tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post116311025427995552..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The problem with IraqRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163139496988010782006-11-10T01:18:00.000-05:002006-11-10T01:18:00.000-05:00anonymous wrote:---It is awfully difficult to call...anonymous wrote:<BR/>---<BR/>It is awfully difficult to call the GOP God's party, though, isn't it? <BR/>---<BR/><BR/>Atheists are the only people who I've heard say that in the first place.<BR/><BR/>anonymous wrote:<BR/>---<BR/>I guess the Dems are God's party for a while. He chose them to be, at least.<BR/>---<BR/><BR/>I agree that God wanted them to be in control of Capitol Hill right now. Unfortunately, you still do not understand that God can use evil to accomplish good. Thus, God's using the Democrats in no way means they are virtuous, just as God's using the Republicans does not imply the same thing on their behalf.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the biggest problems, for both atheists and Christians, is the notion that the God of the entire universe is only focused on what <I>you</I> want. It's this whole "me-me-me" attitude that's the root of the problem in the first place.<BR/><BR/>God is bigger than we are. God's purposes transcend us. This election is a drop in the bucket of a history far greater than anything you or I could contemplate right now. To pretend otherwise is simply erroneous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163117194152206092006-11-09T19:06:00.000-05:002006-11-09T19:06:00.000-05:00As an added note, I think VDH's latest article, a ...As an added note, I think <A HREF="http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson110806.html" REL="nofollow">VDH's latest article</A>, a review of Mark Steyn's <I>America Alone</I>, is well worth reading, too.Patrick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095377877712197984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1163115837438217832006-11-09T18:43:00.000-05:002006-11-09T18:43:00.000-05:00I love the mix of theology and politics on this bl...I love the mix of theology and politics on this blog.<BR/><BR/>It is awfully difficult to call the GOP God's party, though, isn't it? For every abortion they oppose, they support some inane corruption, or they fail to prevent genocide in Africa.<BR/><BR/>I guess the Dems are God's party for a while. He chose them to be, at least.<BR/><BR/>Well, I helped...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com