I was a Christian once, now I see how Christian upbringing contributes to create the weak under belly of our country, otherwise known as the "left-wing".
Funny thing is, most conservatives are to ignorant about the effect of Christian pacificist doctrines to see the connection. They just say stupid things like "those lefties aint Christian".
Hey idiots...those lefties sure as hell believe they are Christian and the sure as hell grew up under the influence of Christian morality. You just dont see the connection based on a narrow understand of the issue.
The issue is not whether leftists, who say they are Christian, really Christian. I dont bother to even offer a defintion of what a "true" Christian is. Rather, the issue is, what moral foundation or upbringing has given rise to the philsophical weak defeatist morality of the left. Christianty...in large part....
2007-01-04 11:06:05 · 13 answers · asked by Asmodeous 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the movie Black Robe, the native tribe that literally turned the other cheek was wiped off the face of the earth. But Gandhi used passive resistance to defeat the British, so when possible, use it.
2007-01-04 11:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by TruBlevr 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The majority of the left are secular progressives who think everyone is the same and should be treated the same regardless of what they do. They play up religion because they want the religious votes, that's just using religion and not true belief. The ends justify the means for those on the left and that is not the way of a Christian. Jesus never said let's just let everyone do what they want because that's fair. He laid down what is right and what is wrong and the left have no clue as to what that is. Call me a conservative, a traditionalist, a Republican, a Christian, but don't ever call me a leftist.
May God Bless you.
2007-01-04 11:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Turn the other cheek," which is NOT a solely Christian idea, has brought us Gandhi, MLK, the civil rights movement, all that non-violent protest stuff.
That's not weak. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
At some point, you have to let the war die if you don't want everybody to be killed off. It's easy to kill, to be violent and hateful and rude and cruel.
It's exquisitely difficult to love your enemy. It takes WAY more work, more practice, more soul-searching to do that than to just be a belligerent hate-spewer.
Jesus was a liberal. A bad-a $$, powerful, love-your-neighbor liberal. Too bad conservative "Christians" seem to ignore that fact.
2007-01-04 11:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something the left and most of all people forget is that Justice will be served. This is an unjust world and there are governing body's that can and will bring those who have done evil acts to justice.
You can love your enemy all you want. But the crimes of those against the innocents will be brought to justice.
2007-01-04 11:13:14 · answer #4 · answered by Noodles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about left, right, politics and war, I just know unconditional love. When one has unconditional love within their heart and Prays thusly, I pray that all those persons insane with fear, anger, and hate may experience the unconditional love of God within their hearts as i have found within mine. This prayer will do more for world peace than your Fist in the face. When one prays thusly for ones enemy, kissing him on his cheek and saying with Love,"my love i give unto you" they are no longer enemies. I say this from personal experience before the gun. From Love, With Love, To Love. whistle britches.
2007-01-04 11:23:07 · answer #5 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is absolutely true. You get down to a liberal's mindset: and it's all hyperChristianity.
It's compassion and Christian doctrine through and through. Love your neighbors, turn the other cheek, don't judge, etc.
The only difference is that liberals often think it's ok to kill a kid as long as it's in a woman's body where it can't be clearly seen being murdered,
other than that, it's pretty darn christian.
conservative bible thumpers favor the old testament, --Yet the Irony of THAT is that most Jews are Liberal!!!! LOL....
They don't truly follow to the letter anything christ has to say other than "follow me and your in like flynn".
2007-01-04 11:10:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Whenever I hear "love your enemy", I imagine George Bush getting Osama Bin Ladin some flowers.
2007-01-04 11:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If everybody loved their enemy, there wouldn't be no wars and the different nations of the world wouldn't have to waste billions of dollars and milliions of lives for nothing.
2007-01-04 11:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by jaguarboy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is the "leftist intrepretation of love your enemy"? Do you even KNOW?
Talking about ignorant, maybe you should learn better syntax and spelling.
2007-01-04 11:09:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
actually the left wing is far more influenced by secular humanism than Christianity
2007-01-04 11:10:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