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I can't believe I listened to the whole Carter eulogy. My husband had to leave the room. It reminded me of Bill Clinton..."I, I, I, we, we, we".

In his eulogy to Jerry Ford, Carter said he and Jerry Ford were working to "achieve reconciliation" in their churches...Ford in the Episcopal and Carter in the Baptist. Here is what he said:

It is true that Jerry and I shared a common commitment to our religious faith, not just in worshipping the same savior, but in attempting, in our own personal way, to achieve reconciliation within our respective denominations.

We took to heart the admonition of the Apostle Paul that Christians should not be divided over seemingly important, but tangential issues, including sexual preferences and the role of women in the church, things like that.

We both felt that Episcopalians, Baptists and others should live together in harmony, within the adequate and common belief that we are saved by the grace of God through our faith in Jesus Christ.

>>Jimmy Carter: We took to heart the admonition of the Apostle Paul that Christians should not be divided over seemingly important, but tangential issues, including sexual preferences and the role of women in the church, things like that.

Hmmm... "things like that" were more than "seemingly important" to Paul! From his first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 6, v9,10:

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

And in I Timothy 2, verse 11-14: "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."

I think I'd have to go with the Word of God over the secular false teachings of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton on this one!

But, who's kidding who... like everything else Slick Willie and the Peanut do, this is a cynical political ploy, not true religion.