"Matt 13:19
19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom and DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IT, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.
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Jesus said that; not I. The real Jesus, that is.

Look into Midrash. It's the viewpoint of the authors.

Good grief, these Western pseudo-intellectuals and their egos.

thinks Obama won the election on "principle".

Listen to NPR much, do you, taffy?

My good uncle had the Catholic Church to teach him what the Bible says, and after 72 years, he still couldn't understand it.

He died with his faith in a human organization, which gave him just enough of the wrong Jesus to keep him away from the real Jesus.

we will not change things in November.

When a New York lesbian Liberal is so easily confirmed to one of the most powerful positions in the free world, and there are not massive protests, we are finished.

We, apparently, aren't angry enough.

I'm sure you've heard the axiom, with regards to Biblical interpretation, "You have to take it in context", right?

Well, that means in context "with the whole Bible".

You are cherry picking only those parts that support your thesis; something you are charging the believer with doing.

I don't have time nor bandwidth enough to condense 36 years of Biblical understanding to be able to explain it to you, but let me urge you to consider that there's a difference between questioning things and asking questions.

I'm still waiting for one of those rational arguments for the non-existence of God, you spoke about.

*cue the crickets*

I love you, man but you're dreaming. Nothing is going to change until there is massive, organized, close to violent civil disobedience.

The electoral process has been so thoroughly corrupted that it must be discarded and done over.

You are operating on their premises.

Too bad she asked it of a churchgoing moralist instead of a genuine Christian.

It wasn't conservatives who nominated Bush. He was the only alternative given to them by the RNC.

You equate the Republicans with Conservatives. It is not always the case.