Posted on 08/23/2010 4:54:09 PM PDT by Sola Veritas
.................I believe that's what Jesus meant when He told us to love our enemies. The ultimate demonstration of love for a Christian should be to evangelize the lost.
There is no indication Ann Coulter has ever used one of her paid speaking engagements to do this. In fact, I'm not even sure a paid speaking engagement is an appropriate forum for evangelizing.
Nevertheless, I have heard from a few Christians who compare Coulter's paid speaking gig to Homocon with Jesus sitting down with tax collectors and sinners.
That is not good discernment.
Coulter is a political activist, a pundit, a satirist. She is not Jesus. And she is not an evangelist. No one is likely to get saved at Homocon because Ann Coulter gives a conservative stump speech.
What will happen as a result of her appearance is that a compromise will be made with sin. Sin will be condoned or appeased. A conservative icon will find accommodation with a sin that would undermine the foundations of Western civilization, the Judeo-Christian ethic and the most basic biblical standards of sexual morality.
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My point exactly,,, Paul who knew Jesus, who was used to convey much of God’s word said he did what he didn’t want to do and didn’t do what he should... guess he was a sinner. We are all defective....And we in the church are great at shooting our own wounded;
“A private phone call to Ann would have been the best way to go. Why publicize it knowing that the Left will then use it to highlight some “rift” among conservatives?”
Go back through past posts by Farah on WND and he has one there explaining how he tired to get Ann to back down outside of the public spotlight. She would not.
Paul repented and fought his sin. Homosexuals want special rights based on their sin.
What I heard as I read your post was “Yeah. It’s ok to compromise values and morality. Everyone does.”
Well, we may come at things from different angles, but as I see it my values are more compromised under Obama than they would have been under Romney. So, if somebody thinks that is the best way to beat Obama I won't second guess that. I may not agree in every instance, but it does seem a valid way to approach things given the facts.
it’s amazing how many think their agenda or the question of marriage is harmless.
It’s time people understood that this is a step in their agenda, this goes to adoption, teaching in school, forcing religious adoptions to give them kids, forcing churches to marry them, in the military.
etc etc etc
Seems money is more than principles to some infact many and it high time we had more folks on the radio and TV talking about this agenda as staying silent is what they want
Only you can compromise your values by the choices that you make. No one does it to you. YOU choose.
I figure Ann was making a similar calculation. If she were to come out in favor of Romney now, I'd be very surprised (and disappointed).
I can certainly see that, and would probably share your view on it, but I have to admit things could happen to change it. I suppose that things could fall out in just such a way that he could be the best bet and then I would be open to it. I like candidates I can really believe in, but given the choice between Obama and Romney, I am with Romney. Though, again, I hope it doesn't come down to that.
This is just a ridiculous, silly sidebar issue that's nothing but a distraction from the overall goal of stopping the Marxist Left.
I can't wait for Ann's Wednesday column that's going to blow Farah away to Timbuktu Farah to drop Judy Garland Coulter from his 'CONSERVATIVE' website once and for all.
Only you can compromise your values by the choices that you make. No one does it to you. YOU choose.
Yes, but unless you pencil in Jesus on every ballot, you are always compromising your values when you vote anyway. And there is no doubt that situations arise where one has a better chance of averting the greatest evil by voting for a less than optimal candidate. The moral question of whether a shot at avoiding the great evil, i.e. an Obama, or always voting for the candidate who is closest to perfect is one worthy of consideration. I am willing to concede that, given the situation, either is possible for a person of morality to take, and so regardless of whether a person chooses one or the other I am not going to second guess them for it.
On the other hand, I absolutely refuse to believe what some people have been saying, that this is somehow going to reflect bad on conservatives or Republicans going into the election.
You may very well be right, and of course I hope you are. I fear though that anything is possible, and I do wish both parties would have found a way to avoid any public bickering. Couldn't hurt, I guess.
By giving the impression they are mainstream and prominent conservatives can and are embracing it.
The last election was a choice of a quick death or a slow death for our country. I actually believe that our choices were made for us. We were just along for the ride.
I am not going to second guess them for it.
There is right and there is wrong. Only liberals see "nuance".
Post the link to the thread you posted and the quotes. Some people need to see them.
Farah has a lot more compassion for Coulter than I would....and consider that Joe Farah risks losing money if he keeps Coulter as a WND coulmnist
The problem with Ann Coulter is that she is not a conservative. She supported Mitt Romney VERY EARLY in the 2008 GOP primaries.....attacked the Birthers (although Coulter claims she is a “Constitutional Scholar”...she apparently has no problem with Obama as President)....and now Homocon.
WND would be wise to dump Coulter....I am sure DailyKos or Huffington Post can use her services
You are sadly mistaken. God gave THEM dominion. Genesis 1:26: 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let THEM have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28And God blessed THEM, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
You need to read carefully. The plural is used - THEM - thus giving Eve the rights of dominion as well.
The scriptures don’t clarify whether Adam was right there when Eve was deceived. It only states that after she had eaten of the forbidden tree, she then enticed Adam to eat. They were driven out of the garden for their disobedience, but, it was Eve who was first deceived. Adam went along with her and both received punishment for their sin of disobedience. They were both equally responsible, but, it was Eve who the serpent first deceived.
You need to read the story more carefully yourself, because you do err.
This whole issue is an example of the way goodie two shoes people run the better than thou mantra to play the “we are the way everybody needs to be” without room for tolerance. Sure, many of us believe that the gay lifestyle is opposed to Biblical teaching. Ann Speaking to that group is in no way legitimizing the lifestyle. No more then a pastor who speaks to that same group would. We don’t know Ann’s view of gays and certainly don’t know what she is going to say in her speech.
If we keep destroying the people on the conservative side of the spectrum is it any wonder that the left controls? The bickering and fighting does nothing to advance the goals of the conservatives in this country.
You are actually quite wrong. The whole issue is why a supposed conservative speaker is going to speak at a convention of liberal homosexual agenda pushers who state upfront that their only interest is “gay” issues?
The question is - will she suckup to them or will she tell them that 90% of their agenda is leftist and unconstitutional?
Its probably because they are envious of the good looking and spend the rest of their time lusting for them.
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