Posted By Emily

Emily, what a great statement. Another response to Kiara, Democrats believe in helping each other when the "chips are down". We don't discard people to society without any hope of recovery. We don't agree with the bloodbath of an irresponsible, illegal occupation in Iraq; a war that has caused countless innocent young children their lives. I don't want to see any child suffer. I personally cannot tell you if an embryo feels pain, but I can without a doubt tell you that a child with their legs blown off feels pain. One cannot decide if a person is christlike simply because of their assumed view on abortion. Life is not black and white, but many shades of gray. I personally liked the debate from Huckabee's point of view, as a "liberal" Democrat. I would vote for him over Hillary in a heartbeat. I totally disagree with the present corrupt administration; which has caused me to mistrust most Republicans.

mr. huckabee is definitely not a believer in one commandment: bearing false witness. his distortions of history, his own and otherwise, should earn him a seat with the rest of the lords of lies.

but as far as the quote above, the actual translation should indeed be murder, not kill. not a trivial distinction.

of course, the problem with all commands is that people pick and choose their favorites for <others to observe... kinda like how it is with the u.s. constitution!!

so sorry, the commanded day of rest to which you allude is, has always been, the sabbath – saturday – the 7th day of the week. if you spoke one of the romance languages, you would see the very day is in the name.

of course, ministers hate the people to have all the facts – kinda like the media with regard to candidate positions. ministers/wolves/politicians... sometimes they're all the same. no offense intended to 4-legged creatures.

perhaps you might wish to read more of the Book rather than listen to your buddies' version... and say, that's not a bad idea for getting the real scoop about the u.s. constitution... thank you!!

Thou shalt not kill. When the state does it–it's just as bad as when an individual does it.

Posted By Kiara, Orlando, FL : November 28, 2007 10:41 pm

You are severely mistaken, Im a democrat and i am a strong christian,but i also believe in the seperation of church and state that i cant push my belief on those that dont want to believe. I do believe in pro choice because there are many situations where its a gray area like if its a rape victim or if its harmful to the mother. I also believe that gay people have every right to marry they just want the benifits like every one else gets. So please watch your ignorant statemants.

Jesus would be against the death penalty, but then again he would not be a strong supporter of most of the planks in the Republican platform today either. I seems to me the only Christan stance the Republican party has truely taken is on abortion and that stance as far as I am concerned is more of a politcal stance than one on we really care. We really care how we can manipulate the voters and get them to vote for us is the stance.

Jesus has already given us all the death sentence. Are you ready for judgement??

Jesus represents truth and light in our world. He uses His light to stamp out darkness. He sacrificed and never sought political gain during His Earthly reign. He actually worked as much as possible in the background in his ministry.

There are certain 'grey area' moral issues that we as humans simply cannot wrap our brains around. Jesus knows what is right – we do not always – and he wants us to search for answers through Him. And they don't always come easily. Jesus was also challenged with questions of right and wrong by his inquisitors during his time on Earth and oftentimes 'didn't answer the question directly' but responded with a thought that made the questioner 'think about the question'(check out the red words in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). I see that as wisdom. So – I believe Mike is correct in saying 'Thats what Jesus would do!'. 1) He wouldn't hold a worldly office – and – faced with the hypothetical – he would speak to a truth or teaching that put the question in new light (oftentimes using what are called parables). Here too – Mike was teaching – speaking to a truth – not dodging – and he is quite brilliant at it.

Now – on abortion. Children are innocent and pure and without sin (in fact recent studies prove that children < age 6 months can determine right (light) from wrong (darkness)) and will choose things that are good over things that are bad.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Huckabee may not have given a direct answer, but many of the candidates(Dems and Reps) have been dodging questions, and that is a tough question. I had to think about it for a minute, and it's a strange one to have at a political debate.

His clarification on the difference between abortion and the death penalty was good, and common sense... although I'm sure it won't end the debate, it'd be nice if people were that reasonable wouldn't it?

I personally have mixed feelings about the death penalty... I am still making up my mind, but I think that was a good answer.

-James'(www.jamesharmer.com)

If they made electric chairs, then let them be used for themselves.

Posted By Dan, San Jose, CA : November 28, 2007 10:59 pm

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Is this serious or not? Those laws include how we are to treat slaves and about the inferiority of women. They include the penalty for anyone who works on a Sunday which is death. We should stone any children who don't obey their parents. As far as border security goes: – Exodus 22:21 “You shall not wrong or oppress an alien in your midst for you were aliens in the land of Egypt”

It still amazes me that Christians have such little knowledge of the Bible, as evidenced by some of the comments here.

Maybe you should try to act like a pastor, and not proclaim to be one.

How you are pro-life bewilders me.

Huckabee's responses seemed canned, and a bit planned, possible that he spent the past week on youtube? Wonder what else he saw there?