Why are there so many Christian conservatives and so few lions?
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Because I tread on the lions,\nand smash them down.\n\nPsalm 91.13\n\nYou will tread upon the lion and the cobra;\nyou will trample the great lion and the serpent.
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Their new found love of Jesus is a political stunt and not a very good one. The Democrats have been bashing religious people for the past six years and now they want their votes.\n\nI seriously doubt there are too many Christians who believe in the liberals new faith.
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Some people have one set thing in the mind and are not open to others beliefs. I am Christian but on the other hand try to be open minded about others religions to.
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Wow-very very true! I can't believe you picked up on that.I thought I was the only one. \n\nyou are very perceptive. Don't Libs understand that it's Christianity that makes them act that way?\n\neverybody listen to this guy-he knows what he's talking about.
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are most? no  \n\n\nChrianity has millions of people around the world.....many of whom see the words and deeds of Jesus in complete contridiction to the policies and actions of the american republican party.\n\n\nwhy are they?\npat roberston\n\n\nit has nothing to do with values and everything to do with political machinery and exploitation.\n\n\nYou phrased it correctly, christians became ruplicans rather than being repulican leads you to faith.\n\nIt has a very long history but i'll try to be consise, \n\nit began around the late 70's and early 80's as a concerted effort by the Republican party.\n\nremember Carter was considered a very christian man, whereas regan kept his religion out of his politics.\n\nso why the sudden shift, \nthe republican party got smart and used churches as \npolitical players.\nas you may remember Pat Robertson, {who is in my opinion not a man of god by his words and deeds.}\nran for president after regan.....with the machine of evangelical churchs.\n\nIn the Iwoa primaries, George Bush Sr came in third, Pat roberson came in first.\n\nBelieve or not George Bush Jr, and consultants helped GHB Sr pull off the upset.\n\nAfter George Bush Sr. won the presidency with only the Evangelical vote, losing the Jewish, Black and Catholic vote...\n\nhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/view/\n\nAll bets were off and we have the modern \nsystem where evangelicas are not so much pandered to as used \ni.e  Gay marriage, abortion, \n\nreal christians, are for peace and helping the poorest of our communites.....\n\nnot tax breaks.\n\n**on a side note, black communites are very religious and tend not to vote republican
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Real Christians are at church today\nReal Christians don't even know how to use the internet\n\nLiberals are mostly brats that hang around the Internet after school or work
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This is a GREAT question,(for me anyway)because it touches on two points that have been driving me crazy lately. The first is the intolerance some people display towards Christians. I have a hard time understanding how someone can call themselves a liberal and state that they stand for tolerance and understanding but then down people who are practicing Christians. It's a double standard and hypocritical to boot. Every issue in this country seems to gravitate to ridiculous extremes-there's never a sensible and practical middle ground. Though I believe firmly in seperation of church and state (which our forefathers took months to painstakingly state in the constitution, and with very good reason)I cannot think of one good reason why a child quietly saying grace over his school lunch should be so offensive to some that he should be expelled from school. It's not like he was standing on the tables preaching or anything. Just silently thanking God for the food he had that so many in the world are forced to do without. It's absolutely shameful. Such people are not liberals in any literal sense of the term, but rather small people with set ideas and closed minds-inflexible in their thinking and intolerant of other points of view. You don't like the term progressive regarding such people and neither do I. I call them "Left Wing Conservatives" because their thinking is just as rigid and inflexible as their right wing counterparts. They have an agenda, and they follow it thoughtlessly. \nI think this stems from an innate human need to feel superior and special in some way.  Many, many people find something that works for them and, out of this need, become convinced that their way is the ONLY way. Stupid, yes, arrogant, yes but that's how it seems to work.\nThat being said, let me lob one at the other extreme and say that I'm really tired of hearing certain elements of the Christian Right raving about how oppressed and persecuted the poor helpless Christians are. Let me explain something to you folks-Christianity is by far the majority religion in this country. It is also the richest and has the greatest representation in our government. The Christian Right has more politicians in their pocket than EVERY OTHER religious group in this country combined. People opposing you from passing legislation to impose your religious beliefs on others regardless of what their own beliefs may be does not constitute oppression. What they are doing is resisting YOUR attempts to oppress them.  Again, ridiculous extremes. When in all of history has the group with the largest numbers, the most power, and by far the most money been considered oppressed? It's crap! \nThe extremists on both sides are the problem.  They shout the loudest because that's the only way they can get people to listen to their idiocy. Neither side has a monopoly on intolerence and self righteousness. My solution: Take 1% out of the military budget and build a huge city on some piece of land that no one cares about-White Sands Arizona would be my vote, but other wastelands such as Detroit or Hoboken would work as well. Build a big wall around it and then move all the extremists from both sides in there where they can shout, stomp and do whatever else to each other all they want while the segment of the population with enough sense to pound sand gets on with the business of improving the country. It'll be a better world without 'em. But maybe that's just a little extreme....
