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31. You're denying reality.

Reply to 50 Shades Of Blue (Reply #30)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 02:50 PM

Dec 2016

Not all fantasies are religious.

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How About Some Democratic Outreach to Liberal People of Faith for a Change? [View all] rug Dec 2016 OP

There have been numerous posts at DU that 'explain" that Democrats cannot attract believers guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Whoever holds that position has either not read the gop platform or not read the New Testament. rug Dec 2016 #3

As long as mormons and catholics vote for things like Prop 8 in california AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #10

Here's my outreach. HassleCat Dec 2016 #2

Here's your first problem: rug Dec 2016 #4

OK then. I disagree with you and the article. HassleCat Dec 2016 #6

No, the "we" is Democrats, religious and nonreligious, native and immigrant. rug Dec 2016 #8

Where does the USCCB fall in the laundry list of weath? AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #11

It itself owns little. rug Dec 2016 #13

Rich people excel at insulating themselves from tax exposure. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #15

As correct as it is irrelevant. rug Dec 2016 #16

Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance Archbishop Bernard Hebda of Saint Paul and Mi AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #17

Sell your own bullshit, ac. They have no "tax exposure". rug Dec 2016 #18

If I were the church, I'd consider legal judgments related to sexual abuse a B&O tax at this point. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #19

Wait, you didn't mention pedophilia yet! Or misogyny. rug Dec 2016 #20

The entity I referenced that led to this point AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #21

And the OP is about the Democratic Party's connections to religioius Democrats. rug Dec 2016 #23

Still awaiting your wizened deflections for post 10. Hop to. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #22

Keep waiting. You've exhausted your quota of bullshit. rug Dec 2016 #24

Oh please, in post 8 you prattle on about instruments of wealth all the while, dancing around the AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #32

Jack Chick is straight Reformation material. Bretton Garcia Dec 2016 #38

Most religious Democrats (myself included) walkingman Dec 2016 #5

I Agree. n/t delisen Dec 2016 #7

Welcome to DU. rug Dec 2016 #9

Well, no... J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #12

Do you actually think liberal Democrats who are religious do not know that? rug Dec 2016 #14

ENOUGH with the religious pandering, PERIOD. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #25

Do you think the Democratic Party acknowledging that most Democrats are religious is pandering? rug Dec 2016 #27

Yes. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #30

You're denying reality. rug Dec 2016 #31

Acknowledging and pandering to are the same thing when it comes to politicians and relgion. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #34

Says who? Some opinions, especially the overwrought ones, are themselves fantasies. rug Dec 2016 #35

Not easy being a liberal believer. You get hit from the right as heritics and from the left for hrmjustin Dec 2016 #26

If Rug and Justin would outreach to conservatives, Bretton Garcia Dec 2016 #28

No, that's what David Silverman does. rug Dec 2016 #29

And the Pope Bretton Garcia Dec 2016 #39

By all means, elaborate. rug Dec 2016 #41

Pope Francis remembers the Good Samaritan Bretton Garcia Dec 2016 #43

Evangelicals wouldn't listen to me. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #40

What kind of outreach to religious liberals does he want that isn't also outreach to liberals? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #33

How is an atheist liberal different from a religious liberal? rug Dec 2016 #36

I don't see why you're re-asking what I asked muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #37

Because a proper question usually contains its own answer. rug Dec 2016 #42

Looks like no one knows what Ed craves, then - not him, not me, not you muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #44

The article was pretty straightforward. rug Dec 2016 #45

But you cannot say what the extra-special treatment he wants for religious liberals is muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #46

Sure I can. For one thing, it's not "extra-special" treatment. rug Dec 2016 #47

Don't you consider President Obama a religious liberal? Don't you consider Hillary Clinton one? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #48

Charles Pierce: "A Few Thoughts on the Democratic Party's 'Hostility' Toward Religion" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #49