Are you belittling those you reference as "belittlers?" Are you bashing those you label as "bashers?"
I would say is this constant attacks on the religious beliefs of others who share most of our interests is counterproductive to the goal of keeping this country from going to hell. [Old Browser, #28]
And you used what should be a magical word to conservatives--UNITE. There are many evil forces within this country seeking (and making considerable progress) the destruction/degradation of our culture and our Republic. Let's know the true enemy and stop being stuck on stupid. [House Atreides, post #9]
Now exactly WHAT are the problems with comments such as what we above, and a few of the "amens" we saw?
#1: If we took these comments 100% seriously, then critiquing Islam is totally off of the table. Is that what you're saying should happen, House Atreides? cherry? Old Browser? kitkat? Just make Islam, etc. teflon-proof from critiques?
#2: These comments are never seemingly addressed to the greatest provocateurs? Have I ever labeled 100% of Mormonism's creeds to be an "abomination" before God? No. Has the Mormon church spent $millions of dollars making the same claim about 100% of Christian creeds? (Ya better believe it!)
#3 I could probably guess that the folks who the apostle Paul warned the church @ Ephesus about had the bulk in common with the sheep there. Both groups were "religious." So, did Paul play the "allies"-game-don't-divide-us" that many of you are playing? (No)
As Paul was leaving the church of Ephesus, he warned them with this high-priority alert:
"I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears." (Acts 20:29-31)
Paul's cultural priority? (Defend against the false disciples who will proselytize the flock and draw away men unto themselves! And the apostle Paul had NO QUALMS about referencing these men as truth-distorting "savage wolves" -- hardly an endearing term!
Tell me something, posters: If you did something tearfully night and day for three years, do you think it's rather important? So what? Are we as Christians simply to conclude, "Oh, the man who contributed a good chunk to the New Testament -- what does he know about cultural priorities?"
Lastly, 'Tis good we didn't have the likes of you as leaders during WWII...There we fought Japan, Germany & Italy on MULTIPLE frontlines. To hear some of you tell it, multi-tasking is somehow beyond conservatives.
I have been saying that for a long time. One battle is the political battle. A second battle is the moral battle.
One has to be fought at the ballot box, and the other in our homes and churches. It seems to me that many are trying to fight the battles in the wrong places.
We have to win both battles. This country is designed to be operated by a moral people, it won't function any other way. But we must win the political battle also, otherwise we will not have a country in which to be moral.