Ken Blackwell on Religion
From Openers
Thanking the pastors for their support, Blackwell said, "The public square should not be stripped or scrubbed clean of religion or faith or God. We understand that the flip side of a theocracy is not the secular state. The flip side of a theocracy is religious liberty. I stand with you this morning as a defender, as an advocate, for religious liberty and I will fight for the right of the non-believer to non-believe because we all have a right to be wrong."
Amen.�
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 5:51 am
buckeyestateblog dumb shits this morning think that standing up for God and religious liberty is somehow anti-Jewish or anti-Muslim or whatever. But buckeyestatebloggers are really anti-God, and hostile to the concept that something is more important than the altar they worship at: the altar of big government.
Oddly enough, they also seem to worship at the altar of abortion, divorce, euthanasia and buggery.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 9:55 am
who is a non-believer?
nixguy said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 10:22 am
Nonbelievers: Atheists and/or folks who really don't like the idea of judgement or being judged by God.
-Dave -at- nixguy.com
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 10:22 am
the altar of buggery? seriously? anyway, i don’t oppose god or religious liberty. i do oppose a candidate who says non-believers (i.e., folks that arent conservative christians) have a “right” to be wrong.
Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 6:50 pm
I don't know what buckeyestateblog is talking about; most conservative Christians that I know would love to see Muslims and Jews praying for our schools and our children.
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Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 6:55 pm
too bad this claim just isnt backed up by the facts. where were the rabbis or imams with ken blackwell’s clergy for blackwell effort?
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 7:08 pm
Whatever Ken! Why don’t you Run for Church Council where your views and policies are for a more appropriate forum. Leave the government policies for those that remember the constitution - seperation of church and state!
Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
Uh, dude "seperation of church and state" is a tenant of the Baptist Church, not the Constitution!!!!!
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Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
It is amazing how little liberals understand about the constitution. There is NO seperation of church and state, outside of protecting the church FROM the state.
When liberals talk about this supposed seperation, they are referring to comments made an opinion by (former KKK member) Justice Hugo Black in Everson v. Board of Education.
And this just in from the Ohio constitution…
� 1.07 Rights of conscience; education; the necessity of religion and knowledge (1851)
Is Ken Blackwell erecting a state church? Of course not! The state would take too long and would probably use corner-cutting overpriced contractors. (joke, I kid, I kid.)
And I don’t remember seeing anyplace in Ken’s platform that would MAKE you go to church. With Ken Blackwell in office, the left will be free to spread as many STDs and stay away from that awful God stuff.
It sounds like the liberals want to have a religious test on candidates for Governor. But thats typical, as they are openly hostile to religion.. or, for that matter, any other moral viewpoint that doesn’t exist within “shades of gray.”
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:07 pm
the sad thing is you actually believe “liberal” and “god-fearing” are mutual exclusive terms.
Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:08 pm
The Ohio Constitution does have its finer points; thank you for featuring one!!!
I agree.
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Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:08 pm
liberals have a God, but that God exists only in the halls of government.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:11 pm
that’s funny. i’m a liberal and i go to church every sunday.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:15 pm
How dare you question the views of liberals. They may support killing the unborn, unnatural buggery and hate traditional families, but they can be religious too. For example, they do have faith in global warming and evolution, and they continue to pray that both are true.
Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:22 pm
The sad thing is that liberals are trying their best to make it true. It is hard to believe that just a few generations ago, the "progressive"Oberlin College , that powerhouse of abolitionist agitation (uh, a political movement) required its students to respect and follow the Sabbath and mandated church attendance. I bet you that they don't do that anymore!!!
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Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
"…they do have faith in global warming and evolution, and they continue to pray that both are true."
YUP!!!!
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EXCELSIOR said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 9:22 pm
You have to admire the incredible faith of the atheist.� He believes that blind chance is his creator.� He boldly faces death with absolutely no hope (or fear) of anything else beyond.� He does whatever is right in his own eyes, since to him there is no such thing as objective morality based on absolute truths or moral absolutes.� To him it's all relative.� So it's quite easy for an atheist to become a political liberal.� Ever hear a liberal (or as they love to call themselves, "a progressive") say something politically-correct such as "my reality is not your reality, so I'm okay and you're okay and who the hell are you to tell me that it's wrong to kill a developing human being�as long as�"it"�is still inside "its" mother's body and how dare you tell me that I can't "marry" my sister or my dog or whatever."� Being in a church no more makes one a Christian than being in a garage makes you a car.� And navigating thru life without moral absolutes, as atheists and agnostics (as I used to be) do, naturally leads people to become liberals.� They believe that anything goes, baby.��Stuff that in your�marijuana pipe and�smoke it.
Steven J. Kelso Sr. said,
Wrote on August 29, 2006 @ 9:41 pm
Just a small correction: The atheist will go so far as to claim the entire western cannon and especially the basics of morality (don't kill, be nice to your neighbor) was all thought out in his basement and that no higher authority was needed to create the most righteous and prosperous society possible with fallible beings at the helm.
Nuts to that!!!!
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EXCELSIOR said,
Wrote on August 30, 2006 @ 6:18 am
Yes, Steve, they can claim that.��But you and I know that unless there is an ultimate authority establishing the standards there is no way to tell a Nazi that killing Jews is wrong and there is no way to tell an Islamic Fascist that beheading an "infidel" is wrong.� To each of these cretins, schooled as they are in hatred, what they are doing is CALLED FOR by their morality.� We say you are racists and murderers by our standards of morality.� They say we are heroes carrying out the will of the state or the will of the Moon God, Allah.� And they add: "Who are you to�tell us that your standards�are superior to ours and therefore you have the right to tell us we are wrong while you claim to be right?"��And at this juncture the Christian says the Bible teaches that murder is wrong, because God said so, and our laws and culture are based on God's laws, the ultimate authority.� That makes our "reality" superior to yours, AND WE WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR HEINOUS ACTIONS.��Our fathers and grandfathers defeated the Nazis and the Japanese militarists, and we will defeat the Islamic Fascists.� They are wrong.� We know it.� God said so.� Case closed.���