(August 25, 2015 at 2:18 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(August 25, 2015 at 2:11 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I will agree with Rhythm though, that it seems kind of fickle for someone to turn their backs on an entire religion, political party, or any group in general, based on the actions of one bad leader.
There are bad people from all groups and all walks of life, regardless of which group you turn to. Yes, Bush did a horrible thing by going to war without a justifiable cause. But the man before him, Clinton, also did a horrible thing by cheating on his wife, sexually harassing/borderline raping other women, and then repeatedly lying about it under oath to the whole country. One Republican, one Democrat. You'll find similar examples, regardless of what group of people you look into.
Apples and oranges. Both may have sinned in the eyes of your church but only one of them did anything which should concern a secular government or its justice system. Oddly, only the one who did not cost us thousands of lives lost on our side and many more on the other as well as billions of dollars was prosecuted. The other one remains at large.
Well, I think what Clinton did was a bit more than just "a sin in the eyes of the Church." Cheating on your spouse, lying to your country under oath, and sexual harassment, are unacceptable behaviors in our society in general, and a couple even illegal.
Perhaps Bush's decision to go into war was done purely for selfish reasons, perhaps he really did genuinely believe the war was necessary and justifiable. In my opinion, only Bush himself and God know for sure. Either way, it was reckless, and stupid, and wrong. With that being said, I agree the wars caused much more damage and loss than Clinton's behaviors.
My point was only to show that there are people behaving badly in all groups. And leaving he Democratic party solely due to Clinton's wrongdoings would be just as fickle as leaving Christianity solely due to Josh's wrongdoings, IMHO.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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