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September 7th, 2012
12:19 PM ET
Unpacking the 5 faithy moments from Obama’s convention speechBy Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) - Barack Obama’s Thursday convention speech contained insights into the president’s faith life and subtle messages to religious voters - if you knew what to listen for. Here are the five faithy moments I caught. What did I miss? 1. Obama spoke to the evolution of his faith life during his first term, in lines that echoed his speech last year at the National Prayer Breakfast:
Obama’s message to religious voters: I pray more than ever and am acutely aware of my limits as a mere mortal. 2. Obama quoted the Bible’s Book of Jeremiah, saying that the ordinary, hard-working Americans he has met while in office “remind me, in the words of Scripture, that ours is a ‘future filled with hope.' And if you share that faith with me," he continued, "If you share that hope with me, I ask you tonight for your vote.” The message to religious voters: I share your religious faith and believe the future is hopeful partly because God says so. 3. Obama tipped his hat to American exceptionalism, the belief that God has given the United States a unique role in history:
The message to religious voters: Don’t let the Republicans fool you into thinking I don’t believe America is blessed and exceptional. 4. Obama framed the election as a moral choice between sets of values, terminology that has mostly been associated with the Republican Party and its religious “family values” wing:
The message to religious voters: We Democrats have values, too, and they’re superior to the GOP variety. 5. Obama acknowledged the rights of religious believers but left out nonbelievers:
Unlike in his 2009 inauguration speech, the president left out any reference to the nonreligious, sparking one apparent nonbeliever on Twitter to write: “Looking forward to the soon day when standard list spoken by politicians reads #Christian #Muslim #Jew #Atheist #inclusive." The message to religious voters: Atheists? What atheists? - CNN’s Eric Marrapodi and Dan Merica contributed to this report. |
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Some examples of saving money (and souls):
How much money would the following save the US taxpayers ?: And how many “souls” would be saved?
Saving 1.5 billion lost Muslims:
There never were and never will be any angels i.e. no Gabriel, no Islam and therefore no more koranic-driven acts of horror and terror LIKE 9/11.
– One trillion dollars over the next several years as the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will end.
– Eighteen billion dollars/yr to Pakistan will stop.
– Four billion dollars/yr to Egypt will end.
Saving 2 billion lost Christians including the Mormons:
There were never any bodily resurrections and there will never be any bodily resurrections i.e. No Easter, no Christianity!!!
– The Mormon ti-the empire will now become taxable as will all Christian "religions" and evangelical non-profits since there is no longer any claim to being a tax-exempt religion.
– the faith-based federal projects supported by both Bush and Obama will be eliminated saving $385 million/yr and another $2 billion/yr in grants.
– Saving 15.5 million Orthodox followers of Judaism:
Abraham and Moses never existed.
– Four billion dollars/yr to Israel saved.
– All Jewish sects and non-profits will no longer be tax exempt.
Now all we need to do is convince these 3.5+ billion global and local citizens that they have been conned all these centuries Time for a YouTube,Twitter and FaceBook campaign!!!!
BOTTOM LINE: SAID SAVINGS WOULD HELP PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT!!!!
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We Are at War
Exploiting 9/11 for the Benefit of a Few.
By Johnny Barber
Who benefits from the War on Terror and who benefits when America threatens war?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32415.htm
Other elements/benefits of our War on Terror and Aggression:
-Operation Iraqi Freedom- The 24/7 Sunni-Shiite centuries-old blood feud currently being carried out in Iraq, US Troops killed in action, 3,480 and 928 in non combat roles as of 09/15/2011/, 102,522 – 112,049 Iraqi civilians killed as of 9/16/2011/, mostly due to suicide bombers, land mines and bombs of various types, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/ and http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf
– Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan: US troops 1,385 killed in action, 273 killed in non-combat situations as of 09/15/2011. Over 40,000 Afghan civilians killed mostly due to the dark-age, koranic-driven Taliban acts of horror,
– Sa-dd-am, his sons and major he-nchmen have been deleted. Sa-dd-am's bravado about WMD was one of his major mistakes. Kuwait was saved.
– Iran is being been contained. (beside containing the Sunni-Shiite civil war in Baghdad, that is the main reason we are in Iraq. And yes, essential oil continues to flow from the region.)
– North Korea is still u-ncivil but is contained.
– Northern Ireland is finally at peace.
– The Jews and Palestinians are being separated by walls. Hopefully the walls will follow the 1948 UN accords. Unfortunately the Annapolis Peace Conference was not successful. And unfortunately the recent events in Gaza has put this situation back to “squ-are one”. And this significant stupidity is driven by the mythical foundations of both religions!!!
– – Fa-na–tical Islam has basically been contained to the Middle East but a wall between India and Pakistan would be a plus for world peace. Ditto for a wall between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
– Timothy McVeigh was exe-cuted. Terry Nichols escaped the death penalty twice because of deadlocked juries. He was sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole,[3][7] and is incarcerated in ADX Florence, a super maximum security prison near Florence, Colorado. He shares a cellblock that is commonly referred to as "Bombers Row" with Ramzi Yousef and Ted Kaczynski
– Eric Ru-dolph is spending three life terms in pri-son with no par-ole.
