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evidence for conservative Christian influence on US government

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05-29-2005 9:36 PM 		Reply to: Message 2 by MangyTiger
05-29-2005 8:58 PM

It's serious.
Check out his site and New Life Church.
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It may be a joke but it's not funny.
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05-30-2005 12:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by Brian
05-30-2005 9:46 AM

It is saddening to American Christians as well.
Does it embarrass any of the American non-Christians that many casual observers may think that you are all as weird as these numbnuts?
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As a Christian, I see the continued perversion of Christianity as a very sad phenomenon. It's nothing new, it can be seen historically in the action of Christian Missionaries who have traditionally been the source of much oppression and many of the most embarrassing events in history. It would be nice if I could say it's otherwise but that is simply not the case.
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Finally, and this may be a topic for a new thread, but what reaosns would you give for what I have heard others call a rise in the number of fundies in the USA.
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I'm not sure that it's a rise as much as a normal cycle. When people become frightened they tend to herd together like wildebeests, to form a defensive circle, facing outwards against the imagined threat. This is the picture of much of Christianity today, and actually, throughout history. The problem is that when the herd reaches a certain point, they stampede, trampling all in their way, the threat as well as anything else in their path.
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06-02-2005 2:35 PM 		Reply to: Message 122 by Faith
06-02-2005 1:47 PM

Marriage is a legal status
Anyone who does not understand that marriage is simply a contract outlining the obligations and responsibilities of the various parties simply has their head stuck so far up their rectum that they are looking out their mouths.
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This is a fundamental position, fully supported by the Bible.
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Those who oppose Gay marriage are simply bigots.
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06-02-2005 7:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 141 by Faith
06-02-2005 6:36 PM

Re: The founders were traitors then
If the founders were as anti-Christian as so many claim they were I'd say they were a bunch of traitors who sold out their constituents, because the nation was 99% Christian in those days.
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Fine. Please supply the evidence to support yet another assertion.
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The rest of your post was simply ranting.
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