I’d rather have a president who looks at a woman’s rear than a mass murder/torturer, as our last presidential team was.

Oh, and I believe you yelled and screamed for 2 weeks when you THOUGHT Obama compared Sarah Palin to a pig.
Hypocrite.

The letters stand for “What Would Jesus Do?” We are assured that doing the same thing is the goal of real Christians.
But can we really aspire to do what Jesus did?
Would it be wise … to call national religious leaders “whitewashed tombs, pleasant enough to outer appearance, but inside full of dead bones and every rottenness” (Mt. 23.27)?
Should [we] imitate Jesus when he says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but never will my words pass away” (Mk 13.31)?
None of those who want to imitate Jesus should proclaim that “I am the light of the world” (Jn 8.12) or that “I am the path” to the Father (Jn 14.6).
These are just a few samples of the way Jesus acts in the gospel. They were acts meant to show that he is not just like us, that he has higher rights and powers, that he has an authority as arbitrary as God’s in the Book of Job.
He is a divine mystery walking among men. The only way we can directly imitate him is to act as if we were gods ourselves — yet that is the very thing he forbids. He tells us to act as the last, not the first, as the least, not the greatest.
And this accords with the common sense of mankind. Christians cannot really be “Christlike.” As Chesterton said, “A great man knows he is not God, and the greater he is the better he knows it.” The thing that we have to realize is that Christ, whoever or whatever he was, was certainly not a Christian.
Garry Wills What Jesus Meant, pps. xv – xvii, 2006. Just to offer another opinion.

Good points, Moonshadow. Likewise, should 12-year-old Christians leave their parents looking for them for three days while they (the kids) go to a church to debate the pastors (Luke 2:41-50)? Should we bash to pieces the gift stands that some churches have and whip those buying therefrom (Matthew 21:12-13)? Instead of asking “what would Jesus do”, we should ask, “what, in my concrete situation, in light of prayer and how I discern God’s will, should I do?”
Also: “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” (Matthew 5:21-22, NIV) Interestingly, when the great Greek scholar Richmond Lattimore translated the New Testament (and he was doing it as literature, so he had no religious axes to grind), he pointed out at this verse that in Greek, moros, “fool”, seems to have often had a context of sexual irregularity or immorality. Particularly fitting here, huh?

Sad and pathetic. Why does a prominent website like Beliefnet allow such shallow nonsense blogging>

Thanks but my previous post is almost entirely a quotation, an excerpt from Wills’s 2006 book.

Better to have a pig than a choice between the abstemious eunuchs and the self-righteous hypocrites the other side has to offer.

Michelle, if there’s any whitewashed tomb at Beliefnet, it’s your blog. You receive patient witness all the time, but you are too stubborn and too self-absorbed to know it.

Double down all you want Michele. We can all see what really happened in the video. I enjoy watching you dig your own grave.

Obama’s eyes are pointed towards her hands.
Michele trusts Hot Air over all the major news sources – Hot Air is a right wing site that has the same aim as Michele – blast Obama and Democrats
The video was very clear. Obama was looking back for the woman he helped down the starts. Maybe Michele should try watching the video on a non-right wing website.
Moonshadow & Turmarion – great Bible verses
It was not very long ago that I laughed at some Bible verses that Michele used about talking nice.
Calvin/Reformed Theology’s ignored Bible verses about judgment day:
Matthew 12
33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Michele will have to answer on judgment day for the evil and false attacks on other people.

I don’t achieve much in the world because I stare at the women’s bodies too much. But most of them want me to stare at them.
If one is a serious Christian, one must assume one’s responsibility for the cycle of lust, but I am over 50, and believe me, the clothing of women and young girls has been greatly sexualized over the last half century.

Michele, it is so sad to see you continue to stoop so low in your blogs, again with fallacious information. The only true thing that I have discovered regarding your blog is it’s title, “Reformed Chicks Blabbing.” Here is why:
Blab – to talk or chatter indiscreetly or thoughtlessly; idle, indiscreet chattering.
That is exactly what you are doing on this blog, indiscreetly and thoughtlessly chattering about things your have no facts on, but only bias opinons based on your own nonsense. This is what your faith and scriptures say about you:
“Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk” – 1 Timothy 1:5-7
You really should move away from your religious and political superiority mentality, humble yourself, and write from a more objective perspective.

why so much hate for obama , michele ? normally i’ll ignore your blabbing but i see you so self -righteous and you obviously will not accept that you are wrong in this issue.. as a good “reformed” chick..maybe you should apologize..

You receive patient witness all the time, but you are too stubborn and too self-absorbed to know it.
No she isn’t.

My, you Obama defenders are a sensitive bunch. It is quite obvious to those who are not blinded by partisan politics to see that “O” was checking the ladies out, in both instances. So what? Yeah, I thought he might not be so obvious about the temptation all of us men deal with…you know on the international stage and all.
But, if this is the worst thing he were to do as Prez, I would be very relieved. However, so far he has done so much worse to this country.
And Michele, you’re right. He really is a pig!

