Reform leader slams U.S. religious right.
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For one brief moment there,I thought it was about our S.Harper---and wondered if he had found a brain 
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Why? Your radical right Christian leaders insist on not only preaching their message to the entire world, but trying to pass their archaic and bigoted views into legislation.
Why? Your radical right Christian leaders insist on not only preaching their message to the entire world, but trying to pass their archaic and bigoted views into legislation.
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Precisely, Rev. And those of us who are non-Christians resent being told that we must either become Christians or at least pretend outwardly to be Christians and live as though we were in order to be welcome in our own country and society.
I wonder how the members of the Religious Reich would feel if THEY were the ones being told that their own religious identity wasn't good enough.
Precisely, Rev. And those of us who are non-Christians resent being told that we must either become Christians or at least pretend outwardly to be Christians and live as though we were in order to be welcome in our own country and society.
I wonder how the members of the Religious Reich would feel if THEY were the ones being told that their own religious identity wasn't good enough.
Why? Becuse his flock needs to hear it.
""What could be more bigoted than to claim that you have a monopoly on God?""
I mean come on....Who claims what in the world?
How did Jesus put it? Oh ya....
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
""What could be more bigoted than to claim that you have a monopoly on God?""
I mean come on....Who claims what in the world?
How did Jesus put it? Oh ya....
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
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Jay, Liberal jews don't claim to have a monopoly on God or that the only way a person can be moral is by being Jewish.
From the article about Yoffie's speech:
Yoffie did not mention evangelical Christians directly in his speech, using the term "religious right" instead. In a separate interview, he said the phrase encompassed conservative activists of all faiths, including within the Jewish community.
Yoffie said the activists have little understanding of the liberal religious community, which he insisted also grounds its beliefs in biblical teaching. "We study religious texts day and night, but we have no direct lines to heaven and we aren't always sure that we know God's will," he said. "We bring a measure of humility to our religious belief."
I think you're rather missing the point of the whole discussion here. Is there a particular reason you're attempting to turn the focus onto Jews?[/i]
Jay, Liberal jews don't claim to have a monopoly on God or that the only way a person can be moral is by being Jewish.
From the article about Yoffie's speech:
Yoffie did not mention evangelical Christians directly in his speech, using the term "religious right" instead. In a separate interview, he said the phrase encompassed conservative activists of all faiths, including within the Jewish community.
Yoffie said the activists have little understanding of the liberal religious community, which he insisted also grounds its beliefs in biblical teaching. "We study religious texts day and night, but we have no direct lines to heaven and we aren't always sure that we know God's will," he said. "We bring a measure of humility to our religious belief."
I think you're rather missing the point of the whole discussion here. Is there a particular reason you're attempting to turn the focus onto Jews?[/i]
RE: Reform leader slams U
He's talking about religious zealots of whatever religion, Jay, no mention of christianity, in particular. I can only assume you recognised something in his comments that applies to the Christian right ...
But if the cap fits ...
He's talking about religious zealots of whatever religion, Jay, no mention of christianity, in particular. I can only assume you recognised something in his comments that applies to the Christian right ...
But if the cap fits ...
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Yes, and to be fair I myself probably should have worded my own post somewhat differently rather than pointing specifically and only at Christians. Though admittedly my own personal experience has been with uberconservative rightwing Christians, as I have little experience with Jews of the same stripe, I know they do exist.
Being neither Christian nor Jewish, and being a member of a liberal religion myself, I simply have problems with uberconservative anything.
Yes, and to be fair I myself probably should have worded my own post somewhat differently rather than pointing specifically and only at Christians. Though admittedly my own personal experience has been with uberconservative rightwing Christians, as I have little experience with Jews of the same stripe, I know they do exist.
Being neither Christian nor Jewish, and being a member of a liberal religion myself, I simply have problems with uberconservative anything.
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Touched a nerve, did I?
Jay, do you feel the Religious Right (and there is more to it than you seem to think) ought to tend to their own flocks and leave the rest of us alone?
Touched a nerve, did I?
Jay, do you feel the Religious Right (and there is more to it than you seem to think) ought to tend to their own flocks and leave the rest of us alone?
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That's exactly what he was doing. He was speaking at The Union for Reform Judaism's national assembly. Read the article, and you'll see that. I repeat: He referred to the religious right, in general - Christians don't have a monopoly on bigotry, Jay.
Jay said:
That's exactly what he was doing. He was speaking at The Union for Reform Judaism's national assembly. Read the article, and you'll see that. I repeat: He referred to the religious right, in general - Christians don't have a monopoly on bigotry, Jay.
I love Geoge Carlin's view of warring religious groups "Basically,each is saying "My God has a bigger dick than yours"
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Of course I know that. It's the reason I posted it in the first place.
Duh.
I notice you haven't answered my question about whether the RR should preach exclusively to its own "flock", though. Going to?
Jay said:
Of course I know that. It's the reason I posted it in the first place.
Duh.
I notice you haven't answered my question about whether the RR should preach exclusively to its own "flock", though. Going to?
I prefer the "My imaginary friend is better than yours" formulation, though the point is well taken either way.
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My question is entirely legitimate, Jay. Do you feel that the RR ought to tend to its own "flock", or not?
My question is entirely legitimate, Jay. Do you feel that the RR ought to tend to its own "flock", or not?