Jesus Says Lying is OK!
M14 Frodo Says:
January 4, 2006 - 21:47
The funny thing that liberals don't get... any issue... religion, politics like Iraq... you name it... is that even if the WMDs was false information, it is still a good deed because we helped the Iraqi people. And a good deed done for different reasons is still a good deed, it's just to denounce the reasons... not reverse the deed... and they want to stop good deeds and reverse Iraq.
The above post, to this entertaining account of David Letterman cutting the knees out from under talkshow guest Bill O'Reilly, exactly states why I do not trust fundamentalist Christians in politics.
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Remember, Erik...when you can't win the argument, CHANGE the argument. The straw man that critics of the war are saying that removing Saddam Hussein was not a good thing is a perfect example. No one said that, but its a textbook example of how defenders of the current administration try to deflect criticism.
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I just wasted part of my life reading some of the debate on that message board. I don't care if you are a liberal, convervative, or none of the above, that debate is pathetic. It is just name calling. No one bothers to parese out the other persons points and resort to intelligent dialogue. I have respect for people who have well thought out different opinions. I don't have respect for name calling because someone can't be bothered to give an intelligent response.
Really?
I hate O'Riley, but I'd have to say that Letterman scored almost nothing on him, and looked like an idiot when he says he doesn't watch the show but is sure its 60% crap.
I'm not sure how the quoted text has anything to do with fundamentalism of any kind, Christian or otherwise.
And, I agree with pduggie. O'Reilly is certainly of questionable credibility, but Letterman looked the bigger boob after that interview.
Sorry this took me forever to respond to, but I just noticed your post.
In my conversations with fundamentalist Christians (and I have had many), there is a strong sense that the "greater good" is more important than the "rule of law."
I think many would, for example, commit election fraud if they thought it would result in changes in abortion law or the gay agenda or any number of similar "values" issues.
"A good deed done for different reasons is still a good deed."
I associate that sort of rationale with fundamentalist Christians.
Oddly, I associate it with Neutral Good.
I just find it an odd thing to tie to Fundies.
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