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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:27 AM Original message |
I think I found out why the fundies don't give a damn about the poor/homeless/hungry... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh yes, I've heard many in their crowd say exactly that |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. hmm... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Then there's John 12:8 |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Jesus wasn't RECOMMENDING that the poor be always with us |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Written by Paul |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Fear is the strongest and |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You nailed it. Fear and money. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. To eliminate fear you have to eliminate desire. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Like desire to survive? |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. They believe the rich are blessed by god |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Calvinism was all about that, I think. |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Poor Jesus - he must be rolling in his... never mind n/t |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yep, Calvinism. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Calvinism said that God created some people for heaven and some people for hell |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. The Family,(C Street assholes) are Calvinist. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. That explains the "lazy welfare queen" meme... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I have a libertarian friend who thinks he pulled himself up by his own boot straps. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. During her interview with Bill Moyers, Anna Deveare Smith said something that I've believed for a |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. If you read verse 11 and 12, you will see it is about gossip. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Gossip is a cute way to put it |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Prop 8 violates American Ideals, but it does not violate Christian teaching. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. You're assuming they have actually read the damn book |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Right |
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tmyers09 (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. Aww! I was gonna go with: |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. Probably in context there was work to do there |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I have a disability .... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Tell them to read Job and to go fuck themselves |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. I told them ... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. OH man |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Probably.... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It does "account for disability"... THEY don't |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. First, this was written by Paul who also commanded that |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. They are Paulists, not Christians.. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. To avoid having to share, they have to pretend that the needy are unworthy. n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
26. That's Okay, hope they can change their attitudes before the Revolutionary council gets to them, |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. You guys are funny |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Quite a few of us have fundy family members, co-workers, etc. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And none of them care about anybody else? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. In the case of my right-wing family member, he cares about family and close friends |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. What's so wrong with that? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. It's not an either/or situation-- |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. For the most part, no. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. If they are helping members of the congregation |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. They are against helping people they don't know |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. which means they only help those who share their beliefs |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. yes, actually I do |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. So what |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. the ironic thing is, it isn't their own view |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It doesn't matter where their personal views come from |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. well then test that theory... stone somebody for eating shell fish |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. What line does one cross when they help |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Actually not |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. I figure it's just cause they're heartless bastards at best, caustic, sadist goons at worst |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. could be, but I think it's because they are generally overly judgmental |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Sermon on the mount ...Jesus and the disiples feed the people. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
53. My grandmother use to say that to us in Italian all the time. |
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