That is the thing. The videos always jump the shark before long. By the way, the link took me to an article from examiner.com... "Atlanta mother uses gun..."

But I am looking at the zombie apocalypse updates on PID Radio now.

I'll open up a bit more. I've watched a lot of youtube videos on the New World Order. You know, stuff that focuses on the architecture of the Vatican and DC.

I have found a new friend in Foxfier.

Love the topic. Perhaps that can depress the vote in these demographics. I'd prefer to win over some Black and Latino votes with a message that conservatives care for them and will enact policies where they will prosper.

But what are these policies? A message that focuses on simply taking away handouts likely won't work. School choice? Are there more?

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(I'm speechless and want to hear more.)

New post!

I've been married for four years and am already spending money on couples counseling. I really appreciate this topic and the wonderful marriage histories. They are inspiring and instructive.

I really enjoy Ricochet and hope it survives. If Ricochet doesn't survive in its current format, I hope some of us can try and figure out effective ways to improve the product so it thrives.

I don't have any specific ideas yet but my cap is on.

Ha! Good one. I asked for it. As a life long christian, direct scripture should always be helpful to me.

I guess I'll just say that I think we should do this sort of thing with great patience and careful instruction (ahem - 2 Timothy 4:2 - ahem). At the end of the day, I'm saying we gotta have love, cuz otherwise we're nothing but a gong show.

Thanks! I'll look it up. Did it discuss his approach to christianity in politics? What were your thoughts, if any.

Not sure if we are in disagreement here. But even as a believer, I don't find it helpful when people strictly use scripture on me. Well reasoned argument and thought based on or in addition to scripture has been much more helpful to me. I'm thinking C.S. Lewis, etc.

I'll go crazy and say that an argument that gay marriage is wrong strictly based on a verse in the Old Testatment will not convince nonchristian voters to hold that position, nor will it help them understand how good God is.

I always appreciate reading your thoughts. If no one was using tit for tat, then great. I agree with you on (a) and think that we should make great pains to try to make our message and tone received the way we intend them to be given. And yes, (b) is right on.

Something that I think about is the role of the believer in the conservative movement, Republican Party, or even Ricochet. There is a tacit agreement that we are all center right and in general alignment. Furthering that movement is part of our goal.

I assume that the goal is not to turn the Republican Party into the Christian party, right? Certainly there are those who would not appreciate that. Politically speaking, we have found common goals with nonbelievers in terms of certain positions and are simply working towards those ends. I would hope I'm not putting evangelism in second fiddle. Being ashamed of Christ is not a good idea.

The bible says that nothing new is under the sun and the cylons say that all this has happened before. Perhaps we can learn some lessons from the likes of William Wilberforce. Can anyone recommend a good biography on him?

Interesting conversation. My audience remains my fellow believers.

I grant that it is not clear whether there is indeed an uptick in religious conversation (my observation), or more alarmingly, an increase in aggressive tone (not my observation). I very well may be projecting but it is clear that I am not alone in feeling that something is going on.

Leaving that aside, I am struck by the few of us who use a tit for tat rationale for our own conduct. It is an easy idea to fall into but I remind you and myself that generally speaking, hostility from others is never an excuse for hostility from us. I'm personally with the majority of the commenters that use common sense principles like "don't be a jerk." And I especially appreciate those who seem to suggest that we should to do our best to meet hostility with love, which is easy enough to say but often requires divine help.

(more to come)

I'm not boycotting anything. I'm just honestly saying that I'm skipping this podcast because I have no interest in listening to Mike Murphy.

Thanks Joan. No need to apologize. I shouldn't have used the word fight. I am simply not as interested in getting into a full fledged debate on the moral merits of Buddhism.

My point was simply that religions matter to a culture and that I understand how someone can hold that Buddhism hasn't been good to the people who live in countries dominated by that religion. I also wanted to suggest that those of us in the west may not understand the full the impact of Buddhism.

Personally, I'm interested mostly in Mr. Hinton's thoughts on the conversation thus far and his thoughts on the questions that he presented.