Are conservatives as religious as we think they are?

Question

Conservatives claim to follow good and state that liberals dont follow god and need to rethink their ways. However the things conservatives do questions me. One example of this is that they claim to be religious yet support the death penalty and tougher laws for other crimes instead of believing in some type of punishment but reform. They also tend to support vigilante justice but is contradicting themselves. They tend to be less open minded of people of different ethnicities and cultures. Also alot of them are in the closet like we dont know about such as senator larry craig but vote against gay issues in the public and speak against gays.

Answer 1

No they only play up to the religious right for votes when in fact they could care less.

Answer 2

Christ said to follow the Law.
Where do you get the vigilante line?

We are more open minded look who the number of minorites holding positions of power.

Matthew 10 34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Matthew 5 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Conservative Christians give more in their own time and money than do liberals.

So before you start playing the Holier than thou.
Make sure you know what you are talking about.

Answer 3

Just because some electrical pulses are firing through the circuits of that tiny brain of yours (which is completely devoid of any and all proper grammar) doesn't mean that the thoughts that are produced are anything near fact.

All I see here are generalizations and stereotypical labeling.

And you have the audacity to say that "They tend to be less open minded”

I'm not sure if this is due to stupidity, ignorance, pretentiousness or a combination of all three.

What about liberals who are religious? Do they fall into the same category or do their liberal beliefs shield them?

Answer 4

You're a bigot. Not only are many people of faith liberals, but not all conservatives 'follow good'. Stating such sweeping and baseless opinions as though they were somehow statistically valid is like seeing a black guy on 'crime watch' and saying that all black people are crooks. It's the same ignorant, narrow minded thinking.

And yet I bet you consider yourself to be open minded. Silly progressive.

Answer 5

Nice generalization you have there. I know Dems who are pro-life and for the death penalty. Because you're a liberal,you automatically come out of the closet! What about McGreevey (what took him so long). What about Hollywood. If they are for gay rights,they should lead by example. And your remark about other cultures is just off base. NYC has many racial problems and so do many other "liberal" cities.

Answer 6

I know many conservatives that are athiests who just believe in the constitution.

I also know many liberals that are christians that are against gay marrage.

Nothing is so black and white anymore.

Answer 7

No, and even those in the religious right tend to quite devoid of morality and quite full of hypocrisy. They often use their so called religious piety to hide their true, not so good, nature. Qualities for which Christ would shame them.

Answer 8

I think conservatives use religion as a plank in their platform, a reason why they should be elected. But I don't think they are anymore religious than anyone else. In fact, I'd say they are less so since they seem to be using religion for worldly gain.

Answer 9

You must understand, that they only use Religion as a tool. If they truly believed in their religion they would be Fred Phelps!

Answer 10

Thinking that all Conservatives are religious is as foolish as thinking that all Liberals are atheists.