Edwards: Jesus Would Be 'Appalled' by American Selfishness

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says Jesus would be appalled at how the United States has ignored the plight of the suffering, and that he believes children should have private time to pray at school.
Edwards, in an interview with the Web site Beliefnet.com, said Jesus would be most upset with the selfishness of Americans and the country's willingness to go to war "when it's not necessary."

 

"I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs," Edwards told the site. "I think he would be appalled, actually."

Edwards also said he was against teacher-led prayers in public schools, but he added that "allowing time for children to pray for themselves, to themselves, I think is not only OK, I think it's a good thing."

In the interview, the former North Carolina senator discussed how he lost touch with his day-to-day faith during college, but that it "came roaring back" after the death of his 16-year-old son, Wade, in 1996.

Edwards has often cited religion as a part of his politics, frequently linking his efforts to fight poverty as a matter of morality.

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I think Jesus would be disappointed in John Edwards' Robin Hood mentality.   

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No candidate who talks about Jeebus will ever get my vote.

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I think Jesus would be too busy watching 'Desperate Housewives' to give a shit.

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No candidate who talks about Jeebus will ever get my vote.

I guess you don't vote?  No presidential candidate has a prayer, so to speak, if they don't openly embrace their faith at some point during the campaign. 

Did you see Hillary praying on T.V. the other day? 

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I guess you don't vote?

I successfully stifled my gag reflex long enough to vote for Kerry in 2004.

While I'm sure he submitted to the required lip-service about "faith", I don't recall him mentioning Jeebus by name.

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George Bush didn't consult his father, an ex-President, or even his own Secretary of Defense, before declaring war on Iraq.

But he did talk to God.

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he did talk to God.

"God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did" - George W. Bush, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=310788&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

I'm sure BRUCE will find it "very interesting" that I choose to believe the word of a Palestinian over the President. 

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uh oh time to repent

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I think Jesus would be disappointed in John Edwards' Robin Hood mentality.   

please elaborate 

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please elaborate 

I'm half-joking.  Edwards said he plans to repeal the "Bush" tax cuts.  Take from the "rich," give to the "poor" = Robin Hood.  Redistribution of wealth.  I am opposed. 

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I'm half-joking.  Edwards said he plans to repeal the "Bush" tax cuts.  Take from the "rich," give to the "poor" = Robin Hood.  Redistribution of wealth.  I am opposed. 

1) Do you believe that allowing a small minority to control most of the wealth is bad in the long run?

2) Are you worried about the shrinking middle class?

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1) Do you believe that allowing a small minority to control most of the wealth is bad in the long run?

2) Are you worried about the shrinking middle class?

1.  Who is "allowing" a "small minority" to "control most of the wealth" in this country? 

2.  What do you mean by "middle class" and what proof do you have that this "middle class" is shrinking?   

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1.  Who is "allowing" a "small minority" to "control most of the wealth" in this country? 

2.  What do you mean by "middle class" and what proof do you have that this "middle class" is shrinking?  

you can google 'shrinking middle class' if you want to learn more.  The highs and lows are growing, and the middle is shrinking.  You're a 'university professor' so you should know this shit already, but anyway...

I'm referring to the longterm implications of only having a very rich class, and a very poor class.  Quality of life for the rich drops once the giant lower class stops performing middle class services at middle class prices.  the economy death spirals as every one that drops for the rich means one more poor and one less rich to enjoy their services.

eh, i'm talking like 6 stories over your brain here.  you start by learning about the middle class.

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A univeristy professor does not know everything about every subject.  Which is why it is absurd that a professor of theology or some such thing gives their own theory on the collapse of the WTC's.  They know nothing more about it than some bum on the street.

What is he a professor in?

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A univeristy professor does not know everything about every subject.  Which is why it is absurd that a professor of theology or some such thing gives their own theory on the collapse of the WTC's.  They know nothing more about it than some bum on the street.

What is he a professor in?

Beach Bum won't tell us, nor will he even tell us what field his PhD is in.

All he says is that his daughter and all his students are "smarter" than I am.

Also, he manages a large business all day, so he knows more about business than me.
Also, he teaches a whole class full of MBAs, and they're all "smarter" than me and none of them believe in the 911 story.

(This was, of course, after he thought the "M" in MBA was for "mail-order" and I had to explain to him what a graduate degree was.  And, before all this, he bragged about the hard work it was being a teenage father and leaving high school before graduation to raise a family.)



And despite being a busy professor, parent, and manager who lives in hawaii, he is here posting all the live long day, even at 3, 4, 5, 6 AM hawaii time.

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you can google 'shrinking middle class' if you want to learn more.  The highs and lows are growing, and the middle is shrinking.  You're a 'university professor' so you should know this shit already, but anyway...

I'm referring to the longterm implications of only having a very rich class, and a very poor class.  Quality of life for the rich drops once the giant lower class stops performing middle class services at middle class prices.  the economy death spirals as every one that drops for the rich means one more poor and one less rich to enjoy their services.

eh, i'm talking like 6 stories over your brain here.  you start by learning about the middle class.

Ah who cares what you think.  I bet Allied Powers would never engage in this kind of drivel.  And I bet he's not a socialist like you and would never ask a dumb question like this:  "1) Do you believe that allowing a small minority to control most of the wealth is bad in the long run?"

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Ah who cares what you think.  I bet Allied Powers would never engage in this kind of drivel.  And I bet he's not a socialist like you and would never ask a dumb question like this:  "1) Do you believe that allowing a small minority to control most of the wealth is bad in the long run?"

you obviously don't understand what i said, do you?

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Beach Bum won't tell us, nor will he even tell us what field his PhD is in.

All he says is that his daughter and all his students are "smarter" than I am.

Also, he manages a large business all day, so he knows more about business than me.
Also, he teaches a whole class full of MBAs, and they're all "smarter" than me and none of them believe in the 911 story.

(This was, of course, after he thought the "M" in MBA was for "mail-order" and I had to explain to him what a graduate degree was.  And, before all this, he bragged about the hard work it was being a teenage father and leaving high school before graduation to raise a family.)



And despite being a busy professor, parent, and manager who lives in hawaii, he is here posting all the live long day, even at 3, 4, 5, 6 AM hawaii time.

LOL!    Dang man.  Do I own you or what?  You just cannot quit talking about me.  But you continue to make me laugh and I do appreciate that.  

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LOL!    Dang man.  Do I own you or what?  You just cannot quit talking about me.  But you continue to make me laugh and I do appreciate that.  

hey, where is your MBA class?

You can call me anything you want, but I am honest, and you are a liar. 

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hey, where is your MBA class?

You can call me anything you want, but I am honest, and you are a liar. 

Ah how soon we forget: 

Quote from: Beach Bum on March 02, 2007, 04:03:37 PM
Beach Bum Internet Rule 1:  Do not give out sensitive information to internet nuts who are a few fries short of a Happy Meal. 

I don't believe anything you say . . . unless it is confirmed by Allied Powers.  And you still haven't told me whether you and Allied Powers ever have disagreements.   

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Beach Bum,

you used these positions (college professor and business owner) as leverage in arguments.

You lied to appear more credible.  You made up examples from these jobs to support your arguments.  That's pathetic, man. Lying to impress strangers?  Damn, I feel sorry for you dude.

Funny thing is that as a former adult ed instructor and proj mgr, an MBA, and business owner now, it looks an awful lot like you modeled your fantasy life after my own real life.  I feel kinda flattered

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Jeebus would be appalled by the lack of love for thy neighbor.