Libs, I was talking to this woman today who used to be a liberal and she was explaining to me why you guys hate God. She said "Democrats don't need faith in Jesus because to them there is nothing that can't be fixed by the welfare state".
Is this true?
2007-07-31 09:35:58 · 20 answers · asked by Maryse 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Sorry, but this post made me laugh so hard. I think I have read that quote somewhere before though.
2007-07-31 14:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by Whishkey Bottom. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I know an awful lot of Democrats who believe in Jesus, and an awful lot of Republicans who don't believe in Jesus. If that helps.
For me personally, no, the welfare state does not occupy an analogous place in my life to the place that Jesus occupies in the life of a faithful Christian. I have my religion for that.
However, there in terms of policy this statement may be accurate: it has been Church doctrine for centuries that suffering in this world is unimportant, because the faithful will be rewarded much more richly in heaven than they could ever be rewarded in this world. This is inherently a conservative value: if everything will be fixed in the next life, nothing in this world needs to be fixed. Liberals are generally concerned with fixing what they see as problems in this life, and they think that the state is often an effective way of doing this.
As a liberal non-Christian, I might turn it around and say "Republicans don't need to fix things in this world because no problem is so urgent that it can't wait for Jesus to solve it."
2007-07-31 09:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by lockedjew 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Some liberals may claim that, but of course there are problems: some things cannot be fixed by a welfare state, and there is no reason to have faith in Jesus -- or anything else. Indeed, faith is the ultimate evil: it is the deliberate rejection of the essence of one's humanity -- the ability to apply logic to evidence and come up with valid conclusions.
2007-07-31 10:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wrong for three reasons.
First, it's socialists that want a welfare state, not liberals. Liberals oppose socialism, which is why many are leaving the Democratic party.
Second, Liberals are not the same as Democrats. Most Democrats used to be liberals, the way most Republicans used to be fiscal conservatives. The socialists took over the Democratic party the way the neo-conservatives took over the Republican party.
Third, liberals don't hate God. Liberals just believe each person should be free to form their own opinions on the subject and oppose anyone trying to mandate religion as a matter of law.
2007-07-31 09:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Not true, I am a mature democrat Christian. The way I see it the Christian community has been deceived by the snake oil salesman (RNC). They have one issue that appeals to the Christians, abortion. The Christians are then quasi supporters of war and corporate greed. I don't think Jesus was about greed, at least not in my bible. And if you look at this administration, that is all you will see. The greed and corruption. Do you think Jesus would encourage bush jr to go to war for oil, do you think Jesus would encourage bush jr to violate the law he was sworn to uphold? I have many Christian brothers and sisters that are starting to see that the RNC is not what they thought and are now angry at being deceived. Read your bible, pray for understanding...
2007-07-31 09:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by Follow the money 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God for President in 2008!
2007-07-31 09:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by I 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Conservative estimates on crowd have been someplace around 450,000 for the Beck/Palin adventure. below 17 thousand for Al i will rip you off swifter than maximum Sharpton and his dream stroll. featuring 6 crack whores and few pimps. the rest have been young toddlers asking male adults in the event that they have been their daddy.
2016-12-11 06:18:58 · answer #7 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hardly.
its fun to deal with ad hominem arguments. really.
this question of yours, my friend, is what we call a logical fallacy. It is attacking the other side personally instead of making any kind of credible argument against their stance.
Using arguments like this show that you have no logical argument.
God bless
2007-07-31 11:17:10 · answer #8 · answered by bluestareyed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh, no. you cant believe everything you hear. i'm liberal and i believe in God. Not all libs are the same.
i hope you're really not this ignorant.
2007-07-31 09:47:26 · answer #9 · answered by rudie_can't_fail 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We believe in god but we also understand that seperation of church and state was put into our foundation so religion would not hi-jack our politics.
2007-07-31 09:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by Bye-Partisan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