“They tend to be very secular, and the more secular you are, the less God-fearing you are, which means the less restraints you have on your behavior."
'Tis just the opposite. The more God-fearing you are, the fewer restraints on your behavior. All you need do is make the Public Apology to the Ceiling instead of actual accountability.
Barton doesn't seem very fearful of his imaginary tyrant. He lies endlessly.
Scripture says that his god detests lying lips. Barton should be grateful his deity is nowhere to be found. He'd have to be fitted with a gypsum jumpsuit.
The key word there is "Republicans won't break rules JUST to win". They break the rules because, as their Supreme Leader said, "Only I can save us". Therefore it's OK to cheat, lie, steal, foment insurrection. CS Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive....those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
Fortunately for David Barton there are no legal requirements to be met when it comes to calling one's self a historian. He may as well be calling himself an astronaut. He is not qualified to teach American history at the grade school level. No reputable university that wanted to hold on to its accreditation would hire him to teach anything. The idea Christians are more honest than non-Christians is as big a lie as any ever told. In my experience, there are few people less trust-worthy than true believers. They can justify absolutely anything in the name of their religion. Barton is just one more religious scam artist, and not even a very good one.
We're not "god fearing" because most of us aren't afraid of things that don't exist. As for cheating, it wasn't democrats who created slate of fake electors or sent hordes of toothless goobers to assault the capitol to stop a peaceful transfer of power.
Those Democrats are so depraved and dishonest in their unbelief!
Not only do they publically lie about believing in God in order to deceive the god-fearing voters... no, they even run posing as Republicans, and then get caught cheating!
Seriously, are there more devious people on the planet?
OT. There is an article in Washington Post about Texans trying to make it illegal to drive on a road or highway if one is assisting someone else obtain an abortion. Driving to New Mexico, for example.
From my neck of the woods: "Holy Joe" Kennedy, the infamous MAGAt former head coach of the Bremerton High football team, will be back in action tonight in more ways than one. This time as an assistant coach.
The guy who can't stop praying in front of everyone will once again go over to midfield as always, face the scoreboard, take knee and thank his god because SCOTUS said he could. He may or may not have any of the team with him when he does so (in the past, he even had players from the opposing team join him).
I have no idea why he's even there. He still lives in Florida and will not be moving back here. He says although he's not getting rich he's earning extra income telling his life story to religious groups and political groups. He ghostwrote a book and will have a movie made about his life. As you may easily guess, the company producing the film is Pure Flix.
What a despicable, morally challenged psycho! Notice the whole argument about how morality is a function of fearing a deity? Like you really want to lie, cheat, steal, kill, but oh, better not, invisible sky daddy. Some pretty major projecting going on there. Some of us want to do good because it's the right thing to do not because we're just scared of getting in trouble.
And as the article pointed out, the Democrat party is pretty religious. The difference between the parties, as I see it, is that they are both primarily religious, especially their leadership, but one is accepting of other philosophies, and the other is not. So therefore, "godless" means tolerant of other world views, since that is the only difference.
Semi OT : Since we already know david farton is a professional liar I want to rant against the publisher. I wonder how much time passed the submission and the actual publication ? DM ex boss founded a niche anthropology publishing house. It took months (in average 6) to publish any book*. Did they never heard of peer review ? Verifying the accuracy of footnotes, of bibliography ? They should stick to fiction.
* She didn't lack of volunteers to help her. The process was usually like this. Submission - DM (sometimes me) read the manuscript several times for grammatical errors and typos and bibliography mistakes/in the same time various specialists check the accuracy of the informations - the corrected manuscript is sent back to the author for approval - if yes, a final check for DM before she send it to the printer. If not, back to step 2 and following. Now imagine doing this 6 or more times (it was rare but it happened). And we are talking of a very small publisher who functioned with only two people and a lot of friends.
“They tend to be very secular, and the more secular you are, the less God-fearing you are, which means the less restraints you have on your behavior."
'Tis just the opposite. The more God-fearing you are, the fewer restraints on your behavior. All you need do is make the Public Apology to the Ceiling instead of actual accountability.
Barton doesn't seem very fearful of his imaginary tyrant. He lies endlessly.
