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Vivek Ramaswamy's Hindu Faith Is Front and Center in His GOP Presidential Campaign
U.S. News ^ | 08/06/2023 | AP

Posted on 08/06/2023 1:36:49 PM PDT by aimhigh

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To: Terry L Smith

As I understand it, his parents were green card holders. What is an anchor baby? Are they in country and entitled to be employeed?


61 posted on 08/06/2023 4:42:22 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: redheadedshannon
I believe that most of the folks here will end up winning the Democrats the next several elections because on some level I think many here get off on losing & painting themselves as a victim class.

Pretty much everything you said is wrong. The Democrats aren't winning elections - they are cheating using a variety of methods - vote flipping, Chinese packets, dead voters, suit cases, mules, the list goes on and has been extensively proven and adjudicated in Court. In some cases with great financial consequences!

Still they persist in fomenting CW2 to install their preferred candidate.

When you consider the disenfranchisement, J6 imprisonment, social media monitoring and beyond, ironically MAGA patriots are the biggest victims in AmeriKKKa. The courts, cops and Feds are corrupt - no justice in this 3rd world craphole.

Unless President Trump is back in the WH. He alone can redeem this mess.
62 posted on 08/06/2023 5:34:31 PM PDT by Observator
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To: aimhigh

America is not a Christian nation. It is post-Christian.

It’s filled with Satanists, atheists & agnostics.

Christians are an ever-decreasing minority.

Democrats are mostly Satanists. I will always vote against them.


63 posted on 08/06/2023 6:37:36 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: KC_for_Freedom

anchor baby is defined by the child’s pparents immigrating/emigrating to America, and pregnNt enroute to habe their child born in America, therefore by the fact of their birth in the land of America, that child becomes a natural-born citizen.

Green ccards are an instrument validating the individual’s pursuit of citizenship. it is not a ‘monopoly instant citizenship?’ card.

Since the idea of his parents not yet naturalized, he is constitutionally not allowed to seek the office of President.


64 posted on 08/06/2023 7:00:40 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: entropy12

I’m sick of the redneck contingent on FR. And by that, I’m not talking about the stereotype: racist, bigoted, whatever. I’m pretty sure that all human beings are racist & bigoted on some level. I’m sure I am. I’m talking about the trailer park types that stay standing in one spot, yelling from the sidelines, complaining about their lot in life & doing relatively little toimprove it. They hang on to Trump like he’s the second coming because he acknowledges them when he’s looking for votes. It’s class warfare garbage repackaged but still selling the same crap- us v/s them. I’m sorry but I wouldn’t run a country based on the least privileged among us any more than I’d run a country to service the wealthiest elites. I grew up in an upper middle class family (solidly middle class). We hav3 lifelong marriages, stable families & relatively few social problems compared to everyone else. We, historically, have been geared as a movement to the middle class. People who worked their way to a good job and had a verifiable stake in running the country. Could it be that so many of the people claiming to be on our side are just a bunch of financially & socially challenged folks sitting around getting more obese, smoking, living in their trailers with their third spouse, adult drugged out kids & moronic, illegitimate grandkids- owning squat, no savings & blaming everybody else for their pathetic lives. I have news for the.: you should not be given a vote. You ought to have a stake in this country to be given a vote- do you own land? a home? Do you pay far more in taxes than you get back? If not- get out! You are officially another mouth to feed πŸ™„


65 posted on 08/06/2023 7:06:14 PM PDT by redheadedshannon
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To: redheadedshannon

Lots of good thoughts in your post. If I add up all the income taxes I have paid (federal and state) that would be a small fortune. And guess what, I worked for 37 years, without a single day without a job. I will be surprised if there will be another republican president in my lifetime. The free money from government is very intoxicating stuff.


66 posted on 08/06/2023 7:26:36 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians are there to build wealth. Trump is in there to lose wealth to serve people.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Pessimistic thoughts are certainly understandable- we all (conservatives, moderates,liberals) have them! Same with optimistic thoughts. The problem here is that it’s now wrapped up with worldview & more often than not- it’s completely tied to Trump. He used working class language & connected with that demographic. Now anybody else (in their learned opinion πŸ™„) is an establishment tool working to service elites. Ted Cruz is somehow no longer ultraconservative, now he just secretly wants liberals to win πŸ˜‘ I mean it might have been mildly amusing 4 or 5 years ago, but this has been going on entirely too long to treat as an aberration. They really are idiots & I’m starting to realize that my future in the short term conservative movement is tied on some level- to them. I started waking up after the intervening elections. Do I think that some shenanigans happened. Yes, I think they always have. But I also know a lot of folks were really turned off by the negative, down in the dumps, working class heroes, us vs them BS! Most of us ultimately vote for conservatism because our moral values, economic ideals, constitutional stances, etc. are conservative. We want to hear about how to further those ideals- not who had the better slam on Twitter. Sorry but the Nascar contingent needs to go! πŸ™„


67 posted on 08/06/2023 7:29:20 PM PDT by redheadedshannon
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To: aimhigh
Modi has publicly stated he wants to eliminate other religions and have a pure Hindu state.

