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It’s more civilized than used to be.

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For a religious leader to question a person’s faith is disgraceful… No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith.

He’s got it all backwards.

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And he’s behind in the polls? That seems to be Trump retort every time - you’re listening to HIM? He’s so far behind in the polls he’s not worth listening to…

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Also buy my clothing line which is Made in Mexico.

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I like the part where he says he likes the Pope if he said something nice about him and he doesn’t like the Pope if he said something bad. As if the his entire opinion about the Pope and Catholic church boils down on whether or not the current Pope is a fan. This guy is such a narcissist.

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The lack of self-awareness of Republicans and how they made Donald Trump is still incredible to me:

When even your debate moderators scold candidates for not being afraid enough, it might be time to call it quits.

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I’m no fan of Trump, but he seems to have, at long last, woken up a large minority of the Republican underclass to the fact that they’ve been sold a bill of goods by the conservative elite. I’d hate for him to get elected, but for that service he deserves a Medal of Honor.

You have to read stuff like this to realize how completely out of touch they are: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431433/conservativism-achievements-obama-era

5349

It’s currently Trump’s turn at CNN’s town hall debate. I caught the end of Bush, where they asked him how he pushes through being a candidate despite being an introvert. Interesting question and response.

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Somewhat, but the Enemy is Mexicans and Muslims, not the elite. He’s taking that frustration and anger and directing at “others” far more so than any conservative elites. He’s taking a few shots at them as well, but that’s mostly to maintain his outsider cred. The “real enemies” are Islam, Mexico and China.

At the end of the day, he’s an elite himself. You need to direct that anger at someone else.

5351

Holy cow, you aren’t kidding. A lower minimum wage as an achievement to be proud of? Touting the prevention of ‘defining marriage’ (i.e. keep out the gays) as a roaring success? Ignoring that ‘removing wealth destroying taxes’ has funneled money ever upward at the epense of the lower and middle classes. Cap and trade as some big boogey man. Being proud of deregulation (ignoring how deregulation often comes at the expense of the public, see banking and environmental).

Yeah, it’s pretty brazen. The touting the lowering of minimum wage as a conservative victory should be damning, but instead is a badge of pride. What the hell?

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The Bible says, “You will always have the poor among you.” Maintaining that is practically another commandment for some.

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You gotta have poor people so you can give them your pocket change and get into Heaven, while treating them like dogs, just like Jesus taught.

I wish I was joking, but that it very much the mindset of many “Christians” regarding the poor.

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I’m pretty sure it’s totally reasonable for a religious leader to point out when someone who claims to be a member of their religion totally fails to uphold its values.

I mean, isn’t that the point of a religious leader?

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There are literally verses in the Bible which implore leaders to be responsible for their flock, which absolutely includes confronting them when they are acting in a manner counter to the faith.

This is literally the Popes job (in part).

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Being on the receiving end of “you’re not a Christian” and heretic etc. by multiple people in a closed religious environment, I am much more conflicted about the pope talking like this. He could have said “his immigration policies are contrary to Jesus etc…”, and that still would have had weight as its personal and from a widely respected religious authority.

What does Christian mean anyway? Belief in the teachings of Jesus? 90% of “Christians” would be excluded in that criterion, and that’s true of the last 1800 years as well.

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On the minimum wage, I think the question people need to be asked is:

If a company (small business, multinational chain, or anywhere in between) cannot survive unless they are allowed to pay their employees wages which keep them in poverty and reliant on government assistance, should those companies be entitled to exist?

I think if you asked most people that question, their answer would be “no”.

5358

90% of people who call themselves Christians probably SHOULD be excluded from calling themselves Christian.

Not because it’s somehow cool to exclude them. But because they are missing the freaking point.

Christianity is based on the teachings of a carpenter who ultimately told people to love their fellow man.

People like the westboro Baptists are not Christians. They ignore the most fundamental teachings of Christ.

Being a Christian means more than simply saying that’s what you are, and going to some building with a cross on it once a week.

Ultimately, I think one’s relationship with God is their own. But being a Christian does in fact mean something, otherwise the word is useless. It’s reasonable to have interpretive differences about nuances of the religion, but it’s not reasonable to call yourself a Christian while having literally no idea what Christ actually taught, or worse, knowing what he taught and then ignoring it.

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Maybe my memory is bad, but isn’t this the same Pope who basically said you can’t call yourself a Christian and be in the Mafia… killing people. He didn’t start with Trump, and he’s already got a precedence for calling out people who call themselves Christians but act in a way the Pope believes is contrary to being a Christian.

5360

Here, here.

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