Quote:
Originally Posted by Willravel
I was making a statement of fact about my own opinion, not a challenge to anyone's assumptions.
|
Fair enough.
Past that point, I asked you to explain your opinion. To an extent, you complied, but not very well. I pointed out that your listed contradictions weren't actually contradictions.
That's where we're at. What, if anything, is next? Do you have any
good examples of why you're flabbergasted?
Quote:
|
Everything after that was me explaining my own opinion. Here's a question for you: if you're trying to change my opinion, who does the burden fall on? I'll give you a hint, it's you.
|
How would you propose I do that if I don't have an understanding of your opinion's basis? You gave me some examples, but they didn't help me to understand your opinion because they didn't support it.
If I were to say that I was flabbergasted that followers of Jesus could be political liberals, could you point out to me the passages where Jesus advocated liberal government? And for the love of that neocon-hating God, if you do, could you please do so without conflating liberal government and liberal behavior?
You want a list of examples where Jesus doesn't hate political conservatism? Take a Bible that puts the words of Jesus in red. Those words in red are my tentative list. I invite you to poke holes in that list.