Comments on: The Left and Christianity http://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim Baxterhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 Jim Baxter Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:16:50 +0000 /?p=1407#comment-4882 The HUMAN PARADIGM - Intro Consider: The way we define 'human' determines our view of self, others, relationships, institutions, life, and future. Important? Only the Creator who made us in His own image is qualified to define us accurately. Choose wisely... there are results. The human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of Criteria. Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of his environments, institutions, and respectful relations to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom whose roots are in the Order of the universe. See the complete article at Homesite: "Human Defined: Earth's Choicemaker" <a href="http://www.choicemaker.net/" rel="nofollow">http://www.choicemaker.net/</a> NOTE: tHE DEMOS ABANDONED MR. JEFFERSON'S PRINCIPLES AND FELL FOR THE OLD WORLD SYSTEM OF COLLECTIVISM - A WAY OF MEASURING HUMAN VALUE BY THE GROUP. 'GROUPS' ARE MERELY VERBAL CONVENIENCES - NOT REALITY. They take dead-aim at a target and miss. jfb The HUMAN PARADIGM – Intro

Consider:

The way we define 'human' determines our view of self,

others, relationships, institutions, life, and future.

Important? Only the Creator who made us in His own image

is qualified to define us accurately. Choose wisely…

there are results.

The human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature

and nature's God a creature of Choice – and of Criteria.

Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic

is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of

his environments, institutions, and respectful relations

to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom

whose roots are in the Order of the universe.

See the complete article at Homesite:

"Human Defined: Earth's Choicemaker"

http://www.choicemaker.net/

NOTE: tHE DEMOS ABANDONED MR. JEFFERSON'S PRINCIPLES AND FELL FOR THE OLD WORLD SYSTEM OF COLLECTIVISM – A WAY OF MEASURING HUMAN VALUE BY THE GROUP. 'GROUPS' ARE MERELY VERBAL CONVENIENCES – NOT REALITY. They take dead-aim at a target and miss. jfb

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-4727 Jimmie Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:01:08 +0000 /?p=1407#comment-4727 Yeah, the thinking's kind of tortured (no pun intended). Yeah, but those were political religious discussions. That's game, right? ;) Yeah, the thinking's kind of tortured (no pun intended).

Yeah, but those were political religious discussions. That's game, right? ;)

]]> By: Nicole Griffinhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-4725 Nicole Griffin Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:36:52 +0000 /?p=1407#comment-4725 And yet they tell us that we should attempt to understand the actual Dark age thinking that leads terrorists to cut off people's heads. Jimmie, that's good, I'm glad I've never done that, but we've definitely gotten into some religious debates before so I was just trying to preempt the matter :-) And yet they tell us that we should attempt to understand the actual Dark age thinking that leads terrorists to cut off people's heads.

Jimmie, that's good, I'm glad I've never done that, but we've definitely gotten into some religious debates before so I was just trying to preempt the matter :-)

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-4705 Jimmie Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:06:32 +0000 /?p=1407#comment-4705 My own belief is that a lot of "hard" secular people don't like Christianity out of a sense of overwhelming superiority. They take so much pride in their self-developed rational thought that they can't evne fathom that someone might hold beliefs that not only can't be explained by rational thought, but don't even require rational thought, necessarily, to believe. Faith is not necessarily rational. It's belief inthe things you can't see or touch or feel. Some folks believe that this is one step away from witch-doctory. They believe it's Dark Age thinking and that people who hold any of these beliefs have turned their back on rational logical thought and because of that, they're either hopelessly ignorant or maybe even insane. As for my debatig matters of faith - I usually don't. The only cases where I step into theological debates is if someone really wants to toss some issue around or if they challenge my beliefs directly. You've never done either one, Nicole. :) My own belief is that a lot of "hard" secular people don't like Christianity out of a sense of overwhelming superiority. They take so much pride in their self-developed rational thought that they can't evne fathom that someone might hold beliefs that not only can't be explained by rational thought, but don't even require rational thought, necessarily, to believe.

Faith is not necessarily rational. It's belief inthe things you can't see or touch or feel. Some folks believe that this is one step away from witch-doctory. They believe it's Dark Age thinking and that people who hold any of these beliefs have turned their back on rational logical thought and because of that, they're either hopelessly ignorant or maybe even insane.

As for my debatig matters of faith – I usually don't. The only cases where I step into theological debates is if someone really wants to toss some issue around or if they challenge my beliefs directly. You've never done either one, Nicole. :)

]]> By: Kyle Broflovskyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2005/02/01/the-left-and-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Kyle Broflovsky Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:37:35 +0000 /?p=1407#comment-4701 The reason so many liberals feel threatene by Christianity is that their entire belief system is actually a corrupt, secularized version of it, minus the Savior stuff. For many liberals, paying taxes is like paying tithes for religious people. They really believe that they can construct a zion society based on their principles. For a good background on this, see the late 19th century book "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy, a man who was instrumental in founding the socialist (i.e. modern liberal) movement in the U.S. He was also a very strong Christian and believed that his religion implied socialism. Along the way, his fellow leftists liked all the government crap but the whole God thing just fell by the wayside as too much competition. The reason so many liberals feel threatene by Christianity is that their entire belief system is actually a corrupt, secularized version of it, minus the Savior stuff.

For many liberals, paying taxes is like paying tithes for religious people. They really believe that they can construct a zion society based on their principles.

For a good background on this, see the late 19th century book "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy, a man who was instrumental in founding the socialist (i.e. modern liberal) movement in the U.S. He was also a very strong Christian and believed that his religion implied socialism.

Along the way, his fellow leftists liked all the government crap but the whole God thing just fell by the wayside as too much competition.

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