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It has as negative a connotation as someone is willing to make of it. It doesn't really help that a lot of us still quote the bible to step on other people's rights. Christianity is supposed to be about being accepting
Exactly!
But you cannot accept a religion that believes they can kill and beat their wives and children while their end goal is 72 virgins in heaven!
 
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...I am a Muslim...It was nice knowing you all...
I dunno, the Persian side of my family is quite happy to know that Trump could potentially curb the terrorists. It's not like the Japanese and the internment camps in WWII, you'll be absolutely fine, as the constitution protects you.
Kellyanne Conway, President-elect Donald Trump's former campaign manager and newly named White House aide, said Thursday the new administration would not pursue a ban on Muslims solely based on their religion.
I am a white Christian... Good to be back on the playing field from under the rock for the past 8 years.
high five!
Ignorance is a choice, Rev

It's time to binge them alternative news sites my dude

Maybe even a dash of political Facebook memes
So blindly trusting the media is the smart thing to do? I don't get it. After all of CNN's lies upon lies, and Fox news desperately jumping back and forth on Trump once Cruz was for sure out of the race, I wouldn't trust "main stream media" (oh yeah, I said it) as far as I could throw Wolf Blitzer.
 
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So blindly trusting the media is the smart thing to do? I don't get it. After all of CNN's lies upon lies, and Fox news desperately jumping back and forth on Trump once Cruz was for sure out of the race, I wouldn't trust "main stream media" (oh yeah, I said it) as far as I could throw Wolf Blitzer.
You should ALWAYS be cautious but just do not trust alternative sources because they are not what the main media groups are showing. Anyway what news sources do you like Chary?
 
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Christianity is supposed to be about accepting Gods teachings. Not about being tolerant of every PC agenda put in front of us.
It's also about showing people the love of Christ, even in the face of persecution (although I would hardly call the last eight years that)

Make no mistake, I am a white male Christian as well. I'm just not looking to be offended, I'm looking to coexist with my friends, many of whom are gay, many of whom are agnostic and/or athiest, etc, etc.
Exactly!
But you cannot accept a religion that believes they can kill and beat their wives and children while their end goal is 72 virgins in heaven!
I agree. But that also represents a very comparatively small, militarized denomination of Muslims.

Imagine, if you will, that everyone equated all of Christianity to the Southern Baptist churches of the Bible Belt in the 1950s
So blindly trusting the media is the smart thing to do? I don't get it. After all of CNN's lies upon lies, and Fox news desperately jumping back and forth on Trump once Cruz was for sure out of the race, I wouldn't trust "main stream media" (oh yeah, I said it) as far as I could throw Wolf Blitzer.
Of course don't blindly trust them, you need to have a queue of a few different news sources (preferably of different political bias) to compare and come to your own conclusions. What doesn't help is "sharing" the Facebook image with a "quote" from Barak Obama saying he wants to watch America burn.

Here's a video you might like
 

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...I am a Muslim...It was nice knowing you all...

Also, I am not against Muslims but I am for vetting "refugees" from the Islamic countries currently poison by ISIS.

We can't just let any ole "refugee" in here, ask France and Germany how that's going for them. Spoiler alert Citizens died because terrorist came into their country.
 
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Also, I am not against Muslims but I am for vetting "refugees" from the Islamic countries currently poison by ISIS.

We can't just let any ole "refugee" in here, ask France and Germany how that's going for them. Spoiler alert Citizens died because terrorist came into their country.
You do realize we already vet refugees, right?
 

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So, what news do YOU listen to?
My main sources (although there are more I visit infrequently or do not pay much attention to)
News:
ABC News
NBC News (ONLY NBC and not MSNBC)
Rueters
AP
USA Today
WSJ
RCP
Politico
The Hill

For commentary
Democracy Now
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
CATO
Reason
Heat St
National Review
Antiwar
The Intercept
AJ+
 
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My main sources (although there are more I visit infrequently or do not pay much attention to)
News:
ABC News
NBC News (ONLY NBC and not MSNBC)
Rueters
AP
USA Today
WSJ
RCP
Politico
The Hill

For commentary
Democracy Now
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
CATO
Reason
Heat St
National Review
Antiwar
The Intercept
AJ+

This is nothing more than a No Watch List much like a No Fly List.
 

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It's also about showing people the love of Christ, even in the face of persecution (although I would hardly call the last eight years that)

Make no mistake, I am a white male Christian as well. I'm just not looking to be offended, I'm looking to coexist with my friends, many of whom are gay, many of whom are agnostic and/or athiest, etc, etc.

I agree. But that also represents a very comparatively small, militarized denomination of Muslims.

Imagine, if you will, that everyone equated all of Christianity to the Southern Baptist churches of the Bible Belt in the 1950s

Of course don't blindly trust them, you need to have a queue of a few different news sources (preferably of different political bias) to compare and come to your own conclusions. What doesn't help is "sharing" the Facebook image with a "quote" from Barak Obama saying he wants to watch America burn.

Here's a video you might like


I am all for coexisting too, but that doesn't mean we need to be selectively tolerant.
 

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My main sources (although there are more I visit infrequently or do not pay much attention to)
News:
ABC News
NBC News (ONLY NBC and not MSNBC)
Rueters
AP
USA Today
WSJ
RCP
Politico
The Hill

For commentary
Democracy Now
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
CATO
Reason
Heat St
National Review
Antiwar
The Intercept
AJ+
You should add Huffington Post to your commentary queue in the future. For news their articles are totally liberal bias but for opinion it's an interesting read

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I am all for coexisting too, but that doesn't mean we need to be selectively tolerant.
What do you mean by that?
 

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What does that even mean

I mean seriously, that was a political buzzphrase Donald invented to boost his ratings again

Cue the lol after the exclamation mark. I think we need to do a better job at identifying, monitoring, and preventing potential terrorist. I wouldn't be opposed to what Germany is thinking about doing and force monitoring those on the watch list.
 
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