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Hekate

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5. Remember that haunting question: "If you always wondered what you would've done in 1930s...
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 10:55 AM
Dec 2019

... Germany? Well, you're doing it now."

There were pastors who opposed the Nazis, at great risk to their own lives.

Then there were the others.

"excercise their brains on diversity of thought" Rorey Dec 2019 #1
Whole thing probably catalyzed by the Christianity Today position. Hortensis Dec 2019 #2
I think that's true gratuitous Dec 2019 #31
Yes. Personal costs will probably be very bad and Hortensis Dec 2019 #41
The Christian Post ran an opinion piece advocating for impeaching summer_in_TX Dec 2019 #74
If you go to 'The Christian Post', this is what you see .. left-of-center2012 Dec 2019 #3
I wonder how many of those "Christian leaders" run megachurches with TV deals... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #19
Well, they sure pissed someone off. (CT) AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #33
My God (pun intended?) that site is a cesspool! robbob Dec 2019 #45
The church should shut the fuck up about politics or start paying taxes. Pepsidog Dec 2019 #46
I believe this came directly from the White House localroger Dec 2019 #4
Another paper that all of a sudden might find increased ad revenues making the transition worth it. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #75
Remember that haunting question: "If you always wondered what you would've done in 1930s... Hekate Dec 2019 #5
Yes, like martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer FailureToCommunicate Dec 2019 #8
Thanks for this link. I hope some of the "all Christian's are xxxxxx" will take a look. nt LAS14 Dec 2019 #26
Sadly, they will never see themselves clearly. It's part and parcel of being Nay Dec 2019 #58
+1000 paleotn Dec 2019 #10
✔️ blm Dec 2019 #13
SO FUCKING TRUE! phandancer917 Dec 2019 #22
I was just reading about Waitstill & Martha Sharp. CanonRay Dec 2019 #27
Back in the day when Christians fought against evil... robbob Dec 2019 #51
There are still Christians fighting against evil... WePurrsevere Dec 2019 #84
The Barmen Declaration and the Confession Church, Baby! Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #71
They got a phone call from the crime family: "Obey, or you're going to go through some things" dalton99a Dec 2019 #6
I'm betting it's the olive branch of green. Cash ad placements make a legit funneling methodology. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #76
Religion (and politics) are pretty much trench warfare now. Girard442 Dec 2019 #7
The interesting thing to me is that it's more common for the... LAS14 Dec 2019 #29
I would like to ask all these writers and editors of Christian publications, TNNurse Dec 2019 #9
They knew he was bad dalton99a Dec 2019 #15
Yeah. This group spent decades ginning up vitriolic hatred for Clinton. PatrickforO Dec 2019 #17
Hillary was just the Avatar. They've been hating on Dems for decades... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #20
+1. 81 percent of white evangelical voters voted for Trump. dalton99a Dec 2019 #24
I prefer the term evangelical TNNurse Dec 2019 #36
Evilgelical HipoChristians. Traildogbob Dec 2019 #54
Also the majority of Christians overall. Mariana Dec 2019 #59
Voting for someone pro-abortion seemed the greater evil then. summer_in_TX Dec 2019 #80
They have one value and one value only, TNNurse Dec 2019 #85
Goethe or Durer: "There is genius in boldness". Impeachment is a bold move. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #66
Actually they weren't. summer_in_TX Dec 2019 #77
...but Reagan and W were, of course, not problematic at all jberryhill Dec 2019 #11
Whatever happened to "Seperation of church and State"? Scarsdale Dec 2019 #30
You saved me a post! SCVDem Dec 2019 #43
No don't leave!!!! Takket Dec 2019 #12
He'd have been booted by the board soon enough for not being sufficiently pro-Trump Jake Stern Dec 2019 #61
What has been happening on Fox News is now happening in the Christian evangelical press panfluteman Dec 2019 #14
My, my! They were forced back into line post-haste, weren't they? n/t PatrickforO Dec 2019 #16
They weren't forced. Mariana Dec 2019 #18
Note that this is a different publication than the one that had the other editorial. SeattleVet Dec 2019 #63
"They've chosen to represent a narrow (and shrinking) slice of Christianity." Mariana Dec 2019 #21
No! The majority that "claim" they are Christians voted for Donnie Short Fingers maxrandb Dec 2019 #32
You've surely heard of the "no true Scotsman" fallacy. ret5hd Dec 2019 #35
Please stop with this bigotry that only non-Christians can be awful people. Mariana Dec 2019 #37
90% of the hateful shit comes from the old testament. not_the_one Dec 2019 #62
Non Christians and the Ensnared BunnyMcGee Dec 2019 #65
What a load of crap maxrandb Dec 2019 #67
This rejection of evangelicals by other Xtians wnylib Dec 2019 #68
they are cultist that follow a charismatic leader blindly scarytomcat Dec 2019 #70
Correction. summer_in_TX Dec 2019 #79
Good for him. trumpvangelicals have really screwed themselves. ecstatic Dec 2019 #23
Grateful K & R!!!!! LAS14 Dec 2019 #25
Why is it that always free thinking center left individuals resign from the media and not the biased Mr. Sparkle Dec 2019 #28
Because they think they are right and everyone wnylib Dec 2019 #69
"Nice little newspaper you have here. Be a shame if ...." NCjack Dec 2019 #34
Yup, StarryNite Dec 2019 #47
Great post, great thread ie DU responses. Read on thread that 81% evangelicals voted for odious raci RestoreAmerica2020 Dec 2019 #38
One "commandment" "Christians" ProgressDiv Dec 2019 #39
Trump even likely broke that one "commandment" too Bradical79 Dec 2019 #48
Allegations about abortion practices within Trump campaign ProgressDiv Dec 2019 #64
It's about dominance. StarryNite Dec 2019 #50
Thank you Freddie Dec 2019 #60
I am grateful for this! McKim Dec 2019 #40
The diversity of Christian "thought"?!? DaDeacon Dec 2019 #42
Christians can't honestly support him Bradical79 Dec 2019 #44
They massage everything to fit their agenda. StarryNite Dec 2019 #52
Mostly they don't even bother with a bs religious argument Bradical79 Dec 2019 #55
this is encouraging onlyadream Dec 2019 #49
"one more place where readers can go for bias confirmation"..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #53
Remember singing that song in Sunday school... Canoe52 Dec 2019 #56
The dam is cracking . . . . Iliyah Dec 2019 #57
Of interest, check out Rev Jim Wallis of Sojourners, at sojo.net Hekate Dec 2019 #72
He was interviewed on CNN after the CT editorial. We need to think Donald J. Trump... LAS14 Dec 2019 #78
you cannot be Christian and support Donald Fucking Trump Skittles Dec 2019 #73
I am thrilled that some Evangelicals have had enough of DT and are turning away. napi21 Dec 2019 #81
There are consciences among some Evangelicals lees1975 Dec 2019 #82
Well said and... WePurrsevere Dec 2019 #83
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