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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:45 AM Original message |
"Lord will provide" is the fundie arguement against welfare & Soc. Sec.! |
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BR_Parkway
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. So let the old folks who believe this send their SS checks back in |
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lectrobyte
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thought the Lord guided us to create Social Security -- you know, |
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ashmanonar
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Sat Jan-29-05 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. yea... |
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Straight Shooter
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have a friend who has lost her job due to right wing policies |
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mitchum
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. It certainly sounds like you, not "The Lord", provided... |
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pdxmom
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. How do they know that the Lord isn't providing, by making |
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thecorster
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. I disagree |
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tsuki
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If I hear, "Poor people are poor because they want to be," one more |
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journalist3072
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. The Dunce (From Salon.com) |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. hear hear.. |
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Patchuli
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. I agree with the first part of your post, |
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thecorster
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Sat Jan-29-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. maybe I didn't articulate |
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Patchuli
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Sun Jan-30-05 01:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Yep, we do |
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joefree1
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Fundie thinking: Social Security = low birth rate |
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Cleita
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Wow, all those 65+ yearl old senior citizens |
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Cleita
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. All you have to do is visit some of those red states. |
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Bozita
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Does that apply to corporate welfare? |
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Cleita
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Of course not. It is the right of the corporation to take all |
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Bozita
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. GM is spending $4billion on new factories in China due to tax breaks |
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salin
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. So what explains the great depression? |
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ikojo
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Just as he provided before there was social |
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No Exit
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. "Look at the birds of the air"... they do not make war |
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CAG
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. One of their ridiculous arguments... |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Church gyms require showers and clothes-changing. Get it? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. No..the Lord provides in the form of faith based funding which is welfare |
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LostInAnomie
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. They throw a lot of morals around but they... |
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FreedomAngel82
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Sat Jan-29-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. I agree |
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leesa
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. So how do they know it wasn't the Lord who provided the welfare and SS |
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freestyle
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Sat Jan-29-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Tithing was about supporting the poor as much as the priests |
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AnnInLa
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Sat Jan-29-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. More accurately, they believe |
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No Exit
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Sat Jan-29-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Jesus is coming... and He's really pissed" n/t |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. If you're so supernatural, Jesus, why not an encore appearance? |
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Patchuli
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That's the Promise...nt |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Hope he likes Abu Ghraib. That's where Rummy'll put him. |
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Patchuli
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Sat Jan-29-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I wouldn't be in Rummy's shoes |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Confused. That's the state of my faith today. |
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Patchuli
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I understand |
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Bozita
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Sun Jan-30-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Now, THAT'S a bumper sticker |
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G_j
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. "I was hungry and you gave me food" |
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elehhhhna
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Hmmm. Hungry. Naked. Sick. Imprisoned...sounds like Abu or GITMO |
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colinmom71
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Sat Jan-29-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. Then to that, we should respond that the Lord DID provide... |
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Stirk
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Sat Jan-29-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why do think it was created in the first place? |
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TWiley
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Sat Jan-29-05 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Of course, Bush is funding the Churches with Tax money. |
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FreedomAngel82
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Sat Jan-29-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. On this debate |
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TWiley
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Sun Jan-30-05 08:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. That makes perfect sense. |
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Zhade
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Sat Jan-29-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. Can we atheists kinda opt out of that arrangement? |
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FreedomAngel82
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Sat Jan-29-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think they are |
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The Flaming Red Head
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Sat Jan-29-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. Fish and Loaves showed Jesus' true Socialist agenda |
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Cha
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Sat Jan-29-05 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. With Social Security we are helping ourselves |
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ultraist
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Sun Jan-30-05 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. Faith based... |
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