Turns out that Trump's rally last night was all a publicity stunt.
Turns out that Trump's rally last night was all a publicity stunt.
1) I say Jeffrey Dahmer was evil, and he might have disagreed. He might have believed I was evil because we disagreed. He was wrong. Those who are not for equal rights for all people are profoundly immoral and therefore evil. The fact that they use a book written by mortal men about an imaginary omnipotent man in the sky just makes them even more so.
2) In your paragraph about literal scripture, what you are describing there is ultimately that those who believe in the literal will cave when it suits their interest and accept the literal also when it does...so hypocrites.
3) The view of the wife of that pastor was becoming the prevailing view in the church. Insane, and I had to break ties at that point. If it wasn't her, it would have been something else in the near future as I was close to leaving not only the church but the religion.
4) For a long time as a church-goer and a self-described Christian, I was more than ok with deciding that Jesus was a great teacher and, even though no one ever called him "Jesus", there was a lot in The Bible to help one lead a good and grace-filled life. I had enough of people telling me that you had to believe Jesus was the Son of God, had to believe in all the "magic" performed by him and others, and that the Bible was to be taken literally, so I had to renounce my Christianity.
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Trump's Derp Crowds ? wrote:
agip wrote:
[Trump's] poll numbers are quite bad at this stage. Do you think he might drop out, like Lyndon Johnson in 1968?
Yes. He’s gonna drop out of the race because it’s gonna become very clear. Okay, it’ll be March of 2020. He’ll likely drop out by March of 2020. It’s gonna become very clear that it’s impossible for him to win.
Here are a couple of pics of Trump's latest rally "crowd."
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECDhmMfW4AAdKDt?format=jpg&name=mediumhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECDhm27XUAAjKpQ?format=jpg&name=medium
At some stage people are going to realize they’ve been conned. Some of them will be slower to see it but most will get there in the end.
Flagpole wrote:
Small Minds wrote:
Flagpole does have a limited understanding of Christianity and the Bible.
INCORRECT!
Prove it.
Flagpole wrote:
Small Minds wrote:
Flagpole does have a limited understanding of Christianity and the Bible.
INCORRECT!
Flagpole has that Trump-level of knowledge about Christianity.
Seaside wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
That depends on how much we do to mitigate climate change.
Right now we are already seeing millions of climate refugees. The troubles in Syria and Central America both have roots in drought and famine that was made more severe because of climate change. This kind of problem will only get worse if we remain on the current path.
Let’s say we do nothing more than we do today? How many more years before Greenland is a prime spot for this billion people?
I never said Greenland would support a billion people. Greenland would be a good place for rich people to move.
But if we do nothing, it won't really matter. If we stay on our current path we could see warming so severe that all human life would be in danger. Moving to Greenland would be the least of our worries.
I wouldn't listen to the Mooch.
Tiny will never drop out, even if he loses.
f.r.g wrote:
Flagpole wrote:
INCORRECT!
Flagpole has that Trump-level of knowledge about Christianity.
Given how much he dislikes Trump, it's kind of funny that Flagpole shares A LOT of traits with Trump.
1) You are comparing ordinary Christians to Jeffrey Dahmer. Let's get back to reality, shall we?
A hundred years ago, you would have trouble finding a single person in American who would say that gays should have the right to marry. So you are saying that every person in American was evil?
2) No, you missed the point entirely. I'm saying that many people who say they believe in a literal interpretation of scripture all will concede that "literal" doesn't mean every single passage. But they use literal interpretation as their first principle of hermeneutics. When the literal interpretation doesn't make sense, you turn to something else. It's a perfectly valid academic approach.
However, many Christians know so little about hermeneutics that they will say they take the Bible literally without understanding the implications at all.
3) It's always sad when that happens, but sometimes groups morph into something you can no longer support. Your faith is your own. I'm afraid you let that influence your relationship with God, which is even sadder.
4) Everyone called him "Jesus". That was his name. Perhaps you meant to write something else?
Being a Christian means following Jesus' teachings, including the ultimate claim that he is the son of God. But you never got all the way there. You were never willing to surrender yourself fully to Him. That leap of faith can be scary, but it is the key to a life filled with the peace that passeth all understanding.
This is correct. The only way to eternal life is very simple, pray and ask the Lord Jesus to forgive your sins and accept Him as your savior and to guide your life going forward. Flagpole is not a born again Christian. Otherwise, he would have told us that he accepted the Lord in previous posts over the years.
Ciro wrote:
https://news.yahoo.com/supporter-trump-mocked-fat-says-142850764.html
Yep, all the lefties got their panties in a twist over ‘fat shaming’ ...turns out the guy is a M-AGA Trump supporter and laughed his ass off when Trump told him he needed to lose weight. Trump also continued with self deprecating humor about his own weight issue.
A sense of humor is everything. The left has none. No humor, can't take a joke, no good ideas, no message, no viable candidates.
Trump wins
Trump wins again!
KAG2020
Rigged for Hillary wrote:
Ciro wrote:
https://news.yahoo.com/supporter-trump-mocked-fat-says-142850764.htmlYep, all the lefties got their panties in a twist over ‘fat shaming’ ...turns out the guy is a M-AGA Trump supporter and laughed his ass off when Trump told him he needed to lose weight. Trump also continued with self deprecating humor about his own weight issue.
A sense of humor is everything. The left has none. No humor, can't take a joke, no good ideas, no message, no viable candidates.
Trump wins
Trump wins again!
KAG2020
So a sense of humor is everything. When have we ever seen Tiny actually laughing?
Correct.
Flagpole - this discussion is way over your pay grade. You look foolish.
Rigged for Hillary wrote:
Ciro wrote:
https://news.yahoo.com/supporter-trump-mocked-fat-says-142850764.htmlYep, all the lefties got their panties in a twist over ‘fat shaming’ ...turns out the guy is a M-AGA Trump supporter and laughed his ass off when Trump told him he needed to lose weight. Trump also continued with self deprecating humor about his own weight issue.
A sense of humor is everything. The left has none. No humor, can't take a joke, no good ideas, no message, no viable candidates.
Trump wins
Trump wins again!
KAG2020
Yep. Typical Trumpette.
Insult me. Kick me in the teeth. Lie to me. Steal from my country. It's all good. You're a GREAT guy, Trump! May I have another?
Trump continues to "WOW" us all as far as his business acumen. He is brilliant. Remember how people were saying John Adams was a doofus for paying $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase? Well, now it is worth 1.2 TRILLION. Greenland probably never read the Art of the Deal and don't have any idea how brilliant Trump is in business negotiations. They see his red hair and maybe think he is a country hick. Well, Greenland ... prepare to be bamboozled!
Trumpette wrote:
Rigged for Hillary wrote:
Yep, all the lefties got their panties in a twist over ‘fat shaming’ ...turns out the guy is a M-AGA Trump supporter and laughed his ass off when Trump told him he needed to lose weight. Trump also continued with self deprecating humor about his own weight issue.
A sense of humor is everything. The left has none. No humor, can't take a joke, no good ideas, no message, no viable candidates.
Trump wins
Trump wins again!
KAG2020
Yep. Typical Trumpette.
Insult me. Kick me in the teeth. Lie to me. Steal from my country. It's all good. You're a GREAT guy, Trump! May I have another?
Exactly right, someone gets it.
A bunch of rural Americans conned by a New Yorker shyster.