Posted on 06/27/2016 10:47:22 AM PDT by Talisker
Edited on 06/27/2016 11:20:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Sort of had a similar experience with a younger co-worker. He is normally very kind and respectful to everyone. He approached me about why “trickle down economics “ never works and when I said that if the wealthy have money to invest, it does trickle down he lost it.
He ranted and it was rather alarming that anyone believes like he does. While not elaborating he seemed to imply that the rich should have much of their wealth confiscated to “pay their fair share “. This from a Minnesota farm boy.
Some days I just think it’s over-we’ve lost too many of the younger voters. He would happily vote for Lenin or Stalin.
Beautifully stated. Thank you.
I hope Jesus wants me to protect myself from nutjobs, because I plan to do that if I ever need to.
If someone would ever hurt my family, I don’t know what I would do, but I’m fairly certain it would be illegal. I hope Jesus will guide me if that situation ever occurs. I doubt it will but things happening in the USA are much bigger then a disagreement among voters.
Jesus is long gone from our public, our schools and workplaces. This is on purpose, and it has me greatly concerned.
I blame the hippies.
Thanks a lot. :)
You admit God gave us free will. You admit we are fallen.
So listen carefully: a lot of people, being fallen, rejecting Christ, have used their free will to join organizations bent on wordly domination, by voluntarily and with all their intelligence, turning themselves into mindless automatons.
They aren't actually mindless automatons - they have CHOSEN to be mindless automatons. BECAUSE they don't know Christ, and because they want to escape suffering. THAT is their solution - deliberately, willingly, and with extreme loyalty to their cause - which isn't the political cause, but rather OBEDIENCE to it. Obedience, loyalty itself, is their cause.
So when you talk about Christ, or freedom, or America, they see you as the enemy of their cause of loyalty, the enemy of their obedience. And that's ALL they see. Which means any point you make that makes them reconsider their position is - automatically - an attack on their very lives. That's WHY they are called "mindless automatons." Because that's what they've turned themselves into - voluntarily.
And THAT is the problem.
I will take your advise, back away slowly and run like heck!!!
My pleasure to share - hope some lurkers saw it too.
Earlier I posted a couple vids by John Hagee - met him a few times - I don’t word everything or see everything exactly like him but a couple good 27 minute videos - click on my posting history for about the past 3 hours. The video links are there is you’re interested.
John has always been very friendly and courteous when I’ve met him. Probably much nicer than me, LOL.
Isn't projection enlightening?
Oh and Daniel chapters 7 and 8.
Very significant in Bible Prophecy.
Daniel 8:23-25 is one stand-out verse. Perhaps someone can add significant verses from chapter 7.
s/b “IF you’re interested”
Sorry - cooking and doing this back and forth.
The way it works is really very simple.
1. their belief.
2. knowledge of the belief.
3. A will to carry out the actions of the belief
you need all three for them to be bat freking crazy.
Also note: the similarities to a cult.
Liberals are just
Empty-headed mouth-breathers.
Send them all to Mars.
Nobody actually likes Hillary or wants her elected. They have just been trained to think Trump is worse. I see these people all the time, and they are very offensive. I think they are trying to convince themselves Hillary isn’t a horrible criminal person, and when I tell them so, they get very upset.
It’s worth saying you’re going to be voting Trump just to see people like this meltdown - sort of like when the Marx brothers would take apart the snooty woman in their movies - always good to see pompous, self-important types brought down to size....
sweet Jesus! Dude!
How about a warning or something next time, I just ate...
AMEN! KEEP shouting it from the Rooftops, KEEP pointing this out.
It is a sad thing that alot of intelligent, thoughtful people just cannot accept these points.
Well, I for one do not accept the “skittles crapping Unicorn” way of thinking. I have a brain that I actually use, as you and others do too.
WE are what they fear. People who look at all the facts and make our own decisions based on those facts.
Wow. Haiku - rific!
@Talisker, I urge you to read the following. It describes the *process* by which someone ends up the state you describe above. (Sorry, it's kind of long. And I'm not blog-pimping -- it isn't mine.)
@metmom -- you too, please.
http://www.scifiwright.com/2015/11/barbarian-troglodyte-morlock/
Fascinating read, thank you. And yes, hopeless without Grace, like, as the author says, a head-first fish trap, and ever deeper do they go.
*Bows*
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