Barack Obama, in obvious desperation, has recruited Leftwing religious leaders to help promote ObamaCare.
In my latest column at Columbia Conservative Examiner, I expose this supposed appeal to God and our 'moral obligation' as nothing more than an appeal to Marxism.
If anything, we have a moral obligation to OPPOSE Obama's healthcare plan!
Please read and pass along!
Showing posts with label religion and politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion and politics. Show all posts
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Sunday, May 25, 2008
A Marxist Because of Religious Faith?
Seen on a bumper-sticker today, along with other Leftist propaganda--'A Democrat Because of My Faith.'
Since when did Marxist-Socialist-Communist ideology become part of one's religious faith?
It has always been assumed that since Marx was anti-religion and since Communism always mandated atheism, religious faith has been antithetical to the principles espoused by those whose political ideology leads them to embrace the concepts affirmed in Marxist Socialism.
Just as Democrats for the last 30 years have wrapped themselves in the flag to hide their unpatriotic and outright anti-American sentiments, including a disdain for our military, it appears that this year they are going to wrap themselves in religion to hide their disdain for traditional Christianity and conservatism, using their faith to justify their embrace of radical, extremist schools of thought.
A Commie is still a Commie no matter how 'religious' they claim to be.
Since when did Marxist-Socialist-Communist ideology become part of one's religious faith?
It has always been assumed that since Marx was anti-religion and since Communism always mandated atheism, religious faith has been antithetical to the principles espoused by those whose political ideology leads them to embrace the concepts affirmed in Marxist Socialism.
Just as Democrats for the last 30 years have wrapped themselves in the flag to hide their unpatriotic and outright anti-American sentiments, including a disdain for our military, it appears that this year they are going to wrap themselves in religion to hide their disdain for traditional Christianity and conservatism, using their faith to justify their embrace of radical, extremist schools of thought.
A Commie is still a Commie no matter how 'religious' they claim to be.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/15/08
Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:
Michelle Malkin has info and continuous updates and analysis of the Michigan GOP primary today:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/15/to-michigan-and-beyond/
Mike McCarville has more on the Michigan primary:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/romney-needs-michigan-victory-today.html
McCarville also has the breakdown of support for each of the individual candidates, according to the latest state-wide survey in Oklahoma:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/survey-usa-huckabee-clinton-tops-in.html
A Keyboard and a .45 has a Second Amendment primer:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/01/second-amendment-primer.html
The MUST-read of the day is by Born Again Redneck, who provides an excellent and detailed run-down of Fred Thompson's bus campaign in South Carolina:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/01/fred-tours-south-carolina.html
Armed and Safe announces this year's Illinois Gun Owners' Lobby march on Springfield to let legislators know that assaults on the 2nd Amendment are unacceptable:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/igold-08-be-heard-on-march-11.html
Snow Flakes in Hell notes that Fred Thompson answered a question from a voter about 'Christian charity' and the government's role in it, if any:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2421
Sebastian also has a disturbing read concerning human resources departments in the workplace that are now conducting an assault on gun owners:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2426
GREAT NEWS! Traction Control's challenge has raised ONE MILLION DOLLARS for Fred Thompson as of this afternoon!:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=910
The War on Guns says that liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer may be a friend to gun owners in the D.C. case:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/01/liberal-reading-of-2nd-amendment.html
Nicki says that Citi Merchant Services is getting payback in the aftermath of its snub of gun sellers. The company is in severe financial straits:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/karma-is-bitch-baby.html
Dustin's Gun Blog says that the Miami Herald is once against spreading some whoppers:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/miami-herald-spreading-lies.html
Uncle points to some pants-shittin' hysterics from a college paper:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/01/15/what_a_maroon/
Robb Allen comments on citizens who try to rig the outcome of an election:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/01/15/Pathetic-regardless-of-political-view.aspx
The Buckeye Firearms Association reports the disturbing news that the NFL and the NBA have gone anti-gun:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4138.html
