Independents Aren’t the Swing Voters This Year. Christians Are.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Did you watch any of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings on TV?
If you did, you’ve witnessed the hostility from the liberal left towards the sanctity of life and religious liberty, principles that Kavanaugh’s record has proven to uphold.
Shouts from protesters yelling in defense of Roe v. Wade have frequently filled the hearing room and interrupted the committee proceedings. This is no coincidence. The highly organized Women’s March took credit on Twitter for the dozens of women arrested for disrupting the hearings.
The liberal left is feeling the weight of Barack Obama’s famous 2008 saying, “elections have consequences.” They recognize they may lose leverage on issues that are interwoven with our faith, namely the sanctity of life and religious liberty.
But in just four weeks, voters will head to the polls for midterm elections, and that outcome is not as certain.
Democrats only need 23 seats to flip the House and two seats to gain majority control of the Senate. Don’t be under any illusions: Pro-abortion advocates such as the Women’s March are organizing in unbelievable numbers to mobilize voters.
Both the right and the left are desperately trying to mobilize their bases and appeal to key swing voting blocks. But there’s a reality few in politics have fully recognized and accepted: Independents aren’t the swing voters in this election.
Christians are.
It’s estimated that 35 million of America’s 90 million evangelical Christians did not vote in the 2016 election. Since voter turnout always drops off for midterm elections, it’s very possible that even more than 35 million Christians will choose to stay home — unless they are motivated and equipped to use their voice through their vote.
Do you think that candidates who advocate for abortion, the aggressive LGBTQ agenda or think people of faith should keep their beliefs out of the public square would be elected if 35 million more Christians voted?
I doubt it.
Every American should cherish the right to vote. The best way to do this is to practice that right! If Christians are to protect the principles we hold most dear, we must faithfully vote. Otherwise, those who believe differently — very differently — win by default.
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Didn't realize they were mutually exclusive.
No true Christian should vote for trump. PERIOD. Trump is not a moral person by any definition and no way in hell is he in line with any real Christian's beliefs.
The Christian support of Trump tells me all I need to know about "Christian beliefs". They are empty. The Christian support of Trump simply tells me that, as a group, they are completely amoral.
Lol is that what you tell yourself? If the choices were truly that bad then shouldn't you have abstained instead of tainting yourself with one of the most ungodly people to ever live? FFS I am a better christian than fuck head and I reject all deities right off the bat.
If trmp said the things that he said about your own daughter or wife, would you still support him?
It's a yes, just look at sniveling ted cruz.
They don't actually care about morals, it is only agenda.
Did anyone notice I didn't receive an answer?
The better question is, is anyone really surprised you didn't? it's quite typical too.
I'm not buying that BS! The way you gush about Trump, one would think he's the 2nd coming of Jesus.
The guy that XXXPalin-for-Jefferson claims to have voted for is nothing like Trump. I have to wonder what occurred to change his mind to become a rabid MAGAite?
How can you cut taxes and build up the military at the same time?
Stacking the federal courts with religious loons as a way to trample the religious and secular rights of others will not end well for conservatives.
How? Ask Dubya, he cut taxes while waging two major wars.
We all know how that fiscal policy ended.
Guess again,
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Why was this thread reopened?
I can think of only one reason-- obviously it was God's will!
Praise be to Karl Popper or FSM, whichever works for you.
There is only the one true FSM! Any and all other beliefs are wrong!
Is this a pastafarian religious icon?
I'll probably regret asking this, but what is Moose Munch?
Nope. Cleveland area.
For those who are wondering what it is,
I've never heard of puppy chow that is apparently a midwest thing. It also sounds nasty.
I've sent Harry and David gift baskets to an aunt and uncle that I didn't know what to buy for. They sent a fruit cake.
The next year I sent them a gift basket from Dean and Deluca. UPS delivered another fruitcake to my door.
You can see a pattern developing.
The article was reopened when the offending part was removed.
Illogical arguments offend me, so can those also be removed, or would that be an example of tyrannical secular progressive scientific censorship that only MBFC tolerates?
Because they're illogical.
WTF are you babbling about? Who said anything at all about 'viewpoints?'
Do you not understand that I am parodying your emotional and illogical posts?
Religion is illogical.
Uh yeah, that is for me to say! I'll call it as it is!
