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Re: Red-state Democrats fret about leftward shift

liberaldemdave — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:17:09 -0000

“We include viewpoints all across the political spectrum and that includes everything from the most liberal viewpoints to the most conservative viewpoints,” he said.

why we lose.

Re: Democratic Congressman's Bizarre Bernie Sanders Smear

liberaldemdave — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:56:25 -0000

typical hillary shill.

Re: 10 MORE Things Churches Can’t Do While Following Jesus

liberaldemdave — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:30:09 -0000

try a UCC. plenty of room for diversity of beliefs. in fact, diversity is encouraged.

Re: NPR hits Hillary hard over gay marriage, Hillary gets ticked

liberaldemdave — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:06:15 -0000

"what is the alternative?" you speak as if she's the only democrat in the country. there are a number of viable options.

Re: Being Gay at Jerry Falwell's University

liberaldemdave — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:17:17 -0000

i like everything about this comment except...if you're going to say "you're gay" you also need to include "you're straight". the sin isn't in sexual identity but how that sexuality is used.

Re: Being Gay at Jerry Falwell's University

liberaldemdave — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:12:40 -0000

the greek word MISinterpreted to "homosexual" is "malakoi"...the definition of "malakoi" is "soft". it was frequently used to describe vain people, weak people, laziness, lack of courage.

http://www.wouldjesusdiscri...

This common Greek word had different connotations depending on the context in which it was used. In terms of morality, it generally referred to something like laziness, degeneracy, decadence, or lack of courage. (See note 2.) The connotation was of being “soft like a woman” or like the delicate expensive fabrics worn by rich men. In the patriarchal culture of the time, women were thought to be weaker than men, more fearful, more vulnerable, and more vain. Thus, men who ate too much, liked expensive things, were lazy, or liked to dress well were considered “soft like a woman.” Although this type of misogynistic thinking is intolerable in our modern society, it was common in ancient times and explains why the King James Version translated malakoi as “effeminate.”

Re: It is Time for the American Christian Church to Surrender the Gay Marriage Fight, Apologize & Share Love

liberaldemdave — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:05:12 -0000

i repent every day, throughout the day. i'm human. i have been walking this path since i was 10 years old...42 years now.

what i won't tell you i'll do, however, is repent for being gay. there's nothing to repent *for*. my understanding of the 3 new testament clobber scriptures tells me they are about prostitution, pederasty and idolatry. i agree that those things are sinful. i don't agree that those passages are about homosexuality.

Re: Rick Perry Needs a Refresher on How Texas Feels About Marriage

liberaldemdave — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:09:51 -0000

i see you are also in touch with the sorry state of affairs of the so-called democratic party in texas.

Re: Rick Perry Needs a Refresher on How Texas Feels About Marriage

liberaldemdave — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:56:15 -0000

except the sitting Lt. Gov is just as bad.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Here's The President's Prop 8 Brief

liberaldemdave — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:27:44 -0000

"worthless" in that it wont do a thing to protect either of us civilly. it means a great deal to us on a personal level.

Re: Joe. My. God.: Here's The President's Prop 8 Brief

liberaldemdave — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:31:34 -0000

even if, like my husband and i, you have a lovely piece of (worthless) paper from washington, d.c.

Re: REPORT: Fox Spends Over 43 Minutes Smearing Elizabeth Warren

liberaldemdave — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:01:33 -0000

fair and balanced. you betcha.

Re: It is Time for the American Christian Church to Surrender the Gay Marriage Fight, Apologize & Share Love

liberaldemdave — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:31:34 -0000

yes there are glbt christians blessed with the gift of tongues. some of them are also left handed.

i don't mean to make light of your question...my point is that any attribute a straight person has, gay people also have. we were created out of the same *whole* cloth as our hetero brothers and sisters.

Re: Fox News is concerned that America's (black) Olympians aren't patriotic enough

liberaldemdave — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:31:35 -0000

It looks like Fox News is trying to become the media outlet which combines the two in one source.

...all the while being fair and balanced.

Re: Fox News is concerned that America's (black) Olympians aren't patriotic enough

liberaldemdave — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:29:19 -0000

i love my country but nationalism is a short hop and skip from fascism, if you ask me.

that said, what i have noticed is that the vast majority of our gold medalists don't sing the national anthem...the majority of those gold medalists are white...ergo, white folks don't love the country.

wake up, fox...a 3rd grader could do propaganda better than you clowns.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:28:37 -0000

i will ask you one last time to stop saying what i am saying, drew.

i have experienced salvation. i walk with Christ in everything that i do...even in my attempts to get you and michelle to see outside these little boxes in which we are typing.

you have NO idea the transformation i have been through. you would likely fall to your face and beg forgiveness if you *knew* where i came from to where i am today. i am *TRULY* a gift and miracle from God. (as are we all, frankly)...

i use the scripture because they are important to me...not to "justify" anything...but to show how quickly and how dramatically others will fall from the message of LOVE AND GRACE in order to condemn and belittle those not like themselves.

