Scarborough on Hume's Christianity comment: "Amen"
January 05, 2010 9:05 am ET
From the January 5 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
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Very few Liberals will have the balls to criticize Hume for his ham-handed comment.
I think Mr. Hume should been asked to describe which sect of Christianity would be best for Mr. Woods.
And why should Mr. Woods have to bow at the altar of any religion if he is sincere in his asking for forgiveness?
Maybe Mr. Hume will ask Tiger to join his Christian Church and they can worship together. I'll bet that pastor would be thrilled to open the offering envelope from Tiger.
You are right Nerzog, too Prostituting Christianity (PC) for me.
P.S. I suggest that Mr. Woods joins my church (Catholic) and we could get rid of these darn bingos
The Catholic thing is intriguing. The idea of forgiveness by way of the "Hail Marys" and "Our Fathers" method of penance is attractive, however the birth control policy tosses a wrench into that machine.
I was thinking Hinduism might be a good fit. Basically, the forgiveness thing wouldn't even be in play, all he'd have to deal with is Karma - no big deal, and politically unassailable.
OT, but your Remedial Matters program was sorely needed the other day on an amazing thread involving Floyd and the Madrassa.
And you're right - Tiger in an Izod is a much less threatening animal than Tiger in a sweat shirt and sneakers.
People like Scarborough and Hume seem to relish being called out for things like this because they can act the bogus part of the persecuted Christian.
It's not that people who react negatively to this are anti-Christianity...it's that a news/political commentary show is the absolute wrong place to push religion. How basic is that? How difficult is it to grasp that caoncept?
GW Bush is the perfect example. He referred to the war on terror as a "crusade" and often talked about how his foreign policy actions were God's will.
What Joe meant: "There's nothing ridiculous about somebody in trouble turning to MY faith."
This is the mentality that has gotten us into such a mess in the Middle East in recent decades.
And besides....
The list of fornicators, closeted homosexuals, adulterers, rapists, and pedophiles is so extensive within all of the numerous branches of American Christianity that I'll never understand why ANYONE thinks that turning to a church in this day and age would help ANYONE sort out their moral dilemas.
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Just sayin'.
As it is outside the church.
As a societal construct, legal behavior is paramount; "moral" not so much. If you you're worried about your (nonexistent) soul, then line up with whatever faith you choose.
Exactly. If the situation were reversed, and a commentator suggested Tiger abandon the Christian faith, the FOXbots would whine about a "War on Christianity".
Wzwriter on Scarborough's reply to Hume's Christianity comment: "Go to h3ll."
The media is really scraping the bottom of the barrel on this "dustup".
I feel bad for Woods, his wife, and his children for what has happened and for the fact that there seems to be sense of common decency. Political commentators pushing their religion onto Woods in a public forum are not doing anything for him and are not acting in a Christian way.
If Scarborough or Hume are concerned about the state of Tiger Woods eternal soul, shouldn't they instead find a way to express this privately instead of calling him out in public in this manner?
And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
To NGEddy, yes, all religions are full of sinners. None of us are perfect. We all sin. We all have free will and moral decisions are a constant battle.
This is one of the more civil threads I've seen on this web site. Good to see discussion without the usual name calling.
Religion is for the weak and aimless.
Finally standing up to the childish, thin-skinned, partisan stooopity that comes outta the mouth of HERman . .
WOW, 'bout time!! Wonder who was responsible for bringing Mika outta her googoo eyed trance . .
However,
it appears that his cohost does not agree. Way to go.
He distorts what Brit Hume says as simply advocating the benefits of religion to help heal. But that's not what Hume was doing. Hume was saying basically "my religion is better than yours" -- the trademark of the intolerant fundamentalist right, like those who want to eastablish a national religion.
At the risk of sounding catty, but didn't Mr. Scraborough step out on his wife?
It gets confusing.
And, a lot of persecution of black people in this country was, and still is, because of racism. Take for example when Rev. Wright served his country as a United States Marine. He was in a segregated unit.
Boxer1979 on Scarborugh Amen commnent to Hume's Christianity comment:
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