Rick Santorum is attempting to justify using the expression 'phony theology' when referring to the President over the weekend. Santorum claims he was not questioning the President's faith. Watch the report from NBC Nightly News.
By saying that Obama's theology is "phony," Santorum is saying that all Protestant Christianity or theology is phony, is he not? He reverts to the pre-Vatican II position in the 1950s that the only true Christians are Roman Catholics and the rest are damned. Old Rick wants to institute a Roman Catholic theocratic state so he can start his own version of the Inquisition. He is an egoistic zealot full of hate speech, not an authentic follower of Christ.
How can you tell? "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." (Corinthians 13.3)
Hate speech and caritas or agape, Christ's spiritually illumined love, are existential contradictions. Even Christ's episodes of righteous indignation were acts of love, to teach or discipline, not to condemn.
SnoopDoug
2/20/2012 6:25:23 PM
The Evangelicals never cease to amaze me. They're all concerned about the abortion of a fetus. Someone, or something with pure innocense, without consceience or intellect.
They show their unconditional love for the fetus, yet the mother with a conscience and intellect, they could care less about the circumstances that brought her to abort the baby. Condemn the sinning mother, and not even wonder about the man who inseminated her and possibly left her with no money or support. It happens all the time, and the man then thinks it's funny when someone asks him how many children he has and says "Ah, I think I have a few here and there", with a shit eating grin on his ugly face. Now that's one real Hell of a man.
The mother is guilty, the father is guilty - they have sinned, and will live with their transgressions. God, the High Judge will sort the sins of all of us and reneder a proper judgement. And I don't know whether my sins are worse than the ones mentioned above.
"Forgive my trespasses, as I forgive those who trespass against me".
Repubs say they want small government and deregulation when it comes to money, but want strict, harsh regulation, and large government concerning moral issues. Piling their pockets full of money so they can show their contempt to the working class, while preaching that they're doing God's work.
Sanitarium, if you're going to doubt the theology of our President, at least have the balls to answer the question that was asked.
Speaking of balls, this has been attributed to Betty White:
"When she hears a person tell another to 'grow some Balls' she tells them that balls are weak and sensitive. Grow a vagina, those things take a pounding."
I'm an old man, and this is the first time I'm sincerely scared that a Repub will win the election.
Linda S Houston
2/20/2012 5:15:24 PM
Newt is telling everyone how he is going to get us $2 a gallon gas whilst simultaneously invading Iran which he thinks we should do. Now I think a third grader could figure this one out. They've already cut off England and France because of the heavy sanctions. You'd think they would know better, they are on the same continent for God's sake. Their next move is to close the straits or start taking hostages. But that's ok cause no matter what elect Newt and he will get you that $2 gas.
Rex, Moorhead
2/20/2012 4:17:34 PM
Ron Mariposa: It would be nice if we had a break away from all these military conflicts for a while. We can not afford them. Plus, I write a fair amount about Iran and Israel but I hope we can come up with a sustainable policy that prevents war. Energy policy and infrastructure are big deals in getting us out of the Middle East and other unstable parts of the world. I hope we can avoid conflict with Iran. I am afraid that we have an angry imported oil "wolf" by the ears. We can not possible run away from it and we don't dare let go. So we hold onto it as best we can.
Pat, Grand Lake Co
2/20/2012 3:23:22 PM
This man is seriously disturbing. When he said 90% of all Down's pregnancies are aborted, no one asked him to back up that fact.. like 90% of Planned Parenthood business is abortions. This is the junk that comes out of this man. I am convinced there is some scandel somewhere on Sanitorium. He must be humiliated for the liar that he is, and he is a liar. He must be asked to prove his statements. If the MSM questions him, he will only apprear on fox and just the 2 million or so idiots who watch fox can cheer him on.
Put him in a uniform, have him grow a mustache, and hang a cross around his neck, and, by God, we will finally find out if those FEMA camps really exist and if DIA is really just a huge grave for millions. Onward Christian soldiers.
