Honest question: Why are liberals so much more evangelistic than conservatives?
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Liberal are all about bringing about a positive change in the world, as are true Christians. Religion and politics are like oil and water though, especially in a democracy that believes in equal rights for all and freedom of religion.
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The liberal guys are all hot because they're gay.  I've never met a smart liberal but, then again, they may be smart when compared to you.\n\nConservatives have better things to do than stare in the mirror or try to impress air-headed girls like you.  We're more than happy to have you hanging out with the liberal guys.  Please stay there.\n\nAnd while you're all hanging around being hot, why don't you all discuss why liberals refuse to allow those in poverty to better themselves and, instead, continue to try to keep them in poverty?  Whereas conservatives would like to give people in poverty the tools to help themselves permanently out of poverty, you liberals just want to give them handouts.  You liberals have been promising to help the impoverished for 40 years now.  40 years of failure.  But I guess spending your time insulting conservatives will help those in poverty.  Good work.
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"They" are called "liberals because their scope of concern expands to include everyone (Jesus was one of the first Liberals). Most liberals even have compassion for jerrks like you too!
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The answer is in the question, "Liberalsuck". \n\nLiberals are, generally, uneducated (though there are a few in acedemia who are edeucated beyond their intellectual capacity) and ignorant. They also base much on feelings, rather than on simple, hard logic. \n\nSince libs are generally uninformed (though they seem to think they are BETTER informed than we conservatives), there is little else they can do than to throw unimaginative insults and profanities... It's sad really.
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Good, deep, question, my friend.\n\nLiberals (not as individuals, but overall as a group) hate Jesus and Christianity for two reasons.  One, they worship Bill Clinton, so there is no room for another diety in their world.  Two, the word of Jesus teaches morality, responsibility, honesty, and self-determination.  That all runs completely counter to everything liberals believe in.\n\nSorry liberals.  I hate to call you out like that, but look at your heroes and tell me they aren't a bit challenged in these areas (the Clintons, the Kennedys, Michael Moore...).
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Your first premise is absolutely wrong.  Southern Christians traditionally identified with the Democratic Party because the Republicans were the party of Lincoln and reconstruction.  This pretty much held until the democrats started pushing for social justice and racial equality.  Then the more conservative and also racist southern democrats moved to the republican party.\n\nThe Christians for whom abortion, gay marriage, school prayer and teaching creationism are hardly moderates, they are at best conservatives and at worst reactionaries. Jesus had nothing to say about any of those issues.\n\nChristians who focus on Jesus'  primary message as outlined in your last paragraph would be more comfortable as democrats in my opinion.\n\nSomeone doesn't know much about Jesus if they think he forbid anyone to eat pork. Any real christian would know that Jesus established a "New Covenant" superceding the Old Testament and the dietary laws. Jesus was a liberal who preached reaching out to "the least among us" including the poor and the sick.
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I like some Conservatives and some Liberals. Personally, I try to look beyond the "outer shell" and instead focus on the person. Many moderate Liberals have more in common with Conservatives than they do with "extremist" Liberals, and conversely, many moderate Conservatives have more in common with Liberals than they do with "extremist" Conservatives. \n\nConsequentially, in a lot of cases these names are actually misnomers because they carry ‘preloaded’ connotations that may not even be true. Major problems arise from slapping these broad labels on people because they encourage polarization rather than unity. In fact, the labels "Conservative" and "Liberal" have such extraordinarily negative connotations that they are used like socially acceptable profanity. You only need to spend a few minutes on Answers.com to see what I'm talking about. \n\nInterestingly, most people never really think about how they developed their beliefs. In most cases, people simply adopt whatever political affiliations that their parents had, just like most people unquestioningly adopt their parent’s religion. This kind of emotional, reactionary allegiance replaces rational thought and is therefore extremely dangerous. Let's stop the madness!
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Conservative baptists are a fairly united group, just like teachers' unions, labor unions, etc.  Anyone that can align a big block of voters into a united group will attract the attention of politicians.  Conservative baptists are very good at exercising the power their union gives them.  Their platform is a lot clearer and better laid out than either political party (of course, political parties usually have to cater to a more diverse group, which makes laying out a platform agreeable to all a lot more difficult).  About the only area where evangelicals disagree with each other is about what should be done about the environment.\n\nIf politicians word things right, even non-baptist Christians will find their words appealing, even if they wouldn't set up their list of priorities in quite the same order as your conservative baptist groups.
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A lot of people dislike Liberals because they have ideas that are not based specifically around faith and religion. Some people also think that just because they are not as conservitive that they will make decisions too quick and make a mess of the world. People just figure, "Better be conservitive and safe then liberal and on edge and sorry!"
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Overall, I think humor runs pretty much evenly across the political spectrum. \n\nI think you'll see a disproportionate number of professional comics on the left, but I don't think that's because liberals are inherently more funny. I think it's because conservatives tend not to pursue careers in entertainment. \n\nOne can point to funny people on either end of the spectrum, and one can find grumpy humorless individuals on both sides, too. For every prim, puritanical conservative there seems to be an equally humorless, perpetually-outraged neurotic liberal. \n\nSince I'm not really a conservative or a liberal, I think I can objectively state that both sides use a lot of name-calling and both sides have witty answers from time to time.
