Restoring a Christian Republic

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark Twain:
Only God can judge a person's heart. You should not put yourself in God's shoes. It is unseemly.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I can't and don't judge your heart. I didn't ask you to expose your heart, just give some evidence. The evidence in your posts so far is that you are someone who has already been twice banned from this Board for fraudulent posting. I am willing to give you ample opportunity to dispel that similarity.

 

What's wrong with Barbarians?

 

You do know that barbarians were among the first Christians?

I got the handle when an atheist told me that I didn't understand what a barbaric religion Christianity was.

So I took it for my own. He wasn't amused.

 

OOOOOOkey...... OBVIOUSLY, Mark here said what he said "tongue in cheek" - making fun of the "Pats" (Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson) with their "pat" answers to "taking America Back" for Christ...
Odd to think that some people actually believe that garbage...but then of course, some people ALSO believe that Abraham Lincoln was a great guy, too.
Shows how deluded some folks can be.

CT

 

But then of course, it seems Mark likes to pick fights anyway...as is evidenced by his posts in other forums.
I really do think, judging by his posts, and considering the real Mark Twain's (Sma Clemens) character, Mark actually was on the money when he chose his handle.
In the interests of REAL discussion...
CT

 

The difference? Have you read your history books about the founding of America? I don't recall George Washingtion forcing all Americans to follow the same religion under penalty of death? Quite the opposite in fact! In fact, the death penalty has only been reserved for those who take another life! America was not founded on tyrany. Our women are protected under the law against rape and polygamy. In America, you can worship or not worship God however you wish.

 

Abraham Lincoln never professed to be a Christian and is a modern day mythology surrounding a man who never professed Christ, never was baptized, and belonged to no Church.

In modern times Lincoln would probably be put on trial for war crimes that he authorized Sherman and Sheridan to commit against the south.

[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Kiffin ]

 

"Mr. Lincoln was never a member of any Church, nor did he believe in the divinity of Christ, or the inspiration of the Scriptures in the sense understood by evangelical Christians." (Life of Lincoln, p. 486.)


"Lincoln went further against Christian beliefs and doctrines and principles than any man I ever heard: he shocked me. I don't remember the exact line of his argument -- suppose it was against the inherent defects, so called, of the Bible, and on grounds of reason. Lincoln always denied that Jesus was the Christ of God, as understood and maintained by the Christian Church. The Rev. Dr. Smith, who wrote a letter, tried to convert Lincoln from Infidelity so late as 1858, and couldn't do it." (Lamon's Life of Lincoln, p. 488.)

 

Mark Twain: There are covens scattered all over the United States. There are witches, those who practice wicca and there are satanists as well as the gothics and others. There are those who practice animal sacrifices. Wise people keep their pets indoors when it gets around the last few days before Halloween. Some claim they are *good witches.* Haven't you heard? It's all been going on for years, though not well publicized and now there's a lot out there on the Internet if you care to browse...but turn off your cookies first so you don't get inundated with spam and junk mail by them after you look around. (not sure how effective that is anyway) I personally know where two covens practice out in the woods in Tennessee. (outside of Nashville) I know someone who worked with a professing warlock at one of the local chicken places. He was witnessed causing traffic lights to change while driving during numerous occasions and carried the satanic bible with him to work. Pretty creepy stuff...

But we don't burn them at the stake anymore. It wouldn't be politically correct.


<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>JAMES2:The society is rotting and the only answer is for people to realize that there is only one hope -- the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the power of God for salvation. If I sound like I am preaching,well, I am. So be it!

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You Go, JAMES2! Amen, Brother. Preach it!!!


[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: EagleLives911 ]

 

Sounds like Slobodan Milosovic talking here. Do you have any idea what it's like being burned alive? You slowly roast from the outside in. Takes a long time for you to die, during the unbelievable agony of having the flames burn the flesh from your bones. The relatives of the condemned would sometimes bribe the officials to use wet wood so smoke would kill them more quickly. Why on Earth would you want to do that to any human?

What makes you think that you have any right to take some Wiccan and burn him to death? Do you understand that it's this kind of talk that makes people scared of voting for fundamentalists?

[ February 23, 2002, 10:35 PM: Message edited by: The Barbarian ]

 

Lincoln and Jefferson were probably the closest thing to atheists in the White House, and the former was really a theist, and the latter a deist.

There might be a few atheists in public office, but very few who openly admit to be such.

[ February 24, 2002, 01:25 AM: Message edited by: The Barbarian ]