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In reply to the discussion: How to Break the Republican Lock on God [View all]beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)6. democrats have tended to shy away from god and religion talk and that enabled the rightwing to
go at it. You go on the offense using the New Testament and teachings of Jesus. It does work, especially when you get republicans to diss Jesus's doctrines
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I disagree that Jesus can be definitively categorized as mythical; like Robin Hood, it is
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#11
Agreed, but none of that explicitly refutes the possibility of a preacher or preachers whose stories
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#22
Sure. I give it a less than 1% chance that it's true, but that's still a chance, no?
stopbush
Apr 2019
#25
Very big on history; before I studied, I took Jesus' historicity for granted. It wasn't until
LongtimeAZDem
Apr 2019
#33
This used to be called the Social Gospel, and it was big more than 100 years ago.
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#2
democrats have tended to shy away from god and religion talk and that enabled the rightwing to
beachbum bob
Apr 2019
#6
I am very much against the Ds using Christianity as an arrow in their political quiver.
stopbush
Apr 2019
#26
Sounds like a way to re-brand the term "Democratic Socialism" It won't go anywhere.
bitterross
Apr 2019
#8
If only we could engineer tightly moderated public debates between Prosperity and Social Gospel folk
JudyM
Apr 2019
#13
This is a futile battle. The religious right doesn't give a shit about their hypocrisy.
progressoid
Apr 2019
#14
I suspect that many people sitting in the pews are less enamored of their right wing preachers
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#24
There is much more complex interplay between philosophical and religious thought
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#23
John Pavlovitz is particularly good at confronting the hypocrisy of the religious right:
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
#32