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FrankUnderwood

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i don't have much of a family myself , however my wife's family is very big (wife has 6 sisters and 1 brother (catholic lol) and I'm pretty close with them.

I don't really agree that much on a "religious " level, and at times I think some of their views are not aligned with mine... but for the most part we tend to agree on things.

A couple of my brother in laws are kinda "super" catholic and I heavily disagree with some of their stances on things.

What about y'all?
 
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Had a similar conversation with my wife's family a number of yrs back. They all tend to claim to be hardcore Democrats. But when I talked to them it didn't seem like they actually were what they were claiming. I asked them individually, "Why are you a Democrat?" Basically I would get the same answers over and over and over.

"They're for the poor man."
"My daddy was a Democrat. My granddaddy was a Democrat. My whole family are Democrats."

I would ask them about specific issues and they didn't align with the Democratic party at all. I even had my wife's mamaw take one of those online quizzes to identify what party you are. She was identified as Tea Party. She was floored.....enough that she took 2 other different tests......one came back as Tea Party, the other Republican (ouch).

This past election I was playing hearts with 3 members of her family and we got discussing politics. I pulled out my Ipad and downloaded the political platforms of Clinton, Trump, Johnson, and Stein. I blocked off their names and had each guy read through them, then write down the name of the best platform on a piece of paper. Of the 3 so called "Democrats" at the table, only 1 blindly chose Clinton. The other two voted Trump and Johnson.



Over the yrs, I've had similar conversations with members of my side of the family.......and with numerous patients of mine. There is a fair number of people who have political views which seem to be educated and well formed.......but most people have very blind allegiances. And this is any party, not just the Democratic example above.



Religion is another topic. My mother has a PhD in Theology.....so it was an interesting upbringing.
 
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Yea boy we all get together at family functions and politic to death. It's great.
 
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From a big family of satanists.

We got our family reunion next month. Uncle Charlie is bringing in 3 virgins to sacrifice. Love Uncle Charlie. Guy is a hoot.
 
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Willy4UK said:
From a big family of satanists.

We got our family reunion next month. Uncle Charlie is bringing in 3 virgins to sacrifice. Love Uncle Charlie. Guy is a hoot.
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Dance with the dead in my dreams. Listen to their hallowed screams.

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Dance with the dead in my dreams. Listen to their hallowed screams.

- Advice to live by, Willy.
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Yes and no.

Politics: Father was a moderate conservative, mom was a moderate liberal. They're both moderate liberals now. I'm more of a fiscal moderate with highly liberal social views. I find nationalism to be moronic (You didn't earn it. You were f'n born somewhere. Congrats, pal.)

Basically with my politics: F your stupid morals, they're not mine and shouldn't be legislated upon me based on your little ancient stories; I don't feel like rich folks need coddling; guns are cool, own as many as you'd like; we shouldn't bail out the poor OR failing corporations with handouts; we waste too much money on the military but fail to use the same type of spending zeal to take care of our veterans after their service has ended. So, I'm pretty close to my folks politically, even if we disagree on a few areas.

Religion: Come from a long line of Catholics who drink hard and church harder. My parents are on the more liberal side of Catholicism. Conservative Catholicism, which runs rampant in the rural segment of the family, is ridiculously GD terrible. Wife comes from "hay-el faaarrrr and brimstone" southern Baptists and man, these people are ZERO fun. Party like it's 1699. We're both atheists now. Half of her family disowned her. Mine were disappointed but live with it. So, no, I don't match my parents in terms of religion.
 
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MegaBlue05 said:
Yes and no.

Politics: Father was a moderate conservative, mom was a moderate liberal. They're both moderate liberals now. I'm more of a fiscal moderate with highly liberal social views. I find nationalism to be moronic (You didn't earn it. You were f'n born somewhere. Congrats, pal.)

Basically with my politics: F your stupid morals, they're not mine and shouldn't be legislated upon me based on your little ancient stories; I don't feel like rich folks need coddling; guns are cool, own as many as you'd like; we shouldn't bail out the poor OR failing corporations with handouts; we waste too much money on the military but fail to use the same type of spending zeal to take care of our veterans after their service has ended. So, I'm pretty close to my folks politically, even if we disagree on a few areas.

Religion: Come from a long line of Catholics who drink hard and church harder. My parents are on the more liberal side of Catholicism. Conservative Catholicism, which runs rampant in the rural segment of the family, is ridiculously GD terrible. Wife comes from "hay-el faaarrrr and brimstone" southern Baptists and man, these people are ZERO fun. Party like it's 1699. We're both atheists now. Half of her family disowned her. Mine were disappointed but live with it. So, no, I don't match my parents in terms of religion.
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You're a Libertarian brother. I am too. The only difference between me and you is my faith is very important to me which is why I appreciate the freedom to practice without regulation or authority from the government. The same right everyone should have to practice whatever they want or not practice at all. Lots of Christians have a hard time understanding this.

