What do you know or suspect about Jesus and McCain?

Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 04:58 PM
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Poll question: What do you know or suspect about Jesus and McCain?

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progdonkey

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:05 PM
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1. huh?

I'm presuming McCain said something re: Jesus and Muslims, but it would help if you gave a link so people would know what you're talking about.

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:07 PM
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2. I can neither confirm nor deny what you presume.

I'm simply asking two questions at once and providing a variety of combinations of answers. There's not necessarily any relationship between the two questions. However, asking them together helps calibrate the meaning of the word "Muslim" and ensure that any slippage in meaning is noticed.

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:23 PM
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7. Is this link good enough?

Edited on Sat Nov-10-07 06:13 PM by Boojatta

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/30/mccain-i-would-vote-for-muslim-president/

(After you cut and paste the above, you need to put "http://" at the front of it.)

If you read that article, you will see that McCain is quoted as saying something like this:

I would vote for a Muslim presidential candidate. Religion should play a role in one's selection of a presidential candidate.

I would also be willing to vote for a Mormon presidential candidate. I am not currently a practicing Mormon, but I am impressed by the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. He used force to try to shut down unfavorable press coverage and I admire that kind of policy whether it comes from a Mormon or an Ashcroft.

Of course, there was no time for Joseph Smith to try to press charges for defamation. He had the leadership to act fast and not worry about dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's. Everybody knows that polygamy has never had anything to do with Mormonism. It's just slander from outsiders who never had any inside knowledge of Mormonism.

Joseph Smith wasn't perfect. However, he was like a combination of Howard Carter, Michael Ventris, and Charles Parham. Naturally, I therefore respect and admire the religion that he founded.

Disclaimer:
I cannot guarantee that the above quotation of Senator John McCain's words is 100% accurate, both because CNN is not necessarily reliable and because I decided to paraphrase Senator McCain's comments for clarity.

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doublethink

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:10 PM
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3. .....

Jesus is a Revolutionary, Bush is Satan, McCain is an Idiot, Lieberman is a dooooooooosh!

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:13 PM
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4. Islam begin in the 7th Century AD and so it was not even concieved

...until 700 years after the death of Jesus Christ. A follower of the faith of Islam is called a Muslim, so I don't understand where this idea that Jesus was a Muslim could have come from, since Islam as a religion did not occur for some 700 years after Jesus walked the earth. :shrug:

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:16 PM
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6. A Google search for "Jesus was a Muslim" produces "about 79,400" results.

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:25 PM
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8. That does not make it a fact unless of course Jesus was in fact the Prophet Muhammad

...as well as Jesus Christ. Can you produce just one site that claims that to be true?

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:30 PM
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10. Should I produce a new poll thread with additional options?

I figured that a "none of the above" would be enough to catch any voting preference that I failed to specifically include as an option.

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:31 PM
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11. No, just a link to back up your claim that this poll is based on fact

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:34 PM
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12. Do you have a link to where I claimed that this poll is based on fact?

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:38 PM
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13. I see no link, so what is your point other than to waste DU space?

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:46 PM
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14. See post #2 for an explanation of why it can be helpful to

ask two questions at once.

As a donor, I feel that GD is not off limits to me and I feel free to start an occasional thread in GD. I rarely cut and paste large blocks of text, so I'm not sure what motivates your concern about space on DU.

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:56 PM
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15. I read Post #2 and it is absurd nonsense laced with double talk

...Please state your source

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:06 PM
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17. I did not vote. What opinion did I express?

Perhaps you should direct your question to those who voted: what is the source of their opinions?

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:08 PM
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18. Did you compose the question statements?

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:12 PM
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19. "Question statements" sounds like an oxymoron to me.

I provided a variety of options, including a "none of the above option." If you would like to compose an additional option, then I will seriously consider including it in a future poll (but of course, I will not be able to say that I composed it).

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tomg

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:13 PM
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5. K and R

Just because it is one of the saner things I've come across recently.

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Toasterlad

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Sat Nov-10-07 05:27 PM
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9. The Two Were Seen Canoodling at Sky Bar Following the Premiere of "Bee Movie"

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ileus

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:04 PM
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16. WTH is this poll about?

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Boojatta

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:18 PM
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20. Poll Wars: The Democratic Party Strikes Back

They're thinking of casting Mel Gibson as Senator McCain, and James Earl Jones as Senator Obama. Bad idea?

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whistle

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Sat Nov-10-07 06:58 PM
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21. Wow, now you are acting like a yellow belt Limbaugh Ditto-Head

:rofl:

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Boojatta

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Sun Nov-11-07 08:41 AM
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22. Sorry, it's too late for additional recommendations for this thread.

However, there is hope. I might post threads on related topics in the future. While they are fresh, there will be a chance to recommend them to the Greatest Page.

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Boojatta

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Tue Nov-13-07 04:03 PM
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23. Link to a related thread

Was Jesus Christ a Muslim?

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