– Jim Jones, David Koresh, Kaczynski, the "nuns" from Rwanda, and the KKK were all dealt with and either eliminated themselves or are being punished.
– Islamic Sudan, Dar-fur and So-malia are still terror hot spots.
– The terror and tor-ture of Muslims in Bosnia, Kosovo and Kuwait were ended by the proper application of the military forces of the USA and her freedom-loving friends. Ra-dovan Karadzic was finally captured on 7/23/08 and is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the law of war – charges related to the 1992-1995 civil war that followed Bosnia-Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia.
The capture of Ratko Mladić: (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtkɔ mlǎːditɕ], born 12 March 1943[1][2]) is an accused war criminal and a former Bosnian Serb military leader. On May 31, 2011, Mladić was extradited to The Hague, where he was processed at the detention center that holds suspects for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[3] His trial began on 3 June 2011.
– the bloody terror brought about by the Ja-panese, Na-zis and Co-mmunists was with great difficulty eliminated by the good guys.
– Bin Laden was executed for crimes against humanity on May 1, 2011
– Ditto for Anwar al-Awlaki on September 30, 2011
– Ditto for Abu Yahya al-Libi on June 5, 2012
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Aww. Let the poor bastard go. Then shoot him in the back of neck as he heads out the gate. Show the world how we feel about traitors and theives.
Keep that traitor Pollard locked up. He's a highly unstable lout to boot – would be a danger to anyone.
Ted H – Scientific Studies Prove the Power of Prayer
There are 79 medical schools in the United States that have courses on prayer and healing. Why? The answer is the scientific studies. Two hundred scientific studies have been done on intercessory prayer. Some of them have been double blind studies.A double-blind study is one in which the people praying are praying for specific people, but neither the doctors nor the nurses nor the people being prayed for know that they're being prayed for. I suggest that you try more researching , and less posting. Maybe somewhere along the lines of empathy, forgiveness and grace.
Your entire post is so false its laughable. Prayer is scientifically, verifiable a placebo. No effect whatsoever. Your in denial if you think other wise.
I am sure Obama only plays lip-service to god belief...he is way 2 smart to believe in that mumbo jumbo c r a p...mitt on the other hand, believes angels left secret gold plates in desert...and he really believes that..scary
The good president believes what the teleprompter tells him too.
20 years in a pew is more than lip service. What "smart" person pays lip service?
obama sounds just like bush
god = rediculous, childish notion on par w/ believing in santa claus and superman...grow up
Prayer changes things .
Prayer accomplishes nothing and changes nothing.
I'm sorry "Atheism is not healthy for children and other living things", but you assertions regarding atheism and prayer are unfounded. I see that you repeat these unfounded statements with high frequency. Perhaps the following book might help you overcome this problem:
I'm Told I Have Dementia: What You Can Do... Who You Can Turn to...
by the Alzheimer's Disease Society
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As I have yet written I think that today politicans including Obama and Romney focus much too much on economy, as if a well-running economy would mean happiness. Of course, it is good when an economy of a country runs wells but it is not all what matters in life.
A great problem in the Western World is that people become more and more lonely. Often loners are accused that they themselves would be responsible for their sad fate, and should change certain manners of behaviour. Too some extent it may be right that one oneself is responsible for his fate but it has also to do something with the whole society.
I guess we in the Western World have forgotten that community is something which is not there for no reason. Community must get promoted by certain powers of society otherwise it will not be there or decrease. Commuity is a good which is at least as valuable as a well-running economy (in fact strong community is much more valuable than a good economy).
Former times (as long as the mornarchs ruled) there certainly was more community because the rulers (at least the good ones of them) felt responsible for their people, they were like fathers or their contries and brought about a certain communal spirit. A virtuous king or prince has an great impact on his people. If the people of a country know that their government is virtuous and well-meaning, evil behaviour will be dampened (of course the only way to get completely rid of the evil is the faith in Christ).
Today the situation is catastrophal. Everybody knows that he will draw the shortest straw when he or she behaves really virtuous, and this happens because our admininstrations become more and more corrupt. There is no more space or at least a very small space for faithful people. You have to be a smart, sharp, cunning dog, and then you will be successful, of course also on the cost of your coworker, fellow citizen or customer.
The basis of love and righteousness which themselves are the basis of community is the faith in Jesus. All cults, sects and false churches lead people to bigotry (the love only members of their club), only the faith in Jesus leads to true, unbiased love.
Let us pray that one day America or Europe gets again a righteous ruler which promotes the Christian faith (this would not mean religious intolerance but religious freedom because Christians love their neighbours independent from their distinct faith).
By nature we are not able to love our neighbour, an evil germ in us always seeks for separation. This germ always calls attention to the distinctions of the neighbour like different religion, color, nationality, social status, etc.. We need the Spirit of Love, in order to become able to love our neighbour. This Spirit is the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of God, one of the three persons of the Holy Trinity. Jesus once said that everybody who seriously asks God for the Spirit will receice Him.
Lk 11,13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
http://confessingchurch.wordpress.com
Fu*k your god Yahweh/Jesus/Jehovah.