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Originally Posted by Ohio
To be a conservative today often one must be willing to be an outcast from their own society.
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Goodness brother. I don't want any part of making you feel like an outcast. I'm sorry for every time I've made you feel that way.
I'll try to do better. That's why in general to be congenial out in public it's best to stay away from discussing politics (and religion).
These days are days of extreme division. Passions are high. To me it looks like a pressure cooker, that's about to blow.
But didn't Jesus live in very divided times. In Matthew the crowds from all over are following Jesus. So he goes up on a mountain and speaks to "the crowds." This is after he healed all that were brought to him.
So the diverse and divided crowds were hanging on his every word. What did he teach, among many other wonderful things Matthew records him as teaching :
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Jesus wasn't for anyone being outcasts. Don't let politics make you feel that way brother.