As Dumbledore said to Snape (discussing why Snape couldn’t stand Harry Potter)…”When you look at him, you see what you expect to see.”

And Michele, you’re right. He really is a pig!
I went to Lewis looking for his remarks that since he doesn’t experience such-n-such a temptation, he can’t comment on it, but instead I found this tidbit (more quotes from spiritual writers!):
” I want to make it as clear as I possibly can that the centre of Christian morality is not here. If anyone thinks that Christians regard unchastity as the supreme vice, he is quite wrong. The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronising and spoiling sport, and back-biting; the pleasures of power, of hatred. … That is why a cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to hell than a prostitute. But, of course, it is better to be neither.” Mere Christianity

Michele,
Here is the problem. You want the President to be a womanizer. That is your premise for your article. Therefore, you try to make the facts fit your premise. You find a nanosecond freeze-frame photo that fits your premise for proof and you run away with it. As in the previous photo you offered up, it was shown to you that your photo did not fit your premise, and your readers called you out on it. But instead of apologizing, you find another freeze-frame photo and this one has the President as well as three other men looking down at something (steps maybe), but a woman is leaning over near the President so we must surmise that because his eyes are down that he is a womanizer, or a “pig”. This is sloppy journalism at best and for a Christian, it is unethical. And you made the fatal mistake of journalism by interjecting yourself into the article as a victim and blaming your readers for not believing your lies. As I said to you before, Christians must have higher standards and when you do not, you bring all Christians down. And please do not throw out God’s Word to substantiate your falsehoods. Stubborness is not a virtue.

With all that is going on in the world this is this only thing you could come up with. This is just simply weak and petty.

Oh Michele, twelve or sixteen years of Democratic presidents will probably be rough on you.

That was a freeze frame; which portrayed ony part of the video. It was cropped to print only the deceiving part of the picture. This is not wishful thinking or taking up for anyone. It was played again and the intentions were revealed. He looked down to assure his footing so that he could assist the lady.
Intentions should have been known when it was placed out there. Mr. President won and yes he is African-American; so get over it. It doesn’t make any kind of sense to be so cruel and disrespectful. This is a New Day…let us live it without the name calling…such as pigs. Open up your heart and let the Sun shine in!!!!

Okay, so did it occur to you that the woman clearly dropped something & perhaps he was looking down & getting ready to help her pick up what she dropped. That is what I see. Sorry but I think you are jumping to conclusions which clearly makes you happy.

It’s a shame there’s no effective treatment for cancer of the soul, Michelle.

I watched the video. The honorable thing to do now would be to apologize for this particular blog and the abuse of scripture, its appropriation for a petty political shot at our President. Then resign from Beliefnet.

This has now degenerated into the realm of the truly pathetic.
The woman is bending down right in front of him, and it looks like she might have dropped some papers. He is not allowed to even cast a glance in her direction, lest Judge McGinty declare him swine? He couldn’t possibly be just curious about what she is doing?
Mr. President…who dare you look in the direction of a woman who is right in front of you!!!!!
There is something genuinely and sadly desperate in this latest attempt to justify what you couldn’t really justify the first time.
I defended you against what I thought (and still think) were crass. mean-spirited attacks against you in that last thread, even as I pointed out that the President looked in the young woman’s direction a whole three seconds, during which he also helped someone down a step. But I find this shrill name-calling based on such utterly flimsy “evidence” to be indefensible.

Typical LIBS!!!! Definding this horible man after he has not shown us his birth certifecit and is appointing a muslen woman to the supreme cort.

All you heethen, unsaved devils take note! God will not be mokked! Barak HUSSEEEN O-bama is about to have his comuppins!!
His trew nature as an ungodly Muzlem devil will be shown. Then you will all laff and thank Mishell for her work in expozing him.
God be prazed!!

“It’s a shame there’s no effective treatment for cancer of the soul, Michelle.”
JPL, that is such a kind comment, on a thread where Michele dared refer to O as a “pig” for looking at the female backside. Nice touch!
BTW, there is a cure for cancer of the soul (sin). It is Christ.

You’re right, Les. But you still have to accept the treatment, not just be preordained to it.

“You receive patient witness all the time, but you are too stubborn and too self-absorbed to know it.
No she isn’t.”
So Michelle really does work with Karen Whitaker knowingly to serve Satan?

Oh, boy, Robert, I’ve been misunderstood.
First off, yeah, JPL, that was a shocker.
Robert, I tried to say that michele is neither too stubborn nor too self-absorbed.
Or, another way: Stubborn enough to beat cancer without becoming self-absorbed by it. And the patient witness isn’t only offered her here – it’s at every turn in her life.
Thank you for reading.

Michele gets far more comments on her false and petty blogs.
Could be the number of hits and comments makes Beliefnet look better to advertisers. Otherwise, I cannot understand why they continue to let her have a blog that is an embarrassment to any religion.

