tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post1106280447529640442..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: President Obama @ The National Prayer Breakfast TodaySUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-64490004844132969802012-02-04T00:15:08.921-08:002012-02-04T00:15:08.921-08:00Personally I think that they are inspiried by a sp...<i>Personally I think that they are inspiried by a spirit or a whole group of them, but I would not describe that spirit as a Holy one.</i><br /><br />I remember hearing the preacher Carlton Pearson talk about (back when he was a fundy Pentecostalist) getting into arguments w/ his wife. Each immediately attributed their disagreement as RonF does: "I rebuke thee Satan!" "No, I JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-3858655455779806952012-02-03T15:43:03.418-08:002012-02-03T15:43:03.418-08:00The Fox News policy of rich people paying rich peo...The Fox News policy of rich people paying rich people to tell middle class people to blame poor people is working.<br /><br />LG has just expressed it perfectly. The problem is not Bain Capital, the Cayman Islands and carried interest, i.e., a tax policy which favors the top 1% and legalizes tax evasion. The problem is poor working people not paying enough taxes. And it’s all clearly spelled out uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49769609066386725062012-02-03T15:30:16.790-08:002012-02-03T15:30:16.790-08:00The top 30% of USA wage earners, pay %100 of taxes...<i>The top 30% of USA wage earners, pay %100 of taxes that are collected by Fed Govt</i><br /><br />This is patently, ridiculously FALSE. LGM, <b>turn off FOX!!!</b> Click off NewsMax! Come back to Reality, PLEASE???JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49151358861033716682012-02-03T09:27:10.858-08:002012-02-03T09:27:10.858-08:00Certainly there are a number of people who oppose ...Certainly there are a number of people who oppose redefining marriage to include homosexual couples on theological grounds. That doesn't mean that opposition to such has to be based on theological grounds, however. It can be simply based on a recognition that the bond between a man and a woman is different than the bond between two men or the bond between two women and that the State has RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-451046426748357072012-02-03T08:36:46.220-08:002012-02-03T08:36:46.220-08:00LG ,,, we get it. You're a literalist. We real...LG ,,, we get it. You're a literalist. We really do get it. I guess what I don't get is what someone who reads the Bible literally does with the "Not everyone who says Lord, Lord but the ones who do the will of my Father" part. Where do you even have the chance to see where the Holy Spirit is showing up in the work and witness of others when you're so busy critiquing how SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-60827701472118616762012-02-02T20:46:14.569-08:002012-02-02T20:46:14.569-08:00When Obama uses bible scripture to make a point......When Obama uses bible scripture to make a point... I notice he gives himself a generous berth, in terms of pertinence. <br /><br />Countless times, Obama, presents 'being my brother's keeper', as some biblical, moral imperative. But, actually, the scripture, "Am I my brother's keeper?", Gen4.9, is a rhetorical / sarcastic answer, that Cain gave to God, right after he LGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-58601719828348326392012-02-02T16:27:31.407-08:002012-02-02T16:27:31.407-08:00In point of fact, I am frequently and arguably ann...In point of fact, I am frequently and arguably annoyingly repetitively consistent in noting that I'll defend to my last breath the right of anybody (including George Bush) to believe whatever cockeyed thing they want to about what God's plan is for whatever they think God has a plan for.<br /><br />So I think you'd be hard pressed to find my having made such comments about Bush's SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-73539179347009011852012-02-02T15:08:41.889-08:002012-02-02T15:08:41.889-08:00I'll agree with you that no one faith or denom...I'll agree with you that no one faith or denomination should be favored over another. I also don't see any particular evidence that Pres. Obama is "secretly a Muslim".<br /><br />Note, though, that we're talking Presidents here, not other political activists. I am not aware that Pres. Bush ever held forth that his theology should be written into the Constitution, nor do I RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-13776673920535447222012-02-02T14:46:28.101-08:002012-02-02T14:46:28.101-08:00Let's see ... where to start ... Hmmmm ...
1....Let's see ... where to start ... Hmmmm ...<br /><br />1. It's held up as an example now because this President is expressing how his own faith and values inform his own decision making process ... not how his own theology should be written into our Constitution.<br /><br />2. It's held up as an antidote to those who continue to blast him as "THE most secular president EVER" SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-81485910849522928422012-02-02T12:32:17.018-08:002012-02-02T12:32:17.018-08:00Didn't we hear 8 years of ridicule and condemn...Didn't we hear 8 years of ridicule and condemnation and citations of "separation of Church and State" because President Obama's predecessor cited <b>his</b> faith as one of the reasons for the policies he favored and the actions he took? So how come it's held up as an example now?RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com