"Did God create the world in 6 days?" asked at the "Compassion Forum"

[Solly Mack]

What, exactly, does that have to do with "compassion"?

[G_j]

1. answer?

absolutely nothing!

but Hillary owns lots of Bibles!

[dflprincess]

4. Actually, it was Obama answering the question.

when I saw it - I have since switched back to "Desperate Housewives" - it's a new episode tonight.

[G_j]

9. I just watched for two minutes, long enough

to hear Hill say that,
desperate housewives sounds like a better option..

[Solly Mack]

6. I'm appalled

[G_j]

13. honestly

I have personal spiritual principals i try to live by, but this whole thing makes me so angry, I want to scream!
I think we are in BIG trouble!

[Solly Mack]

14. I need to go find a fireplug to pee on (see post 3)

:)

[Klukie]

2. Absolutely nothing.....

Can anyone say Religious Test?

[dflprincess]

17. Your comment has inspired me to suggest the candidates attend a

Consitutional Forum...They could be asked questions like "What do you think the Founders meant when they said there should be no religious test for office?"

[Solly Mack]

20. Excellent idea!

[annabanana]

26. I'd sure watch THAT one!. . . n/t

[panader0]

3. If you believe in the six day thing you are compassionate

If you don't, you are low-life slobbering dog. Oh yeah, and you eat little rabbits and pee on fireplugs.

[Solly Mack]

7. Goodness...I do all that?

lol

[AlCzervik]

8. science scares the 27 percenters, much easier to believe in magic.

[AlCzervik]

5. zippidyfuckingdoodah.

[dhill926]

10. good fucking grief....

can't wait until "John Adams" comes on here on the west coast, to hear some intelligent fucking conversations among our leaders. Founding Fathers must be rolling in their graves tonight...

[Bluebear]

11. Name 6 Old Testament characters whose names begin with H.

:silly:

Good grief.

[Solly Mack]

12. Exactly!! I keep waiting for it.

lolol

[Bluebear]

15. It sounds like a Sunday School examination.

[depakid]

16. CNN pandering (yet again) to anti-science fundies

and making it clear to everyone why their garbage isn't worth watching....

[Mojorabbit]

18. Did I miss something?

I just finished watching Tombstone again and then flipped it to a fine Zepplin jam on vh1 classic and am now just coming back online.

[Solly Mack]

19. Compassion Forum on CNN.

The candidates answering questions..primarily religious....though some deal with poverty, etc.

[Mojorabbit]

35. Thanks!

Sounds like I did not miss much.

[G_j]

21. If anyone actually does have the stomach to watch the whole thing

I would be interested to know if any other religions or spiritual ideals are given credibility aside from Christianity.
"Compassion" is certainly a central practice in Buddhism.

[Fox Mulder]

23. I wouldn't count on it.

[Solly Mack]

22. asking about torture. That's good

[Solly Mack]

24. accountability? accountability? accountability? accountability?

I'm not hearing it....

[G_j]

25. OK

you got me to turn it back on..
:-)

I'm all ears!!
edit:
Obama said some good stuff at the end.

[Flying Dream Blues]

27. Well if He did, He'd be exhausted, so can't you show some compassion? :)

edited for capital H to show proper respect and compassion. :)

[Solly Mack]

29. LOL!

Good one!

[Flying Dream Blues]

31. Thanks!

[Monk06]

28. It is said that Allah rewards the compassionate ...

Don't take my word for it. It was said in Lawrence
of Arabia

[Flying Dream Blues]

30. And someone else (Noel Coward??) said if Peter O'Toole had looked any

prettier they'd have had to call it Florence of Arabia. But maybe that's off topic.
:)

[Monk06]

33. Your preachin to the converted there. Peter was extravagantly beautiful

which, for gay men was, just completely unfair.

DAMNED IRISH

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. Omar Sharif was rather gorgeous as well in that movie.

I remember Omar in Doctor Zhivago (swooooon).

[Monk06]

41. Peter told a story about his first night in Cairo.......

when he showed up for filming. He was introduced
to Omar who was already a famous star in Egypt.

Peter talked him into going out for a few drinks.

They ended up in a bar and Peter got into a brawl
with a some British officers who Peter, in his
Irish way, insulted with extreme prejudice.

The upshot was that David Lean had to bail them
both out of jail on the first day of filming, which
cost him a fortune.

[catnhatnh]

32. See-neither of them caught on....

it was EIGHT days-the six creating from the bible,a seventh to rest and then a WHOLE DAY to create "CLEAN COAL"....that would have been in the bible but the scribes were resting on their seventh day when the manuscript was accidentally sent to the printers....I thought everyone knew that.

[Petrushka]

36. Good-un! Thanks for th' giggle . . . really diggin' it here. (eom)

[catnhatnh]

37. Thank ya, Thank ya....

I work here six nights a week....

[yellerpup]

40. So, when did He straighten out the Sun so that the Earth goes around it

instead of the other way around? Verrry sloppy editing on that.

[catnhatnh]

42. 1634...

appearently until then it was a minor glich in orbits/universe beta 2.07...

[yellerpup]

43. Thanks.

I figured somebody had to do it sometime. Amazing what you can learn on DU!

[spanone]

34. i'd rather they were asked if it was compassionate to torture

[Bluebear]

39. You said it. nt

[BlooInBloo]

44. One gets into all sorts of idiocies when one is in a religious discussion.