Comments on: Obama’s faith: wacky, or disingenuous

By: Cheryl D.

Cheryl D. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:32:46 +0000

RDean,

Unless the same person made both statements, you have no leg to stand on. And surely even you are tired of that story by now.

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By: rdean

rdean — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:24:53 +0000

LLama, Why were blacks in New Orleans after Katrina referred to as “looters” when getting a loaf a bread and some bottled water while whites, getting a loaf a bread and some bottled water were called “survivors”. Weren’t they also looters? No one called the looters.

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By: llama

llama — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:14:54 +0000

Blacks can overcome all whack jobness they casually throw off in church (or anywhere else)by claiming Whitey and his slavery some 145 years ago made them do it and so insane.

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By: rdean

rdean — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:26:15 +0000

#36: What reason does Mr. bin Laden have?

Why did the US become involved in Europe during WWI and WWII? The Germans didn’t attack us.

That’s the way Bin Laden sees it. He feels the US building military bases in the Middle East are an insult to his religion. Certainly idiot Bush saying we are in a “crusade”, the worst possible thing, didn’t help. Supporting dictatorships across the Middle East doesn’t help. Invading Iraq didn’t help. And the worst thing, letting Bin Laden go, didn’t help.

The US joined with Great Briton and brought down the democratic government in Iran, the only democratic government in the Middle East and replaced it with the despotic Shah of Iran. This led directly to our people in Iran being held hostage for more than a year.

This is why we need smart people in office. To fix some of our mistakes from the past.

Everyone knows how I feel about Bin Laden. He attacked the US. There is simply no reason that his carcass shouldn’t be on display for what he did. How many of you defend Bush when he publicly stated, “I don’t think about Bin Laden” is beyond me. Where is the outrage for letting Bin Laden go? I’m mystified.

Understanding why someone did something doesn’t excuse what he or she did. In the black and white world of the conservatives, America never did anything wrong and if you say it did, you are unpatriotic and love Bin Laden. This is such a retarded viewpoint. Retarded, stupid and dangerous. If you turn away from what causes problems, you will never find answers. Solutions are never easy and many times, quite painful. We have sowed, now we shall reap. Let’s just hope we can find a leader that can lead us through the whirlwind. You guys think it’s bad now? I suspect things are going to get a lot worse. Especially the way Bush and the Republicans have devastated this country.

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By: SteveG

SteveG — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:21:44 +0000

NJLawyer: Whatever.

You can think whatever you want. As for me, I don’t care to try to have a meaningful dialogue with anyone who accuses me of supporting Osama bin Laden.

There is a wide gulf between pointing out that what America does in the world has effects that we are not always mindful of or concerned about … and saying OBL was right or in any way justified to attack us, which I categorically did NOT say.

Leveling that accusation is slander at its lowest.

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By: NJLawyer

NJLawyer — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:05:51 +0000

SteveG, evidently you don’t agree with AG Mukasey that executing these criminals after a trial only creates martyrs.

What reason does Mr. bin Laden have? He has not been personally injured by the USA. No one here, Republican or Democrat caused him to become what he is. Tell me what we did to him. We did not create him. Don’t blame the US for anything he’s done. His own warped thinking created what he has become. That’s what you fail to understand.

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By: rdean

rdean — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:41:04 +0000

You just don’t know or where to use it properly

I would love to see mysticism “used” properly. Where can I “see” an actual demonstration?

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By: Serious George

Serious George — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:35:55 +0000

The definitions’s fine. You just don’t know or where to use it properly. You should probably learn about the place mysticism has played within and not as a simplistic defining feature of Christianity before using the term indiscriminately.

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By: rdean

rdean — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:12:53 +0000

#7: I don’t get mad when you call my faith mysticism.

I don’t see why you should. Call a spade a spade.
The following is the definition of mysticism. I would be interested in where the definition is incorrect.

mysticism

mys·ti·cism [ místə sìzzəm ]

noun

Definition:

1. belief in intuitive spiritual revelation: the belief that personal communication or union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy, or sudden insight rather than through rational thought

2. spiritual system: a system of religious belief or practice that people follow to achieve personal communication or union with the divine

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By: Theo Godwyn

Theo Godwyn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:05:56 +0000

I would be interested in seeing Hillary’s and McCain’s tax returns.

Doubt that will happen.

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