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Liberals identify with Jesus's compassion and the way he was always there to help the poor, the sick, and those without a political voice.  Liberals often claim conservatives don't care about the poor, but in reality conservatives simply believe the poor are better helped through private charities rather than through government programs which are often impersonal and wasteful.
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As liberals have told you time and again, they are better than you. You can't tell them that the Emperor has no clothes they will attack you as they always do. They put forth their human shields to avoid ridicule and won't get dirty in the Arena of ideas because Liberals are selective in which venue they operate. Hilary won't go on Fox for example.Teddy won't either. Heretics like us are sons of satan to them. When you argue, let them cuss first, that is an indication that you bested them. LOL
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"Liberals"? Let's assume that all Christians are Conservatives: then yes.\n\nHowever, no, not all feel that their faith is being threatened by these things: only the close-minded and unoriginal ones.\n\nQuestions like this bug me out. The girl who put "cuz they believe stupid things!" is a complete twat, and the guy below me...look, don't pray for any body's salvation except your own.
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From what I have seen, liberals are a lot more emotional than conservatives. They seem to get angry a lot easier. I also agree with what tony said. Especially the part about changing their ways when they get out on their own. It reminds me of a quote from Winston Churchill, "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."
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Liberals are supposted to support homosexuality, why is it a problem for liberals that some pastor and Foley turned out to be gay.  I'm a republican and I could care less about gay marriage and the like.  Plus, Foley and that Haggard guy don't represent the entire republican party, me, or any other conservatives
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Not all of us evangelicals are in the GOP's pocket. I switched my registration to the Democrats because of the GOP's disdain for Jesus' message of taking care of the poor, the hungry and the sick. It's impossible NOT to mix faith and politics, because if we don't vote our convictions, doesn't that make us hypocrites?\n\nI'm an evangelical, pro-life Democrat and proud of it. I don't like the extreme positions of either party's leadership, but I hope that a lot of others like me can get together and annoy the leadership enough that they'll change.\n\nCheck out the blog entry I just posted about Ted Haggard.
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We as liberals (for the most part because I can't speak for everyone) are open-minded.  I think if you open your eyes and ears and tune into Fox news, you'll find alot more name calling and stereotyping by neo-cons then you could ever find by liberals.\n\nNow I'm not sure, but I think you have tolerance backwards.  The first amendment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...".  Liberals don't disagree with religion, as a majority of Jews and Catholics are democrats, but they disagree with many conservative views that religion should play a role in government.  There is nothing in the Constitution honoring one relgion over another, nothing indicating America as a Christian country.  Liberals are tolerant of all religions, thus making sure that one isn't publically favored over another; privately, anything is fair game.  Free exercise has never been attacked by liberals as a whole.\n\nReferring to the south as "stupid" is metaphorical.  Historically, the south has always been slower in technological and economical development than the north.  Aside from that, they are also most easily impressioned by their leaders, a fallacy if you will.  They more believe what they are told and do not question the people who hold similar policital and religious values as they.  The south and "bible belt" are also consistently referred to by many, both liberal and conservative, as the land of red-necks.  All of this is to say that obviously not all of the south is "stupid" just that a majority tend to be very ignorant.  Religion plays a large role in this viewpoint, as many think that supporting something like an undeveloped fetus's rights over a woman's is obsurd.  Or that teaching abstinence rather than safe sex and contraception is just plain dumb.\n\nFocussing on the Iraq war and "brainwashing", let's first look at Germany in the 1930's.  Heinrich Himmer (one of Hitler's henchmen) once said, "The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear."  Sound familiar?  For one second, step down from your viewpoint and think about this quote with an open-mind.  The tactic of using fear played a key role in Hitler's rise to power.  Have you noticed that every corner we turn these days has been plastered with "terrorists", "al-Qaeda", "war on terror", fear, fear, fear, and more fear.  And in doing this, the administration has been given a skeleton key, a free-pass to do anything they want.  Warantless wiretapping?  Don't think for a second that one, single branch of government needs this almighty power to "protect the people against terrorists."  Then the prosecution of our "free press" for reporting this abuse of power to the people?  Everything Bush does happens to be in the name of National Security, but why are we giving him such unlimited power?  If you've read George Orwell's 1984, you would know that it's a very slippery slope towards Big Brother, an all-powerful, controlling, and impressionist government.  The next step, believe it or not, could be something like: halting the mid-term elections in the name of National Security.  We as people shouldn't give up our civil liberties for protection against something that (if you look really hard at it) isn't real.  The threat of terrorism?  If you look really close at what is going on, you'll notice that the threat of terrorism isn't as real as we are told (i.e. brainwashed).  If it was, why would our Republican led government (all three branches) be cutting spending on Homeland Security 7% - from $34.1 bill to $31.8 bill?  It all comes down to reality.  Do you feel better knowing that an unjust war that's profiting private contractors (