Ground UP vs Top Down

[JBKlyde]

I think if you really wanted a grass roots sort of government ron paul would be your choice... top down is a theocracy because it is God above who is ruleing... and it's not a kick in the gut the white cat died of "bone cancer"....

[SamIam]

Besides, who would vote for god? He screws up on a regular basis - forest fires that burn out of control for days on end; horrific storms that kill people and leave everyone sweltering at record temps - never mind tsunami's and earth quakes. It would be like having in the White House an over-sized child under going the terrible twos. No thanks.

[JBKlyde]

well did it ever occur to you that God is mad because the leaders in the white house are not behaving correctly and if the leaders started following Christ like he was King and not just as you put it "a 2 year old", then maybe we'd have eternal blue sky's and rain bows..

[sexobon]

That makes sense. After all, God made you the way you are because he was mad at your parents for not behaving correctly and following Christ.

[SamIam]

Yeah, but what if god is really a Buddhist? Then what?

[regular.joe]

JB, you do understand that you are posting in a community made of a majority of atheists and agnostics?

[classicman]

joe - you do realize that JB is here to save us all from ourselves, right?

[DanaC]

Why would God care what one particular country's leaders are doing? Is it just the ones in the White House? Or is it all leaders everywhere?

Why would the malpractices of leaders count for more than the thousand and one small acts of kindness and compassion shown by ordinary people every day?

[Griff]

Mericans are the new improved Chosen People ® mmkay.

[DanaC]

Ahhh. I forgot, you guys took over from us.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
(Chorus)

The nations not so blest as thee
Must, in their turn, to tyrants fall,
While thou shalt flourish great and free:
The dread and envy of them all.

(Chorus)

Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,
As the loud blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root thy native oak.

(Chorus)

Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse thy generous flame,
But work their woe and thy renown.

(Chorus)

To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles, thine.

(Chorus)

The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coasts repair.
Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.

(Chorus)
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

[Gravdigr]

If some of us put as much effort into our own lives as we put into trying to disprove God, our world would be a much better place.

But, everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine.

[JBKlyde]

Theory and Reality are 2 different things.. try not to get them confused. Theory says Rockets go UP and it's been proven true by Nasa but if no one ever challenged that theory we'd be digging a hole to the center of the earth. Reality says Christ Died on the cross to forgive us of our sins, it was profized long before it ever happened and then it happened. History Predicts Itself try not to predict doom upon your life.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

If some of us put as much effort into our own lives as we put into finding funny stuff to post on the internet, our world would be a much better place.

But, everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's just mine.

Attachment 39473

See, that works for pretty much anything you put in there,

[Gravdigr]

My life is sorted to an ok point. I await the end.


And besides, looking for "funny stuff to post on the internet" is my religion.

[DanaC]

Hehehe. fair point.