Your average Republican/conservative(?) believes in Capitol Punishment. He/She also would rather gouge their eyes out than have universal health car.

Lets examine this.

The argument is that the government can’t be trusted to provide good health care because the government is so damn incompetent.

And yet they are all about the government being just perfect when it comes to trying and executing criminals.

Think about that.

If you examine life, instead of a rule book, I think it becomes evident that different approaches work best in different cases and that the worst solution is an either/or one.

Dude! Are you some kind of commie? In Bushworld(tm) its my way, or the highway!

Actually you have shown why Conservatism will go the way of the Do-Do.

Inability to adapt or evolve. The very first plank of that failure is the inability to accept evolution in the first place. Now MVDG is a bit smarter than the average fundie, and might even understand and accept evolution, but he is quite the exception.

If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be fun watching this play out in real time.

Digby coined a phrase that really sums it up.

Strangely primitive intellectuals.

My nuke is bigger than yours, might makes right, etc etc

Why not? Because Jesus Himself constantly separated Church from the State. Render unto Ceasar… My Kingdom is not of this world… etc.

So how does this relate to Republicans? They have been spending much time and energy on trying to blur and abolish that separation.

Unless you are suggesting Republicans aren’t really conservative?

In general, this is another example of applying ideological principles to each and every situation. States’ rights, no gun control, charities, and so on.

If you examine life, instead of a rule book, I think it becomes evident that different approaches work best in different cases and that the worst solution is an either/or one.

the man was most definitely a liberal.

Politically, Jesus was most definitely not a liberal.

Why not? Because Jesus Himself constantly separated Church from the State. Render unto Ceasar… My Kingdom is not of this world… etc.

Not in the case of “liberation theology,” or our US’s own politically correct activist churches. Do you remember the “sanctuary” movement (a slap at Reagan’s foreign policy conducted here at home), or how activist churches have deliberately undermined immigration policy, or the black churches and their Democratic politics that I’ve mentioned before? No? Not surprising. Yes, but you didn’t want to admit it? Not surprising.

> You sure do flip-flop a lot.

No, I just know a lot that you don’t happen also to know, or don’t want to admit.

If Jesus were around today, he would be brutalized by Rush and Hannity, and James Dobsen himself would ask Pontaus Bush to send him to gitmo.

Cause the man was most definitely a liberal. All that brothers keeper stuff and all.

Foremost of these crazy things is “liberation theology� (left-wing politics dressed up in religious clothing).

I thought the left wing was a bunch of Godless heathens. You sure do flip-flop a lot.

Flippity floppity, floppity flippity.

Really, you need to go back and listen to his shows archives so you can remember what your opinion is supposed to be.

Foremost of these crazy things is “liberation theology” (left-wing politics dressed up in religious clothing).

I know, I know,no one is more shocked that I said that then me.

Since Religion went out of its way to tie itself to a particular party, look for Religions influence to wane in direct per portion to said political party.

They would have done well to read their own Bible especially as it relates to “rendering unto Ceaser.

I surely don’t remember Jesus talking about his preference for a strong dictator vs the Republic.

And I surely don’t remember him discussing the merits of the various frontier wars.

He never said “blessed are the rich, and screw the poor” nor blessed are the loud racist agitators for they will inherit the AM airwaves”.

There is a reason why separation of church and state was a good idea, and that the Pharisees of todays modern religion ignored that will seal Religions decline.

Since Religion has played a part in most human slaughter in our history, I say good riddance.