“So Michelle really does work with Karen Whitaker knowingly to serve Satan? ”
No, she doesn’t. She has a great love for her Lord and Savior and would never serve another.
You guys who question my Christianity should realize that I could care less about your opinion of my Christianity because I know who I am and those who know me in real life also know who I am. They bear witness to what is true about me, that I love Christ and exhibit that love to others.
BTW, this from daughter #1 when I told her about this comment she said that it reminded her of this verse:
ESV Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

“It’s a shame there’s no effective treatment for cancer of the soul, Michelle. ”
It’s amazing to me that anyone would use my cancer as an insult against me. But sadly it’s says more about you than me. That your soul is dark enough to do it might mean that you should follow the remedy that Les Prouty suggests.

“That was a freeze frame;” And what about the second photo? Was that cropped as well?

“”It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
Oh. So you are follower and equal of Christ, then?

“Thank you for reading.”
A little bit of being polite goes a long way toward demonstrating a Christian point.

“You guys who question my Christianity should realize that I could care less about your opinion of my Christianity because I know who I am and those who know me in real life also know who I am. They bear witness to what is true about me, that I love Christ and exhibit that love to others.”
Miohelle, the grace of God is beyond human understanding. I accept that it can encompass you. But this blog is real life, and your Christian witness here is inconsistent.

“It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
But it is by Lord Beelzebul’s power that Michelle attracts demons! Praise Lord Beelzebul!

That was a freeze frame; And what about the second photo? Was that cropped as well?
The first picture was not “cropped” but it was lifted pout of a larger context that showed the President was not acting like a “pig.”
The second picture is no less a fraction of second, lifted out of a larger context.
The President happens to be looking at a woman who is directly in front of him and bending over for a reason unknown to Michele. Looking at the papers she is clutching, I suspect she may have dropped some and was bending down to pick them up. The fact that Obama might have actually looked down to see what was happening does not mean he was checking her out.
Michele has not produced any video to prove her contention. She has simply alleged that Obama is ogling a woman who is literally bending over right ion front of him.
She then tries to deny any prejudice by claiming she believed he was a wonderful family man rather than the perv she is now trying to claim he is. But, if she weren’t so desperate to find some way to cast him in this negative light she wouldn’t be scrambling about looking for such pictures or making so much of events that took a few seconds, at most.
The man is simply not a philanderer or a “pig” and Michele comes across as disengenuous claiming that she has been shocked (Shocked, I tell you!) by a man whom she finds every occasion to criticize.
Again, I ask you Michele…have you ever applied the term “pig” to the likes of Newt Gingrich, Robert Livingston, Henry Hyde, Rudy Giuliani, or Gov. Sanford or Sen. Ensign?

So you are follower and equal of Christ, then?
Yeah, good point.
I might think Matt. 12:24 but I hope I wouldn’t quote it at anybody.
The inability to recognize Christ in a disciple isn’t the telltale sign it’s here made out to be. I mean, Matt. 12:24 applies to Christ (‘this man”) and maybe not to his followers so much:
The world does not consist of 100 per cent. Christians and 100 per cent. non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name: some of them are clergymen. There are other people who are slowly becoming Christians though they do not yet call themselves so. – Mere Christianity
Another thing michele and I differ on, theosis, so just answering for myself, ultimately: Luke 6.40; Matt. 10.25a.

“You guys who question my Christianity should realize that I could care less about your opinion of my Christianity because I know who I am and those who know me in real life also know who I am. They bear witness to what is true about me, that I love Christ and exhibit that love to others.”
Amen to you, Michele! You folks questioning Michele’s Christianity because of her blog posts are really pathetic. Why don’t you all just stick with debating the issues raised and not resort to shameless and petty personal judgment?!
And invoking Michele’s cancer? That is one of the lowest blows I have ever seen on a blog.

“And invoking Michele’s cancer? That is one of the lowest blows I have ever seen on a blog.”
Uh-huh. You Reformed Christians are the very model of Christian charity. Not.

Clearly Mike isn’t the model of any kind of charity.

Mike, how do you define Christian charity?

“HATE BILL”-OBSESSED CONGRESS
If “hate bill”-obsessed Congress [and Obama] can’t protect Christians from “gays” as much as it wants to protect “gays” from Christians, will Congress be surprised if it can’t protect itself from most everyone?
If “hate bills” are forced on captive Americans, they’ll still find ways to sneakily continue to “plant” Biblical messages everywhere. By doing so they’ll hasten God’s judgment on their oppressors as revealed in Proverbs 19:1.
(See related web items including “David Letterman’s Hate, Etc.,” “Separation of Raunch and State,” “Michael the Narc-Angel,” “Obama Avoids Bible Verses,” and “Tribulation Index becomes Rapture Index.”)
Since Congress can’t seem to legislate “morality,” it’s making up for it by legislating “immorality”!
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