05-22-2016, 12:14 PM
(05-21-2016, 06:48 PM)TnT Wrote:(05-20-2016, 09:50 PM)radind Wrote: If Clinton is elected, I would expect increasing pressure against Christian values.
Let's see, Christian values, what would those be?
1. Self-righteousness
2. Sanctimony
3. A never-ending desire to make OTHER PEOPLE adhere to standards they don't live up to.
4. A multiple millenium history of bloodshed for those who wish to be left alone.
5. Intolerance of other "religions."
6. A belief system that simply staggers the intellect.
Well, that's probably enough. And yes, it would be nice if there could be increasing pressure against the above.
...and none of those values fit the Gospels!
OK, I will have to state that people are not sinful because of 'impure thoughts'. Actions do the damage, and thought doesn't.
Christians have less to fear from liberal secularists than they have to fear even from... fellow Christians.
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapons are surprise, fear, ruthlessness, and fanatical devotion to the Pope!"
Let alone Commies, fascists, and ISIS!
(from some of the greatest comedians ever)
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.