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If the US could eliminate the party system, then

Posted: Jan 12, 2011

And if the world could eliminate religious extremism, or better yet, the religion "crutch" altogether, then CIVILIZATION might just stand a chance.

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religion "crutch"????? - IndependentMT

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What exactly do you mean?? Because my feeling is the only way America is going to survive is to get back to our grass-roots upon which this country was founded and God is intertwined with EVERY aspect of our lives.

I suppose "Voo-Doo" might've described it better. - It brings out the worst in people worldwide.

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NM

Who are you going to blame when things get - worse if you manage to

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remove God from the lives of people worldwide?

My prayer is that you never have to find out.

Yep, the worst, like Billy Graham Ministries - spending 40 million

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dollars in relief to Haiti over this past year....building shelter, providing medical assistance, food, etc. All that money donated by Christians in this country seeking to help people. Yeah, our Christianity certainly brings out the worst in us.

And yeah, they really proselytized. They had a prayer with the folks and handed them a Bible. Boy, that was awful, wasn't??

By the way, how much have you donated to Haiti relief this year?

Christians have helped the less fortunate in this country since its inception. They did not have to be forced by the government to do so. There were fewer homeless when faith-based organizations were handling it than when the government took it over. That is because faith-based organizations believe in a hand up and not a hand out, back in the day when people believed it was their responsibility to take care of their families but sometimes needed a lift during a tough time. Faith-based organizations have always been there and will the FIRST there.

Yeah...they are the worst, aren't they?

Agreed! Op really should be careful what he/she - asks for. Whatever they

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"think.."...they DO NOT want a world without God.

We are a country founded on the will of men to have freedom to worship as they pleased. That is why we exist. The further we as a country turn from God, the worse things get. History tells us that.

OP apparently is now after freedom to worship.

And they wonder why we do not want them in power. Go figure.

and who is "them"? - now that is a telling comment

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To a conspiracy theorist I suppose it would be... - a telling comment...lol

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"They" would be people who seek to take God/religion/whatever they want to call (it in their comfort zone) out of the world. I am thinking that OP is not the only one that feels that way, hence "they."

However, if he/she is, please accept my apology and I ammend my comment to "he/she."

Thanks!

I'll take good ol' common sense over blind faith, any day. - Very little sense found in most religion.

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Depends on what you refer to as common - sense. And as one who

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has faith, I assure you it is not blind, not in any man or political party. I understand you saying that...I've been where you are.

But I am not there anymore.

US party system - spitfire78

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John Lennon said the same thing in "IMAGINE".

He sure did after many years of LOTS of drugs - Yes, he was a dreamer. n/m

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You sound as if you could use a "crutch" of some - kind....the "world" is

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obviously not giving you what you need.

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