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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:26 AM Original message |
New evangelical strategy: " Adopt Third World babies and convert them." |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe they can get some Faith Ba$ed Money, too! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. And some faith based slavery while they're at it. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a scheme to build a resort in the Caribbean for themselves funded |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Bingo! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ever notice that certain sect of Christianity cannot do ANYTHING |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. If Bill Clinton |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Actually from a pragmatic point of view, Haitian prosecution of this gang |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. I thought they didn't have much use for government.... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Hillary is a member of the Family Prayer Group. Should we be surprised that she's trying |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. There are more important things for him to be focusing on. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war! |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. 'Time Share Adoption Vacations', what a killer business plan. Sisby should patent that |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. Women who tout patriarchy..............sigh. |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 03:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. This is inspiring! nt |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. Thing is...these children were probably being raised Catholic - |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I remember having that preached to us in the Southern Baptist churches... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. My ex-husband's daughter's Mom had taught her that. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I tried to tell my mom, who was an Uber Catholic, that she was not considered a christian |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. How long before the fundies decide it's OK to tell these orphans that their parents burn in Hell? |
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gbate (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Baptists generally don't view Catholicism as a legitimate Christian religion. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is a VIOLATION of free will |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Actually, it's not. Parents try to bring up kids in their own religion all the time. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I agree. These people creep me out, but if they adopt a child they |
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hapkidogal (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. It is an age old story |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. This has been going on for centuries. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. New? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. Correct |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
15. This strategy is new? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. There's also just "adoption and bringing up the kids in your religion" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Well, they can't "save" native American children anymore. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's like converting analog signals to digital signals, weak reception in some areas. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. I do NOT believe the link did not show....no one reminded me. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's nothing really "new" about it |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. In response to the "it's not new" posts.....that it is a "strategy" is new. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Plus I used the word "new" because the author herself used it. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well they have made progress, they used to convert people and then burn them. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Oh, boy. This is one steel cage match I wanna watch... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well, if you are a true believer of their ilk |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. As the parent of an adoptive child |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Excellent comments, thank you. You adopt to "love" a child, not convert. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. I know of 2 couples who fostered "troubled " older kids - 4 each |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. It is absolutely horrifying that we as a nation support this in any way.I am revolted. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
40. If it were really about orphans and abandoned children, there wouldn't |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. New Strategy? |
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Therellas (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. beat me to it. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. New twist on colonialism. |
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Tsar_Bomba (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. Don't use the word adopt when speaking about xians. Use kidnapping. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Adoption should begin at home. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
47. Suppose a Saudi Prince |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. Anything to Hike the Numbers (of Fundies)! Dirty Tactic! |
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