lets pray for our troops

What do you really believe "praying for our troops" will accomplish? Do you honestly believe that less of our men and women will be killed?

The way to help our troops is to make sure that our government provides the proper eequipment for our soldiers. Did you know that this administration provided sub-standard equpment to our troops, and that was the cause of some 80 percnet of our marines getting killed for nothing?

Wake up and smell the coffee. It has nothing to do with "prayer."

Anon-Voter,

I am really trying very hard to understand you and your position. But, I would really like to know just how you decide who is or who isn't a real Christian.

It seems that the only ones you consider to "get Christ" are the ones that agree with you. I would like some clarification on this, if I may. I am not trying to be a smart aleck on this, Anon. Perhaps if I understand your criteria for being a Christian I can understand you better.

Anon-Voter,

I am really trying very hard to understand you and your position. But, I would really like to know just how you decide who is or who isn't a real Christian.

It seems that the only ones you consider to "get Christ" are the ones that agree with you. I would like some clarification on this, if I may. I am not trying to be a smart aleck on this, Anon. Perhaps if I understand your criteria for being a Christian I can understand you better.

I lost any hope of you understanding anything when you came up with the idea I was supporting Christianity as law. I think about 80% of what is said to you goes sailing over your head.

Anon

DontTreadOnMe wrote:

Anon-Voter wrote:

husker wrote:

dlowan do you know why Jesus wept?

Because his followers missed the entire message???

Anon

not all of them, anon. some simply walk the path, and lead by example.

as i understand the words attributed to the christ, it seems that he would wish for his followers to pray that all soldiers in all armies would lay down their weapons in peace and go home to their families.

Finally! A Christian who gets Christ! DTOM, please accept my respects and my admiration!

Anon

ma, as i understood anon, he was complaing about the religious right and the neo cons using christianity to form legislation as opposed to more secular means

he was not suggesting that christianity be legislated

djjd62 wrote:

ma, as i understood anon, he was complaing about the religious right and the neo cons using christianity to form legislation as opposed to more secular means

he was not suggesting that christianity be legislated

that's what i got from it as well. and i agree with him about that.

Those of us who are outside the bounds of your country do not have a voice with your government to enact any change. All we can offer your troops is our prayers. I do not know if less will be killed, I can only offer hope and prayer that they are not.

We call for peace: Statements on peace by Canadian churches and religious organizations

The politics of particularist security are, in other words, a matter of religion. This is because such security also has a god: one whose highest virtue is strength, whose method is violence, and whose promise is "business as usual" in the interests of the powerful. The churches call in this document for conversion: a turning towards liveable life; conflicts to be resolved without weapons, without blood. And the churches call in the very concrete language of the Bible itself. When it calls on people to become converted, it not only speaks of the human heart and mind but also of human technology: it says to beat our swords into ploughshares.

Sponsored by the Canadian Council of Churches and supported by the major Canadian churches, Project Ploughshares presents this collection of Canadian church statements on peace and disarmament. They make a major contribution to a constructive and collective Canadian response to the crisis of the scores of armed conflicts which devastate the life of our world and to the crisis of escalating militarization. The statements raise acute questions of faith and security; if they offer no final or satisfactory answers, they surely call for critical participation in the search for peace.

Well, I believe in the soul. The c*ck. The p*ssy. The small of a woman's back. The hanging curveball. High fiber. Good scotch. That the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a Constitution Amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas eve. And I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days...

Momma Angel wrote:

msolga,

I wasn't trying to be funny or anything. I wold honestly like to hear your specifics. There are some things some might find extreme that others don't. I was just looking for some clarification.

<sigh>

MA, in a nutshell (& I speak for myself, not other A2K members) I find this shoving of the most simplistic versions of "religion" a downright turn-off. And I like A2K! I've been here almost since the start. I simply don't appreciate this bombardment of simplistic Christianity down the throats of users of this forum. (For the record, I have no problem at all with common, everyday, compassionate Christians who want to make the world a better, fairer & more compassionate place. In fact I like them! )

Momma Angel wrote:

msolga,Isn't the point of the title of a thread to draw people to the thread?

It's not just this thread! It's all the endless, sanctimonious, boring, tedious, silly religious threads I'm reacting to!

msolga wrote:

Momma Angel wrote:

msolga,

I wasn't trying to be funny or anything. I wold honestly like to hear your specifics. There are some things some might find extreme that others don't. I was just looking for some clarification.

<sigh>

MA, in a nutshell (& I speak for myself, not other A2K members) I find this shoving of the most simplistic versions of "religion" a downright turn-off. And I like A2K! I've been here almost since the start. I simply don't appreciate this bombardment of simplistic Christianity down the throats of users of this forum. (For the record, I have no problem at all with common, everyday, compassionate Christians who want to make the world a better, fairer & more compassionate place. In fact I like them! )

And what makes you so sure the poster in this thread isn't???

msolga wrote:

Momma Angel wrote:

msolga,Isn't the point of the title of a thread to draw people to the thread?

It's not just this thread! It's all the endless, sanctimonious, boring, tedious, silly religious threads I'm reacting to!

I can't speak for all believers here, but I think your stuff is boring also.

Intrepid wrote:

and perhaps it is time to take bigotry off the streets

You people are bringing on these negative feelings all on your own! I've always been tolerant of all faiths, but I'm starting to hate you so-called Christians with a passion. For starters, I doubt if any of you can agree on what a true Christian is !! Secondly, the more you force your "faith" into being law, the more I can't stand you. When you back a warmonger who is killing people for power and greed while he makes a fool of you, it doesn't speak well for your so-called moral structure. Keep up the good work boys and girls, pretty soon you'll have a tremendous backlash against your movement!!

Anon

Intrepid wrote:

and perhaps it is time to take bigotry off the streets

You people are bringing on these negative feelings all on your own! I've always been tolerant of all faiths, but I'm starting to hate you so-called Christians with a passion. For starters, I doubt if any of you can agree on what a true Christian is !! Secondly, the more you force your "faith" into being law, the more I can't stand you. When you back a warmonger who is killing people for power and greed while he makes a fool of you, it doesn't speak well for your so-called moral structure. Keep up the good work boys and girls, pretty soon you'll have a tremendous backlash against your movement!!

Anon

Intrepid wrote:

and perhaps it is time to take bigotry off the streets

You people are bringing on these negative feelings all on your own! I've always been tolerant of all faiths, but I'm starting to hate you so-called Christians with a passion. For starters, I doubt if any of you can agree on what a true Christian is !! Secondly, the more you force your "faith" into being law, the more I can't stand you. When you back a warmonger who is killing people for power and greed while he makes a fool of you, it doesn't speak well for your so-called moral structure. Keep up the good work boys and girls, pretty soon you'll have a tremendous backlash against your movement!!

Anon

Anon-Voter wrote:

husker wrote:

Anon-Voter wrote:

Intrepid wrote:

and perhaps it is time to take bigotry off the streets

You people are bringing on these negative feelings all on your own! I've always been tolerant of all faiths, but I'm starting to hate you so-called Christians with a passion. For starters, I doubt if any of you can agree on what a true Christian is !! Secondly, the more you force your "faith" into being law, the more I can't stand you. When you back a warmonger who is killing people for power and greed while he makes a fool of you, it doesn't speak well for your so-called moral structure. Keep up the good work boys and girls, pretty soon you'll have a tremendous backlash against your movement!!

Anon

is this like an organized threat?

It's going to be how people treat you as they get tired of your pushing Theocracy as Law! It's got nothing about being a threat, it's about reaction to the Christian belief that their faith should be legislated!!

Anon

Anon - you have some real problems dude