Humans are the only species to practice any form of religion, despite the fact that we are among the newest life forms on earth at 1/3 to 3/4 of a million years old. Homosexuality is very common among other species but religion is not, so being gay is natural but believing in god isn't.
"Humans make illogical decisions."
Spock to Amanda, Star Trek IV: TVH.
Religious belief is more common among less intelligent humans.
And,
Writing for Springer’s journal of Evolutionary Psychological Science, the authors – who are based at the Ulster Institute for Social Research and Rotterdam University respectively – explained their model is based on the ideas of evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa.
Mr Kanazawa's 'Savanna-IQ Principles' suggest human behaviour will always be guided by the environment in which their ancestors developed.
Perhaps because it discourages critical/rational thinking and thrives when there is less rational and independent thought.
I think that religious belief appeals to less intelligent people who want a simplistic view of the world. It's an emotional pacifier that allows then not to have to be accountable for their morality or to accept their mortality. All they have to do is to convince themselves to believe that some invisible deity will always be there to care for them as mommy and daddy did. It's an intellectual crutch. Logic becomes a foreign language.
It certainly takes less effort rather than thinking or contemplating things for oneself.
It's also an emotional comfort mechanism.
Children outgrow silly fantasies like Santa or the Easter Bunny. But not when it comes to god/s and religion.
More like intellectual demise.
Like Klingon.
My reply wasn't a sweeping generalization, nor was it meant to be an insult. There is proof to support what I said. There are people who are insulted by evolution and logic but that doesn't mean that they are personal attacks or violations of their religious beliefs.
I'd like for my post to be restored.
You're admittedly electing conservatives who intend to enforce your religious viewpoints on women who do not agree that life starts at conception.
Why don't you see the hypocrisy in your comment above and the desire to force women to back alley abortions? Rhetorical question...I know the answer.
IMO religion is nothing but a front. It is used as a way to control people.
Religious leaders have proven time and again they never practice what they preach.
They love money and power.
I love this meme.
HA. Love it. So true.
After reviewing what you said and reviewing it with BF, I am going to restore.
Thank you.
I'll respond to your act of generosity by continuing not to respond to that certain someone, even though the ban expired today.
Almost every article you post is a sweeping generalization.
Who said anything about state-enforced atheism? You are the one with the unhinged persecution fantasies because someone has convinced you that atheists want to ban religion. The ACLU on many occasions has defended the religious rights of Christians, despite what you have been told or want to believe.
We have freedom of religion in the US that applies to all beliefs equally including the right not to believe, as well as the strict separation of church and state that keeps religion and the power of the state separate to protect the secular and religious rights of all people from religious tyranny. You have just exposed your goals that you want to both legislate and enforce your conservative Christian beliefs because you are conviced that atheists seek to do likewise. You could not be further from the truth.
Sarcasm was deleted before someone could complain about my definition of character.
That's something you yourself have mastered, as your next statement demonstrates:
Case in point. And also lacking anything of substance to support it.
Such as? Careful that you don't confuse atheism with political ideology or control.
So theocracies like the Middle East or throughout history all have their hands clean, eh?
Yes, Christians whackadoos are very persuasive!
Mark Taylor: Literal Demons Are Manifesting Against Trump As He Works To Arrest The Deep State For ‘Eating Kids’
Mark Taylor, the so-called “ firefighter prophet ” about whom Liberty University is making a movie , appeared on Sheila Zilinsky’s podcast once again last weekend, where he warned that literal demons are manifesting in opposition to President Trump because the members of the “deep state” know that the president is working diligently to imprison them for “eating kids.”
Sheila Zilinsky sounds like a bleach blond Sarah Palin according to this blurb from her Patreon page. Where are the guys with huggie jackets to corral her?
You don't want the truth. You want a conservative echo chamber. You also want to ban people who criticize you or people like you because they intrude on your beliefs.
I can't wait until people like you call for banning the teaching of logic and history and imprisoning those who do so for heresy. You're not far from supporting that stance now.
I see no distance left to travel for that stance.
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge executed the educated and intelligent, so we can see the precedent for their religious purge. ISIL and the Taliban did the same to anyone who questioned their 10th-century religious beliefs. These people are not rational and they are driven by extreme beliefs that are not founded in reality. I won't mention the mental health and the intellect of religious conservatives.