"I pledge to be a servant to our president and all mankind."
What? I'm not a servant to ANY president--I'm AMERICAN and I am a servant ONLY to CHRIST.
Propaganda is stupid.
The president is OUR servant.
Here's a link from Penn (from Penn and Teller)--there's very strong language, but the point he's making is intelligent.
Penn Link
~B
Ht: JackhammerI have this very song on my playlist.
If you want, click on the song to give it a listen.
Derek Webb is an incredible artist, my husband and I love what his music has to say.
~B
I’m so tired of these mortal men
with their hands on their wallets and their hearts full of sin
scared of their enemies, scared of their friends
and always running for re-election
so come to DC if it be thy will
because we’ve never had a savior on Capitol Hill
you can always trust the devil or a politician
to be the devil or a politician
but beyond that friends you’d best beware
’cause at the Pentagon bar they’re an inseparable pair
and as long as the lobbyists are paying their bills
we’ll never have a savior on Capitol Hill
all of our problems gonna disappear
when we can whisper right in that President’s ear
he could walk right across the reflection pool
in his combat boots and ten thousand dollar suit
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I do, although when I speak up about my thoughts on these things, LOTS of people get REALLY angry..... oh well..... :)2. Would you do meth if it was legal?
No. Not even a thought.3. Abortion: for or against it?
Very much against it. We are talking about human life here. If we kill the ones who cannot defend themselves~~(elderly, handicapped people and pre-borns and children), then who will stand up for them? Think of the Good Samaritan......
~Treat others as you would want them to treat you.
No, I do not think that the world would fall apart with a female president. It might make us sit up and wake up a bit! (I can't get the font color to change!)
Yes, in most circumstances; In the Bible it talks of the government and of how the government are God's Agents of Wrath. The government is set up for the "dole-ing" out of what needs to be done to criminals.6. Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
Side thought: A lot of people say that the government has no right to "control" what a woman does with her body according to abortion, YET....we want the police and the courts to "control" the murderer?Romans 13:4
4 For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
Well, I used to think that it didn't matter because people are going to smoke it anyway, BUT now that I have children, do I really want my family and I walking down the street watching people get high? Hmmm.... I say not. Would we have "Pot Bars". We have to look at the bigger picture.
Plus, think of the health consequences....it EATS your brain up. I have had friends that are proof.
I am against premarital sex. If we again look at the bigger picture here, we can see the dire consequences that come with having casual and premarital sex (the media doesn't talk about that much, does it, it isn't "pretty" enough). I also know that we reap what we sow.8. Do you believe in God?
If we become "one" with someone. And then we become "one" with the next one, well, pretty soon, we are all messed up. Plus, we aren't looking at what a gift married sex is. It's an incredible blessing!
Yes, I do. But that doesn't mean that I can't relate to the people that don't.
Biblical point of view: No. But I am NOT a hater. Why is it that since I believe this, people think that I hate people with other points of views?10. Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?
Illegally, YES. Why not just do it the LEGAL way, my Mom did.
So many of these questions are so juvenile...... let's see, if she has an awesome family, then I say yes, BUT if she doesn't, I say that ADOPTION is an incredible option.....
Umm, let's see. In high school, they got drunk anyway. BUT, by keeping it illegal, maybe it keeps the streets safer?13. Should the war in Iraq be called off?
I have no ability to answer this question. The media paints it all as horrible, yet we had to war with Hitler in order to save the holocaust victims.14. Assisted suicide is illegal:
I would have to talk to a majority of soldiers to answer this question correctly. I CANNOT have my mind judge what should be done by what the media says, that for sure!
Sanctity of human life, man. We have to protect life. But if machines and wires is all that are keeping someone alive, then I would have to think about what would be what God would want.15. Do you believe in spanking your children?
Yes, in certain circumstances. But you have to have a solid balance.16. Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
Nope. It's just the principle of it all. A lot of soldiers lost their lives for this country. It shows only disrespect. Would you burn your family photo album?17. Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama?
Not Obama, that's for sure. But I can't say that I agree with our other presidential choice all that much.
Everyone is declaring how "holy" Obama is. Hey, listen up, NO man can "save" or "change" things much. He's just a man, not a dictator~~unless that's what people are hoping the "change" is.
Plus, how could I vote for a man that could possibly let a baby die after it had survived a botched abortion. I am a HUMAN. How can I overlook that fact? It makes him sound like a monster.
No, everyone is an adult. They can handle it, just like I can handle their answers. :) I am American! I have these rights (fir the time being....). :O)
By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement's biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution.
The criticism, to be aired Tuesday on Dobson's Focus on the Family radio program, comes shortly after an Obama aide suggested a meeting at the organization's headquarters here, said Tom Minnery, senior vice president for government and public policy at Focus on the Family.
The conservative Christian group provided The Associated Press with an advance copy of the pre-taped radio segment, which runs 18 minutes and highlights excerpts of a speech Obama gave in June 2006 to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal. Obama mentions Dobson in the speech.
"Even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools?" Obama said. "Would we go with James Dobson's or Al Sharpton's?" referring to the civil rights leader.
Dobson took aim at examples Obama cited in asking which Biblical passages should guide public policy — chapters like Leviticus, which Obama said suggests slavery is OK and eating shellfish is an abomination, or Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, "a passage that is so radical that it's doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application."
"Folks haven't been reading their Bibles," Obama said.
Dobson and Minnery accused Obama of wrongly equating Old Testament texts and dietary codes that no longer apply to Jesus' teachings in the New Testament.
"I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology," Dobson said.
"... He is dragging biblical understanding through the gutter."
Joshua DuBois, director of religious affairs for Obama's campaign, said in a statement that a full reading of Obama's speech shows he is committed to reaching out to people of faith and standing up for families. "Obama is proud to have the support of millions of Americans of faith and looks forward to working across religious lines to bring our country together," DuBois said.
Dobson reserved some of his harshest criticism for Obama's argument that the religiously motivated must frame debates over issues like abortion not just in their own religion's terms but in arguments accessible to all people.
He said Obama, who supports abortion rights, is trying to govern by the "lowest common denominator of morality," labeling it "a fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution."
"Am I required in a democracy to conform my efforts in the political arena to his bloody notion of what is right with regard to the lives of tiny babies?" Dobson said. "What he's trying to say here is unless everybody agrees, we have no right to fight for what we believe."
The program was paid for by a Focus on the Family affiliate whose donations are taxed, Dobson said, so it's legal for that group to get more involved in politics.
Last week, DuBois, a former Assemblies of God associate minister, called Minnery for what Minnery described as a cordial discussion. He would not go into detail, but said Dubois offered to visit the ministry in August when the Democratic National Convention is in Denver.
A possible Obama visit was not discussed, but Focus is open to one, Minnery said.
McCain also has not met with Dobson. A McCain campaign staffer offered Dobson a meeting with McCain recently in Denver, Minnery said. Dobson declined because he prefers that candidates visit the Focus on the Family campus to learn more about the organization, Minnery said.
Dobson has not backed off his statement that he could not in good conscience vote for McCain because of concerns over the Arizona senator's conservative credentials. Dobson has said he will vote in November but has suggested he might not vote for president.
Obama recently met in Chicago with religious leaders, including conservative evangelicals. His campaign also plans thousands of "American Values House Parties," where participants discuss Obama and religion, as well as a presence on Christian radio and blogs.
Have you seen the one that Obama has? Check this one out and have a good chuckle.... ; - )
