[shrinkermd]

Liberals fail to understand that the people they label as "conservative" are more inclined to use the word "conservative" as an adjective than as a noun. There are commonalities and differences between various Christian groups.

[Always Right]

I love how these people who hate Christianity and everything it stands for makes attempts to reach out. It always blows up in their face as they are so insincere and phony. They can never hide their contempt towards people of faith.

[NYer]

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[Antoninus]

Demo-trolls have been trying to split Evangelicals and Catholics on FR for a long time.

Let it be said right here and right now, despite whatever theological differences we may have, I'll stand with an Evangelical ANY DAY against the Culture of Death and Secularism in this country.

This Catholic loves his Evangelical brothers and sisters and is happy to fight the good fight along side them!

[tflabo]

This Democratic ad is not merely a tin-eared political blunder; it reveals a secular, liberal attitude: that strong religious beliefs are themselves a kind of scandal;

Ahhhh...just the Stalinist leftists applying Soviet style smear tactics. Expecting a large influx of religious voters to the Dems? Fagetaboutit!

[khnyny]

The Louisiana Democratic Party has sunk to a new low.

[I still care]

I read the article. Anyone offended by it has no understanding of Christianity at all.

The Democrats are shocked, shocked! that Calvin believed humans had depraved minds. Being totally ignorant of Christian theology, they think that they have to make people aware of this strange belief.

They only make people aware how divorced they are from Christianity, and how their world view is totally humanistic.

By the way, kudos to Jindal. Often people that convert from other religions are the greatest defenders of Christianity. They see it for the precious and unique faith it is.

[RoadTest]

Evangelicals and Catholics, doctrine aside, have strong common ground today in anti-abortion and getting the smut out of our culture.

[Steve_Seattle]

It's interesting that the word "depraved" is taken from the Protestant reformer Calvin, but is attributed to Jindal. Jindal seems to merely have been reiterating the Catholic position that a strong, centralized teaching authority, and loyalty to it, is essential for Christian unity, and that the endless fragmentation of Christianity into sects is a scandal.

As a lapsed Catholic, I can see both sides of this. It is clear from the Bible that Jesus desired his followers to be united; on the other hand, I think there is some room for individual interpretation of scripture. By the same token I don't think that all interpretations are equally legitimate, and some are demonstrably false.