Well, suffice to say, both of our - and perhaps others, points are being missed. My original post and continued point is not to say I agree with everything or even most things Mr. Santorum says, but rather that I have admiration for him and others who do not waiver in the face of criticism, and in the case of his family, death threats. I admire someone who knowing what he will say will be loathed by 65%+ of the population, to know he will be called a bigot, a nut, a racist, a vulture, etc and to still deliver a consistent message. And after being advised by the RNC to tone it down, to back away from what he believes to be true, he refuses. I personally admire that. Don't confuse admiration with anything but what it is. My personal belief is that gross intolerance that Mr. Santorum exhibits actually defeats an intended purpose. To bring others to Christ, to be a Witness of Christ, to be a moral compass. We can not show tolerance and compassion with his choice of rhetoric, I get that, I in fact believe that. As we have seen, Mr. Santorum is divisive and turns away many folks who are looking for a guidepost.Flake wrote:snip-snip-snap
I hope that clarifies my original point, perhaps not. I written a reply now 4 times, and I don't want go there, perhaps on another thread, but prob. best left off the proverbial "retro video game forum". A number of interesting arguments were raised, ie, a theocracy, boy, I think we could derail this thread much further if we go there because we certainly are wearing different glasses on this one.
I will say this, I don't mean to be preachy at all. The majority of my best friends are non-believers and in many cases, atheists. I find them to be highly highly intelligent, much more so than the typical "Christian".
Again, trying not to reply...trying...trying...but, I really wouldn't call the most powerful people of this country bastions of the Christian Right. Without spewing names and getting into a 1-up debate, I view people with money, people with influence, and people with political power to be the ones who shape our current culture. I would classify Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey (and really much of our Hollywood types, in influence, to be firmly in the liberal - free-sprited camp) and again, this could just go back and forth, back and forth. So i'll close w/this, I think we were much more of "Christian Nation" in 1770 or in 1950 for that matter, than we are today. I too am scared.
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Got a good deal on a game today.
Government shutdown stuff in the news again. I though we took care of that a few months ago? I'm sick of this stuff, they need to pass a balanced budget requirement so that this sort of thing won't be happening 2 or 3 times a year like it has been lately.
Sudden sharp headache. If it doesn't go away soon, I'm going to make sure everyone is able to empathize with me by causing them a similar amount of pain.
