On 7/22/2015 4:57 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2015-07-22 03:59:23 +0000, Dr. Edward Morbius said:
>
>>>>> Yeah, if America could get rid of our Christian equivalent
>>>>> ("preachers")
>>>>> might get some legitimacy too.
>>>>
>>>> Do our preachers run the political process?
>>>>
>>>> Um, no they don't.
>>>
>>> Depends on what you consider "political process";
>>
>> That's just semantics laden obfuscation.
>
> Not it's not.

Yes, it is.

The political process itself is secular, period.

>> You know as well as I do that religion does NOT institutionalize
>> itself in our democratic republic.
>
> Narrowing "political process" down to the institutionalization of the
> Christian religion within the governmental mechanism is a peculiarly
> narrow definition of "the political process", but sure,

You mean of your allusion as to what the "political process" may be.

You never even stated your definition.

> that would imply
> that Christianity has no involvement with the government.

Functional?

None.

Nominal by public invocation, prayers, the Pledge or such - only a very
little.

> I was using
> the phrase the way it's normally used.

Care to DEFINE that for us?

http://thelawdictionary.org/political-process/

"What is POLITICAL PROCESS?

....the method used where the candidates for a public office are
nominated and then elected."

> What does your use of the word
> "mullahs" mean?

That should have been clear long ago, the religious clerics who run Iran.

>>> I find that political
>>> block, evangelicals,certainly do have significant effects on what kind
>>> of blabber and posturing politicians produce to get their votes and
>>> support. I call that the political process.
>>
>> You think "evangelicals" are in charge?
>
> If I had thought so, I would have said so.

The question begged an answer.

> Are you saying that
> evangelicals have no control over regional senators and congress persons?

I'm saying their "influence" such as it was under Ralph Reed, has been
steadily eroding ever since the late 80s..

This nation does NOT have a viable Christian Democrat Party.

>> Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no
>> roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N.
>> warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General
>> Assembly session.
>
> Yeah we know all about that.

What a facile little pass-off that was!

> But all you have to do to find fascist "christians" is turn on the radio.

Acting as President and chief spokesmen of a dangerously theocratic
republic?

No.

I can't find those.

And neither can you!

>> Case closed.
>
> I think your case was that your opinions are correct. And yes it seems
> quite closed.

My opinions, as ever, are unassailable, ergo your pallid attempt to do so.

>>>> So then WTF is your major mental malfunction?
>>>
>>> Going personal so soon?
>>
>> No time better than the present.
>
> Welcome to the killfile.

Run, hide, run from the facts!