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Originally Posted by ajmccarrell
I just can't go along and call someone a wacko based off of a series of basically positive statements. Bear in mind that you basically consider ALL religion extreme that asserts itself in any way and most of the population would look at the same video and shrug. I basically look at someone's religion and determine whether or not it basically has a positive message or not. If she was making statements about victimhood, terrorizing someone, or killing people, I would wholeheartedly agree with you. I think a lot of it is that you may not know the inner workings of various degrees of Calvinism, which is basically a theology that says that all things are willed by God. I don't agree with it, but I don't condemn something because I simply don't understand it.
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I understand far more about Christianity than you imagine I do .My father is an ordained baptist minster..I however have been pretty much an atheist since I was 18 or so..IMO people can worship whatever or whoever they wish but when their belief systems intrude on the rights and civil liberties of others then I have a real problem.The Christian right is intent on proselytizing and trying to shove their agenda on to others.Palin has made to me very preposterous statements like the "war is God's will"(another crusade perhaps?) and God wants Alaska to have a pipeline .If God loves us so much then why did he put more of the world's oil reserves under the sand of those pesky Moslems?ahh i know because they not us are more beloved by Allah!This is just the kind of stupidity that is causing so many problems ,murder and mayhem in the world today ..I myself would prefer not ot have someone in the White House that would even utter such words ..simple as that.