Hello DU. I'm a Newbie.

[ChristianButLiberal]

:hi:
Yes I'm Christian, but don't think I'm gonna be spewing Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson propaganda here. If anybody lacks morals it's the so-called Christians such as these.

Anyway, I look forward to contributing to DU and learning from all you.

Special Thanks to:

Bethany Rockafella, GreenPartyVoter & newyawker99 for already giving me a warm welcome.

PEACE!!



P.S.
Remember that WE ARE the good guys! :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Howdy and

welcome!

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Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/

[arcane1]

2. welcome

any true Christian would be a liberal anyway :)

:hi:

[Name removed]

21. Deleted message

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[arcane1]

46. tolerating unrepentant sin?

the sin of another is not your concern... the mote in your brother's eye and all that

I am speaking of the words of Jesus, not the nonsense in the OT

[Cookie wookie]

50. picking or choosing what the Bible means

as in:

...."Thou shalt not kill." The Ten Commandments
....Adultery is a capital offense: Leviticus 20: 10
....Rebellious sons who do not repent, should be stoned to death: Deuteronomy 21: 18-21
....Men having problems selling their daughters as slaves because they are not attractive are entitled to sell them as slaves to foreigners: Exodus 21: 7-11
....Anyone who works on the Sabbath day will be put to death: Exodus 35 :1-3
....People must not light a fire in their homes on the sabbath: Exodus 35: 1-3
...."Everything in the waters that has no fins and scales is a loathsome thing to you:" Leviticus 11: 9-11
....Rules for buying and selling slaves: Leviticus 25: 44-46
...."Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together." Dueteronomy 22: 10
...."Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together."
....If a damsel isn't a virgin, she should be stoned to death. Deuteronomy 22: 19-21
...."You should make tassels for yourself on the four extremities of your clothing with which you cover yourself." Deuteronomy 22: 12

etc.

"The Holy Bible," authorized King James Version

Now where are my tassels?

[Mutley]

64. on a side note...

every time i see a deleted message i become insanely curious as to what that message said... am i alone in this?

[moggie12]

3. Welcome

Although I'm new here too!

[wryter2000]

30. Howdy, Moggie

:hi:

[AFSCME girl]

4. Hello back and welcome! n/t

:hi:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

5. I always remind my Christian Republican mother...

Remember all the "Sermon on the Mount" stuff I had to sit through when I was a kid? I took it literally! So why didn't you?

[underpants]

6. Welcome

Being a Christian is not out of the norm here. Being Falwell and Robertson is out of the norm everywhere.

[AFSCME girl]

7. By the way, that reminds me....

were is that newyawker99....I didn't get my happy birthday wishes :cry:

On edit: 1/8/05 was a very sad day here at DU - I just wanted to give newyawker99 the business!

Edit again: I also didn't mean to be a thread hijacker, sorry! :o

[Lavender Brown]

14. Happy Birthday!

:toast: :party:

and welcome, ChristianbutLiberal! :toast:

[AFSCME girl]

23. Thanks, Lavender Brown

:hi: :bounce:

[FarLeftRage]

16. Happy Birthday!

:toast:

[AFSCME girl]

24. Hi FarLeftRage and many thanks!

:toast: BTW, I like your Forum Name :bounce:

[FarLeftRage]

31. You're quite welcome...

What Union do you belong to?

[AFSCME girl]

35. I'm a member of

Association of Federal State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
:bounce:

[Bluzmann57]

8. Howdy and welcome

Don't know if you'll learn anything from my posts, but hope you keep on contributing and we can learn from you. And there is nothing wrong with REAL Christians. It is not right to lump all people who have religious beliefs into one convenient group. Just as there are many different personalities out there, there are also many different takes on religion. Keep up your good values and morals and fight the good fight. :toast:

[mattclearing]

9. Welcome to DU!

Great to have you!

:hi:

[cyberpj]

10. Welcome. My bumper sticker says, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"

Christianity includes plenty besides Evangelicals.

[ET Awful]

11. Welcome Aboard CBL!

Stick around for a spell!

[wtmusic]

12. Hey CBL there's room under the big tent...

welcome!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[latteromden]

13. Welcome to DU! The people here are (mostly ;) great.

[11 Bravo]

15. Welcome to DU!

Glad to have you aboard.

[FarLeftRage]

17. Yes, we are the good guys!

Welcome and :hi:

[hangemhigh]

18. Welcome to DU!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[mandyky]

19. Welcome to DU!

Please try not to be too offended if some people make posts about Christians - they do not mean you, they mean the likes of Falwell and Robertson and their followers...

[andyhappy]

20. welcome aboard!

your tinfoil hat is in the mail! ;)

[madrchsod]

22. actually

you should have left out the "but". there`s a bunch of us liberal christians here. you `ll find it gets tough sometimes but we are a reasonable bunch of folks. google-jesus for the family website or dr teresa whitehurst and check who she links to in her articles..

[Wisc Badger]

25. Welcome to You

you are going to love this site, the people here make you feel at home and wanted.

I am a recovering Republican from Wisconsin and I can not tell you how warm and nice a welcome I have received.

THIS SITE ROCKS!!
:yourock: :pals:

[Upfront]

26. Welcome

A preacher I know asked me out of the blue, are you a Democrat? I said; sure am! He said I don't know how you can be a christian and not be. So am I. I still don't go to church but I have room in my heart for some that do. You will do fine here.

[wryter2000]

27. Welcome

:hi:

[Dinger]

28. Welcome ChristinButLiberal!

I am Chrstian but liberal too:)

[Cuban_Liberal]

29. Welcome, and check out this DU Group!

Christian Liberals/Progressive People of Faith Group

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=291

:hi:

[sadiesworld]

32. Welcome to DU, ChristianButLiberal!

I would classify myself as somewhere b/t an Agnostic and a Deist, but I can see how some of the posts on religious threads might offend Christian DUers...please take them with a boulder of salt.

