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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:06 PM Original message |
NPR: "Chicagoans: Reports Misrepresent Obama's Church" |
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CatsDogsBabies (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama was |
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Smelting Pot (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly! |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. This has been the saddest part |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. You'll agree, won't you, that this is not representative of black liberation theology? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Can you prove the US government or CIA did NOT invent HIV? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You'll agree, won't you, that this is not representative of black liberation theology? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. As an atheist, I don't give a crap about any kind of theology. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Question, did the US Govt under Reagan ignore AIDS and help doom many gay people to death? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. "The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color" |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's still true that Wright advocated a specific candidate in one of his sermons. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Is that the new RW talking point? IIRC, only TWO churches have lost their tax |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They'll lose their tax-exempt status as soon as all the fundie churches |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. All Saints in Pasadena was found to not have advocated for a candidate. |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You realize that this is difficult to make stick legally, right? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. He told his congregation to vote for Obama. It was very clear. nt |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. How do you think Huckabee got all that support in Iowa? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. If this is so, those churches need to lose their exemptions, too. |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Did you even read what I said? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Why don't you wait until you've had a pulpit for 33 years |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I've had a pulpit for 21 years. But it has to be 33, huh? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Well, you might reflect on your own every word. Two decades |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I've never endorsed a candidate nor a party from the pulpit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. The fact is, he didn't. His statement was that Clinton, |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. We're not allowed to name candidates as part of a comparison |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. At this point, it's TCC who is owed a confession and an apology. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm not floggin anything. I'm asking a colleague to play by the rules |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No. You're bending over backwards to find fault. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Not bending at all. I live by these rules. I expect others to do the same. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Justice? Do you really want to go there? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I serve the same kind of church as Wright--one that preaches |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That you could wish something so disproportionate on a colleague is telling. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. He knows the rules. This is not about theology. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. actually, you're incorrect |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Good catch. n/t |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Actually, you're incorrect. Clergy are not allowed to compare and contrast |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Essentially the comparison was that Hillary was never black |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Yes, if it can be implied that that comparison is an endorsement of Obama over Hillary, |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Thank you so much |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. yeah, that's not cricket. But the overwhelming numbers of rightwing Fundies doing same & WORSE |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. "EVeryone does it" is a great argument. If you're a five year old. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. The hatred, real or faked, directed at that congregation |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've said this earlier today, there will be a nice little backlash & a call of bias if the MSM keeps |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. There are two really excellent reports on that page |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Intriguing--"damn" is a sacred condemnation by God to a wayward nation-straight from the Bible! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Unfortunately the RW will push the profane and chock up |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. Very interesting parallel with his Biblical namesake, Jeremiah (end of tape). |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. TIME OUT! You're saying (well NPR) that an established parish/church isn't fully represented in |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. great... but unfortuantely, for swift boat purposes it doesnt matter. |
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