Title: Rev. at McCain Rally: My God is Bigger than Your God
Post by: curiosityandthecat on October 13, 2008, 09:33:43 PM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on October 13, 2008, 09:33:43 PM
Rev. Arnold Conrad speaks to a McCain rally and, for lack of a better term, "throws down" that his (and McCain's) God is bigger than other gods (like Hindu... apparently, Hindu is a god, now).
[youtube:y3ohc6dw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0d3_KE5js[/youtube:y3ohc6dw]
It's one thing when an evangelical preacher is eloquent. Then, though it's still hard to swallow, at least what is being said is pleasant to listen to on a rhetorical level. The mush that falls out of Rev. Conrad's mouth, however, sounds like it was written by an eight year old.
Jim Wallis, the author of God's Politics, was on Rick Sanchez's CNN show this afternoon. He went to the same seminary school as Rev. Conrad, and said that the reverend obviously didn't "pay attention in class." I could be wrong, but it seems that a man who makes his profession around God should know that Yaweh, Jehova, the American "God" and Allah are all the same character, the God of the Abrahamic tradition. I'm not a theologian, but even I know that.
Now, I franly don't care if religious group A hates religious group B or religious group C. If they can't work out their own problems amongst themselves, I'm not going to get involved. But, when a reverend, a, I'm assuming, trusted man of the cloth and religious leader, begins telling people that his, their, our God's reputation is on the line because the bad guys might win, well, I'm not sure I can handle that.
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[youtube:y3ohc6dw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0d3_KE5js[/youtube:y3ohc6dw]
It's one thing when an evangelical preacher is eloquent. Then, though it's still hard to swallow, at least what is being said is pleasant to listen to on a rhetorical level. The mush that falls out of Rev. Conrad's mouth, however, sounds like it was written by an eight year old.
Jim Wallis, the author of God's Politics, was on Rick Sanchez's CNN show this afternoon. He went to the same seminary school as Rev. Conrad, and said that the reverend obviously didn't "pay attention in class." I could be wrong, but it seems that a man who makes his profession around God should know that Yaweh, Jehova, the American "God" and Allah are all the same character, the God of the Abrahamic tradition. I'm not a theologian, but even I know that.
Now, I franly don't care if religious group A hates religious group B or religious group C. If they can't work out their own problems amongst themselves, I'm not going to get involved. But, when a reverend, a, I'm assuming, trusted man of the cloth and religious leader, begins telling people that his, their, our God's reputation is on the line because the bad guys might win, well, I'm not sure I can handle that.
On that note, click here (http://www.zazzle.com/my_imaginary_friend_can_beat_up_your_imaginary_shirt-235934642518268511) for your "My Imaginary Friend Can Beat Up Your Imaginary Friend t-shirt.
Title: Re: Rev. at McCain Rally: My God is Bigger than Your God
Post by: rlrose328 on October 13, 2008, 10:21:23 PM
Post by: rlrose328 on October 13, 2008, 10:21:23 PM
I was going to post this today as well... Joe told me about it a few days ago. Did you hear the "amens" in the audience? It's not what this one man is saying that confounds me (though it does...). It's that so many people agree with him and his rhetorical religious garbage. It confuses, astounds and saddens me to know that there are so many people in this country that would readily get rid of any other religions and then point the finger at Islam as a bad guy. :hmm: :rant:
Title: Re: Rev. at McCain Rally: My God is Bigger than Your God
Post by: jcm on October 14, 2008, 02:16:11 PM
Post by: jcm on October 14, 2008, 02:16:11 PM
So if obama wins is that proof god does not exist or is it proof god doesn't like republicans?
Title: Re: Rev. at McCain Rally: My God is Bigger than Your God
Post by: karadan on October 14, 2008, 02:23:21 PM
Post by: karadan on October 14, 2008, 02:23:21 PM
Quote from: "jcm"So if obama wins is that proof god does not exist or is it proof god doesn't like republicans?
Haha!!
God works in mysterious ways, huh?