From the NRA: Proposed Bills Could Lead to Bans on Lead Ammunition in Massachusetts:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3362
The Volokh Conspiracy has riveting reading today on Barack Obama's church and its support of racist demagogue Louis Farrakhan:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_13-2008_01_19.shtml#1200396783
Michelle Malkin has info and continuous updates and analysis of the Michigan GOP primary today:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/15/to-michigan-and-beyond/
Mike McCarville has more on the Michigan primary:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/romney-needs-michigan-victory-today.html
McCarville also has the breakdown of support for each of the individual candidates, according to the latest state-wide survey in Oklahoma:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/survey-usa-huckabee-clinton-tops-in.html
A Keyboard and a .45 has a Second Amendment primer:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/01/second-amendment-primer.html
The MUST-read of the day is by Born Again Redneck, who provides an excellent and detailed run-down of Fred Thompson's bus campaign in South Carolina:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/01/fred-tours-south-carolina.html
Armed and Safe announces this year's Illinois Gun Owners' Lobby march on Springfield to let legislators know that assaults on the 2nd Amendment are unacceptable:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/igold-08-be-heard-on-march-11.html
Snow Flakes in Hell notes that Fred Thompson answered a question from a voter about 'Christian charity' and the government's role in it, if any:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2421
Sebastian also has a disturbing read concerning human resources departments in the workplace that are now conducting an assault on gun owners:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2426
GREAT NEWS! Traction Control's challenge has raised ONE MILLION DOLLARS for Fred Thompson as of this afternoon!:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=910
The War on Guns says that liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer may be a friend to gun owners in the D.C. case:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/01/liberal-reading-of-2nd-amendment.html
Nicki says that Citi Merchant Services is getting payback in the aftermath of its snub of gun sellers. The company is in severe financial straits:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/karma-is-bitch-baby.html
Dustin's Gun Blog says that the Miami Herald is once against spreading some whoppers:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/miami-herald-spreading-lies.html
Uncle points to some pants-shittin' hysterics from a college paper:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/01/15/what_a_maroon/
Robb Allen comments on citizens who try to rig the outcome of an election:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/01/15/Pathetic-regardless-of-political-view.aspx
The Buckeye Firearms Association reports the disturbing news that the NFL and the NBA have gone anti-gun:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4138.html
From the NRA: Proposed Bills Could Lead to Bans on Lead Ammunition in Massachusetts:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3362
The Volokh Conspiracy has riveting reading today on Barack Obama's church and its support of racist demagogue Louis Farrakhan:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_13-2008_01_19.shtml#1200396783
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Religious Questions Surface During Campaigns
As regular as clockwork political campaigns evoke the inevitable religious questions that are bound to come up as the electorate attempts to determine which of the candidates they prefer to be President.
That the voters would ask these questions is as natural a part of being human in civilized society as, say, wanting to know if a candidate has Nazi tendencies once it has become known that he/she once stated they admired Adolf Hitler.
Religion and spirituality are all-pervasive aspects of human life. One's views on the subject tell us much about their character, their values, how they view humanity, and how they would react in a crisis.
Thus, John Kennedy's Catholicism became an issue in the 1960 election until the candidate reassured the populace that although his religious views inform his decisions and provide solace, they would in no way usurp his oath of office to uphold, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Contrary to these questions being tantamount to a 'religious litmus test' as Mitt Romney suggested during his now-famous religion speech, they are merely attempts by the voters to get at the heart of just who is this person who is asking for their vote. Are they trustworthy? Can I relate to them at all on a personal level? Will they understand the feelings and views of someone like me?
Thus, it is only natural that the American people would have questions concerning the Mormon faith if they are considering a vote for Mitt Romney, particularly in light of the fact that most Protestants and Catholics have been taught at some time or another that Mormonism is a 'cult.'