Scripture says that his god detests lying lips. Barton should be grateful his deity is nowhere to be found. He'd have to be fitted with a gypsum jumpsuit.
The key word there is "Republicans won't break rules JUST to win". They break the rules because, as their Supreme Leader said, "Only I can save us". Therefore it's OK to cheat, lie, steal, foment insurrection. CS Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive....those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
When your worldview starts with a fairy tale, what would your reality look like?
Fortunately for David Barton there are no legal requirements to be met when it comes to calling one's self a historian. He may as well be calling himself an astronaut. He is not qualified to teach American history at the grade school level. No reputable university that wanted to hold on to its accreditation would hire him to teach anything. The idea Christians are more honest than non-Christians is as big a lie as any ever told. In my experience, there are few people less trust-worthy than true believers. They can justify absolutely anything in the name of their religion. Barton is just one more religious scam artist, and not even a very good one.
We're not "god fearing" because most of us aren't afraid of things that don't exist. As for cheating, it wasn't democrats who created slate of fake electors or sent hordes of toothless goobers to assault the capitol to stop a peaceful transfer of power.
Those Democrats are so depraved and dishonest in their unbelief!
Not only do they publically lie about believing in God in order to deceive the god-fearing voters... no, they even run posing as Republicans, and then get caught cheating!
Seriously, are there more devious people on the planet?
If I were looking for a deity to follow, the last one I would choose is one who demands my fear. I'd go with one who can EARN my reverence.
OT- There are so many new Nazis popping up here, there, and everywhere, it would be easy to forget that we still haven't dealt with all of the 𝘰𝘭𝘥 ones yet: https://apnews.com/article/germany-nazi-sachsenhausen-camp-guard-suspect-charged-7f58de8bb4967681fcaa12be5706ad04
OT. There is an article in Washington Post about Texans trying to make it illegal to drive on a road or highway if one is assisting someone else obtain an abortion. Driving to New Mexico, for example.
More and more like The Handmaid’s Tale every day.
"...one day, I’m going to account to God and he’s gonna say, ‘Why did you cheat in that election?"
Looks like a confession to me.
OT
From my neck of the woods: "Holy Joe" Kennedy, the infamous MAGAt former head coach of the Bremerton High football team, will be back in action tonight in more ways than one. This time as an assistant coach.
The guy who can't stop praying in front of everyone will once again go over to midfield as always, face the scoreboard, take knee and thank his god because SCOTUS said he could. He may or may not have any of the team with him when he does so (in the past, he even had players from the opposing team join him).
I have no idea why he's even there. He still lives in Florida and will not be moving back here. He says although he's not getting rich he's earning extra income telling his life story to religious groups and political groups. He ghostwrote a book and will have a movie made about his life. As you may easily guess, the company producing the film is Pure Flix.
> “Generally, the Democrat Party is a very secular party,” Barton said.
You mean like that silly, musty old Constitution thing?
What a despicable, morally challenged psycho! Notice the whole argument about how morality is a function of fearing a deity? Like you really want to lie, cheat, steal, kill, but oh, better not, invisible sky daddy. Some pretty major projecting going on there. Some of us want to do good because it's the right thing to do not because we're just scared of getting in trouble.
And as the article pointed out, the Democrat party is pretty religious. The difference between the parties, as I see it, is that they are both primarily religious, especially their leadership, but one is accepting of other philosophies, and the other is not. So therefore, "godless" means tolerant of other world views, since that is the only difference.
Semi OT : Since we already know david farton is a professional liar I want to rant against the publisher. I wonder how much time passed the submission and the actual publication ? DM ex boss founded a niche anthropology publishing house. It took months (in average 6) to publish any book*. Did they never heard of peer review ? Verifying the accuracy of footnotes, of bibliography ? They should stick to fiction.
* She didn't lack of volunteers to help her. The process was usually like this. Submission - DM (sometimes me) read the manuscript several times for grammatical errors and typos and bibliography mistakes/in the same time various specialists check the accuracy of the informations - the corrected manuscript is sent back to the author for approval - if yes, a final check for DM before she send it to the printer. If not, back to step 2 and following. Now imagine doing this 6 or more times (it was rare but it happened). And we are talking of a very small publisher who functioned with only two people and a lot of friends.
With these right wing fundamentalists, every accusation is a confession.