Jesus is a Liberal

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Registered: 08-05-2004
Jesus is a Liberal
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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:01am
Here's the link: http://jesusisaliberal.org/

Just a little bit from the page:

Peacemaking, not War Making: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Resist

not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. I say unto you, Love your

enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and

persecute you;

The Death Penalty: Thou shalt not kill

Crime and Punishment: If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone at her. Do not judge, lest

you too be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured

to you.

Justice: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the

merciful: for they shall obtain mercy But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your

trespasses.

Corporate Greed and the Religion of Wealth: In the temple courts found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and other

sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle;

he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. Watch out! Be on your guard against

all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Truly, I say unto you, it will

be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. You cannot serve both God and Money.

Paying Taxes & Separation of Church & State: Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the

things that are God's.

Community: Love your neighbor as yourself. . So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you.

If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.



Equality & Social Programs: But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed,

because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

Public Prayer & Displays of Faith: And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in

the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret…



Strict Enforcement of Religious Laws: If any of you has a son or a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take

hold of it and lift it out? The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Individuality & Personal Spiritual Experience: Ye are the light of the world.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 1:56pm

"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans... unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing."

-Karl Rove, as quoted in "Bush's Trillions," by Nicholas Lemann, The NewYorker, February 19 and 26, 2001>

Ah, so if people really do their research into the party they'd change their mind? :\

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-24-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 1:56pm
I know you were addressing crownotangelgrl, but I don't quite understand your question to her? seriously.
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 1:56pm
<<(and really, much if not most of what's in the Bible is pretty cut and dried, and not a matter of "interpretation")>>

Hardly. Or there wouldn't be so many branches of Christianity. Each one interprets the teachings differently.



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Registered: 04-22-2003
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 1:59pm
90's were great for me. As far as my moral values are concerned, I don't need govt to tell me what moral decisions should I make in my everyday life.
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Registered: 03-15-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 1:59pm
There are many branches of Christianity because first Martin Luther split from the Catholic Church and all its man-made rules and regulations, then many different denominations split further from that, each with its own man-made rules and regulations. In most cases it has nothing to do with how they interpret what's in the Bible.

Bev

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Registered: 10-06-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:01pm
"God gave us the freewill to choose, so shouldn't Bush just leave the abortion thing alone?"

Bush has!

All the Republican presidents have.

Anyone notice that abortion's champion in Roe/Wade has changed her mind and says abortion is a bad thing now?

Also saw something last week that thanks to abortion, liberals aren't having enough children so their voting bloc power is being diluted over time.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-11-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:02pm
Not true- ours did and I am Catholic.
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Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:02pm
I was watching on PBS last night the documentary thing (saw it was on again) with Bush/Kerry and they showed that after Bush was gov he had a feeling that God wanted him to be President, so he decided to run. Before he had no intentions of running for President until he had that feeling after he was turned a born-again Christian.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-05-2004
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:03pm

Bev>

How do you know that all the churches are that way?

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-12-2001
Wed, 10-13-2004 - 2:04pm
How is Bush not "leaving the abortion thing alone"? If you're talking about the partial-birth abortion ban, he didn't do that all by his little ol' self ... it took an act of Congress, you know.

Bev

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