tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post4448533902249584957..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: The Protestant Politics of Michele BachmannIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-29982097760057332412011-06-28T13:39:46.778-04:002011-06-28T13:39:46.778-04:00yes but a lot of things are supposed to work--but ...yes but a lot of things are supposed to work--but actually don't. How can you make a shita (principle)) pushes aside a main thing by saying that if you have this side thing that will bring to the main thing?<br />and after all i dont see that protestants every came close to the uncountable amount of hospitals and schools and universities and orphanages created by catholics even taking the Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-83321223010815117292011-06-28T11:52:20.450-04:002011-06-28T11:52:20.450-04:00For Protestants, faith is supposed to lead to good...For Protestants, faith is supposed to lead to good works. So if a person is not doing good, he probably never had faith to begin with no matter how loud he shouts the name of Jesus. I imagine that both Luther and Calvin would have a special place in hell for televangelists.Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-70809494266073387932011-06-28T11:44:37.870-04:002011-06-28T11:44:37.870-04:00I have a few problems with prtestant tradion. Thou...I have a few problems with prtestant tradion. Though I grew up in a area that was basically going by John Calvin (Orange County California) which was wholesome and clean, I find the idea of virtual virtue to be a problem. At least to the other streams of Christianity in order to be considered righteous (or saved) you actually have to be righteous. You can't be wicked and then because you Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-85125430662751506682011-06-27T18:34:24.762-04:002011-06-27T18:34:24.762-04:00Belief is obviously not the problem. What one bel...Belief is obviously not the problem. What one believes in obviously is. People who believe the Old and New Testaments are the most positive human forces for good in this world, by their overall history.Arlen Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622001066158701142noreply@blogger.com