Anyhow, happy posting. :hi:

[TlalocW]

33. NEWBIE? GET THE NEWBIE!

DOGPILE!

TlalocW

[papau]

34. Welcome aboard - come on in - the water is fine! :-)

:toast:

:-)

[idiosyncratic]

36. Welcome . . . I am also Christian, but Liberal

and it saddens me to see what the RW "christians" have done to our faith and our image.

I hope you enjoy your time on DU!

:hi:

[NYC]

37. Welcome to DU, ChristianButLiberal.

:hi:

[stray cat]

38. Welcome to DU

I'm a Christian as well and resent the unchristian attitudes portrayed by the extreme Christian fundamentalists.

[Critical Thinker]

39. Welcome. If Jesus were flesh and blood today..

the righties would be painting him as an "out of the mainstream, anti-war, left-wing liberal", doncha ya know...

[txaslftist]

40. Hey now....doncha know only athiests are allowed to post here?

Seriously, there's nothing inconsistent with being a Christian and a Democrat! I think it's much more difficult to reconcile real new testament christianity with republicanism, frankly. It's easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than to get a rich man into the kingdom of heaven, or so I'm told...

Welcome. Mucho warm welcome here!!!

[AmerDem]

41. Welcome

and contrary to repuke talking points the Democratic party doesn't have an issue with GOD loving people. The Dem. party is a party of inclusion. Remember the term "false prophets"? I think many in the repuke party can be identified by these words.

Welcome once again! :toast:

[Warren DeMontague]

42. Warm welcome from a blue state secular humanist taoist pagan

We don't bite.

:hi:

Welcome aboard!

[wicket]

43. I'm another Christian DUer

Welcome to the site! :hi:

[DoYouEverWonder]

44. Just like in the early days of christianity

christians come in all different flavors. Unfortunately the Pauline christians and the Roman government joined ranks and organized religion has gone downhill ever since.

The big problem for the fundie christians is that they have been mislead by people who live in darkness and preach nothing but fear and hate. They are quiet literally, anti-christs.

Jesus and the early christians were all about love and tolerance. You can not follow this path, without those two principles to guide everything you do and be a true christian, or buddhist or muslim.

Anyway, welcome to DU :hi:

Peace be with you
DYEW

[Midlodemocrat]

45. Welcome to DU!!

[dpbrown]

47. Welcome aboard!

We are the good guys!

[buddysmellgood]

48. No one was more liberal than Jesus. Welcome

[bigwillq]

49. Welcome to DU!

Hope to chat with you soon!:hi:

[Name removed]

51. Deleted message

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[MADem]

52. Your name is interesting

Sign of the times, and the total hijacking by the right, that one has to put the BUT in there.

I always thought Jesus was a screaming liberal socialist, myself, what with the loaves and the fishes, and the tearing cloaks in half to cover beggars, healing the lame, blind and sick (free health care) and so on!

Anyway, bienvenue au DU!

[GOPBasher]

53. Hello and welcome!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

Try stopping by the "Liberal Christians" group sometime. :-)

[cry baby]

54. Hi CBL! Welcome

:hi:

[Turn CO Blue]

55. Very liberal Christian here. Welcome to DU!

[youngred]

56. Welcome

I like the nick, we could use more of your type, or at least make many more Christians realize that Christ was a liberal fellow.

[LynnTheDem]

57. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[trillian]

58. Welcome!

As you can see, I'm pretty new around here myself.

:hi:

[mvd]

59. Welcome to DU!

Hope you enjoy it here. :hi:

[LibDemAlways]

60. Welcome

You'll like it here. DUers are a diverse group. All Democrats and progressives are welcome! Be warned, though. DU is addictive!

[bemildred]

61. Welcome aboard. Jesus rocks. nt

[eek MD]

62. as a newbie myself (who lurked for years)...Welcome...n/t

[Mutley]

63. from one newbie to another...

WELCOME! :hi:

[katinmn]

65. Welcome, CBL!

:hi:

[jarab]

66. Welcome !!

...O...

[vixengrl]

67. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[roguevalley]

68. hi, honey. welcome.

[leanin_green]

69. This pagan welcomes you and Christ.

[OnionPatch]

70. Welcome!

Another Christian leftie here! :hi:
At least I consider myself a Christian because I try to follow the teachings of Christ, but I interpret them much differently than our friends on the other side of the aisle.

[njdemocrat106]

71. Hi! Welcome aboard

From a liberal Catholic Christian (yes, we do exist :) ). I have to warn you though, DU is addictive!

[ChristianButLiberal]

72. MANY, MANY THANKS!!!

Thank you all for the welcome :D

Like I told Bethany, I already feel at home.
:yourock:

[Skittles]

73. I don't care much for your moniker

there are plenty of Christian liberals; you make it sound like an exception. But howdy and welcome to the DU. :hi:

[Kahuna]

76. Great minds.....

I too can't help but to offended by the nickname. It implies that it's totally unlikely that one would be both a Christian and liberal. When of course, a true Christian following the teachings of Christ would naturally be a liberal.

[adigal]

74. Hi and Welcome!!!

I'm new too and have a question:

How do you start a new topic?? Or do you have to have a certain number of posts to start one? Thanks,

[Kahuna]

75. "Christian but Liberal" I hate to scold a newbie...but..

The biggest lie ever told is that "Republicans" are the majority of Christians. There are many liberals who are Christian. If one truly followed the teachings of Christ it would be a natural as breathing to be a Christian.