now, peace be with you. this conversation is exhausting and exhausted.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:24:45 -0000

God did *explicitly* say through prophets, disciples, and apostles that homosexual acts are not in line with Godly living.

which prophet?
which disciple?

the only apostle to speak, even though what was said in THREE WHOLE VERSES, has been mistranslated and the misunderstanding perpetuated (because it fits the narrative), was paul. now, michelle, according to PAUL, YOU are not to be "teaching". so it's time you left the internet on issues of faith to men? SEE? i don't tell you that...a.) it's not my place and b) it's RIDICULOUS 2000 years later to continue to cling to such a ridiculous distortion of paul's intent.

you and drew have a blessed existence. i've really enjoyed the discussion. i hope you've both learned something...or at least been made to feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable. it is when we get out of our comfort zones that the Holy Spirit is among us; working, transforming, transcending.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:18:58 -0000

read the sermon and get back to me. there wasn't a fee structure/price list associated with it, particularly the beatitudes.

oh, and did you get the part where the free will offering for the fishes and loaves was left out?!? A-MAZING.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:16:15 -0000

YOU? you're actually going to take credit for something that a.) hasn't happened and b) if it had wouldn't have anything to do with YOU. let me re-iterate the lyric from that song by The Choir:
Thank you, please don't swing your shovel at my head, friend
No, I truly won't appreciate that sound
When you tell me I surely should atone for my sin
I hope you know the fate of the proud

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:14:00 -0000

drew, would it make you feel better if i created a new screen name? i mean, really, don't you have enough to worry about condemning me to apostasy and all sorts of other heinous sin without throwing the fact that i also identify as a liberal and democrat?

it won't make you feel any better, but here's the explanation...the internets are a really big thing now. global even. those tubes go far and wide...there are a bazillion different blogs on those internets. most of the blogs i visit are political in nature (i just rarely find this a valued medium for religious discussion... the silly, vapid conversation attempted here validates that...) SO, for what it's worth, "disqus" is a HUGE means of posting comments.

little did i know that i would need a topic specific screen name wherever i go.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:21:39 -0000

you need to seriously check yourself before you completely wreck yourself.

"ummm...first become born again"??? you're telling this to someone on a blog that you've never met? you know absolutely NOTHING about me. if nothing else, i have NOT questioned YOUR intentions or YOUR faith.

we both have a propensity for sarcasm and snarkiness. i can get past that...do NOT, however, put words in my mouth or tell me i am or am not something. you...do...not...know...me...

this has nothing to do with whether or not you accept marriage equality, either... for me, it has more to do with you taking a crow bar and prying open that closed mind of yours. you MIGHT be able to learn a thing or ten million.

i'm not going to resort to age....BUT...i am. how old are you? i would venture i'm 2/x your youth. i appreciate that youth and passion but with age comes the ability to see things from multiple views and an earned right to be treated with respect...at least that's what i learned being brought up (my entire LIFE) in a fundamentalists denomination...so fundamentalist that we rejected even the term "denomination".

so do me a favor, please: go lecture someone that will sit still for your condescension.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:15:44 -0000

because my screen name contains the word "liberal", i see that you have hopped on that...very mature. JESUS was a "liberal". read the gospels, honey.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:14:49 -0000

that's exactly the kind of language they used. sheesh. "no man shall lie with another"... REALLY? and you're going to quibble.

ummm, i just took your sandwich with the greek analysis of v. 34... that sammy wasn't good for you anyway.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:12:16 -0000

ANCIENT GREEK, baby, it's what's for breakfast lunch and dinner in this NT house.

stop bearing false witness. PERIOD. FULL STOP.

what you clearly have here, is the NIV and a few other translations trying to remove any possible POSITIVE reference to GLBT people that are CLEARLY in the bible because it doesn't fit the exclusion narrative of fundamentalism/evangelicalilsm.

let's go back to the broadly accepted THEOLOGICAL analysis, shall we? : http://biblos.com/luke/17-3...

below i an excerpt of just the "two men" portion. the above link takes you to the full dissection/translation of the scripture.

strongs
1417 [e]

http://concordances.org/gre...

transliteration
dyo

http://concordances.org/gre...

GREEK
δύο

English
two [men]

how's that sammich? ya' know, before i knew that a portion chick-fil-a's corporate donations went to a known hate group that supports legislation to EXECUTE GAYS, i liked the sammy with the pickles on it.

Re: I’m Heterosexual and that's Not Okay

liberaldemdave — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:52:57 -0000

EL. OH. EL.

let me just clue you in that i am a member of the denomination that was formed through the merging of the evangelical, christian, reformed and congregational churches... we are responsible for harvard, (largely responsible for) abolition, were THE MOST prominent denomination helping southern slaves to freedom and one of our early fathers penned amazing grace.

don't play and make accusations and assumptions about folks and their backgrounds unless you like having to eat the consequences with your hatewich.