Compassion and the Republican Party of the USA

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The Republican Party of the USA, seemingly controlled by the Tea Party, seems to be good at standing on principle, which I respect. However, does the Tea Party demonstrate enough compassion, and can they win a national election (the presidency) if they don’t?
 

PennEd

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The Republican Party of the USA, seemingly controlled by the Tea Party, seems to be good at standing on principle, which I respect. However, does the Tea Party demonstrate enough compassion, and can they win a national election (the presidency) if they don’t?
The liberal media hates, fears, and slanders the Tea Party at every turn. They have succeeded in making the very low info voter believe this mantra. Do you even know what the Tea Party is, or stands for? In a nutshell they believe in Government controlled by the limits of the United States Constitution. That's it. THAT IS compassion, as evidenced by the fact this form of gov. has produced the greatest nation, with the greatest wealth, where the poorest of us live like kings in comparison to other parts of the world or historical standards, that the world has ever seen. How is that not compassionate?
 

maxwel

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You seriously believe political parties are founded as emissaries of compassion?

Seriously?

I wish I lived in your world.

: )
 

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i pray to God the tea party never wins a national election. It would be time to find a new country then.
 
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i pray to God the tea party never wins a national election. It would be time to find a new country then.
I'd be okay with the Tea Partiers if they were more compassionate. They do take the Lord's law seriously.
 
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You seriously believe political parties are founded as emissaries of compassion?

Seriously?

I wish I lived in your world.

: )
They've done some good things. The Republican Party was born to do away with slavery, wasn't it?
 

Nautilus

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I'd be okay with the Tea Partiers if they were more compassionate. They do take the Lord's law seriously.
that would be a plus if we lived in a theocracy. But we dont need religious fundamentalists in charge of this country. even as a christian i refuse to vote for other hardline christians politically. there needs to be people who recognize he public/private divide of religion in office.
 

maxwel

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In most other countries, the overwhelming consensus of their citizens is that all politicians, on all the different sides, are all completely full of poo. They are not to be trusted.

This is a general consensus of most people in the world, no matter where you go.

However, in America, we seem to have a genetic impairment that causes us to believe the words of anyone who lies to us, if they do it with a big happy smile.

: )
 
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that would be a plus if we lived in a theocracy. But we dont need religious fundamentalists in charge of this country. even as a christian i refuse to vote for other hardline christians politically. there needs to be people who recognize he public/private divide of religion in office.
I am not a religious fundamentalist. I do believe in obedience to the Lord. We are far better off when our leaders walk with the Lord than when they don't. What's wrong with obeying the commandments?
 
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In most other countries, the overwhelming consensus of their citizens is that all politicians, on all the different sides, are all completely full of poo. They are not to be trusted.

This is a general consensus of most people in the world, no matter where you go.

However, in America, we seem to have a genetic impairment that causes us to believe the words of anyone who lies to us, if they do it with a big happy smile.

: )
We can be pretty gullible. Still, we are a representative democracy, which I consider to be a legitimate form of government, as opposed to theocracies, autocracies, and monarchies.
 
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The liberal media hates, fears, and slanders the Tea Party at every turn. They have succeeded in making the very low info voter believe this mantra. Do you even know what the Tea Party is, or stands for? In a nutshell they believe in Government controlled by the limits of the United States Constitution. That's it. THAT IS compassion, as evidenced by the fact this form of gov. has produced the greatest nation, with the greatest wealth, where the poorest of us live like kings in comparison to other parts of the world or historical standards, that the world has ever seen. How is that not compassionate?
The poorest of us live like kings in comparison to other parts of the world?
 
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that would be a plus if we lived in a theocracy. But we dont need religious fundamentalists in charge of this country. even as a christian i refuse to vote for other hardline christians politically. there needs to be people who recognize he public/private divide of religion in office.
We need people who realize that there still exists a very public law. For all their faults (and I think tea partiers have a few), they at least realize that fundamental fact.

I've had to deal with tea partiers for awhile, and to call them monolithically fundamentalist or even socially conservative would be a mistake. They simply view the system of government we have now as unsustainable and seek to correct the path through often ill-thought out tactics not to mention often vague means of proliferating their views leading those on the Left to label them with a twenty-first century version of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy label.

In short, they are not scary enough yet from a purely political standpoint. But that could change very quickly if they find a galvanizing figure or publication. My guess is that such a figure will be more libertarian, in which case the scenario you envision would be unlikely.
 
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As for the OP, jurisdiction matters as much as compassion if not more.
 

PennEd

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You seriously believe political parties are founded as emissaries of compassion?

Seriously?

I wish I lived in your world.



: )
If you were addressing me I have no idea how my post gave you the idea that I thought that. Compassion is a RESULT or byproduct of a Capitalist system reigned in by the Constitution.
 

maxwel

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If you were addressing me I have no idea how my post gave you the idea that I thought that. Compassion is a RESULT or byproduct of a Capitalist system reigned in by the Constitution.
My quote was not directed at you.

However, I'll be happy to argue with you about something else you've said.

: )
 

PennEd

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The poorest of us live like kings in comparison to other parts of the world?

Yes, we as Americans do. In Haiti for example, mothers feed their children DIRT cookies, in many parts of latin America, Africa, and Asia, families live in literal cardboard shacks.

WE have never gone a day in our lives hungry, and live like royalty did in history past, thanks to a Capitalist system reigned in by the United States Constitution.

Thank you Lord for all our immense blessings, and put on our hearts a strong desire to use them to help the poor and for your glory. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
 

PennEd

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My quote was not directed at you.

However, I'll be happy to argue with you about something else you've said.

: )
I'd prefer not to argue, but if you'd like to discuss something I'm open.
 

maxwel

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Compassion is a RESULT or byproduct of a Capitalist system reigned in by the Constitution.
PennEd,
You seem like a nice guy, so I'm going to ask if you want to rephrase the above statement.
Maybe that isn't exactly what you meant, but you were in a hurry?

It is a bit of a logical leap to go from compassion ( a condition of the heart) to a political system.
 
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Yes, we as Americans do. In Haiti for example, mothers feed their children DIRT cookies, in many parts of latin America, Africa, and Asia, families live in literal cardboard shacks.

WE have never gone a day in our lives hungry, and live like royalty did in history past, thanks to a Capitalist system reigned in by the United States Constitution.

Thank you Lord for all our immense blessings, and put on our hearts a strong desire to use them to help the poor and for your glory. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
There are a lot of people in this country who suffer economically. If the Republicans want to win the presidency, they have to demonstrate that they care.