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Biblical scholar Howard Dean declares people perfect
By: Russ Jowski | Submitted on: 01/10/04EDITORIAL - Dean didn't actually say "people are perfect," but Democrats rarely express their true opinions. Dean said: "From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people."
For the moment, let?s ignore (as Dean apparently did), that the Bible calls homosexuality ?detestable? or an ?abomination? (depending on the translation) and that it explicitly states that homosexuals will not ?inherit the kingdom of God.?
Dean argues that because God created homosexuals, homosexuality cannot be a sin. It directly follows that because God created murderers, liars, adulterers, etc., that murder, lying, adultery, etc., cannot be sins.
Therefore, because all people were created by God, it?s impossible for them to sin. People are perfect. And if people are perfect, why does Dean need God?
Maybe because Vote for me, I?m atheist, isn?t the best way to campaign in a country where 92% of the population believes in God.
Some might argue that it is unfair to compare homosexuality to other sins because homosexuality is not a ?choice.?
Despite the overwhelming evidence of people quitting homosexuality, as well as the new fad among teenage girls to become bisexual, the homosexual lobby maintains that homosexuality is not a choice.
Clearly, the only context in which liberals want to use the word ?choice? is as part of their Orwellian term ?pro-choice? which actually describes the ruthless slaughter of innocent children.
Dean continued: ?My view of Christianity . . . is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.?
Dean later stated that his Christianity doesn?t involve considering what Jesus would do. It seems that he has a similar view of Christianity as Bill Clinton (just substitute ?support civil unions? for ?adulterous sodomy with an intern?).
What else does Dean?s Christianity involve?
According to Dean it involves knowing ?much about the Bible.? His spokesperson said, "He obviously has read the Bible and knows the passages fairly well.? This statement is true if Clintonian definitions of ?obviously,? ?knows,? and ?fairly well,? are used. (Remember: ?It depends on what the meaning of the word is is.?)
Dean either defines ?obviously? as ?not at all evident? or ?knows? as ?has no clue? or ?fairly well? as ?not at all.? How else can he explain naming Job (whose ending Dean ?doesn?t like?) as his favorite New Testament book?
An hour later ? ample time for someone to inform him of his error ? he corrected himself, noting that Job is in the Old Testament. Again asked for his favorite New Testament book he answered, ?Anything in the Gospels.? While the Gospels are in the New Testament, the last time that I checked no book in the New Testament was named ?anything in the Gospels.?
Can Dean name a New Testament book? Can he even name any of the Gospels? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are four of the most common names in America ? but Dean was unable to name any of them.
Dean?s defense? He ?doesn?t want to pass on the impression? that he has a ?theologian's knowledge of the Bible.? As the New York Times put it, Dean ?did not mean to imply he was some kind of expert,? (not that anyone considers the Times ?some kind of expert?).
Another key aspect of Dean?s Christianity seems to be marrying a Jew and then having two Jewish children. Apparently Dean ?doesn?t like? the verse in the Bible that says ?Do not be yoked together with unbelievers? or the verse that says a marriage partner ?must belong to the Lord.?
Then there are Dean?s attempts to be Muslim and Jewish. In New Hampshire, Dean both invoked the Muslim phrase ?inshallah,? meaning ?God willing,? and threw a Hanukkah party for his staff in which ?he proudly chanted the blessing over the candles in well-accented Hebrew,? according to our ?experts? at the Times.
Dean?s Christianity also has an interesting use of church. According to the Washington Post: ?He rarely attends church services, unless it is for a political event.?
It goes without saying that Dean?s Christianity is nothing more than an attempt to court Southern voters who he continuously alienates. These would be the ones with ?Confederate flags in their pick-up trucks? who vote on the basis of ?guns, God and gays.?
Unfortunately for Dean, he seems as apt at courting Southern voters as he is at understanding anything about Christianity.
For the moment, let?s ignore (as Dean apparently did), that the Bible calls homosexuality ?detestable? or an ?abomination? (depending on the translation) and that it explicitly states that homosexuals will not ?inherit the kingdom of God.?
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Therefore, because all people were created by God, it?s impossible for them to sin. People are perfect. And if people are perfect, why does Dean need God?
Maybe because Vote for me, I?m atheist, isn?t the best way to campaign in a country where 92% of the population believes in God.
Some might argue that it is unfair to compare homosexuality to other sins because homosexuality is not a ?choice.?
Despite the overwhelming evidence of people quitting homosexuality, as well as the new fad among teenage girls to become bisexual, the homosexual lobby maintains that homosexuality is not a choice.
Clearly, the only context in which liberals want to use the word ?choice? is as part of their Orwellian term ?pro-choice? which actually describes the ruthless slaughter of innocent children.
Dean continued: ?My view of Christianity . . . is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.?
Dean later stated that his Christianity doesn?t involve considering what Jesus would do. It seems that he has a similar view of Christianity as Bill Clinton (just substitute ?support civil unions? for ?adulterous sodomy with an intern?).
What else does Dean?s Christianity involve?
According to Dean it involves knowing ?much about the Bible.? His spokesperson said, "He obviously has read the Bible and knows the passages fairly well.? This statement is true if Clintonian definitions of ?obviously,? ?knows,? and ?fairly well,? are used. (Remember: ?It depends on what the meaning of the word is is.?)
Dean either defines ?obviously? as ?not at all evident? or ?knows? as ?has no clue? or ?fairly well? as ?not at all.? How else can he explain naming Job (whose ending Dean ?doesn?t like?) as his favorite New Testament book?
An hour later ? ample time for someone to inform him of his error ? he corrected himself, noting that Job is in the Old Testament. Again asked for his favorite New Testament book he answered, ?Anything in the Gospels.? While the Gospels are in the New Testament, the last time that I checked no book in the New Testament was named ?anything in the Gospels.?
Can Dean name a New Testament book? Can he even name any of the Gospels? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are four of the most common names in America ? but Dean was unable to name any of them.
Dean?s defense? He ?doesn?t want to pass on the impression? that he has a ?theologian's knowledge of the Bible.? As the New York Times put it, Dean ?did not mean to imply he was some kind of expert,? (not that anyone considers the Times ?some kind of expert?).
Another key aspect of Dean?s Christianity seems to be marrying a Jew and then having two Jewish children. Apparently Dean ?doesn?t like? the verse in the Bible that says ?Do not be yoked together with unbelievers? or the verse that says a marriage partner ?must belong to the Lord.?
Then there are Dean?s attempts to be Muslim and Jewish. In New Hampshire, Dean both invoked the Muslim phrase ?inshallah,? meaning ?God willing,? and threw a Hanukkah party for his staff in which ?he proudly chanted the blessing over the candles in well-accented Hebrew,? according to our ?experts? at the Times.
Dean?s Christianity also has an interesting use of church. According to the Washington Post: ?He rarely attends church services, unless it is for a political event.?
It goes without saying that Dean?s Christianity is nothing more than an attempt to court Southern voters who he continuously alienates. These would be the ones with ?Confederate flags in their pick-up trucks? who vote on the basis of ?guns, God and gays.?
Unfortunately for Dean, he seems as apt at courting Southern voters as he is at understanding anything about Christianity.
