I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view

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Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 17, 2006 @

that video didn’t prove anything, but http://www.911truestory.com/ do

He might have cheated in both elections, but he, along with his preferential treatment for wealth, was put into office by majorities (majority of Sureme Court votes, and majority of electoral college votes). Those don’t qualify as actual minorities as a result. I’m talking about defenseless minorities. Those without power to equalize their numbers. Guess I should have clarified.

In this case, it’s just silly to think that Christians are being persecuted because of their religion. When was the last time a Christian was denied a job in the US because of his/her religion? When was the last time you heard of a Christian being attacked/beaten/killed because of his/her religion?

Good point. I agree.

The so-called “war on Christianity” is nothing but a canard to help drive up the “religious” vote this coming mid-term election. The Republicans are on the ropes, and are afraid they’ll lose majority status, and the only way to distract from the entrenched Republican corruption is for them to create a fake “war” to help their sagging polls.

Comment by Democrat Soldier — April 17, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

You’re right – we tend to appease whiners. People who have taken advantage of the liberal intention to help those who truly were persocuted or in need.

In San Francisco, I noticed how the senior level managers were constantly complaining about ALL the work they had to do. I’m not a whiner, so as a serior designer, I was over worked, but didn’t need to cry about it. You wouldn’t believe how those who kvetched were pitied, while those who didn’t (me), would be given more and more work. I eventually had to start bitching to get them to stop giving me everyone else’s work. Pathetic. And it’s become our culture. Whine away…

Um, the Neo-cons and Pres. Bush come to mind about a minority persecuting a majority. Also, the major bias in favor of the uber-rich over the middle class in America is another case in point.

In this case, it’s just silly to think that Christians are being persecuted because of their religion. When was the last time a Christian was denied a job in the US because of his/her religion? When was the last time you heard of a Christian being attacked/beaten/killed because of his/her religion?

The so-called “war on Christianity” is nothing but a canard to help drive up the “religious” vote this coming mid-term election. The Republicans are on the ropes, and are afraid they’ll lose majority status, and the only way to distract from the entrenched Republican corruption is for them to create a fake “war” to help their sagging polls.

Matthew 4

1Then Jesus was led by the Bunny into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every Bunny that comes from the loins of God.’[a]“

Comment by Democrat Soldier — April 17, 2006 @ 1:13 pm

Logically, a minority cannot persecute a majority. That is hysterical. These eveangelicals are out of control. Nobody wants to eliminate them. Just get them to stop shoving their religion down our throats. BIG difference!

“But the chief irony is not just that Christians think they are being persecuted when they’re not. What’s ironic is the fact that they are the ones doing the persecuting, and all too often, atheists and agnostics are the ones who are suffering. Think about it: could an atheist ever be elected President of the United States? Hell, no. In fact, it is an unspoken prerequisite that if you want to be president, you not only have to be a Christian, but a fairly mainstream one at that–Mormons need not apply, not in this day and age at least. Even if you are religious but don’t attend church, that’s still a big strike against you.

I think it would be pretty fair to say that it would be extremely difficult to claim that atheists are persecuting Christians in this society, and not the other way around. But it goes much deeper than that.

A recent study by the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology took a survey of 2000 American households and found that atheists were the most feared and distrusted. Almost half said that atheists are the least likely to “agree with your vision of American society.” Only 54% agreed that atheists shared their vision, as opposed to Muslims, who scored 64%, Recent immigrants and homosexuals scoring in the 70s, and whites and blacks scoring highest, in the 90s. (PDF file.) The study reported that atheists were considered (PDF) “most dangerous or threatening.”

This rather strong discriminatory bias permeates society, besides just the presidency. It is commonly reported that the Boy Scouts exclude gays, but less reported is that atheists are also banned from the group. If a widely popular social organization started excluding Catholics or Methodists, there’d be holy hell to pay; but apparently, excluding atheists is just fine.

Even more disturbing is a common trend, reported on by Andrew Sullivan among others, that child custody cases are being decided on the basis of the beliefs of the parents. Christian parents are being awarded custody over their atheist spouses, and atheists can even denied some visitation rights because of their beliefs.

