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Cash_thatswhatiwant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:19 AM Original message |
Joel Olsteen a better pick to reach out to the evangelical "right"? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. crazy/unacceptable n/t |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. why is he crazy? Is this just b/c he is an evangelical or based on actual proof? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Evangelical is 50% of my answer...the other 50% lies in the fact |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Jimmy Carter is Evangelical. So is Jim Wallis. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You feel free to jump on me as well...because I can handle more than |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. If you look downthread, I say why I think Olsteen is a bad idea |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's a fraud. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. My gaydar goes off everytime I see him on Larry King |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Cizik would be Ok but the Evangelicals just fired him |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. That could have made for some powerful symbolism. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. he's an old classmate of mine - if Obama needs his email i have it lol |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I know you're joking, but unfortunately I think there's no way |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No its fucked up beyond repair |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. While we are looking for silver linings.... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. really? I have been staying away from the MSM altogether |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's what they're saying around here. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why not a progressive pastor? |
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Cash_thatswhatiwant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I would love a progressive pastor, I'm just asking if he wants to reach out to the other side, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Like the guy delivering the benediction? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. A better pick because he's an atheist or something (whether he knows it or not) |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. and he has a great smile lol |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Plus his wife's a looker and his name is an anagram of "eel jet soon" |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think he'd be great! |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Better than Rick Warren |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. why not Baptist? |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. An American Baptist would be fine. |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I dont mean SBC. I just meant a Baptist minister. Plenty of them outside of the SBC. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I think Jimmy Carter is a Southern Baptist |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. No. He's a member of the Baptist Cooperative Fellowship. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Yup. It may have partially led to the sub-prime mess, because |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. No way. Osteen is a loony tune. nt |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. They're all hucksters and make you think more of a carnival sideshow |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Now THAT would be true diversity! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. Just another fundie con man. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Calling Osteen a fundamentalist is like calling Burger King a restaurant /nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. In what sense is he a fundamentalist? |
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mgc1961 (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
28. Osteen would be better than Warren. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ewww no, that man creeps me out. |
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Scackmgackm (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Why does Obama need to "reach out" at all? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Because they're Americans too |
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Scackmgackm (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. With his help come strings |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Umm |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Is it the teeth? nt |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It's everything ABOVE his shoulders.... and his voice. NT |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I'm not familiar with his voice but having seen his posters all over the place. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Check this out.... |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I could have gone my whole life without listening to that. Thanks (I think) |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. Olsteen is a charismatic |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Does he even have an identifiable theology? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The flippant answer is "that's what charismatic means" |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Larf |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. Joel Osteen is not an evangelical |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. He doesn't bother me that much, but then again Rick Warren didn't either until I found out |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
44. How about Creflo Dollar? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. Chicks dig Joel |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
52. Isn't he about the Prosperity Gospel? That has not been good for this country. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. I think Christians are offensive period |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. Why not no pastor? No invocation? Avoid all this fuss. |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. "Prosperity Gospel" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-24-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
62. He's on Larry King right now |
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