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Author | Topic: Who represents Christians if Falwell, Dobson and Robertson don't? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
pink sasquatch Member (Idle past 6022 days) Posts: 1567 Joined: |
I agree that these watchmen are speaking from faith from a christian point of view. Even when they suggest the use of nuclear weapons against their own government? Or the assassination of world leaders? Or praying for a Supreme Court justice's health to fail? Or use charitable funds for their own materialistic gain? How, exactly, does that mesh with a Christian point of view?
Liberal activist judges have forced their individual beliefs upon the church. Do you have a specific example of this that you would reference, please?
Yet bypassing a congressional request, these activist judges killed Terry Shivo in complete defiance of Congress. (We the People have become We the judges). Its about the liberal agenda to silence the churches right to freely exercise their religious beliefs. Actually, you have it completely backwards. The conservatives tried to prevent Terry Schiavo from freely exercising her religious beliefs by preventing her from passing on from this world to the next in the manner of her choosing.
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pink sasquatch Member (Idle past 6022 days) Posts: 1567 Joined: |
Gay marriage is an example of anti-family values. Since gay marriage will lead to more families, it is obviously pro-family, not anti-family. The people trying to stop it are the ones that are anti-family.
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Gay marriage is an example of Christ-like behavior. How is the Christian right wing supporting it?
This message has been edited by jar, 01-08-2006 07:19 PM Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 734 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
Anti-family values? Robertson advocating killing Chavez certainly could lead to depriving Chavez's kids of a daddy! What are you thinking, Golfer?
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berberry Inactive Member |
nwr writes:
quote: And often the connection is a direct one. Watch any random segment on Fox News and listen to the self-rightous protectors of religious liberty going on and on about how our culture is bound for hell, then check the lovely family-themed fare of the Fox Broadcast Network: wonderful, wholesome, Christian programming like Trading Spouses, Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire?, The Simpsons, Married With Children, MADtv, That 70s Show... This message has been edited by berberry, 01-08-2006 07:34 PM
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nwr Member Posts: 6408 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
Gay marriage is an example of anti-family values. How exactly is the right wing pushing this?
To the extent that it is pushed on the media, it is pushed for profit by mainly right wing business execs. Others have commented on whether it is anti-family.
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nator Member (Idle past 2169 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
How exactly is gay-marriage being "pushed" by the media? It seems to be a grassroots effort that is getting little if any help from the media. Other than a low-budget documentary I came across at midnight on a PBS station, once (you know, the kind of documentary where the director/camera operator/caterer are all the same person, that the sound person has the same last name!).
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3927 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
you mean like 'conservative' activist judges pushing their religious beliefs on our constitution?
sure not any particular justice has it right (except maybe o'connor. she was awesome), but if you're going to make the same rampant, meaningless accusations as the rest of your people, at least look it up and make sure it means something first. hint: it doesn't.the constitution has been interpretted to include privacy protections. thus, my medical care is not your business or that of the government. This message has been edited by brennakimi, 01-08-2006 09:37 PM
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3927 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
fox is a network which has made a long-standing tradition of giving the people what they want to see. they pander to extremists of all kinds.
besides. the marriages shows are a perfect example of a true christian marriage search. find someone who agrees with your values and can give you lots of kids and marry them before you have a chance to do anything dirty. not my fault then tend to do such on the show. i hate those programs. so gross. like twenty years of dating in a week, complete with stds and alcoholism.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
It is simply one thing on the list of anti-family values of the Christian right. Maybe I missed what the connection was with the media's role, but your comment made no sense to me. The idea that the right is pushing these values makes no sense if this is considered by them to be one of them. I still don't get what you're saying. Others on the anti-family values list are abortion, condoms in the schools, pornography and so on.
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jar Member (Idle past 394 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Same sex marriage is simply one thing on the list of pro-family values of the right Christian. Others on the Christian pro-family values list are abortion rights, condoms in the schools, sex-education in EVERY school and so on.
This message has been edited by jar, 01-08-2006 08:58 PM Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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nwr Member Posts: 6408 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.1 |
I still don't get what you're saying.
I am not saying that the entire right is pushing them. I am saying that those who are pushing them on the media are often from the right. If you consider condoms anti-family value, may I assume that you consider AIDS infections to be pro-family value?
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1343 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
may I assume that you consider AIDS infections to be pro-family value? it's funny that the anti-darwinists are often the same people as the social darwinists.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1444 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I haven't said one word about my own position on any of this and don't intend to. It's not the topic and I didn't join the thread except to inquire what on earth you were talking about. I still don't get it but I've also lost interest.
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Mr. Ex Nihilo Member (Idle past 1336 days) Posts: 712 Joined: |
I guess I'll just note that I actually like James Dobson. I've read several of his books and enjoyed them immensely.
I will admit that there was a recent incident where he made some kind of bizarre connection stating that SpongeBob Squarepants was actually a cartoon which had a hidden agenda for homosexuality and lesbianism -- to which I thoroughly scratched my head saying, "Buh?" I realize that other's here might not like what Dobson says. I myself do not necessarilly agree with everything he says -- especially theologically. But, on the whole, I do enjoy reading his material. His book "Love for a Lifetime" was excellent. This message has been edited by Mr. Ex Nihilo, 01-08-2006 11:18 PM
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