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Wow, my pastor is complete opposite. I always thought that pastors were strict conservatives, and either voted Republican or very conservative on most issues. In fact, at my predominately black attended church, my pastor is a Republican. I am an independent with conservative views.
That is partly why Harrier started this thread - he wanted to dispel the stereotypes that are often held about Christians and their leaders.
Did he bring up the walking on water thing, turning one fish into millions, surviving in the belly of a whale, finding a male and female ant to take on the Ark before the flood, parting the Red Sea, making a bush burn, bringing pestilence on Egypt, the talking snake, or bringing a dead man back to life?
Or did he only talk about such far-fetched theories as Global Warming?
I'm not a Christian, I don't offer proof. However, logically speaking the man attends church where a pastor is supposed to not only share the faith, they are supposed to be the most overt and educated on the given theology.
I am simply asking that you pose those or those type of questions to him to highlight the absurdity in democrats version of liberalism and the traditional views of the Christian faith. They do not really mesh, which is why I said it is not really possible to be a true liberal or even a democrat in 2013 and also vote in line with your faith.
A major, heinous act that most people don't call people out for is that they supersede their 'God' in the voting booth (earthly) and fly in the face of their religious teachings and principles they are supposed to unwaveringly follow and then offer no reasonable rationale in why they sold their religion out for earthly perceived benefits.
If you don't even believe in the Christian God, why are you yammering on about nonsense then?
You want people to vote for a politician that believes in things that even YOU don't believe? That doesn't make a like of damn sense.
You've got no skin in the game, so your complaints aren't making any sense.
What does it even matter whether or not someone votes "in line with their faith?"
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That is partly why Harrier started this thread - he wanted to dispel the stereotypes that are often held about Christians and their leaders.
We are actually quite a diverse lot.
No...you really aren't. Not at all.
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Today, Harrier's pastor claimed that the Exodus didn't occur the way it is recorded in the Old Testament.
Sounds like he missed an opportunity to tell you that the Exodus didn't occur anyway (there is no proof of it anywhere), and so the claims of the Old Testament are moot regardless.
I hate churches like that. Why call yourself a "church" or a "christian" if you don't walk the talk?
How is believing in global warming incongruent with being Christian?
Are you saying one can't be a Christian and believe in global warming?
What does one have to do with the other?
Seems to me if you believe in God, you'd want to be a good steward of the world he created for you.
I hate churches like that. Why call yourself a "church" or a "christian" if you don't walk the talk?
I didn't realize that Jesus had an opinion on the matter. Care to cite chapter and verse where he said his followers cannot believe in global warming? Please enlighten us.
I didn't realize that Jesus had an opinion on the matter. Care to cite chapter and verse where he said his followers cannot believe in global warming? Please enlighten us.
Harrier believes that she is referring to the political nature of the sermon.
Jesus eschewed political action, he made it clear that he wasn't there to tame Rome, but to teach, heal, and save souls.
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"My kingdom is not of this world".
- John 18:36
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
I'm only sticking around because I am relatively young, and might be able to change the way the church operates.
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I have been checking out another church that meets mid-week - and I like what I see.
The problem is that I have been going to this liberal church for nearly 25 years, and close members of my family also attend the church.
The church is in a very urban-centric area and is declining in membership.
I am torn between sticking around and reviving it, or moving to a church that is more in line with my theological viewpoint.
It is a very hard decision.
I have been a leader at this church - yet I feel that it is drifting away from what the Lord wants us to do.
YOU can't revive it. Only God can. Perhaps the Spirit of God has left, as He left the temple in days of old.
There's a reason why membership is declining.
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All this crying over a pastor who's liberal. Why does a man's political view points have anything to do with his religious teachings?
They're completely separate.
The can't be separate. One's political views must be based on principle, and principle must be based on Scripture. Anything else changes with the wind.
The can't be separate. One's political views must be based on principle, and principle must be based on Scripture. Anything else changes with the wind.
Not necessarily. Principle comes from the person's morals and values - not Scripture. Now if someone draws inspiration for their morals and values from Scripture, then very well and more power to them; however, to suggest that political views are SOLELY based on principle and that principle is SOLELY based on Scripture is asinine and ignorant of the world around you.
Many agnostics (such as myself) don't require a Scripture or a person preaching at us every Sunday to determine what our principles are.
Maybe you should go to a conservative pastor so you can hear about talking snakes, the rapture, and how gays are destroying America.
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