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Simuel Washington



Joined: 09 Feb 2008 09:02 am
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Posted: 14 Jun 2008 10:46 pm
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Please put Cal Thomas' column in the Religion section. Mr. Thomas wants to live in a theocracy ruled by Christian Evangelicals not a democracy ruled by the U.S. Constitution.

Mr. Thomas writes of Mr. Obama's universalist take on religion like it is a bad thing. It is only bad if you are a fundamentalist. Religious fundamentalist are the one's who kill and go to war in the name of "God." We are all brothers and sisters and must learn to peacefully coexist.

Simuel Washington
Tyler, TX

 
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Bill Pelland



Joined: 25 Feb 2008 07:34 am
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Posted: 15 Jun 2008 06:15 am
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Simuel Washington writes:

Please put Cal Thomas' column in the Religion section. Mr. Thomas wants to live in a theocracy ruled by Christian Evangelicals not a democracy ruled by the U.S. Constitution.


I agree!

The following is from: Politics, Religion make unseemly Partners
Cal Thomas 06/05/08


Shakey’s Pizza restaurants used to have among its signs: “Shakey made a deal with the bank. Shakey doesn’t cash checks. The bank doesn’t make pizza.” That is the kind of deal congregations should demand from their politicians and pastors. Politicians shouldn’t do religion and preachers should stay out of partisan politics. If preachers want to do politics, they should resign their ordination and become politicians. And if politicians want to do religion, they should stop running for positions in the lower kingdom, enroll in seminary and become ministers in the Higher Kingdom.


The pastor at my church doesn’t do politics. The closest he gets is to pray for the national leadership, as Scripture commands. And before you ask, yes, he did it during all eight years of the Clinton administration. Preaching on politics would divide our congregation, which consists of Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Besides, what’s the point of listening to a political sermon, as if most of us do not already have well-established points of view? We don’t need a clergyman to tell us how to vote. We need a clergyman to reveal God to us. If I want politics on Sunday morning, I can stay home and watch the morning interview shows.


Cal Thomas should also make up his mind; does he want to evangalize or be a political columnist. He has no right to define anyones faith but his own.

Bill Pelland
Murchison, TX

Bill Pelland
Murchison Tx
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W.G. Kenney



Joined: 09 Feb 2008 08:09 am
Posts: 48
Posted: 15 Jun 2008 06:41 am
Post Subject: Re: Put Cal Thomas in the Religion Section
The editor of this paper could put Cal Thomas in the sports section...and what Cal's editorial is saying would still be true!!!

NOBODY can claim to be a Christian without recognizing Jesus as the one and only Savior for mankind.

This is just more rhetoric and slick talking from a master orator. The more I read about Obama, the more I'm reminded of a scene from The American President:

President Andrew Shepherd: Look, if the people want to listen to-...

Lewis Rothschild: People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.

President Andrew Shepherd: Lewis, we've had presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference.
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Leadership requires conviction not pandering. Both of these current candidates have been "wishy-washy" on certain political issues. But when it comes to core values, I believe that Barack Hussein Obama is a sandy mirage.

It's not a requirement to be a Christian to be President, but it is a requirement for my vote.

 
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Marvin Crain



Joined: 15 Jun 2008 04:57 pm
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Posted: 15 Jun 2008 08:17 pm
Post Subject: Re: Put Cal Thomas in the Religion Section
Mr. Washington, can you please give me a quote from Cal Thomas backing up your assertion that he wants a theocracy. I have never read anything from him advising that is what he wants. Also give me a quote where he wants to violate the Constitution. Thomas is a "strict constructionist", not someone like some of our liberal justices who believe the Constitution is a "living, breathing document." Also, we are not all brothers and sisters. Only those who have named the name of Christ are so. It is fair to say we are all the creation of God but it is up to the individual to accept Christ and come into the family of God. I also do not understand Bill P's reply when he says he agrees with you and pastes a quote from Thomas saying that preachers should stick to preaching the gospel and leave politics to the politicians. That seems to be what both of you are saying. Several years ago Thomas had a very public split with Pat Robertson because he believed that ministers were taking the low road when they lowered themselves to delving into politics instead of sticking with the higher calling of preaching the gospel. He believed that ministers should concentrate on the eternal and not the temporary realm where politicians dwell. There are issues where politics and religion overlap (abortion, gay marriage, etc.), but more on that later.

 
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Rick Dickens



Joined: 14 Apr 2008 06:41 pm
Posts: 65
Posted: 16 Jun 2008 12:34 pm
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Cal,
Who cares? Does this look familiar?:


"...no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

 
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Clayton Riggs



Joined: 10 Aug 2008 12:46 am
Posts: 6
Posted: 10 Aug 2008 01:15 am
Post Subject: Re: Put Cal Thomas in the Religion Section
| Cal,
| Who cares? Does this look familiar?:
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| "...no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."


Can I get an Amen? cool

 
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Clayton Riggs



Joined: 10 Aug 2008 12:46 am
Posts: 6
Posted: 10 Aug 2008 01:19 am
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Yes.

Cal's religious agenda is clear and that's cool, but move his writing to the religion area and make room for some intelligent "political" debate. cool

 
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Clayton Riggs



Joined: 10 Aug 2008 12:46 am
Posts: 6
Posted: 10 Aug 2008 01:28 am
Post Subject: Re: Put Cal Thomas in the Religion Section
| The editor of this paper could put Cal Thomas in the sports section...and what Cal's editorial is saying would still be true!!!
|
| NOBODY can claim to be a Christian without recognizing Jesus as the one and only Savior for mankind.
|
| This is just more rhetoric and slick talking from a master orator. The more I read about Obama, the more I'm reminded of a scene from The American President:
|
| President Andrew Shepherd: Look, if the people want to listen to-...
|
| Lewis Rothschild: People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.
|
| President Andrew Shepherd: Lewis, we've had presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference.
| _________________________________________
|
| Leadership requires conviction not pandering. Both of these current candidates have been "wishy-washy" on certain political issues. But when it comes to core values, I believe that Barack Hussein Obama is a sandy mirage.
|
| It's not a requirement to be a Christian to be President, but it is a requirement for my vote.


I don't understand why the public buys the branding of candidates as "flip-flopping" or "wishy-washy."

When a person changes their mind, it is usually after discovering a flaw in previous idea. The process is known as "thought." I don't know why educated people blindly follow the herd in this type of discourse.

I'll hire a "wishy-washy" or a "flip-flopper," before hiring an idiot with out the ability to make decisions and change directions, before damaging the country. cool

 
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