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79. It's not limited to Christianity, though

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #75)

Mon Nov 27, 2017, 10:10 AM

Nov 2017

There's no lack of Jews not following Moses and Muslims not following Mohammed...Happens in all beliefs and ideologies.

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I am still constantly amazed by the callousness of Trump supporters [View all] hamsterjill Nov 2017 OP

Sounds like a good opportunity to have reminded her about Jesus' stance on health care. LonePirate Nov 2017 #1

Tribalism combined with ignorance, is really ugly Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #27

What do you expect from the scum of the earth. Another name for Repukians. olegramps Nov 2017 #120

What would Jesus do? I guess they fell asleep during Bible Study. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #2

You have to wonder....... MyOwnPeace Nov 2017 #10

Next time I hear BS, I am tempted to say, oh I am not a christian, is this what Jesus teaches? Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #12

You got THAT right!!!! MyOwnPeace Nov 2017 #17

Religion has been an excuse for bad and brutal behavior for centuries. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #18

On the contrary, mdbl Nov 2017 #62

Some founders of a religious movement were good at heart, others not so much. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #74

It's also inspired some great, charitable behaviors.. whathehell Nov 2017 #77

Religion reflects human nature, a mixture of superb good and heinous evil. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #78

Than maybe we should be blaming human nature.. whathehell Nov 2017 #82

In part yes, but some religious seem to target the dark side of human nature. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #83

No more than political ideologies, actually... whathehell Nov 2017 #89

Yes, but I was taking a longer view: Crusades, inquisitions, etc. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #91

I think Id say Im not a Christian. Im a Christ follower. woodsprite Nov 2017 #60

Yes a much better term. Many Christians do not follow the teachings of Christ. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #75

It's not limited to Christianity, though whathehell Nov 2017 #79

Yes, human nature tends to override religious beliefs. :( Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #80

Yes, so again, maybe we should focus on improving human nature whathehell Nov 2017 #84

Yes I agree. And not let people get away with using religion as Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #85

Nor political ideologies.. whathehell Nov 2017 #90

Exactly. Politics and religion are excuses for people to act out their dark side. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #92

Are you saying you have no political ideology? whathehell Nov 2017 #94

Of course I have a political ideology. Politics can speak to our good side Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #96

This was my point.. whathehell Nov 2017 #121

I put myself in this category, too. hamsterjill Nov 2017 #105

Yes, Jesus had a good message. Too bad the Christians are ruining it. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #113

"Jesus had a good message, and the 'christians' are ruining it." Amen. n/t sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #119

Thank you. LiberalBrooke Nov 2017 #69

A lot of these people have never read the Bible NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #98

Pretty sure the Bible doesn't say to prevent sick or injured children from seeking medical care. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #100

What you said. Sadly, that's the case in many so-called houses of worship. sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #118

No. They turned to the Old Testament. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #112

Hate is easy.... FarPoint Nov 2017 #3

Hate is not easy. They are defective. Cruel Greedy Monsters Alice11111 Nov 2017 #48

I am not surprised at all. I saw this during the 60's by pretty much the same people. I suspect walkingman Nov 2017 #4

Yep, agree, there are a lot of ugly Baby Boomers, sad part is, they will probably be replaced RKP5637 Nov 2017 #6

I resent that Brainstormy Nov 2017 #8

Yep! You're correct! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #14

That's right, Boomers also produced the Hippies. Ligyron Nov 2017 #15

Yes indeed. Hippy forever. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2017 #106

It's incredible, the ugliness these people hold in their hearts, minds and souls. What amazes me are RKP5637 Nov 2017 #5

A bible, a Jesus band and lots of guns. Alice11111 Nov 2017 #49

I think when whites become the minority things will change. walkingman Nov 2017 #126

I think he represents about half, but the leadership of Alice11111 Nov 2017 #127

Gandhi: lastlib Nov 2017 #65

There is content to the label "Deplorables" UTUSN Nov 2017 #7

Same in my family. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #9

"The irony never touched my father." MyOwnPeace Nov 2017 #23

Me too. My brother went to one extreme. I went to the other. Alice11111 Nov 2017 #50

My mother once told me that during the Depression, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #36

The worst ones are always loud about their godliness also JI7 Nov 2017 #11

Mother of my best friend grew up in the rural south (re. high-decibel proclamations of faith) hatrack Nov 2017 #93

I think I would have said ... MLAA Nov 2017 #13

I guess she would have shut down that kairos12 Nov 2017 #16

I like to throw bible verses in their faces. onlyadream Nov 2017 #19

Ha! So do I.... paleotn Nov 2017 #28

Then do the by their fruits you will know them. Oppaloopa Nov 2017 #66

What you do to the least of us, you do to me. onlyadream Nov 2017 #81

That's good you throw it back at them. Maybe you can Alice11111 Nov 2017 #51

She is not even thinking treestar Nov 2017 #20

"People they don't personally know are not human to them." Alice11111 Nov 2017 #52