And the answer that most are looking for is whether or not the Mormon faith that Romney espouses is too big a hurdle for them to get past. They may well decide that the candidate appears entirely reasonable and that there is nothing to fear. On the other hand they may well decide that they are entirely uncomfortable with a President who believes the teachings of the Mormon church.
But this is part of the process, and it is entirely reasonable, just as it was reasonable for Americans to inquire into Jimmy Carter's membership in a Baptist Church during the 1976 Presidential campaign. As it turns out, it was not Carter's Baptist faith that ruined him but his utter inability to lead effectively, not to mention his horrendous foreign and domestic policies.
In like manner, it is reasonable to expect Americans to have questions concerning Mike Huckabee both as a Baptist and as an ordained minister within the Baptist denomination. Are Americans comfortable with a Baptist minister as President? It may well turn out that this is totally a non-issue, since Baptists form the single largest non-Catholic denomination in the U.S.
On the other hand, the issue may be a sticking point for Huckabee. He claims, for example, that giving children of illegal aliens college tuition breaks, allowing them to move ahead of many of our own people, is the 'good and right thing to do.'
Religiously oriented people often let their emotions dictate their stance on issues which demand purely rational views. Thus, we have Catholic churches providing safe haven for illegal aliens. We have liberal Protestant churches sending money to Mexico, supposedly for 'missions,' but in actuality their generosity is only used to promote causes that hurt our own country.
It is for this reason that I could vote for an agnostic who believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights over a liberal Baptist who espouses statism or socialistic solutions to problems. I could vote for an atheist who doesn't have an ax to grind with religious folk, provided he/she espouses views similar to the Founders, over a deeply committed Christian who believes that it is somehow 'moral and ethical' to commit robbery (through higher taxes) in order to 'help the poor children of illegal immigrants.'
As Walter Williams often quips, 'For me to voluntarily reach in my pocket to help the poor is an honorable act of compassion, but for you or government to reach into my pocket and take my money for that purpose is stealing and should be punished by law.'
I fully relate to Huckabee as a Baptist, though I suspect that my brand of Baptist is much different from his southern-evangelical brand. I tend to be a Baptist in the classic, Calvinistic, reformed, non-conformist tradition--that sector of Christianity that began in England in the early 1600s as a congregational protest movement against the highly organized hierarchy of the Church of England.
These hearty souls saw no problem with alcohol, or tobacco, or some of the other so-called 'vices' that some groups identify. Huckabee's brand of Baptist comes out of southern evangelical Christianity which views 'al-kee-hol,' 't'bacee,' and 'dayncin' as horrible sins (if you recognize the three words you qualify as a bona fide southerner).
Yet I fully understand the mindset, and I am thoroughly familiar with its ramifications. Most of these folk are the salt-of-the-earth types who wouldn't hurt a flea, in spite of their rather restrictive moral standards.
It is therefore not Huckabee the Baptist that bothers me.
What bothers me is that Huckabee leads with his religion, just as did Jimmy Carter. Both have made it a central issue. At least Romney doesn't talk about his Mormonism and did so only after being hounded about it.
Fred Thompson is the perfect role model on the religion issue. In response to reporters' questions he stated, 'I am a Christian who was baptized into the Christian Church, and who believes in Jesus Christ. And that is really all that needs to be said about the matter.'
The way I see it, this was answering a legitimate question without turning the religion issue into some sort of litmus test.
That the voters would ask these questions is as natural a part of being human in civilized society as, say, wanting to know if a candidate has Nazi tendencies once it has become known that he/she once stated they admired Adolf Hitler.
Religion and spirituality are all-pervasive aspects of human life. One's views on the subject tell us much about their character, their values, how they view humanity, and how they would react in a crisis.