TAX THE RICH and give sanitorium the boot!
ron mariposa
2/20/2012 12:05:55 PM
change of subject: A person on facebook posted a thing about whitney huston and how people cried for her and it also said 1 million died and no one cried. I posted about the 1.4 trillion spent in two wars and what it could have done to help this country and others in need, and then said look at the song war from 1969. I found it and it had the words on it also so I posted it for the gal on my page. I wish more people would listen to this song as it should have been played when gorgie and dickie sent our troops to war. Today the Iran treat isnt being rushed into by our president as if we had mc cain and shara palin we would have troops from Iraq in there now. So miblue if you can goggle it and you are on facebook post it and add what you just said here. If people would look at the history of religion and the harm it has caused to mankind maybe they wouldnt allow radicals to take it over and lead their people to do crimes against others in the name of G-D.
just my humble view
miblue
2/20/2012 11:03:21 AM
A phony theology is one that professes faith and fidelity to the 10 Commandments as it butchers its way to being history's number one in breaking everybodys favorite commandment - Thou Shall Not Kill. Ask the Cathers, the Verdunites, conversos, heretics, witches, the victims of the crusades, the counter-reformationists, and entire societies and cultures - who can forget the Inca, Aztec, and Mayan pagans or the entire western hemisphere for that matter - that lost their heads, were burned at the stake, or met their maker earlier than expected. Sorry the list is too long to remember but I am sure I can fill 10 or 12 pages with other examples. The thing that kills me is it was written in stone no less. Perhaps an expletive before Kill would have driven the point home better. Peace - if thats not too much to ask.
ron mariposa
2/20/2012 9:58:29 AM
First this man is a nothing but hater of all things that make this country the shinning light of freedom. That freedom part may sound crazy, but why do so many come here and want to raise their childern here? America has been the place for freedom and these men and women on the right want to take that away and have sold their souls to the devil. I think I am going to stop watch the news in the morning as I am almost throwing up each day when I see these gop=tea baggers lairs talking. Who voted people like norquist in to office I havent seen his name on any ballot in any state, but he and his ilk sure are pulling the strings of the gop=tea baggers. Gee this president gave money to a failed solar company this president didnt the loans and grants were started under bush and given out by independent panel, this president had a bail out of wall street, this president didnt it was under bush, when the stimulus money ran out then the economy stopped moving, no again 1/2 tax breaks for small business, and money is still there for projects, and again norquist failed to say his gop=tea bagger governors used the stimulus to balance budgets and not to create job one and now are using the money for mortgages to pad their budgets again. Everything this president has done for the people the gop=tea baggers have preverted in to their sick agenda. I may not have grown up in a leave it to beaver family and grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, but the one thing my parents gave me was a brain and the idea to question what isnt correct, and which most of the people of the gop= tea baggers failed to get or failed to learn. To go out and find the truth is something these people cant do as they are brain dead and a sheeple as they say.
just my humble view
PS all that can be said about the gop=tea baggers on this blog has been said, but each day they say something more crazy or just stupid that needs to be talked about. Keep it up and maybe we can get others to use their brains for something more than a door stop
Linda S Houston
2/20/2012 9:54:01 AM
Theology means religion idiot! You are now caught in your own perverted web of trying to make the President look anti religion. You cannot backtrack once you start this idiocy, we have videotape! You tried this with your "blacks on food stamps" utterance too. Then you tried to say you did not say black. Not only do you pervert religion, you are now perverting the English language!
linda, virginia
2/20/2012 8:27:33 AM
Why is Santorum taking premartial sex so personally? Why is he taking abortion so personally? He lies about President Obama shoving his ideals down our throat. What does Santorum think he is doing? Everything Santorum has to say is a guess, based upon no evidence. He has no facts of substance. His innuendos about President Obama is a shot in the dark....Rick Santorum is a gossipy religious fanatic.............who is markedly distressed by his own sexual fantasies....Rick Santorum definitely need kept out of the WhiteHouse.
