to George: May he rest inpeace. N/t. lindysalsagal May 2016 #57

The problem for religion is it is all absurd. Arugula Latte May 2016 #31

The problem with religion is that it's a fairy tale. lindysalsagal May 2016 #58

Thanks for a very good article. Evangelicals have delegitimized and discredited themselves Surya Gayatri May 2016 #35

As the power of old white males declines, so, too, do the fortunes of the GOP and religion. randome May 2016 #36

Ever notice how when they are caught gettin' their lizzards bled, they term it "sex addiction?" Eleanors38 May 2016 #51

Religion thrives when communities can be isolated. Arugula Latte May 2016 #53

It has been decades, I would hope people are smarting up by now to con artists. Rex May 2016 #54

Valerie Tarico must be very young csziggy May 2016 #55

I believe we must choose between the planet and jesus: lindysalsagal May 2016 #59