On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Personally I think fighting over a license plate is just silly, if you
really need to profess your faith on your vehicle, get a bumper sticker!
Agreed. And I would simply posit that, if you really NEED to profess your
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Beth In Alaska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I were never to get elected or serve in another capacity because I
pronounce my faith as a Christian, I don't have a problem with that, Bauer
said.
Well, he SHOULD have a problem with that!!!
Geeesh..some of
I believe that political ambition is the PCP you're referring to. Religion
is just a too-convenient delivery system.
You could take comfort in the fact that the majority of religious people
can't be bothered with political activism.
Bleck. Marx was wrong, religion is the PCP of the
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Beth In Alaska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lynn's group said in a news release that other religions will not be able
to get similar license plates expressing differing viewpoints, nor can a
comparable 'I Don't Believe' license plate be issued.
Says who? This is a
Lynn's group said in a news release that other religions will not be able
to get similar license plates expressing differing viewpoints, nor can a
comparable 'I Don't Believe' license plate be issued.
Says who? This is a statement from someone who has a clear agenda
(good or bad) against the
Curious... Where do you find that admonition?
-Original Message-
From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:40 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: More on: South Carolina to print christian license plates
Personally I like St. Paul's admonition to worship
Something I picked up years ago in one of his letters, Corinthians I believe,
but I could be wrong.
Curious... Where do you find that admonition?
Personally I like St. Paul's admonition to worship and practice your faith
in private.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Larry Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So it isn't a matter of someone with a clear agenda, although the only agenda
I've really seen displayed has been the fundy Christians. Their attempt to
force
their particularly warped version of Christianity down all others
or this one:
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
I always liked Paul's list of dos and donts in Philippian 2
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about Jesus
Christ. On the flipside, he didn't tell his readers to take over the
government and impose Christianity by force either.
-Original Message-
From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:31 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: More on: South Carolina
I really wish more people would follow the advice in Pilippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Billy Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You might be referring to Philippians 2:12-13
*mumble*
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On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote:
I really wish more people would follow the advice in Pilippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Billy Cox wrote:
You might be referring to
Do all things without murmurings and disputings
BAH! ...mumble... ...murmur...
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There's also the matter of the LT. Governor providing the $4000 for the
Christian plates, and the Christian plate being the only one with words. If any
other belief systems got the exact same deal without any bias for OR against
them then I would have no problem with it.
On that note what
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Larry Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's also the matter of the LT. Governor providing the $4000 for the
Christian plates,
Eh - publicity stunt, and irrelevant if it's from his personal funds.
and the Christian plate being the only one with words.
I'm
That's it.
Now if only more of the loudly devout would follow that instruction. Mind you
that would just kill Pat Robertson's tv network.
or this one:
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
Most of what happens on Pat Robertson's show is *not* prayer, so sending him
to his prayer closet wouldn't change anything.
-Original Message-
From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:29 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: More on: South Carolina to print
Btw, that's Jesus speaking, not Paul.
It's a shame the people of the state of South Carolina will have to
bear the court costs for the Constitutional challenge those plates are
sure to engender. Doesn't have a snowball's chance of making it
through the courts.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM,
I've updated it to today's standards..I think it flows nicely:
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
flaunting
their custom license plates, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say
It's hard to imagine Paul the Apostle telling people that faith is a private
thing when he traveled all over the Roman empire preaching about Jesus
Christ. On the flipside, he didn't tell his readers to take over the
government and impose Christianity by force either.
Very true...a Christian is
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