<p>I’m just curious.</p>
<p>I’m guessing at least 96% of y’all are bible thumpers. ;)</p>
<p>note: I’m just joking around. But I do see that a lot of you share conservative, Christian stances on some of the controversial issues raised in this forum.</p>
<p>^^ If that’s your observation, you haven’t been paying too much attention.</p>
<p>Well it’s not like I visit this forum 24/7. I just come in here every now and then to see the topics with 5 billion replies and silly arguments.</p>
<p>Well your small sample isn’t giving you an adequate representation.</p>
<p>What was the point of the question, anyway, other than to find an opportunity to use the phrase “Bible thumper.” It must have taken some serious effort to find a context for that.</p>
<p>i guess you didn’t see the “just joking around” part. i’m sorry i offended you.</p>
<p>I wasn’t offended at all. Not a member of the religious right, you understand. I AM curious as to what the purpose of the question was because it certainly didn’t seem designed to engage a conversation or provide insight, information or amusement. Looked from here like a smart-alec snickering behind his hand as he sent a spitball. If that’s not the case, then please help me understand 'cause I don’t get it.</p>
<p>^^ If that’s your observation, you haven’t been paying too much attention.</p>
<p>Agreed.
I also think " Christian" is a very broad term & while I would consider those who aggressively prostelytize " bible thumpers" they represent a small % of Christians.</p>
<p>OP, we are a pretty mixed bag here in Parentland. We like it that way. And it would do you well to realize that you can’t always tell a book by it’s cover (or in this case label). ;)</p>
<p>Hey Curm, we’ve been talking about you in the class of 2010 thread on the parents forum. What’s your view of tutus and wands? For yourself, I mean.</p>
<p>nah, I’m just amused by the imbalance of political views and the strong presence of Christians (or at least Christian morality) in this forum. It’s just a personal observation. But I think it would be interesting to see exactly how many people in this forum are Christians. Too bad you can’t put polls in topics.</p>
<p>gosh, just forget the bible thumper part. I guess you guys don’t take well to jokes. Oh well. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>argh, the power keeps going out. Damn this tropical storm.</p>
<p>Oh, and I do notice the diversity in views, curmudgeon. But it always seems like tag team, 5 on 1, or something like that…an imbalance. lol</p>
<p>I don’t consider Christian to mean that one is necessarily a Bible-thumping, religious right, socially and politically conservative person. That is a stereotype. Persons on CC hold a wide range of views-- and I suspect that many would consider themselves Christian. </p>
<p>We had a very animated discussion about whether Susan Atkin should be granted leniency and allowed to die outside the prison walls. It turned out to be a very wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion about what it means to be a Christian in the context of justice vs. mercy that I enjoyed.</p>
<p>On the other hand, CC does have threads that do degenerate into spitting matches…but we do have some great threads that give useful information.</p>
<p>We have it ALL!</p>
<p>[Now excuse me while I check out what the tutu and wand discussion is all about…]</p>
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<p>Guess you can’t count either! Cause you’re way off on that.
I’d like to introduce you to a term “Mainline Protestant.” Members of the National Council of Churches (you can check out the website for that organization and learn about liberal Christians) and the farthest thing from Bible thumpers. Pleased to meet you.</p>
<p>Wow…judgemental much? In my world conservative politics do not always equal religion. I consider myself a Republican but not a Christian. Don’t own a bible to thump…
Don’t really care if others thump or not…to each his own.
Not sure what the tutu and wand thing is about but nothing wrong with a good tutu.</p>
<p>Hi - I am a Christian!!!</p>
<p>I am but I’m lazy - seldom attend church. My kids are disgusted with me.</p>
<p>We are wild-eyed liberal leftwing Christians at my house. How does that fit your observations?</p>
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I have a very liberal friend who is also very Christian. Frankly, scary. Oh, NJ…Open invitation to come visit America ¶ anytime Garland :)</p>
<p>Yeah, ILAGB, we see your signs when we drive in–very funny.</p>
<p>If you come to NJ, maybe, just maybe, my H will share his homebrew with you.</p>
<p>I’m a Quaker - you can decide for yourself whether that counts.</p>
<p>I think it is only fair to thump Bibles if they can thump back.</p>
<p>You know, I’m old enough to remember when Christian meant only “not Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu”… Now I guess it means “believer in God who takes the New Testament as literal truth and the Bible as a whole very seriously.”</p>
<p>In fact, I’m old enough to remember when Catholics were considered Christians. Even Mormons.</p>
<p>I doubt if I am a Christian by your definition: I was raised by atheists, attended Quaker and Episcopal schools, have signed the book at a Unitarian church I haven’t been to since 1992, and would describe myself as a card-carrying left-wing liberal atheist/agnostic who thinks anyone who supports the death penalty is not Christian (“Thou shalt not kill”) either.</p>