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boya, i like the way you think.  i wish more people in this world, christian or no, were so open-minded.\n\nthe answer to your question, as far as i can reckon, comes down to basic nature of humanity.  it's not that most christians are simple-minded, it's because humans in general are sad, insecure, paranoid, greedy, lying, mistrusting, and pathetic little creatures!\n\nand, of course, it's the worst of these that tend to be the loudest...
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I believe in God, but I think a good answer would be that people are full of fear and need to have purpose in their lives.  Try to understand and be open minded to their needs and what in their lives sparked such desperate thinking.  I don’t believe in having other people interpret the Bible for you, I have to agree with you on that.  Half the Christians I know have never read the bible.  Now that’s ignorant to me.  I see your point, and I fear some of the consequences also.  For example, most of my Christian friends believe anything Bush says because supposedly he’s a Christian.  Personally I think he’s using it to get political gain from us Christians, just appealing to any majority he wants to get votes from.  \n\nI also don’t see how they witness as followers of Christ when they close their minds to other people’s opinions, or treat people that don’t believe what we believe with rudeness and apathy.  It does not seem like Christ’s way to me.  Also, I have to question the validating of selfish wealth and over-population.  Many of my fellow Christians live very opulently, without giving a second thought to the poor or in need, while thinking that having as many children as possible is enough to do Christ’s work.  We are stewards of the earth and over-population is causing suffering and inequality, not to mention there are kids who need a family on the earth already.  There are people in need right outside our door, but people choose an SUV, or entertainment system over giving to the poor or environmental charities, while wearing there diamond crosses.  They treat it like a club or corporation and it makes Christianity seem like a farce when so many Christians seem like hypocrites, and I sympathize with your feeling, I really do.  \n\nStill, I am a Christian and following a path of charity, kindness, and love has filled my life with immense joy.  Try to find the true words of Christ in the Bible and see past the fear induced corporate Christianity that prevails at this time.
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Most liberals are either gay or atheist and that is part of the problem. Liberals believe in the right to abortion, they advocate gay rights, and so on. That is why when Christians stand up for values and morality liberals can't stand it, because the Bible speaks of truth and the truth hurts. \n\nThere has to be a balance in goverment too much liberalism is very dangerous ground. The same with conservativism too much of it is very dangerous too.
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Why do you assume all Christians are supporters of George W Bush? Many Christians who believe in Christ and follow his word believe in the Democratic platform of helping the downtrodden, sick, poor, and weak, and definitely do not believe we should be in Iraq because of all of the meaningless death it has caused. \n\nDon't assume Christian means Republican. There is a large sect of Christians who reside on the left.
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And conservative Christians don't?
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Because there is something seriously wrong with all people who consider themselves conservative christiians, and any other religion for that matter. No matter how high and mighty they think they are, everyone is flawed, and religion causes war.
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I am a Bible believing Christian and live in Texas, but never supported the man, especially in his unjustified invasion of Iraq. I know that if it were not for church folks, team George W. Bush would never have gotten enough support to invade Iraq. Ironic, isn't it? Almost everyone saw the hypocrisy but church folks. As per religious, the man is - but being religious does not mean being a Christian just as being a republican does not mean being a Christian.
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Unfortunately, a lot of people who claim to be Christians are pretty stupid.  A lot of them don't know what they believe, let alone why they should believe it.  This is, in part, a product of the culture in which we live.  The pluralism and relativism that dominate much of American thinking tend to preclude intelligence.  Despite the increasing focus on academic credentials in our society, it is still highly anti-intellectual.  Whatever lip service is given to critical thinking skills in schools, I've heard very little of it in the class room.  So... in essence, I would say that, because there are a lot of stupid people in the world and because Christians are people, there are a lot of stupid Christians.\n\n...or is this question sarcastic and you're just being a narrow-minded bigot who doesn't know a thing about Christianity?
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At best 2 billion people are considered to be a form of Christian.  Although of those people a significant proportion are reporting that they are Christian even though they do not attend church and have not read the Bible.  Within this group there are many different sects and factions who believe differently from one another.\n\nThe problem with the 'logic' of your question is that there are 6 billion people on the planet.  So Christians are in a clear minority, outnumbered two to one.  So how is it that some Christians are so arrogant to assume that they are superior to the four billion people who believe differently to them?
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I agree with you, I think 1/4 of America is christian and I frankly think it is odd that the most questions in this area are about christianity.  The only things that I can think of are:\n\n- Christians have the most questions\n- Christians are still very actively trying to convert folks and so are most vocal\n- maybe some Christians are so insecure that they need to constantly speak to other christians in order to keep their faith strong\n- perhaps our own most vocal christians here are so devoted to their religion that they can think of nothing else\n\nI am starting to get tired of the same questions over and over again, though, I can tell you.