Gateway Putz

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   Phil Perspective on February 28, 2010 at 10:09 am

   Instaputz is now hosted on a religious affiliated site?  Oy!!!  Hasn’t the Pope spoke out about the need to curb global warming?

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   americanforliberty on February 28, 2010 at 10:20 am

   If Christians preach care about your neighbor, why are Conservative Christians against all the care for neighbor policies like global warming and public healthcare. I believe Christian Conservatives are taking a very hypocritical position or just fulfilling the sinful desires of their corporate sponsors.

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     CabinGirl on February 28, 2010 at 10:33 am

     Right-wing Conservative Christians are only in it for the “Holier than their neighbors” aspect, I guess…

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     Oscar In Dallas on February 28, 2010 at 12:42 pm

     I’ve had a couple discussions about this over at the Orange Place a few years ago:

     • An Evangelical Perspective On Progressive Politics
     • Religious Right and Wrong
     • Theocracy, The Rapture, And You: An Insider’s View of Evangelical Politics
     • Pharisees, Sadducees, & Scribes: Religion And Politics in America
     • The Black Church: Black Commentator Blew It
     • Pat Robertson Must Die

     And here are a couple pieces that I wrote regarding my overall view:

     • Why I’m Not A Republican
     • Embrace Your Elephant? Kiss My Ass!
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     Oui on February 28, 2010 at 1:44 pm

     .

     Mahatma Gandhi pointed to materialism to explain his ambivalent reaction to Christianity:

     “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. The materialism of affluent Christian countries appears to contradict the claims of Jesus Christ that says it’s not possible to worship both Mammon and God at the same time.”

     From prosperity theology

     Prosperity theology is a religious belief found among “tens of millions” of Christians centered on the notion that God provides material prosperity for those he favors. It has been defined by the belief that “Jesus blesses believers with riches” or more specifically as the teaching that “believers have a right to the blessings of health and wealth and that they can obtain these blessings through positive confessions of faith and the ‘sowing of seeds’ through the faithful payments of tithes and offerings.

     Pat Robertson calls this theory the “Law of Reciprocity” on his show, The 700 Club.

     Simply put: the rich, white man’s religion befitting righteous Republicans of the US in the era of Neocon imperialism.

     "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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   ask on February 28, 2010 at 11:19 am

   Offf – did you see the comments? The stupidity of those posters really hurt. A crew of nincompoops…

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     CabinGirl on February 28, 2010 at 11:21 am

     The state of those comments is really sad.  I’ve seen brighter bulbs on myspace.

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       Phil Perspective on February 28, 2010 at 1:36 pm

       LOL!!   😉

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     Second Nature on February 28, 2010 at 11:43 am

     Sheesh, the ones who call him stupid.  Seriously?  

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     DaveW on February 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm

     And they all think they’re some of the smartest creatures ever. They caught Obama in a “lie” because he admitted he can’t control earthquakes. Seriously, where do these people come from? I just never run into anybody THAT dumb — it’s like some kind of satire or something.

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   Mum on March 1, 2010 at 4:14 am

   I recently ended up on the Gateway Pundit site and was pretty appalled at some of the rather “unChristian” comments on a blog that is associated with a Christian publication – First Things.  I noted as much in a comment, and was essentially attacked rather nastily for calling them on their lack of charity.  Here’s the link if you’re interested:
   http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/white-house-promises-to-ram-through-obamacare-via-recon
   ciliation-process/#comment-67985