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Thompson: 'I'm OK with the Lord, and the Lord is OK with me'
CNN/ClintonNewsNetwork ^ | 12-3-07

Posted on 12/04/2007 1:51:30 PM PST by rightinthemiddle

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson Monday said he didn't need to apologize for his faith, despite concerns from Christian conservatives that he does not express his religious beliefs enough on the campaign trail.

"As far as faith is concerned, I have not made any secret as to where I am. I am a Christian," Thompson said, noting that, while he does not attend church while at home in McLean, Virginia, he does attend church with his mother when he visits in Tennessee. "I have no apologies to make about my religion or my relationship to Jesus Christ or God."

In a column in USA Today Monday, David Domke, a University of Washington journalism professor, said Thompson has not done better in the polls because "he lacks a religious niche" and "Christian conservatives have not been amused or enthused" by his lack of church attendance and the few times he has talked of his faith on the campaign trail.

Thompson dismissed those comments, saying "I'm OK with the Lord, and the Lord is OK with me, as far as I can tell."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservative; election; fredthompson; thompson
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To: rightinthemiddle

Dr. Dobson ain’t gonna like this.

And I honestly don’t care.


61 posted on 12/04/2007 7:46:46 PM PST by RockinRight (Rumors of Fred Thompson's death have been greatly exaggerated.)
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To: M203M4
Especially considering the social direction of some “Christian” churches today.


62 posted on 12/04/2007 7:59:54 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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To: ansel12; TheLion

That is just your opinion ansel12, you can really only speak for yourself!


63 posted on 12/04/2007 8:02:10 PM PST by restornu (Discern effects of evils & designs which exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days)
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To: SoConPubbie; TheLion

You say add I say restore!


64 posted on 12/04/2007 8:03:31 PM PST by restornu (Discern effects of evils & designs which exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days)
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To: ansel12; FastCoyote; colorcountry; restornu
Fred should denounce Moronism as a cult and be done with it once and for all. If Fred is not against Moronism then how can he lead?

Moronism = denunciation of a faith by religious gatekeepers for no other reason than differences on dogma, no matter how blasphemous those dogmas may appear to all but the uninitiated.

65 posted on 12/04/2007 8:04:40 PM PST by mission9 (It ain't bragging if you can do it.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

CNN - Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

But only if you’re a Republican.


66 posted on 12/04/2007 8:08:33 PM PST by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: mission9

Fred answered exactly as I would have done. I am okay with the Lord and the Lord is okay with me. I am covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. There IS nothing more than that.


67 posted on 12/04/2007 8:10:03 PM PST by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Squidpup
Okay, given that’s all you know, where’s your vote going?”

Oh and one more thing - it’s 1980.

Unfortunately the evangelicals voted fot the "Peanut Man". You see...he was a "Born Again" and that made it OK.

Huckabee = Carter.

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68 posted on 12/04/2007 8:11:56 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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To: RockinRight

lol......You are right. Dobson won’t approve.

I love Fred’s honesty.


69 posted on 12/04/2007 8:13:40 PM PST by Shortstop7
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To: rightinthemiddle

“The MSM does not like Fred.”

The problem is that some of the blowhards that have declared themselves our “leaders” in Christianity don’t like Fred either.


70 posted on 12/04/2007 8:13:52 PM PST by DesScorp
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To: RockinRight

Well, yes it does actually (Heb. 10:25), but it also says that where two or three are gathered together in His name that He will be in the midst of them. (Matt. 18:20). Who is to say that Fred and Jeri don’t study and worship privately when they aren’t in TN?

I understand why Fred might worship publicly when he goes home to TN, and not in other places. But, I don’t know for certain why he does it, any more than the folks criticizing him know the reasons.

My inclination is to believe that Fred’s relationship with the Lord is more secure than many,if not most, of his judgmental critics. The fact that he doesn’t make a show of his faith is no indication that it isn’t more genuine than those who love to make a public show of theirs.


71 posted on 12/04/2007 8:14:09 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: JCEccles
Amen, sister. This whole notion of judging who is and isn't a Christian based on what church they attend or do not attend is ridiculous.

Yes, and I believe Jesus said something about not judging or condemning others. He also recommended prayer to be done privately and quietly because God knows what you want.

72 posted on 12/04/2007 8:18:25 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: restornu

Name the denominations that officially accept the Mormom church as Christian.


73 posted on 12/04/2007 8:29:01 PM PST by ansel12 (Proud father of a 10th Mountain veteran. Proud son of a WWII vet. Proud brother of vets, Airborne)
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To: ansel12
The problem with your test is that if a voter knows all that, then they are going to know a lot more than that alone.

I spent some time in both Georgia and Alabama (my first wife was born and raised in Georgia) during the 60's. I can attest to the fact that thinking Conservatives knew that Carter was a nutter and a phony. And being from California I knew Reagan was the real deal.

I voted for Reagan and was perplexed why Conservative Christians fell for the "I'm a Born Again" line from the "Peanut Man".

74 posted on 12/04/2007 8:30:08 PM PST by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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To: mission9

“Fred should denounce Moronism as a cult and be done with it once and for all. If Fred is not against Moronism then how can he lead?

Moronism = denunciation of a faith by religious gatekeepers for no other reason than differences on dogma, no matter how blasphemous those dogmas may appear to all but the uninitiated.”

Say What??

I think Fred will do what he feels like, Mitt will as well, and so will I - it is a free country. So, I will not be browbeat into voting for someone with whom I fundamentally disagree on religion, no matter what names I am called.


75 posted on 12/04/2007 8:31:12 PM PST by FastCoyote
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To: TheLion

“The religious stuff is nothing but dirty politics.”

So, an-religion is the only religious discussion allowed? That is, anything but religion can be discussed inpolitics? My, how Hugo Chavez of you.


76 posted on 12/04/2007 8:33:33 PM PST by FastCoyote
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To: colorcountry

I am covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. There IS nothing more than that.

So if Mitt Romney says that (or a John 3:16 equivalent) I trust you will not attack his sincerity?


77 posted on 12/04/2007 8:40:31 PM PST by mission9 (It ain't bragging if you can do it.)
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To: AHerald

While I go to church regularly, I suspect there are more verses dealing with gluttony than not attending church. Somehow, I doubt all the fat Christians worry about the gluttony verses...

Not talking about you, but I’m not too worried about Fred. He’s not running for President of the SBC.


78 posted on 12/04/2007 8:49:55 PM PST by Mr Rogers (Mitt is the Kama Sutra of Republican politics. Huckabee is Sandra Day O'Connor.)
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To: ansel12

I am not concern about what other denominations think or believe when I know for a fact the This is The Church of Jesus Christ he had counsel Joseph Smith and his other servants to restore His Church once again on Earth


79 posted on 12/04/2007 9:43:41 PM PST by restornu (Discern effects of evils & designs which exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days)
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To: restornu

A pass from what? When we use the word Cult, do you think that it is a description for Mormonism that is just a slang word, thrown out there because of Mitt Romney’s candidacy?

All of the various denominations that we belong to identify the Mormons as a Cult, that to the unaware, mimics Christianity on the surface.


80 posted on 12/04/2007 9:47:26 PM PST by ansel12 (Proud father of a 10th Mountain veteran. Proud son of a WWII vet. Proud brother of vets, Airborne)
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