He has never said a word against any religion. Not even Islam. But he is against violence in any form, esp that caused by clerics.

The BJP does not appreciate Bishops who openly call for the defeat of the party, by issuing an Islamic type fatwa.The BJP is also against evangelists who wear saffron robes, put on holy Hindu markings on their forehead like Hindu monks, and carry the Cross along with pictures of Hindu Gods to convert poor tribals by saying Christ is one of them. A bag of rice is then the inducement to convert. lots of pics on the web

https://www.indiancatholicmatters.org/catholics-raise-eyebrows-as-bishop-dons-saffron-robes/

68 posted on 08/06/2023 7:30:28 PM PDT by IndianChief
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To: entropy12

Unfortunately too intoxicating! I know we will see another President that’s a solid conservative, it just may take a civil war reset before then. I think everyone here is absolutely correct- the establishment types weren’t representing us, our ideals or our values. But I also question the wisdom of many of the people on FR who support Only Trump, put down all other conservative politicians, sit out voting for the best choice when it comes down to that & show more animosity to Kevin McCarthy than Nancy Pelosi. It’s a losers proposition & it’s incredibly stupid! 🫣


69 posted on 08/06/2023 7:39:32 PM PDT by redheadedshannon
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To: redheadedshannon

Right now, all qualified for first debate candidates are career politicians except Trump & Ramaswamy. Sorry, I am done with career politicians.


70 posted on 08/06/2023 8:19:59 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians are there to build wealth. Trump is in there to lose wealth to serve people.)
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To: aimhigh

There is a certain demographic within the Republican party who will say “he’s a muzzlin” without understanding the difference, so he has that to contend with. Most of those people are solid Trump so it may not matter


71 posted on 08/06/2023 8:54:52 PM PDT by Nomad577
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To: Nomad577

Hindus are very anti-Christian, both in India and the United States.


72 posted on 08/06/2023 8:56:57 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: aimhigh

Hindus are a cancer and don’t belong in western countries or any positions of power.


73 posted on 08/06/2023 8:58:01 PM PDT by Clemenza
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Hindus will unite with radical environmentalists to ban cow meat. Say goodbye to ribs.


74 posted on 08/06/2023 9:34:58 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: Terry L Smith
I don't want to be picky, but the term has a clear definition and it refers to the parents (mother anyway) as not having the right to be here when she gives birth, so having a green card means the child is not technically an anchor baby. I will leave it to the legal profession to define how this relates the the other term "natural born". Here is the definition of anchor baby from dictionary.com: an offensive term for a baby who is born in a country that gives all babies born there the right of citizenship, but whose parents are not citizens and do not have the right to live there. This term is used to accuse parents of using a baby as a way to get citizenship for themselves.
75 posted on 08/06/2023 9:39:33 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (retired aerospace engineer and CSP who also taught)
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To: entropy12

I think 99% of us are. I like DeSantis for the most part too. I’ve always liked Rand Paul. I think there’s some good folks out there. I think Trump & Ramaswamy are good too! Sure wish I could vote for Jordan Peterson. He’s pretty inspiring!! πŸ˜‰


76 posted on 08/06/2023 9:54:54 PM PDT by redheadedshannon
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Having to “qualify my citizenship” on occasion, being a “half-breed Mojave”, any discussion of a ‘foreign human’, getting their foot in any door, is diegusticulous.


77 posted on 08/06/2023 11:41:46 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: aimhigh

Hinduism has evolved considerably since the Vedic era (pre 600 BC)

Vedic Hinduism was filled with indo European gods like Indra, analogous to Thor / Perun , a God of thunder and lightning.

But after 600 BC it evolved towards pacifism and incorporated Dravidian gods like Shiva. This was the mileu that birthed Buddhism.

Around the 1st century, Christianity influenced Hinduism. St Thomas reached India in 54 AD. The hindus came up with their Trinity ie Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

And it took minor deities or even minor auras like Ganapati/ Ganesha and made them popular gods.

Later after the Islamic conquests, Hinduism adopted the idea that the Trimurti are an emanation of one God, Ishwara, the core God.

That is their concept of monotheism.


78 posted on 08/07/2023 1:47:09 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: aimhigh

Good question, although I know very little about Hindu faith.


79 posted on 08/24/2023 6:06:39 PM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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