Im not surprised anymore but yea I amazed. DangerousUrNot Nov 2017 #21

I have personally experienced it. They go batshit crazy if Alice11111 Nov 2017 #53

Callousness, stupidity, or lack of common decency?? ailsagirl Nov 2017 #22

A soul is fit to receive infilling with beneficence or lack of/or diminished beneficence. sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #46

It is disheartening ailsagirl Nov 2017 #115

I suppose the modern day Pharisees skip right over this one.... paleotn Nov 2017 #24

Or today's Gospel reading 47of74 Nov 2017 #37

It goes in one ear and out the other LiberalLovinLug Nov 2017 #108

True 47of74 Nov 2017 #110

'Whitewashed tombs'. Matthew 23:27-28. eom sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #122

They may know Scripture...........but........ ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2017 #25

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. 47of74 Nov 2017 #38

You gotta' love that Shakespeare!!! ailsagirl Nov 2017 #39

Wow. His genius still amazes me.Thx. I Always enjoyed MV Alice11111 Nov 2017 #54

Fantastic quote (of the day/week/month/year/Century of Christomerican Hypocrisy) Rainbow Droid Nov 2017 #64

Monsters and idiots. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #26

The Great State of Texas shadowmayor Nov 2017 #29

El Paso? roscoeroscoe Nov 2017 #59

My dad was from El Paso. VOX Nov 2017 #71

They are idiot racist fuckheads. That is the entirety of it. Orrex Nov 2017 #30

It's just their inate racism... cntrfthrs Nov 2017 #31

I often wonder what the world would be like without the religious Enoki33 Nov 2017 #32

"If Jesus came back and saw was was done in his name, he would oasis Nov 2017 #33

He would go on a rampage. roamer65 Nov 2017 #47

it starts at your local rw radio stations and many depend on university and pro sports certainot Nov 2017 #34

Their racism is the zentrum Nov 2017 #35

Monsters is an understatement. Initech Nov 2017 #40

I hear that crap every day here in Marble Falls, I heard a woman during a Service League luncheon... marble falls Nov 2017 #41

I happen to know someone in MF hamsterjill Nov 2017 #44

Its the echo box. Its all they hear. marble falls Nov 2017 #45

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers," with Donald Sutherland Alice11111 Nov 2017 #55

Not any more Va Lefty Nov 2017 #42

"The dirt's all coming out in a wash?" n/t sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #123

I hear you. I've been stunned by how callous they can be. Solly Mack Nov 2017 #43

+1000 Alice11111 Nov 2017 #56

Wow. nocalflea Nov 2017 #57

Many so-called Christians are the biggest hypocrites and frauds when democratisphere Nov 2017 #58

Shame-based paradigms have always been used by organized religion to corral power, lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #61

And the absolute WORST of the tRump* supporters... Raster Nov 2017 #63

I am amazed that anyone is amazed beachbum bob Nov 2017 #67

that is just part of their hatred to others! BlueJac Nov 2017 #68

These are the Nazis that would have been Hitlers core support Oneironaut Nov 2017 #70

Yeah, I've cut as many of the fuckers out of my life as I can maxrandb Nov 2017 #72

Yeah, we're gettin' ours, screw the stragglers. Wickedness in places. eom sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #124

I would have asked why she calls herself a Christian if she's not following the teachings of Christ. Vinca Nov 2017 #73

What did you say or do about this? electron_blue Nov 2017 #76

I confronted her, and she wound up storming out of the restaurant hamsterjill Nov 2017 #103

thank you! electron_blue Dec 2017 #128

I'm not; I just can't get past the hypocrisy. alarimer Nov 2017 #86

Many of them feel the same way about American minimum wage workers IronLionZion Nov 2017 #87

They had to learn to be monsters jimlup Nov 2017 #88

Matthew 25: ollie10 Nov 2017 #95

In the Catholic Church that was the Gospel reading this past Sunday kydo Nov 2017 #101

Love this! hamsterjill Nov 2017 #109

They have been propagandized to be this way. PatrickforO Nov 2017 #97

"Monsters" is such a polite word. I go straight to "assholes". n/t SpankMe Nov 2017 #99

It is why your average trumpster has no issues with the racist, murderous dictator Putin Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #102

That's why I have pretty much Bettie Nov 2017 #104

Sounds like Republican Jesus again. Amimnoch Nov 2017 #107

I heard an Alabama middle aged woman state her angst over having to choose between CrispyQ Nov 2017 #111

it should no longer come as any surprise that these people are monsters. only monsters niyad Nov 2017 #114

Even here in Texas some people are seeing the light. argyl Nov 2017 #116

Another difficult thing to understand is that these supporters Enoki33 Nov 2017 #117

WWJD back atcha, lady. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #125