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No offense...but clearly you don't. I feel as if you are not even reading my posts.
Let me know if you want a laundry list and I will provide other examples.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
So let's start fresh again.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
Are you criticizing the content of Bentley's statements, or that he made them at all?
Originally posted by TheRedneck
Now he is attacked and forced to apologize for exercising his freedom of speech.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
What if he had said, "I know there are some here who do not have as much money as I do; but I really want you to have as much as I do."? It is essentially the same thing; he was stating a desire for others to have what he has, something he considers important.
On that front, try this...was he introduced to the congregation as "Our new Governor?"...get where I am going?
I understand the biblical and evangelical context of his statements. That choice of phrase is also condecending and divisive.
Family is not money. Family are those who love you whether you have money or not...at least for most people.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
reply to post by maybereal11
given that he has made no secret of his Christian beliefs during the campaign, and given that his inauguration occurred on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday (something he had no control over), how should he have handled the situation to assure that you had no qualms with his actions?
Originally posted by TheRedneck
On that front, try this...was he introduced to the congregation as "Our new Governor?"...get where I am going?
I get what you are saying here, and I freely admit that a large part of the reason he was even asked to speak was because of his newly-acquired status, but whose fault was that? He did not invite himself to speak, nor did he even invite himself to attend (although I am sure he considered it an honor to be invited to attend and speak). Perhaps your argument is more toward the church itself than towards Bentley?
Originally posted by TheRedneck
Another phrase in your posts seems to suggest it is:
I understand the biblical and evangelical context of his statements. That choice of phrase is also condecending and divisive.
This is where I really start to have concerns. That particular verse is one I have never seen as divisive or condescending, even before I became Christian. It is an acceptance of all people based not on their race, their looks, their position in society, but on their beliefs... which can easily be extended to mean their morality, in my mind anyway.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
Family is not money. Family are those who love you whether you have money or not...at least for most people.
Does that mean that no one who does not have physical kinship with elected officials have any sort of hope for representation?
So absent those pointedly divisive and offensive remarks aimed at non-christians, I have no issue with timing, venue, the rest of his prepared speech etc.
But the rest of your argument seems reaching...was he obligated to include those words in his speech?
I am not anti-christian...but I am against any religious rhetoric that speaks to division. I prefer "we are all gods children"....but that is niether here nor there in this discussion.
BTW - Please direct me to that verse he was quoting...I'd like to compare it to Bentley's remarks..
Source: www.blueletterbible.org...
Matthew 12:
46: While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48: But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49: And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50: For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Source: www.blueletterbible.org...
Mark 3:
31: There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32: And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33: And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34: And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35: For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
The assumption in your analogy was Christian = Spiritual Wealth , Non-Christian Spritual Poverty...
Sidenote: