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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Tue Oct 3, 2017, 01:35 PM Oct 2017

Good news: President Trump, this is no time for prayer [View all]

From the article:

President Trump addressed the nation on the mass murder in Las Vegas, in which at least 58 people (at last count) have died, and in which hundreds are wounded. It is the worst mass shooting in recent American history.
Except, President Trump did not exactly sound presidential.
He sounded pastoral. He delivered a sermon, complete with phrases from the Psalms — calling upon God who is the “healer of broken hearts.”

And also:

Americans embrace a common “civil religion” with certain fundamental beliefs, values, holidays, and rituals, parallel to, or independent of, their chosen religion.

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Good news: President Trump, this is no time for prayer [View all] guillaumeb Oct 2017 OP

Also from the article: guillaumeb Oct 2017 #1

Interesting, so you're saying religion is the problem? trotsky Oct 2017 #2

No, I am not. Nor is the author. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #4

Oh good, so then you've given up on this silly idea of things like "patriotism" being... trotsky Oct 2017 #6

Once again, you missed the point. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #8

I did? trotsky Oct 2017 #21

I already did tell you. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #25

Tell me again. trotsky Oct 2017 #29

I also have trouble understanding what the hell you are trying to say Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #10

Did you read the entire piece? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #11

prayers don't work Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #13

One possible reading, but will you admit that there can be others? eom guillaumeb Oct 2017 #14

sure....there can be others.......the author is the only one that knows what he was trying to say Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #17

Such as... Lordquinton Oct 2017 #32

Such as, obviously, the opinion of the writer. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #34

That was implied Lordquinton Oct 2017 #35

My own view is that Trump seems invariably to choose an inappropriate response. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #36

That is reasonable Lordquinton Oct 2017 #41

Leader and followers adhering to the script. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #42

I don't know if its wise to encourage Donald Trump to get angry about anything. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #3

He sounds as if he has been angry since birth. eom guillaumeb Oct 2017 #5

selfish ego Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #12

All ego? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #15

I would say no.............mostly ego and some insecurity Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #16

And to me, the impression of a man who can never overcome how his father treated him. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #18

BTW, this isn't "news" at all but simply an opinion piece. trotsky Oct 2017 #7

Are you unfamiliar with the concept of commenting on a piece? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #9

Comment all you like. An opinion piece still won't be news. trotsky Oct 2017 #20

If you read the entire piece, and I make no assumptions here, guillaumeb Oct 2017 #24

Again, it's not about the piece. trotsky Oct 2017 #28

Okay. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #30

No need. trotsky Oct 2017 #31

Despite the URL's wording, religionnews.com is not a news website, MineralMan Oct 2017 #19

I understand your final opinion. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #22

"an opinion piece is, in fact, an opinion piece" trotsky Oct 2017 #23

I recognized what I read. Perhaps you and others missed the bottom line of the article? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #26

We merely commented on your erroneous title for your post. trotsky Oct 2017 #27

Seems like a fake news site Lordquinton Oct 2017 #33

To be fair, they do have the word "opinion" near the top of the page too. trotsky Oct 2017 #37

Is this "Good news" similar to the MineralMan Oct 2017 #38

As you well know, the poster "controls" the title of a post in most groups. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #39

My commentaries here are always my opinions, as stated in my MineralMan Oct 2017 #40