I'm not a preacher, but if you follow the teachings of Jesus, it was he who said: Do to others as you would have them do to you. That's from Luke 6:31 , and reading all of Luke 6 isn't a bad way to spend five minutes of your time. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%206&version=NIV I guess a lot of Christians understand the Golden Rule and practice it in their daily lives. Others, however, especially political Christians (and specifically those promoting Christian Nationalism) seem to ignore the Golden Rule. They don't care about humanitarian issues. They claim they either don't exist, aren't the problem of the United States, or are the fault of the victims. They counter with distractions like, "Why do you care so much about THEM when you should be caring about the REAL people who matter?" Sorry, but I don't recall Jesus ever dividing people into those who matter more and those who matter less. Of course, Jesus also said not to j...
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ggIt is finished. Obama won. So be it. McCain said he would do all he could to help him lead the country. I believe him. Obama said we owe McCain for all that he has done for the country. I believe him. Now I hope that no crazy kook tries anything against President Elect Obama. If he means half what he said in his "victory speech" he may be able to do half of that and will probably be a successful President. I truly expect him to be a one term President, but who knows?
ReplyDeleteHis biggest mistake so far was in picking a man who could not compete in the democrat primary with any great success to be his Vice President, but I hope Biden will only have to preside over the senate. There should not be many tie votes for him to cast the tie breaker
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