Incidentally, I remember there are seven orthodoxies that if you deny, you are not really a Christian. All the sects and denominations of Christianity subscribe to all seven of these core beliefs. It was a long time ago in confirmation class — anyone know them off the top of his/her head?

The few I sorta remember…

Divinity of Christ
Resurrection
The Trinity

Time for me to do some homework, it seems.

-TS

http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/Saddleback_16AUG2008.htm

AND RICK WARREN WAS RIGHT!

When I first heard about the Saddleback event, I was concerned that it would elevate an undeserving Obama while allowing the candidates to dodge the tough questions. Upon further consideration, I needn’t have been concerned.

Warren was right to invite them both. And it was enough to just let them talk, even though, because of time, there were no follow-ups; McCain got away with saying he opposed his party on torture, even though the debate was whether preventing another attack by scaring the hell out of a terrorist with waterboarding constitutes “torture” in the first place. And Obama got away with many things, such as claiming he’d support merit pay, which the unions will never allow him to do.

Still, Pastor Warren’s format had a simple but brilliant integrity; by asking the exact same questions to both candidates, Warren not only provided apples-to-apples comparisons for undecided voters, he exposed the Lop-Sided Media for the frauds they’ve become. A balanced press wouldn’t toss softballs to their favorite, while slinging hardballs at Republicans. The My-Left-Foot, Thigh, Calf, Ankle, Hip and Pinky-Media was the real loser.

But not the only one. McCain wiped the floor with Teleprompter Man. Period. It still doesn’t mean Maverick is the greatest conservative ever–sadly, he’s not. But, man, is that floor shiny!

And for the record, your Honor, Barack Obama isn’t qualified to carry Clarence Thomas’ jock strap. In fact, he’s not qualified to carry the jock strap of the accountant who does the books for the auto mechanic who fixes the car of the guy who delivers Chinese take-out to Clarence Thomas’ house.

But Andrew Sullivan is.

It doesn’t make any sense the other way.

Since I had to add this, I might as well vent a bit more. What Mitchell did was the opposite of “journalism.” She took a slanderous claim and gave it a patina of credibility by repeating it in a “news” forum. Adding injury to that insult, she spread the baseless rumor around the world. The only saving grace is that she did attribute it to the Obama staff.

Yet, it’s being repeated again and again as if it were true, which is exactly what the Obama camp wanted. The story today isn’t that Obama fell on his face, but that McCain cheated.

And remember the ‘$5 million makes you rich–I know that number will be twisted’ comment?

It took Obama only two days to make the prediction come true.

Barack without his teleprompter is like Linus without his blanket.

My father is in his 70s and was perhaps McCain’s least enthusiastic supporter. As recentl;y as last week he told me he would vote for McCain, but wouldn’t support him in any other way. However, he was so impressed by McCain’s responses at Saddleback that he wrote a check.

I’m not saying he isn’t a Christian, just that I see no evidence of it, and that evidence should be there. Its one thing to say that you don’t believe that someone is a Christian from their words and actions - that is legitimate. It is a different matter to dogmatically say that someone is not a Christian. There you take perogative that belongs to God alone. On the other hand, there are certain doctrinal issues that can’t be debated. If those are rejected, then I would dogmatically say that that person is not a Christian.

When was the last time you ever saw a politician claim defeat at a debate? Isn’t it always, “Well, we won on this topic…” or “We won because…”? Where is the positive spin?

“We lost because he cheated.”
All I see is “We (Obama) lost.”
Which translates to “Obama failed. Obama is 2nd best.”

As I recall, it wasn’t Happy Hour that caused barfights. It was Mean Drunk Hour, which immediately followed:D

burning bridges, and such.

Byron York puts this one to be by talking to one of McCain’s fellow POWs.

“I recall John telling that story when we first got together in 1971, when were talking about every conceivable thing that had ever happened to us when we were in prison” Swindle told me a few minutes ago. “Most of us had been kept apart or in small groups. Then, in 1970, they moved us into the big cell. And when we all got to see each other and talk to each other directly, instead of tapping through walls, we had 24 hours a day, seven days a week to talk to each other, and we shared stories. I vaguely recall that story being told, among other stories.”

“I remember it from prison,” Swindle continued. “There were several stories similar to that in which guards — a very few, I might add — showed compassion to the prisoners. It was rare, and I never met one, but some of the guys did.”

As for the people who are questioning McCain’s account, Swindle said, “That’s garbage. These people are desperate.”

So much for that line of attack.