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br> She knows (or someone has told her) that somewhere in Matthew Jesus says something about when you help the hungry, the thirsty, the imprisoned etc. you are helping him (Mt. 25:31-46). She probably also knows the tax-paying verse in the Gospels about rendering unto Caesar. /p> p>What she doesn't seem to realize is that seriously religious people actually know this stuff. We know that the Bible says a lot more than "help the poor." Never mind that Democrats don't ever address the problem of how taking our money to pay for a bloated welfare system that spends such a small percentage on the actual recipients that it would be shut down as fraudulent if it were a private charity is "helping the poor." There's also a lot about morality, sexuality, honesty, and other subjects we were supposed to ignore during the Clinton administration. We know that and we know that the Gospel message is a way of life, not a menu we can choose from and it offends us when Democrats cherry pick Bible verses out of context to support their political positions when they clearly don't know what they're talking about. br> -- Father Terry Wipf br> Center, North Dakota /p> p> So Rep. Nancy Pelosi and others, in rare and comical moments of introspection, suggest that the Democratic party needs to talk more about faith and God in order to have their message received by the voters. Pardon me while I laugh at Pelosi and others. It is her very party that is synonymous with removing any mention of God from the classroom and her very own party that fought tooth and nail to have a monument espousing the importance of kind actions removed from a federal courthouse. To many Democrats, God has been public enemy number one. And Rep. Pelosi laments why her party yet again lost the White House and lost seats in both the House and Senate? You reap what you sow, Nancy. You reap what you sow. br> -- Christian G. Farley br> Clifton Park, New York /p> p> Before the Democratic intelligentsia can become conspicuous about their faith, as Ms. Pelosi suggests, they must first find it. