Re: [blind-democracy] Ben Carson, Bigot

If we agree that Ben Carson is a bigot, then are we saying that all
Christians are bigots?
I put distance between myself and the democratic party because I could
no longer subscribe to their basic platform. I left Christianity
because I could no longer accept the myth of an Almighty Creator. Is
it possible to belong to a group of folks who proclaim that there is a
God, and that this God is a God of Love? And that He has sent His Son
to Save us from our Sins? And could we condemn war and violence and
still enter into any House of Worship and give thanks? Is that
possible, considering that the entire belief in an Almighty Creator is
for the purpose of controlling Believers.
It's time, if we are going to survive as a Species, for us to call God
out and declare Him to be a relic of the past. If we are to become
responsible for our own selves, then God and any other form of
Dictator can not be tolerated.
I have sent this idea forward to God, but so far He is not inclined to
respond. Too busy overseeing His religious Wars, I suppose.

Carl Jarvis

On 9/24/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> I'm particularly atuned to what Coates writes here because I'm currently
> reading Operation Troy by NYT reporter Scott Shane. The book is about the
> American Muslim whom Obama assasinated with a drone a few years back,.
> Jeremy Scahill also wrote about this case in Dirty Wars. But Shane's book
> is even more detailed. The book is too complicated to write about but what
> is clear from it is the same point that Coates makes heere. Christianity is
> complex, interpreted and practised differently by different people and so
> is
> Islam. By the way, Operation Troy is on Bookshare.
> Miriam
>
>
> Coates writes: "Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our
> most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been
> employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of
> complexity that Carson's ilk do not grant to Islam."
>
> Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson. (photo: Cliff Owen/Corbis)
>
>
> Ben Carson, Bigot
> By Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
> 24 September 15
>
> Yesterday presidential candidate Ben Carson was asked if he could ever
> support a Muslim president. Carson, channeling a significant portion of the
> American electorate, said that he "would not advocate that we put a Muslim
> in charge of this nation." This proclamation is presently receiving the
> rebuke that it deserves, though it could stand for even more, if only
> because of its ugly sanctimony.
> Ben Carson is a Christian-a fact he shares in common with all our greatest
> domestic terrorists and self-styled Indian-killers. From slave-holding to
> ethnic cleansing, Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our
> most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been
> employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of
> complexity that Carson's ilk do not grant to Islam. To Carson, Islam is
> terror and nothing else.
> Christians, fully conscious of their own pedigree, need not completely
> renounce their faith, nor repudiate their scripture. (If a man seeks to
> plunder you, Dr. Seuss will suffice for showing cause.) But you would think
> a wise Christian would be more humble. Carson is neither humble nor wise.
> Carson is a bigot playing to a base that considers bigotry to be a feature,
> not a bug.
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> Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson. (photo: Cliff Owen/Corbis)
> http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/ben-carson-bigot/406390/http://www.
> theatlantic.com/notes/2015/09/ben-carson-bigot/406390/
> Ben Carson, Bigot
> By Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
> 24 September 15
> esterday presidential candidate Ben Carson was asked if he could ever
> support a Muslim president. Carson, channeling a significant portion of the
> American electorate, said that he "would not advocate that we put a Muslim
> in charge of this nation." This proclamation is presently receiving the
> rebuke that it deserves, though it could stand for even more, if only
> because of its ugly sanctimony.
> Ben Carson is a Christian-a fact he shares in common with all our greatest
> domestic terrorists and self-styled Indian-killers. From slave-holding to
> ethnic cleansing, Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our
> most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been
> employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of
> complexity that Carson's ilk do not grant to Islam. To Carson, Islam is
> terror and nothing else.
> Christians, fully conscious of their own pedigree, need not completely
> renounce their faith, nor repudiate their scripture. (If a man seeks to
> plunder you, Dr. Seuss will suffice for showing cause.) But you would think
> a wise Christian would be more humble. Carson is neither humble nor wise.
> Carson is a bigot playing to a base that considers bigotry to be a feature,
> not a bug.
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> http://e-max.it/posizionamento-siti-web/socialize
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