Thus, John Kennedy's Catholicism became an issue in the 1960 election until the candidate reassured the populace that although his religious views inform his decisions and provide solace, they would in no way usurp his oath of office to uphold, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Contrary to these questions being tantamount to a 'religious litmus test' as Mitt Romney suggested during his now-famous religion speech, they are merely attempts by the voters to get at the heart of just who is this person who is asking for their vote. Are they trustworthy? Can I relate to them at all on a personal level? Will they understand the feelings and views of someone like me?
Thus, it is only natural that the American people would have questions concerning the Mormon faith if they are considering a vote for Mitt Romney, particularly in light of the fact that most Protestants and Catholics have been taught at some time or another that Mormonism is a 'cult.'
And the answer that most are looking for is whether or not the Mormon faith that Romney espouses is too big a hurdle for them to get past. They may well decide that the candidate appears entirely reasonable and that there is nothing to fear. On the other hand they may well decide that they are entirely uncomfortable with a President who believes the teachings of the Mormon church.
But this is part of the process, and it is entirely reasonable, just as it was reasonable for Americans to inquire into Jimmy Carter's membership in a Baptist Church during the 1976 Presidential campaign. As it turns out, it was not Carter's Baptist faith that ruined him but his utter inability to lead effectively, not to mention his horrendous foreign and domestic policies.
In like manner, it is reasonable to expect Americans to have questions concerning Mike Huckabee both as a Baptist and as an ordained minister within the Baptist denomination. Are Americans comfortable with a Baptist minister as President? It may well turn out that this is totally a non-issue, since Baptists form the single largest non-Catholic denomination in the U.S.
On the other hand, the issue may be a sticking point for Huckabee. He claims, for example, that giving children of illegal aliens college tuition breaks, allowing them to move ahead of many of our own people, is the 'good and right thing to do.'
Religiously oriented people often let their emotions dictate their stance on issues which demand purely rational views. Thus, we have Catholic churches providing safe haven for illegal aliens. We have liberal Protestant churches sending money to Mexico, supposedly for 'missions,' but in actuality their generosity is only used to promote causes that hurt our own country.
It is for this reason that I could vote for an agnostic who believes in the Constitution and Bill of Rights over a liberal Baptist who espouses statism or socialistic solutions to problems. I could vote for an atheist who doesn't have an ax to grind with religious folk, provided he/she espouses views similar to the Founders, over a deeply committed Christian who believes that it is somehow 'moral and ethical' to commit robbery (through higher taxes) in order to 'help the poor children of illegal immigrants.'
As Walter Williams often quips, 'For me to voluntarily reach in my pocket to help the poor is an honorable act of compassion, but for you or government to reach into my pocket and take my money for that purpose is stealing and should be punished by law.'
I fully relate to Huckabee as a Baptist, though I suspect that my brand of Baptist is much different from his southern-evangelical brand. I tend to be a Baptist in the classic, Calvinistic, reformed, non-conformist tradition--that sector of Christianity that began in England in the early 1600s as a congregational protest movement against the highly organized hierarchy of the Church of England.
These hearty souls saw no problem with alcohol, or tobacco, or some of the other so-called 'vices' that some groups identify. Huckabee's brand of Baptist comes out of southern evangelical Christianity which views 'al-kee-hol,' 't'bacee,' and 'dayncin' as horrible sins (if you recognize the three words you qualify as a bona fide southerner).
Yet I fully understand the mindset, and I am thoroughly familiar with its ramifications. Most of these folk are the salt-of-the-earth types who wouldn't hurt a flea, in spite of their rather restrictive moral standards.
It is therefore not Huckabee the Baptist that bothers me.
What bothers me is that Huckabee leads with his religion, just as did Jimmy Carter. Both have made it a central issue. At least Romney doesn't talk about his Mormonism and did so only after being hounded about it.
Fred Thompson is the perfect role model on the religion issue. In response to reporters' questions he stated, 'I am a Christian who was baptized into the Christian Church, and who believes in Jesus Christ. And that is really all that needs to be said about the matter.'
The way I see it, this was answering a legitimate question without turning the religion issue into some sort of litmus test.
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