Tink says:
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Religion by its nature, tends to find alot of comfort in the
Status Quo, and the political right, has said that it to is interested
in the same.
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Hmmmm... are you sure that's correct? JC was hardly an advocate for the
status quo (and what about those Latin American Catholic priests who
bucked the pope and the entire Catholic bureaucracy?).

But, OK, for the sake of this discussion, we'll go with your premise.

Tink says:
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Jimmy Carter. He was held up as
the next best thing to the Messiah, he was "born-again." Well he left
office in disgrace, and was a terrible embarassment to the religious,
for political reasons.
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How was he an embarassment. I would think that his current charitable
work would be a credit to any regigious group.

Tink says:
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Then came Reagan, who again, was born-again, and the friend of the
religious right.
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Do you believe that about Reagan? About being born-again, I mean. I
suspect he was more of a political opportunist who used religion to
befriend the religious right.


Tink:
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But now Bill was a "born again christian", and we all
remember where that got us, basically today.
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Do you believe that about Clinton? About being born-again, I mean. I
suspect he was more of a political opportunist who used religion to get
votes in the South

Tink says:
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The fact that certain apparently rabid Christians are on board the
Lollypop, means absolutely nothing about what you can assume about
their faith, and that they even believe the part about "God Loves you."
Usually that is just some cosmetic they put on just before they run
over you, run off with your wife, run off with your money, and likely
all three! And certainly do not expect them to correlate any further
what else they say they believe religiously and what they say they
believe politically. Don't be so naiive to think logic has anything to
do with it, or that being a true Christian has anything to do with it
either.
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Tink, I think you've made a very cogent argument. Perhaps you're right.

I'll stew on that for a bit.

Cheers,
frtzw906