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Do right wing Christians read the bible?
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Do right wing Christians read the bible?
I was pretty disturbed by Pence's comments at the debate. The dude thinks that the constitution kicks ass... except when it interferes with his small minded social views. But I was especially irked when he talked about the Syrian refugees. I would love for someone to ask Pence this question...

"According to James 1:27, 'Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.' So wouldn't this scripture imply that you being a "pure Christian" would mean accepting the most vulnerable of Syrian refugees?"
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Republicans are dumb for a reason.
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Would the present day Syrians, in the eyes of a modern era Christian be the OT equivalent of Amelekites however ??

I'm not sure Pence is straying too far from some odious tenets of his faith, rather than just being a butt all on his own.
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The fuckers have their own bible.

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Uh no not at all.
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(October 8, 2016 at 12:31 am)Won2blv Wrote: I was pretty disturbed by Pence's comments at the debate. The dude thinks that the constitution kicks ass... except when it interferes with his small minded social views. But I was especially irked when he talked about the Syrian refugees. I would love for someone to ask Pence this question...

"According to James  1:27,  'Pure  religion  and  undefiled  before  God  and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.' So wouldn't this scripture imply that you being a "pure Christian" would mean accepting the most vulnerable of Syrian refugees?"

Try the NIV.
Quote:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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It's obviously the latter that's being focused on.  Rolleyes
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And I always thought religious people were calm, cool and collected types who would never hurt a fly and welcome all those in need.

I was wrong:





Almost as ridiculous as the national anthems of the UK and France, with all having references to war and blood. All this in the name of religion.
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I highly doubt many Christians have read it. I asked one one if they had read it all the way through, seeing it was the word of god and all that. The reply was, "Only an idiot would do that".

I'd guess about 10% have actually read the whole thing properly, if that.
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(October 8, 2016 at 12:08 pm)robvalue Wrote: I highly doubt many Christians have read it. I asked one one if they had read it all the way through, seeing it was the word of god and all that. The reply was, "Only an idiot would do that".

I'd guess about 10% have actually read the whole thing properly, if that.

If most christians actually read their own bible most of them wouldn't be christians anymore.
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(October 8, 2016 at 12:31 am)Won2blv Wrote: I was pretty disturbed by Pence's comments at the debate. The dude thinks that the constitution kicks ass... except when it interferes with his small minded social views. But I was especially irked when he talked about the Syrian refugees. I would love for someone to ask Pence this question...

"According to James  1:27,  'Pure  religion  and  undefiled  before  God  and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.' So wouldn't this scripture imply that you being a "pure Christian" would mean accepting the most vulnerable of Syrian refugees?"

The answer is, obviously, no.  But here's the thing: the vast, vast majority of these people's supporters haven't, either.  They use their religion to excuse their shitty world view.  Horrible things in the name of piety.  Religion adds a sense of authoritative weight to it, that's all.  They can point to their holy book or the crucifix and say that those give them the right, even if what they want to do isn't necessarily in line with what the religion said.
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