But it's kind of like what most CEO's think of a free market. They love a free market, but then they will come up with multiple reasons why their specific industry is different and needs to be protected by the government.
 
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Due to my mother's education, we changed churches often. Something that always bothered me was how people focused on the differences rather than the similarities. For example, when I was younger we started to attend a Baptist church in our community. They asked if I had been saved/baptized. I mentioned that I was baptized by a previous Methodist church......and then also a Presbyterian church. (both by sprinkle method) And several church members said that I wasn't saved/baptized because I had not been immersed.....as per the Baptist preaching. This struck me as odd. Why focus and argue over the small little details? Well, I guess that's why we have so many denominations anyway....

Mom always used this when she taught her advanced study classes. She would take an apple and set it on a stool in the middle of the room. Each class member would secretly write down 5 words to describe that apple......then she'd read the answers out loud. Understandably very few gave the exact same answers. Did that mean that everyone in the class was wrong or that nobody was right? Or did it just mean that people interpret things differently? And is ok that interpretations vary? Then she'd relate it to the Bible. This makes sense to me.

For example, there is some interpretations of the Exodus story or the Battle of Jericho.....who's right, who's wrong.....in the end does it matter?
 
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FrankUnderwood said:
i don't have much of a family myself , however my wife's family is very big (wife has 6 sisters and 1 brother (catholic lol) and I'm pretty close with them.

I don't really agree that much on a "religious " level, and at times I think some of their views are not aligned with mine... but for the most part we tend to agree on things.

A couple of my brother in laws are kinda "super" catholic and I heavily disagree with some of their stances on things.

What about y'all?
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Yes.
 
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BlueRaider22 said:
Due to my mother's education, we changed churches often. Something that always bothered me was how people focused on the differences rather than the similarities. For example, when I was younger we started to attend a Baptist church in our community. They asked if I had been saved/baptized. I mentioned that I was baptized by a previous Methodist church......and then also a Presbyterian church. (both by sprinkle method) And several church members said that I wasn't saved/baptized because I had not been immersed.....as per the Baptist preaching. This struck me as odd. Why focus and argue over the small little details? Well, I guess that's why we have so many denominations anyway....

Mom always used this when she taught her advanced study classes. She would take an apple and set it on a stool in the middle of the room. Each class member would secretly write down 5 words to describe that apple......then she'd read the answers out loud. Understandably very few gave the exact same answers. Did that mean that everyone in the class was wrong or that nobody was right? Or did it just mean that people interpret things differently? And is ok that interpretations vary? Then she'd relate it to the Bible. This makes sense to me.

For example, there is some interpretations of the Exodus story or the Battle of Jericho.....who's right, who's wrong.....in the end does it matter?
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dgtatu01 said:
You're a Libertarian brother. I am too. The only difference between me and you is my faith is very important to me which is why I appreciate the freedom to practice without regulation or authority from the government. The same right everyone should have to practice whatever they want or not practice at all. Lots of Christians have a hard time understanding this.

But it's kind of like what most CEO's think of a free market. They love a free market, but then they will come up with multiple reasons why their specific industry is different and needs to be protected by the government.
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I agree. And I fully respect your right to practice your faith as you see fit, just as you likely respect my right to not practice a faith at all. Religion doesn't work for me, but if it works for you, more power to you.

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I've always wondered why satanists sacrifice virgins instead of screwing the beejesus out of them.
 
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When I was a kid we'd all gather out back around the solstice time and start a bonfire. Before long my dad would drag a lamb out and slit its throat and make incantations to Zauool. Then we'd all get naked and dance in the moonlight till the law showed up.

After I left home, I went to college and ended up married to a Methodist.

Anymore, it's hard to find anyone to join our congregation and slowly - like all of America - I find myself less inclined to attend rituals and sacrifice ceremonies.

I don't know what'll become of my children who know little to nothing of skull busters eve, night of the virgin *****, the toad bishop and his castle of nails, or any of the other teachings and parables delivered prior to the feasts of damnation.

Whiskey and drug expenses have dropped though.
 
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Throughout my many church goings growing up I've come to the conclusion.....I know the difference between Baptists and Methodists. Methodists have a potluck 1-2x/month and Baptists eat every Sunday.
 
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My parents dragged us to church every Sunday. My one brother believes in the church of 420, my sister thinks we were put here by aliens, not sure my other brother believes in anything. It was money well spent.
 
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I have similar ideas about religion and politics as my family (mom & brothers). Religion is a bigger deal to mom. I haven't been to church for years. Don't miss it.

