“A preposterous as North Point sponsoring a Michelle Obama event???”
You said my statement was preposterous. My Michelle reference was making the point that, yes, apparently preposterous things CAN HAPPEN.
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“How many times do I have to tell you that I don’t believe you before you stop asserting your unsourced, undocumented hearsay?”
I couldn’t care less whether YOU believe me or not!
You are challenging my truthfulness in a public form and I am publicly defending my self.... and I will CONTINUE to do so until you and anyone else ceases.
Why? Because I am telling the truth.
What I said happened did happen.
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“If you can’t back up your posts you shouldn’t be making claims. “I can’t tell you who told me” is for children and codependents.”
Ridiculous! No one here screams and rants when someone posts White House insider information. No one screams or rants when a journalist quotes an anonymous source or reports and off-the-record comment.
You must have a dog in this race or you wouldn’t be so heated.
I have been a member of NPCC for nearly 10 years and the choice to invite FLOTUS is very surprising. The church has gone out of its way to remain apolitical, but its roots are southern baptist and it is an evangelical mega church. Andy gave the invocation prayer at the Obama inauguration, but he has not indicated in any way that he is a supporter. I believe the invitation to the FLOTUS would not be approved by over half the congregation because of its political overtones, not because of the particular message. Many times since I have been a member NPCC has passed on events that have even the slightest political tone to them. I am almost sure that the vast majority of members are conservative, but have no data to back it up, although I have been intimately involved in activities with many members throughout my membership. One of the previous posts suggested Andy had jumped the shark on this one and I tend to agree, but am confident that it was done with significant thought and almost always this church gets “it” right. FYI, I did not and cannot ever vote for or support Obama, but don’t like bringing that into our church. To give some idea of the conservative nature of the church message in general(evangelical as opposed to political), Andy gave a terrific sermon on July 4th, that everyone who loves our country and its history would appreciate. It talked about the other side of freedom which is personal responsibility. Also, about a year ago he gave a two-part sermon called “God and Country” that was all about needing to keep the Judeo/Christian viewpoint and more generally, God in politics. In fact I attended Glen Beck’s 8/28 rally and have followed Beck regularly and have been surprised by how closely some of Andy’s messages over the past year have paralleled Beck’s message. You can view many of Andy’s sermons www.northpoint.org and unlike Barack Obama with his pastor, I am able to confidently defend any of Andy’s messages, and to whole-heartedly agree with them. That is why this invitation is such a surprise. It may be nothing more than a follow-up from the invocation prayer because the worship center is so large it can accommodate the site, and it would have been awkward to refuse.
Yes they do. I do, every time I read unsourced information. I read people challenging claims made by anonymous sources here every day.
No one should believe your claim. It's hearsay, and you shouldn't post assertions you can't back up.