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ZombieHorde

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4. I have a hard time believing liberal Christians and conservative Christians worship the same god.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:29 PM

Jun 2012

Both gods are equally legitimate, in my opinion, but I think they are different gods.

Liberal Christians seem to worship a god of love, who wants the people to care for the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned.

Conservative Christians seem to worship a god of world domination, who wants the people to ignore the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned in favor of "free markets."

Just my current take on the situation. Does anyone else think the "two camps" are worshiping different gods?

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Christian missionary group with pig's head taunt Arab-Americans at Dearborn festival [View all] cbayer Jun 2012 OP

WWJD? marybourg Jun 2012 #1

If Muslims did this at a Christian festival, would they be called "missionaries" in the media? arcane1 Jun 2012 #2

The SWAT team would probably eliminate them... rfranklin Jun 2012 #3

Agree. That word makes no sense to me in this context. cbayer Jun 2012 #6

Crusaders would be the proper term. WingDinger Jun 2012 #10

I have a hard time believing liberal Christians and conservative Christians worship the same god. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #4

Their objectives sure seem to be diametrically opposed. cbayer Jun 2012 #5

You nailed it. It gets very confusing when they use the same terminology. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #7

As some scientists said recently, we NEEd to analyze RELIGION. for the sake of mankind. WingDinger Jun 2012 #9

Yeah, I think Jesus was a good guy with some good messages. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #20

fits fine if God aint some hardass punk that vindictively fucks with mankind. MANKIND, AINT that a n WingDinger Jun 2012 #22

The repig's god already has a name bongbong Jun 2012 #21

IMHO they don't - the fundies worship Satan. kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #15

The religious right worships Mammon. PDJane Jun 2012 #19

Me too! turtlerescue1 Jun 2012 #24

I think they have every right to the label "Christian" as any other Christian. ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #25

To hell with all the fundies in Dearborn - Christian AND Muslim. daaron Jun 2012 #8

This group would picket Westboro. rug Jun 2012 #11

Hateful people. longship Jun 2012 #12

Here are some. rug Jun 2012 #14

Thanks, rug longship Jun 2012 #16

Yes. Very, very hateful. GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #17

That is completely sadistic Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #13

Do these morans realize COLGATE4 Jun 2012 #18

Ignorance abounds Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #23

So tough. Let them try that in Saudi Arabia. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #26

What I find most interesting about this is the reception it's getting here. laconicsax Jun 2012 #27

It is. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #28

Exactly. n/t laconicsax Jun 2012 #29

It's a matter of credibility. rug Jun 2012 #30

Feeling's mutual. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #31

QED rug Jun 2012 #32

Well, since it's now been established it's OK to outright call somebody a bigot... 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #34

You're welcome rug Jun 2012 #35

Counting on some animals being more equal than others, are we? 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #36

No, making an empirical deduction. rug Jun 2012 #37

Not mutually exclusive. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #38

Yes. It is. rug Jun 2012 #39

Have another nice day. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #40

You too. rug Jun 2012 #41

Well if you insist. The Christians who carried out such acts are extremists and bigoted humblebum Jun 2012 #33