--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/25/06 11:22:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[email protected]) , > "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[email protected]) , MDixon6569@ wrote: > > <snip> > > > If Obama can't or won't speak openly against gay marriage > > > or abortion he will not attract the devout Christian vote, > > > no matter how much he says he is a Christian. > > > > Just for the record, it's not necessary to be > > against gay marriage and/or abortion in order > > to be a "devout Christian." > > P.S.: Obama is personally strongly pro-life (don't > know about gay marriage). However, he does not > believe in imposing his religious values on others, > particularly not via legislation. > > (He doesn't want to "change the Democratic position" > on abortion, BTW, contrary to what the article Shemp > posted claimed. He *does* want to be able to have a > mutually respectful dialogue about abortion, which > neither Democrats nor Republicans tend to be very > good at.) > > Actually when I refer to devout Christian, I'm referring to the repentant > soul. One who accepts the original teaching of the Church, not the Apostate > church. One can not be repentant and believe either of these activities is OK > or should be acceptable.
On the contrary, one can, and many do. Abortion was a common practice among pagans > surrounding the ancient Jews, But Jews rejected the practice. While the Bible never > mentions the word abortion specifically it was unthinkable for a Jewish woman > to even entertain the thought of abortion as all life was considered sacred > and to have children was considered a blessing and to be without children was a > curse. Our laws are based up the Ten Commandments and other Hebraic law. <snip> The devout Christian does not pick and choose > what he/she wants to and disregard the rest. The Hebrew Scriptures contain a lot of very interesting provisions. I really don't think you want to take that line of argument. <snip> >If Obama can not or will not renounce his > party's position on abortion or gay marriage the truly devout will have nothing to do with him, I just got done pointing out that Obama is strongly pro-life. (Don't know about gay marriage.) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
