On Sep 27, 2:58*pm, DaveS wrote:
On Sep 27, 7:40*am, wrote:





On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:32:18 -0500, Ken Fortenberry

wrote:
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
You gotta love Mark Morford, talk about hitting the nail
squarely on the head:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

And while you're at it, be sure to check out Frank Schaeffer
on a recent Rachel Maddow show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPwGV1h4lW8

"You cannot reorganize village life to suit the village idiot."

Well, there goes health care reform...

Damn, which one killed health care reform, Morford or Maddow ?

Er, see below...

I've always wondered why religion seems to terrify "liberals" and supposed
"intellectuals" so much...

I don't know any liberals or intellectuals who are terrified of
religion. Many are themselves religious and those who aren't
take a "live and let live" approach to religion.

Now, when you start demanding that the government adopt your
"religion" and impose its dogma on the citizenry, that's terrifying.

There...

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Richard, you need to visit a few of these pastors more frequently. You
know the issue is tying a particular religious belief to extreme right
wing historical myth. That particular belief is NOT just the
difference between believing Jesus was God's son, vs Jesus was not
God's son, as you stated. It is the belief that Jesus IS God, and ONLY
thru an abject submission to the Jesus manifestation, can a person
avoid death as a finality. Nothing else cuts it.

The similarity and rigidity of these belief systems are closer to the
most backward, militant and violent forms of Islam, than even to
traditional variant of Christianity, much less to Desert monotheism.
Why do you think so much of the iconography and language of these
folks is battle and blood filled? They are not kidding. Live and let
live is not ultimately part of the picture.

"Liberals" more fearful of religion than Tories? Do you have cable? or
channel surf at all? It just does not wash.

Oh, Jesus!

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