The source of this information is a law article (PDF) written by Eugene Volokh, a Law professor at UCLA. Volokh reports on a large number of cases where a parent was denied custody–even in favor of the child’s grandparents–because the parent was not sufficiently religious for the judge’s tastes. Volokh also points out that half of Americans distrust atheists, but further notes that “half the public thinks that it’s necessary ‘to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values.’” [Emphasis Volokh's.] If you don’t believe that, check out what this guy wrote. Apparently, a lot of people believe this, whether they’ll admit it to you directly or not.”

http://www.blogd.com/archives/cat_religion.html

“For the past several years, there has been an especially fervent strain of protest from the American Christian community, with the rather outlandish claim that Christians are being persecuted and warred upon. Utterly untrue, of course–at least 80% of the country is Christian, Christian symbols and terminology have been seeping into the government for a long time, and the country currently is run by a party which is overwhelmingly Christian-friendly.

The pinnacle of this paranoid delusion rose to absurd heights in a congregation held last weekend titled “War on Christians and the Values Voters of 2006.” At the event, Christians went on a breast-beating rampage, claiming they were under attack from all quarters, including liberals, Hollywood, the Internet, scientists, the court system, and even the Republican Party. Let me tell you, if you’re a Christian and you believe that the Republican Party has declared “war” on you, then I’m sorry–even the most paranoid schizophrenic sufferer would edge away from you like you were giving off dangerous levels of bozo rays.

The “embattled” Christians at the congress maintained that “neo-pagans” and secularists expressed “Christophobia,” in effect “an irrational fear of anything Christ-based,” asserting that there was “a war on America, a war on God and a war on all believers.”

As I have written before, this severely warped sense of persecution can be attributed to two chief causes. First, it may be a political strategy–paint yourself as oppressed, and people will give you more of what you want. Or second, it could be an earnest though completely wrong belief, stemming from the presumption that Christianity naturally deserves to be dominant instead of equal to other belief systems, and therefore any expression of equality of belief among Americans would be interpreted as an “attack” on Christians.

Now, you might say that these are the loony fringe–after all, they did ask Tom DeLay to speak. But if they are a fringe, they are a successfully vocal one; you have heard their point of view far more often than you hear the other side. They get tons of sympathetic or at least respectful media coverage, and they make up the Republican base and as such receive far more attention and action in today’s government than is proportional to their actual constituency.”

There’s more to this article, but it’s a very interesting and truthful read.

Of course, the people that fall for the “war on christians” line will be unable to appreciate the logic and truth this article is based upon.

Comment by JosephW

Yes no less valid is right. No more valid is even closer. What you fail to mention is that all those fakes by heretics and other assorted losers have been formally and reliably discredited by early and modern day historians and biblical scholars. Those writings are no different than the fabulously idiotic book “The Da Vinci Code” that is so popular with losers like you right now. It’s all fantasy dreamed up to entertain those of you who are looking for a cheap thrill and anything that will help you forget that YOU are ultimately responsible for your own eternal condition.

The same kind of loser that reads that crap and believes it is credible is the same kind of loser that says Bush=Hitler, No Blood for Oil and George new about 9-11. Here dumbass, watch this….

http://luckydawgnews.com/911conspiracybs.html

It exists, it’s just an oxymoron.

I-Right-I
I spent ten years in the far right-wing and I can tell you because of your hate-filled writing and because of the fact that I KNOW, you are miserable. You don’t have to be. Turn off the news. Think good thoughts. It is very hard to do in the beginning. You are addicted to hate. That’s what “they” want. Stop it today. Love yourself first, then you can learn to love others. And to everyone else: you have to understand these people. They are, to the last man/woman, miserable. They don’t believe what they say, but they don’t have the courage to step out. Please be kind to them. Using their own words of hate only encourages them. It feeds them. And I mean this down to the administration and everyone that follows them. We won’t win by using hate. As hard as it is, wish them peace and love. By using any form of negativity it only feeds the monster. Love and peace is the ONLY way.

That human being inside of Shephard showed up for a few days when he learned firsthand that his network was lying about its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. That human being may make cameo appearances from time to time but until Shephard can eradicate the demons and forego the money he’s taking in place of having a soul, the human being inside Shephard Smith will still only make cameo appearances.

Comment by SuperEdo

No, I was suggesting you are mindless enough to dismiss it without reading and thinking first. The guy is a brilliant writer and his site is full of gems like this one. What makes him particularly interesting is the fact that in the 60s and 70s he was an insider in the flowering Filthy Left. I guess he grew up.

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/