Some things though, I'm a mile apart from mom on though. A few times it has turned into arguments. I just stay clear of those subjects.
 
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Religious, yes. Mostly.

Political, it's complicated. They're dems in name but are socially extremely conservative. While I usually vote republican-ish, I think more like a libertarian.
 
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Religious, yes. Mostly.

Political, it's complicated. They're dems in name but are socially extremely conservative. While I usually vote republican-ish, I think more like a libertarian.
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I think the southern Democratic Party was much more like the modern day Republican Party on a lot of things. I know my parents said they used to register as dems because only dems ran for office in KY.
 
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BlueRaider22 said:
Throughout my many church goings growing up I've come to the conclusion.....I know the difference between Baptists and Methodists. Methodists have a potluck 1-2x/month and Baptists eat every Sunday.
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That reminds me of my dad's favorite church joke:

What's the difference between a Catholic and Baptist?

A Catholic will speak to you when they see you in the liquor store.
 
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I'm a registered republican like most in my family. However unlike many in my I lean toward libertarian views. I have some social liberal views at times. I disagree with a lot of what typical republicans say. And consider myself a nationalist and constitutionalist to an extent unlike my family.

On religion I am a Christian like my family but keep my faith in Jesus Christ very private. My faith is personal and I don't think getting up in front of the church crying and confessing your love for Christ means a damn thing except that you want to be accepted by that congregation. Always pissed me off growing up.
 
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Politics, yes. We're pretty much all the same. Vote for the person, not the party. Being registered as either one doesn't really mean anything besides you can vote more often than if you were registered independent.

Religion, I'm pretty much the only non-believer but none of them are super religious. 95% don't even go to church, so my beliefs are a non-issue.
 
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MegaBlue05 said:
Yes and no.

Politics: Father was a moderate conservative, mom was a moderate liberal. They're both moderate liberals now. I'm more of a fiscal moderate with highly liberal social views. I find nationalism to be moronic (You didn't earn it. You were f'n born somewhere. Congrats, pal.)

Basically with my politics: F your stupid morals, they're not mine and shouldn't be legislated upon me based on your little ancient stories; I don't feel like rich folks need coddling; guns are cool, own as many as you'd like; we shouldn't bail out the poor OR failing corporations with handouts; we waste too much money on the military but fail to use the same type of spending zeal to take care of our veterans after their service has ended. So, I'm pretty close to my folks politically, even if we disagree on a few areas.

Religion: Come from a long line of Catholics who drink hard and church harder. My parents are on the more liberal side of Catholicism. Conservative Catholicism, which runs rampant in the rural segment of the family, is ridiculously GD terrible. Wife comes from "hay-el faaarrrr and brimstone" southern Baptists and man, these people are ZERO fun. Party like it's 1699. We're both atheists now. Half of her family disowned her. Mine were disappointed but live with it. So, no, I don't match my parents in terms of religion.
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You are a libertarian. Or a classical liberal...sounds like anyway
 
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Libertarian. Family for the most part is. True conservatism with the Republican party seems to be dead. No one in my family would consider being liberal, but only socially. Big government, identity politivs, etc are all garbage.

Religion...whatever. my dad was brought up Methodist and my mom was non denominational. I don't think any of us have been to church in years or really have any religion in our lives.
 
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About 50-50 split on my and my wife's side oddly enough. Was lucky it panned put that way. Could have been all against and that would have been a headache.
 
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Third generation agnostic and independent/liberal (not Democrats) on my father's side.

As a young boy, when my grandfather told me he had to walk out of a Southern Baptist church because the preacher said the Pope would control the country if we elected JFK, I knew it wasn't for me.
 
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Mom & Dad were (both are dead) what I would describe as moderate liberals. We never went to church. My mom went in her later years after dad died, probably as much for the social aspect of it as anything, which was a good thing.

I have very few relatives, most of which I'd classify as conservative BTINO's (Bible Thumpers In Name Only).

Our kids and their spouses I would classify as moderate liberals who attend a church where all are welcome regardless.

Me? Socially liberal, lean slightly to the right fiscally. I have zero tolerance for people who are able to work, but won't. Also, I feel we could do way more to help what I consider the working poor, the elderly and our veterans after they have served. I'd also add that I despise the "party politics" system we have. It goes against everything I ever learned playing sports or in the workplace about striving for success. We don't attend church. My wife is a believer, but I am agnostic. I'd never infringe on people practicing their religion as long as they are not trying to force it on me.
 
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Willy4UK said:
From a big family of satanists.

We got our family reunion next month. Uncle Charlie is bringing in 3 virgins to sacrifice. Love Uncle Charlie. Guy is a hoot.
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I was there 3 years ago! I work for Virgils Virgins and I delivered yalls order. When I say that family can throw a party I mean that family can throw a DAMN party.
 
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