Letter: Yes, Jesus loved the liberals

joe r.
Willmar, MN     01/29/2010 12:57 AM

Rick I am not sure what research you are reading, but its also a known fact that liberals are more caring, and more willing to help the homeless, the elderly, and even our vets from what I researched. I am not saying conservatives are not willing to do anything at all, but they appear to resist approving programs, they often target these programs for cuts, and often complain about cost, and the deficit. Guys like Rush, and Beck, draw more firm party lines, and often attack liberal politicians such as the president and those Democratic presidents before Obama. Of course then there are the scandals that have taken place in the past several years from promient conservative leaders. What makes these scandals interesting is the conservatives who have made public their dislikes, and their firm Religious beliefs, against for instance gays, yet they have had male lovers, and have solicitied males for sex. Politicians on bothsides have some dirty laundry, but it is conservatives who preach the hardest against the very things they do when no one is looking, but are the ones most likely to be caught in a scandal from research I did. Also there is the matter of the Cathoilic church, and their desire to cover up for those priests who were accused of molesting young boys. There continues to be the problem with priests engaging in sexual contact with young boys, but are then transfered to other parishes and no one in the next parish knows what this priests was accused of. I can also say for a fact growing up, many of the priests in several different parishes drove better cars then many of those in their parish. Then there are people like Ted Haggered and he was not alone, who were hugh public figures for preaching against drugs, prostitutes, and gays, yet were accused of the same behavior that publicily they were out spoken against. Now there are some conservatives who truly stick by their values which is fine, but they are also unwilling to accept, and more likely to disown, and put down those they point out to be sinners, which seems to be against the very Religion they practice.

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Rick C.
Willmar, MN     01/28/2010 11:30 PM

I wonder how long it will take liberals to actually understand this. It has been posted more than once. "Research counters common claims of economic justice. Although liberals are often quick to say they are the stalwarts of "social and economic justice," research continues to show that when it comes to charity, churchgoing conservatives give far more to help the poor. The book Who Really Cares is the latest to come to that conclusion, surprising even Arthur Brooks, the author. He told Family News in Focus he began his research expecting to bolster the claim that liberals are the most generous -- but found the opposite. "People who attend a house of worship give four times more money per year than people who don't," he said. "For people who are deeply religious, there is the notion that religion or religious behavior and charity come from the same God-given impulse. In other words, God makes you charitable." Kristi Hamrick, a spokeswoman for American Values, said Brooks' research is a breath of fresh air for conservatives tired of being lambasted by liberals as selfish. "Despite all the bad press that the liberals and elitists like to give people of faith," she said, "the truth is, that those Christian values of tithing, of helping the poor, of seeing the needy -- these things motivate the community of faith to give and to give generously and to give above and beyond the call." Brooks said he tells conservatives not to celebrate their giving and tells liberals to take the gap in giving as a lesson. "It's a call to action to make sure that giving values are taught more widely among American liberals," he said, "so that they can take their place in the fabric of voluntary charity that is characteristic of American values and American culture.""

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Ben C.
01/28/2010 9:34 PM

I think it is safe to say the Jesus loves the Conservative, the Liberal, the Independent in that they are all part of the Creation. It would be wrong to claim that Jesus IS one of these however.

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