flute4peace
Drama Llama
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Jul 3, 2014 14:38:35 GMT
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Post by flute4peace on Jun 10, 2016 21:52:54 GMT
There's little wonder that there is so much hatred of Christians in your country when there's people like him masquerading among the true Christians. He ought to be ashamed of himself and all the others that joined him in laughing at his sick"joke". What a despicable thing to say and to have the audacity to even quote the Psalm. Thank you for saying this. For every crazy Christian out there getting attention, there are literally thousands of peace-loving, compassionate "normal people" Christians. It makes me so sad when a few radicals make the rest of us look like something we're far from.
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Post by 2peaornot2pea on Jun 10, 2016 21:54:15 GMT
His spokesperson said the words you bolded, not the senator. I agree with the impression from what is quoted below that he is praying, and wants others to as well, for Obama's death.
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Post by secondlife on Jun 10, 2016 22:00:28 GMT
I remember back in the dark ages when I was a young girl going to church (Episcopal) with my family. As part of that service we prayed every week for the leaders of our country irrespective of their party affiliation. Every single week. There was no praying for it to end soon, no praying for ill intent. Simply a prayer for them. I have no patience for this kind of ugliness-implicit or explicit. It is just not okay. We still do this (we are Anglicans, so we use the same prayer book you do). We pray for our local and state and national leaders for wisdom and protection. I have always appreciated that this is without respect to party or philosophy. One of my fellow congregants is a senator, a Democrat, quite liberal and an altogether lovely human being. It is nice to hear his name read each week and see his family as we pray for them. Makes it personal to me.
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Post by krazykatlady on Jun 10, 2016 22:18:20 GMT
They keep replaying it locally and the smirk on his face while he goes on and on makes me want to smack him. And, now he's whining that the media misrepresented what he said. Sorry bub, but the video speaks volumes. It never ceases to amaze me that politicians don't seem to know when to keep their mouths shut.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 10, 2016 22:27:53 GMT
They keep replaying it locally and the smirk on his face while he goes on and on makes me want to smack him. And, now he's whining that the media misrepresented what he said. Sorry bub, but the video speaks volumes. It never ceases to amaze me that politicians don't seem to know when to keep their mouths shut. Or they think they aren't being recorded and won't have to answer for what they say. Everybody has a cellphone.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jun 10, 2016 22:41:19 GMT
I personally love it when someone shows their true colors.
Social media can be a great help showing us who people really are. They can't hide in back rooms populated by a few cronies any more as everyone has a cell phone. The reality is that politicians can't keep their mouths shut. Flapping their lips when they should be running the country, like they are being paid to do, is who they are. I say yay for social media and exposing the asinine things people do.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 10, 2016 22:50:50 GMT
There's little wonder that there is so much hatred of Christians in your country when there's people like him masquerading among the true Christians. He ought to be ashamed of himself and all the others that joined him in laughing at his sick"joke". What a despicable thing to say and to have the audacity to even quote the Psalm. Thank you for saying this. For every crazy Christian out there getting attention, there are literally thousands of peace-loving, compassionate "normal people" Christians. It makes me so sad when a few radicals make the rest of us look like something we're far from. This morning I was lucky enough to run into two of those peace-loving, compassionate, generous Christians. They did a great and wonderful kindness for me without ever expecting anything in return from me, without shouting their faith at me and without even mentioning their reasons for being in the neighborhood. They helped me only because their beliefs were part of who they are. It reaffirms my faith in not only my fellow (wo)man, but also in Christianity as a whole. People who walk in their faith rather than beat with it.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 10, 2016 22:57:09 GMT
our presbyterian church prays most weeks for the govt officials, for the political process, for peace...among other things... we pray for those we like, and those we don't.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 10, 2016 23:05:21 GMT
I mean, this kind of removes any ambiguity about what this hot mess bag of hammers of a senator meant. He should be ASHAMED of himself. Jesus would NOT be cool with this kind of shit. He'd be really, really disappointed.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 10, 2016 23:12:58 GMT
Our church always prays for the government also. Same prayer no matter if the president is a republican or democrat.
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gsquaredmom
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 26, 2014 17:43:22 GMT
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jun 10, 2016 23:53:46 GMT
Sounds like a threat or call to assassination.
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 10, 2016 23:58:46 GMT
I am a Republican and a Christian and I find his "joke " offensive.
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