Posted on 09/14/2011 8:53:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry used his speech to a packed audience at the conservative evangelical Liberty University to discuss his own faith – and to call for more Christian influence on America.
The governor, whose speech at the university was scheduled long before his presidential announcement, is looking to burnish his already-strong evangelical credentials ahead of early primaries in Iowa and South Carolina, two states with heavy numbers of evangelical voters.
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He said that his “communion with God” had helped him find the path for his life.
Interweaving biblical anecdotes, Perry called on the audience of young conservatives to engage in politics.
“Don’t muzzle your voice because you’re young,” he said. “You have the right, like every American, to speak your right. You have the right to insist on change, to tell the people in power that you will not have your inheritance spent or your future mortgaged. This country is your country as well. Don’t leave it to a bunch of Washington politicians to tell you how to live your life. This is your future that we are debating today. Don’t be silent.”
Perry’s criticism of Washington drew cheers from the 10,000 students in attendance, but the loudest applause line came when Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. spoke. Falwell shared an anecdote that he said reaffirmed that Perry was "strongly pro-life" and "strongly pro-NRA", two lines which received louder applause than any of Perry's own comments.
Christians are not perfect. Just Forgiven... That is the difference!
I like what he’s saying and I like how he’s saying it.
bump.
I think that you just like to run your mouth.
I think that you just like to run your mouth.
He’s hawking his book.
Ah, now that loving Christian comes out.
Actually, no, I've made it available free to anyone who has inquired. Glad to educate you.
Thought you’d like that.
Carry, CalCowGirl, we have had one set of adoring fans on the forum that nearly drove most of us crazy. Now we have another person, whose adoring fans are doing the same thing.
One thing they share in common. They dismiss any substantive negative issue mentioned from their candidate’s history.
I have been supporting Michelle Bachmann with the proviso, that if she did something wrong or someone else better came along, I would support someone else. Frankly, I haven’t found her actions over the last week to be conducive to keeping my support. The verdict is still out on that, but I need to see an improvement.
These people don’t do that. They are dead set locked into their candidate, and no warning signs are going to get in their way, period.
I keep getting these responses that claim Reagan was severely flawed too. That’s the new Conservative mantra of the 2012 campaign.
“Support Perry, even Reagan was severely flawed.”
Good luck with educating anyone on this forum that is involved with the two camps that can’t fly straight.
Oh, please.
Name one denomination that endorses communitarianism. Maybe the Roman Catholics? Forgive me RCs if I am incorrect.
The Bible teaches property rights and charity. There is no communism, not in any forced sense.
Frankly, I'm not as interested in any of them as I was with Hunter.
You'll find Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Unitarians around here who do.
Maybe the Roman Catholics? Forgive me RCs if I am incorrect.
The RC has a number of "Liberation Theology" types, especially in Central America.
The Bible teaches property rights and charity. There is no communism, not in any forced sense.
Absolutely correct, starting with Genesis 1:28 with the Hebrew word u'redu (IIRC, ורדו), translated as "establish dominion" but actually more related to establishing property lines by walking on the grass, with the requirement to accept the struggle (v'khivshuha) to maintain responsibility for what is within those bounds: every bird, fish, and herding animal. Yup.
Exactly...
“You’ll find Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Unitarians around here who do. “
Ok, the liberal denominations.
The liberal of everything supports redistribution of wealth. Name a group (Pacific Islanders, bankers, college professors, car salesmen, Kiwanis, Jews,) and the liberal among them will be Marxist in theory.
So I wouldn’t blame the church any more than any other group.
A push toward biblical economics would be a push for personal responsibility, property rights, and charity.
Not towards communitariasm.
The problem with the liberal “church” is that they disregard Scripture wherever it doesn’t fit into their narrative.
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