A follower of gentle Jesus wrote:
I think you are a sickie.

Rufus wrote:
"I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate."
-Ron Paul
http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2011/07/ron-pauls-statement-of-faith.html
Further evidence is found in his opposition to unjust wars, the killing of the unborn and balanced weights and measures.

In contrast, I and 2 of my 3 siblings moved back home with our parents after college back in the 1980s, even though the economy was much better than now and we were fully able to live on our own and support ourselves.

Unlike our parents, we kids were provided with most everything we could ever need or want--which I think made us lazier and more expectant than my parents' generation, which in turn felt so bad about their own upbringing that they overcompensated their own kids by inadvertently spoiling them with their newly-acquired affluence.

Neil wrote:
John, was that in a Christian context?
Many yrs. ago, the pastor bravely encouraged everyone to discuss his sermon after the service. We tried, but there was no interest. People preferred to discuss other subjects.
You're right, the refrain is often Schuller's “God loves you & has a wonderful plan for your life” rather than Edwards' “God hates you & has a terrible plan for your life.”

Neither person was a known believer although the first one was "raised Christian"--even as I was.

Too convicting and too contrary to modern man's pursuit of "positive" self-esteem-building feedback. John 20:3

On more than one occasion, I was reading my Bible when someone approached me and asked what I was reading. One time I was in Proverbs and another time I was in Psalm 90. In each case the person's smile evaporated when I read to them the passage I was reading at the time. Then they said something like "oh wow, that's...interesting", and then went away.

Neil wrote:
I bet most of you don't know Brown's theological commitment; hint: it wasn't Transcendentalism.

My friends and I used to joke that the jeans worn be some of the girls in our high school classes must have come in a spray-can.

I try not to look but it seems that these same jeans-in-a-spray-can are back in style among our young people.

A few years back I read a chapter in a book by Dick Morris--wish I could remember the title--which listed the "meeting minutes" of the Pelosi congress for at least a month, showing that much of their activity involved voting on how and what to name various monuments, buildings, and planning social events, vacations, etc.

John UK wrote:
Was that the guy with the Chieftain?

CAS wrote:
And maybe it was a side effect of morphine or similar opiate.

My friends dad, a believer, said "Amen!..Amen!..Amen!" just before he died.

Makes one wonder just what it was they saw that made them react in such a similar way.

The other most common reaction I've seen is, if the person has sufficient strength, they try to get out of their deathbed as if they have an urgent need to go somewhere.

Mike wrote:
"This widespread ecclesiastical disobedience threatens to tear apart the covenant which holds The United Methodist Church together. It is also a direct challenge to the clear teaching of Scripture. ..."
Interesting how "a direct challenge to the clear teaching of Scripture" is added as an "also."

Atheists and evolutionists frequently overstate the effects of environment on the beings that live within it.

Dawkins is assuming Jesus (presumed by Dawkins himself to be a mere man--and/or highly evolved animal) would have adapted to today's apostate culture by becoming apostate Himself.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Considering that Arnold Schwarzenegger was once the darling of (Christian) Conservatives, she would be a step up, and at least she looks better as well.

Since my arrival in the late 1970s, I've watched this once marvelous state gradually slip into the madness that it's known for today.

Gov. Brown's re-election was essentially California's death certificate.

To paraphrase a certain very-popular talk radio host:

Conservative says: "If I can do it YOU can do it".

Liberal says: "I LOVE you! But you can't do it without my help."