Liberal President (America)

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[quote=thrasher]So Obama is Hitler because he doesn't want people to own assault rifles? Please rationalize private ownership of weapons that serve no other purpose than to kill large amounts of people.quote/]

There is no evidence that an automatic weapon that was purchased through legal channels has ever been used to commit a crime, not one case.

Since the average American who owns an automatic weapon legally and handles it in a secure manner poses no threat to anybody else, why ban them?

If a criminal wants to get an automatic weapon, laws won't stop them.
So why let the criminals have them and leave the hardworking Americans with only dinky little purse pistols to protect themselves?

Owning an automatic weapon legally is not dangerous to anybody else, so just because the decision to buy one doesn't make sense to some people, does that give the goverment the right to tell me I can't buy one?

[guote=thrasher] Religion has no place in politics. This is a fundamental American principle. [quote/]

You are right and wrong.

Should the goverment support one religion over another? No.

If I take into account my religious beliefs when making a decision about politics, does that make me a religious zealot? No.

The goverment has no right to use religion in politics, the people do.

[quote=thrasher]ost churches are non-profit organizations that are generally tax exempt. If religious leaders want to support political candidates, that's fine, but then they pay taxes like everyone else. A tax break in the form of an exemption cannot be bestowed upon religious organizations with political affiliations. As stated above, religion has no place in politics. This is a fundamental American principle. If you love America as you say you do, you would understand this. [quote/]

If a religious leader believes that a candidate would help the religious group acheive their goals, it becomes a religious issue, which is not taxable.

The goverment has no right to tax a religious institution on any grounds. Especially considering it's the religious institution that laid the framework for this country in the first place.

Originally Posted by thrasher

global warming is a scientific fact. Causality has not been established. Get your facts straight.

It's common knowledge that change global temperature is caused by variations in the distance between the earth and sun that happen gradually over time in cycles. I was reffering to the fact that schools are teaching that global warming is caused by humans, which is false.

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Originally Posted by garthlaidher

Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with the pagan practices revolving around the "holidays". That is one reason why many Christians resent the notion of the Christmas greeting being bastardized into "Happy Holidays".

When we fought WWII we fought to win. Now we elect a president who wants to surrender.

I think I might cry a little...:15millionsign:

You are %100 correct, it seems you've heard about Jimmy Carter to.

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Originally Posted by ericn1300

The word “holiday” is a contraction of “Holy Days” and is generally recognized as an inclusive term that takes into consideration the wide and varied number of faiths that observe their Holy Days about this time. The Christians came last to the season and now have the gall to claim it as their own? The Holy Days go back to long before the birth of Christ and the 336 years after his death when the Christians decided to usurp the Holy Days.

Oh, and by the way ExoticSpotting, I didn't know you were Catholic.

Christmas was started by a Pope awhile back as a way to set a common date for the celebration of the birth of Christ and to cover up these pagan traditions. Two birds with one stone.

I'm not claiming christians 'own' the season, I was simply pointing out one of the changes caused by the secular movement.

By the way, i'm a Methodist who happened to go to a Catholic private school.

Don't try to insult Catholics. Sure, in the middle ages the Popes were messed up, but now they are a very helpful, welcoming group of people. Not the zealots liberals make them out to be.