tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post8668017825178168234..comments2023-10-25T09:45:40.318-04:00Comments on The Politics of the Cross Resurrected: Greed is Not Limited to the One PercentCraig Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-85992288109169535542011-10-21T22:56:35.704-04:002011-10-21T22:56:35.704-04:00Nathan,
So is the label inaccurate or do you just ...Nathan,<br />So is the label inaccurate or do you just not like it? I really want to know.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-47522566658676443082011-10-21T22:44:01.474-04:002011-10-21T22:44:01.474-04:00"this is why lefties like you" is a quo..."this is why lefties like you" is a quote from you<br /><br />this isn't the first time that i've said something on here and then got labeled by you.<br /><br />by doing that, you are taking what I have to say and automatically categorizing me with a bunch of people that you passionately disagree with. i'm unsure how doing this makes any sense?NathanColquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813551262937303118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-5434059840842526882011-10-20T22:15:07.867-04:002011-10-20T22:15:07.867-04:00Nathan,
Your comment in the last paragraph makes a...Nathan,<br />Your comment in the last paragraph makes absolutely no sense. Are you saying all these distinctions just don't matter? Why do you bother thinking or reading at all then?Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-55630595995170572312011-10-20T22:06:57.834-04:002011-10-20T22:06:57.834-04:00Dr. Carter.
The reason I showed the jesus radical...Dr. Carter.<br /><br />The reason I showed the jesus radicals article was simply to show you that the 99% that I am reading isn't just blaming the 1%, they are accepting the blame on themselves as well. I meant nothing else with that link.<br /><br />I don't support the Tea Party anymore than I support the Democrats. I do not see this as a partisan movement and neither does 70% of them (says one survey, http://occupywallst.org/article/70-percent-ows-supporters-independent/). besides I'm canadian, i really don't see a need to "support" one of these partisan movements. in the end, i run a small business, love my family, grow my garden, serve the poor and i don't really care who is in power or what label is attributed to me. i really don't think the democrats or the republicans care much about anything besides power, they just have different ways of going about it.<br /><br />What i find so frustrating about this blog is that you have yet to show me you can see anything in the entire world through a lens that isn't red or blue. because i ask some questions or because you see a few trigger words you jump all over it with all your wild accusations of leftist, marxist, blah blah blah. So many accusations. i'm unsure how you expect for anyone to listen to you let alone engage you when you respond with labels and categories and warnings of what happens when you start thinking a certain way.NathanColquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813551262937303118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-8134878945486271322011-10-20T21:56:22.005-04:002011-10-20T21:56:22.005-04:00Nathan,
I did check out the Jesus Radicals sit...Nathan,<br /> I did check out the Jesus Radicals site and I'm afraid I did not see much of any value in it. This may seem new and cutting edge to you (I don't know) but, honestly, it is centuries old re-cycled heresy.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-46061237118472387092011-10-19T23:58:14.362-04:002011-10-19T23:58:14.362-04:00Nathan,
Look, I am able to see more than one side ...Nathan,<br />Look, I am able to see more than one side of this issue. In fact, I am the one who is putting blame on all 3 parties: the banks, the govt. & the individuals with the entitlement mentality. Do you think the banks want to be allowed to fail? Of course not. They fear capitalism & that is why they like the Democrats. Big Business loves Big Government.<br /><br />But let's look at the OWS people. All they do is carry stupid signs saying "Eat the rich" and vilify Wall St. as the cause of all the problems of the world just as Marxists and their dupes have been doing for 150 years now. I can't respect that. It is one-sided, myopic and immature.<br /><br />Obama (who got more campaign donations from Wall St. than John McCain & more than any other president in history) is using OWS to deflect blame away from his atrocious administration and onto Wall St. and the Republicans, whom he paints as the protectors of Wall St. This is a scandal. <br /><br />Either the OWS people are his willing pawns who are doing this on purpose or they are just plain stupid. I think it is half and half. The Big Unions who are organizing this know exactly what they are doing, but the college kids who hardly even understand the issues and pathetically want the govt. to pay their student loans are just dupes. <br /><br />I think the revolving door between Wall St. & the White House needs to be nailed shut. Do you realize that Rahm Emmanuel and Bill Daley both worked for Goldman Sachs? What we need is a president from outside the Washington establishment who will shake things up. A Rick Perry or a Herman Cain makes the 1% pee in their pants in fear! <br /><br />This is why lefties like you are so frustrating to me. You swallow the party line that the Republicans are the party of the 1% and the Democrats care about the little people. That is just wrong. The Democratic and Republican party establishments are part of the political elite in the US and the Tea Party, which is threatening to take over the Republican Party represents the only - repeat ONLY - serious threat to the status quo in the US that got us (i.e. the world) into the economic crisis. <br /><br />If you really want to be radical, support the Tea Party. The Tea Party stands for small business, the family, traditional virtue, limited govt., capitalism, individual initiative and freedom. But if you want the same old same old then just let Obama and the Big Unions sucker you into making sure the same political elites that controls both the Dem. & Rep. Party establishments + Wall St. + the mainstream media + the universities + Hollywood continue to run the show. <br /><br />It is tragic that young, idealistic Christians let themselves be sucked into worldly, leftist rhetoric and drawn away from a biblical and conservative worldview by the allure of "helping the poor" and "fighting injustice" and other such sweet-sounding slogans. The tragedy is that they end up supporting abortion, sexual immorality, materialism, class envy, hate, eugenics, irrationality, anti-Semitism, radical feminism and anti-capitalism. <br /><br />I understand the temptation. I was going down this road myself until one day I was jerked out of my stupor and I realized that the Left-wing temptation is built on lies and is just plain old worldliness.Craig Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209954891388905090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328993133397649838.post-84585769463910427062011-10-19T21:29:03.617-04:002011-10-19T21:29:03.617-04:00Dr. Carter.
1. http://www.jesusradicals.com/we-ne...Dr. Carter.<br /><br />1. http://www.jesusradicals.com/we-need-a-confessing-movement/ - this is the stance many christians are taking towards this, is this not a healthy approach? we believe that the 99% are just as broken.<br /><br />2. many of the things you said are what folks in the movement are asking for (allowing the banks to fail etc) but you seem to be shifting all the blame just to government and the 99%. do you not think the 1% takes any of the blame for just "going along with the ride" considering how much there ride benefited them and oppressed the rest of them that thought they were just going along for the ride as well?NathanColquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813551262937303118noreply@blogger.com