Religious Right Meets Religious Left: Two Evangelical Christians Urge Civility

"AMERI-CAN-DO PARTY"

What if;

Someone created a New Party that would be focused on bringing the RepubliCAN &
DemOcrat Parties together ?

REpublICAN

DeMOcrAt

(Put letters together from both Parties Names above and they could
Spell: "AMERI-CAN-DO") So Why Not Work Together & Lead By Example ! ! !

TEAM UP FOR AMERICA..TEAM UP FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION..OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR
FUTURE..OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US..TIME TO;


"LEAD

BY EXAMPLE"


HOW ? ?.. By Showing Our Children..Our Future Generation that it is ok to
disagree with each other but do it in a Respectful Manner With All Americans

Best Interest In Mind & Always Use; AMERI-CAN-DO Attitude TEAM WORK Ideas That
Help To Solve Our Problems in a Positive & Respectful Manner ! !

JUST SAY YES TO; TEAM WORK.. AMERI-CAN-DO ATTITUDE, USING MUTUAL RESPECT AS OUR

GUIDELINE TO FOLLOW AT ALL TIMES ! !


We Don't Need Another Party to do
the above all We Need Is;

"THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR OUR FUTURE FOR

OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE"

"THEY ARE WATCHING HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH OUR PROBLEMS" "SO JUST
REGROUP & PLAY WELL TOGETHER"

OUR Children Don't Understand Why We Voted For THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES to lead our Country and why we all can't Work As A TEAM to solve our
problems and they don't Understand why he is not getting support from all of his

team members that are suppose to be helping him solve problems with positive
ideas and moral support.

OUR Children Don't Understand Why Adults teach them to practice Mutual Respect
when it comes to disagreements and work their differences out respectfully in a
calm

ADULT Manner then they see Adults Not Practicing what they taught them.


Respectfully, Michael V Caldwell,

PLEASE THINK ABOUT ALL OF
THE ABOVE BECAUSE IT IS TRUE, JUST ASK A CHILD..

(Always Striving To Be Part Of The Solution, Using Respect & Ameri-Can-Do
Attitude As My Guidelines To Follow)

The first and big mistake Christians make is to believe that they can change the course of the world by "getting into politicks". From the days of the Holy Roman Empire to the present time powerful men have tried to use the force of the Military and the Faith of the Church to create a nation of Holy People. This resulted in rhe"Holu Natiom" of the Roman Empire" That was controled by the Catholic Church with the Pope issung "Holy Otders" under rhe seal of the Church and using the force of the military to enforce them.
The seperation of Church and State became the force thast made the USA a great Nation.

It is to little and too late. But whenever there is a meeting of minds there is hope. I see opinions suggesting schools do something teaching ethics, logic, etc., as a solution, fine. However, it needs to come into our homes where real learning begins. It doesn't do much good if our children learn ethics, logic at school only to be shown that at home they do not count. Of course as always, all of this is simply my humble opinion.

Aside from "the Martins" thin-skinned bloviating and clearly taking things out of context . too believe most Americans aren't that sharp about world history, culture or for that matter, linguistic differences. Most of us are very Amero-centric, as I've observed when traveling abroad, although many of those who travel abroad are more interested and aware of other cultures than the bulk of Americans who seem to think Las Vegas is high American culture. Back in the 80's Republican strategists met with Evangelical leaders, offering to give them a voice in government if the Evangelicals would actively help the GOP win majorities in the House, Senate and Oval Office. That was the beginning of active partisan preaching from the pulpit. Rev. Wallis was at that convention, and has spoken actively about the religious "right" hijacking Protestant Christianity. Christian is as Christian does, and Wallis seems worthy to me.

It would be nice if Mr. Wallis would practice what he preaches! In an interview, not long ago, he said that Americans don't know the difference between an Austrailian accent and a British accent and that Americans assume that anyone with a British accent is intellegent! Well, Mr. Wallis, I'm an American and I think your sarcastic and degrading remarks weren't half as funny as you did!How about some respect for the American people Mr. Wallis.

Perhaps we should start looking into requiring courses like logic and ethics in high school and taking advantage of opportunities to teach our children how to respectfully engage in discussions with others who they may disagree with. When you spend the first part of your life in an ideological bubble your opinions about the world become so dear to you that you feel as though they define you. Any difference in opinion can then seem like a personal attack. We all need to realize that nobody has all the answers and that a lot of times there is no simple answer. We also need to realize that there are often multiple paths to the same solution. Many times the people who we disagree with want the same things we do, they just have a different idea of how to get there. That doesn't necessarily make them stupid or anti-American. If we can work toward teaching our children these things and how to work together and to truly respect other human beings maybe they can become better people than we are. Then maybe when a few of them enter politics when they grow up they can work TOGETHER to restore some integrity to our government and make it one that works FOR THE PEOPLE and not one dominated by those who are more concerned with working only for those who agree with them.

It appears that the purported shooter was a mentally challenged drug abusing atheist who had ties to Nazi's. He was expelled from a Community College and not accepted into the Army. Can you tell me what this fools actions had to do with Civil Discourse or the lack thereof. The fact is that lack of Civil Discourse dates back many years in this country. From Andrew Jackson's being labeled a bigamist to charges against Nixon and Clinton being thieves and scoundrals. Can it be that the party on the defensive wants the rhetoric tone down so that they can survive an enraged electorate?

jurks9447 just proved the "typical" finger pointing.There have been hateful words on both sides , if you truely "connecting the dots".

All things said, to not connect the arrogant attitude of the far-right to the shootings in Tuscon is to avoid the issue and it's obviousness. Why else would it now be fashionable to tone down politics? Because that incident and many others are a direct result of the far-right sending messages of hate; it is only their way and no other. The connection is obvious.

I am pleased to see this statement. Unfortunately, I believe that many people do not know how to distinguish between disagreement and incivility. Part of this process must be a public education effort on how to make a strong point without personally attacking another person or how to hear disagreeing points without feeling personally diminished.