Personally nothing I despise more than people who mix politics and religion.
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15Neo-con christians Rock!13.33%2I'm Conservative but can't abide religion20.00%3I can't abide Politics or Religion26.67%4AndyW is losing his religion40.00%6The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.” -
Why?Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
All the PMs and party leaders pretend to be or are Christian."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR -
Because they know a lot of idiots confuse the two (see Barrack Obama adopting religion to get the votes). Intolerance (or formulating Policy) based on Hocus Pocus has no place in the 21st Century.Originally posted by SueEllen View PostLast edited by Bagpuss; 8 May 2010, 16:29.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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This is the most limited poll ever:
- Neo-con christians Rock!
- I'm Conservative but can't abide religion
- I can't abide Politics or Religion
- AndyW is losing his religion
No simple yes/no options at all, I don't even know what the reason is for this poll? Discussion on American style 'religious right'?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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Plenty of UK religious right, I wonder how many are on this site. Quiet a few I would guess.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_ObamaOriginally posted by Bagpuss View Post
"He was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988 and was an active member there for two decades."
That's about 9 years before he joined Senate.
In the USA they are pretty strict when it comes mixing religion and state office - try to do it in state schools and you'll get a kicking: unlike UK they actually got working proper written constitution.Comment
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Around the same time he got into politics he adopted religion, 1988 is a little late to get baptised no??? Enough on that though, I'd like to know (from those who think so) why politics and religion is a good thing?Originally posted by AtW View PostThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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He was 27 in 1988: I'd say it is his own personal matter if he had chosen to get baptised at that age, so long as he does not force anyone else to do it (which he can't under US constitution) then I don't give a tulip - his decisions in which he does not involve religion (compared to Bush) are by far more important.Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
I'd probably agree that in USA a person won't be elected President unless they are religious in some sort of way, especially if they run for Republicans, but I don't think in this case he could conceivably expect to be in the race in 1988.Comment
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I'm a Christian and I would like the Tories to get in. But I don't even know what Religious Right means! Voting for the party whose policies seem to agree with your moral compass is just common sense, no more than anyone (of any or no faith) does if they aren't purely voting for what will bring their own personal gain. So there must be more to it than that. However given that the UK has a small minority of people with genuine (rather than cultural) Christian faith I think politics is very little affected by religion in the UK.Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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You cannot separate religion and politics. Your statement itself is a political position on religion.Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
HTH
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