tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post6802664965221619836..comments2023-05-17T07:53:18.995-04:00Comments on Sycamore Three: After Christian Shenanigans, Santorum Is AnointedRobert Heidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-59439540694829833602012-01-19T18:44:37.140-05:002012-01-19T18:44:37.140-05:00Justin, I'm going to use your asterisk point w...Justin, I'm going to use your asterisk point when mentioning these type of people. American babies are good. Babies from over there? Bad. Let's pollute their land with Depleted Uranium so they all their babies get fatal (and absolutely horrible) birth defects.castironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-8428105543775013872012-01-16T21:01:02.600-05:002012-01-16T21:01:02.600-05:00Well, let the "blowback" begin.
The Was...Well, let the "blowback" begin.<br /><br />The Washington Times reports significant "Social Conservative" dissatisfaction with the ways and means that were demonstrated at the recent "summit meeting" in Texas.<br /><br />Doug Wead had some interesting things to say.<br /><br />http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/16/activists-say-pro-santorum-vote-was-rigged/Robert Heidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-61368693208617520292012-01-16T12:41:40.805-05:002012-01-16T12:41:40.805-05:00Dobson has been outspoken in his support of tortur...Dobson has been outspoken in his support of torture. Yet he paradoxically considers himself (and is hailed by many of our Christian brethren) a great champion of the sanctity of human life. <br /><br />Clearly he should include some sort of asterisk in his words regarding life-sanctity. <br /><br />This asterisk should clarify that "human life" does not include enemies, potential enemies, socio-political critics, nor potential socio-political critics.<br /><br />The main lives considered sanctified and therefore worthy of the protection of both Church and State are the unborn. <br /><br />Unless of course any particular unborn person is un-providentially conceived in proximity to the targets of "smart" weapons or drone aircraft.<br /><br />Surely these are sinful even before birth.<br /><br />And of course we (and our Faith -- by which is meant our Western Values) are secure only when "all options are on the table." <br /><br />Unless we maintain a continued and robust commitment to the possibility of killing our enemies' children, we will no longer be free to homeschool our own.<br /><br />On a related note, I just ran across an article from Garrison Keillor, published in the Chicago Tribune back in 2006, that cuts through the implications of the "Shenanigans." <br /><br />http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-10-04/news/0610040035_1_three-republican-senators-combatant-enemy<br /><br />This second piece shows his clarity of mind back in 2004 when I, among others of us, had not yet realized that the Iraq War was about freedom for an oppressed people about as much as Monsanto is about genetic diversity in soy beans.<br /><br />http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/979/were_not_in_lake_wobegon_anymore/Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08364951848347792857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-72156589951598593852012-01-15T20:26:03.483-05:002012-01-15T20:26:03.483-05:00By the way,
It looks like the "fall behind Sa...By the way,<br />It looks like the "fall behind Santorum" thing<br />ain't working out.<br /><br />A well-respected conservative state senator in South Carolina, Tom Davis, has just endorsed Ron Paul.<br /><br />( Of course, I'll have to take it all back if I find that he demanded a million dollars from the Ron Paul campaign !! )<br /><br />Otherwise, I'd say that the Christian Right just Tebowed themselves one more time.Robert Heidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-58594149499459321812012-01-15T20:21:21.985-05:002012-01-15T20:21:21.985-05:00I agree. Your statement,
( "If all that ...I agree. Your statement, <br /><br />( "If all that these Christian movers and shakers did was sit and faithfully listen to what they had been taught at church they would still have come to the same conclusions, money or no money. That should bother us." )<br /><br />is the one that troubles me (and I agree with) the most.<br /><br />Thomas Jefferson once said,<br /><br />" I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever."<br /><br />Give me some room, Tom. I want to stand beside you on that one.Robert Heidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-37284267296823851792012-01-15T01:56:56.766-05:002012-01-15T01:56:56.766-05:00Our leaders reveal not so much their malicious int...Our leaders reveal not so much their malicious intent here but their grave ignorance of Scripture and Tradition.<br /><br />If they really knew the Scriptures, had an active spiritual life, an understanding of the Sacred and knew well the writings of the various Church Fathers, they would know that the Iraq War was a classic farce that no Christian could ever support in good conscience. They would know, as well, to be suspicious of the war drums against Iran.<br /><br />But our people (evangelical Christians) don't know the Scriptures. They don't understand the Sacred. They don't have an active spiritual life (unless reading Calvin counts). They have chosen to disconnect themselves from the wisdom and prudence of the Church and have gone out entirely on their own. They are more eager to support a pro-Israel foreign policy than a pro-American or pro-human one.<br /><br />If all that these Christian movers and shakers did was sit and faithfully listen to what they had been taught at church they would still have come to the same conclusions, money or no money. That should bother us.<br /><br />The real problem is theological and spiritual. Until you address that, you can't address anything else. My two cents.<br /><br />Theologically and spiritually, the Catholics are closer on this one than we are. Both recent Popes have enough sense to oppose the war in Iraq and call for peace in Afghanistan. If Santorum had merely faithfully listened to what HIS Church leaders said, he would be in a good moral position. Not so with us. What does that tell you?Ben Carmackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689868508463357958noreply@blogger.com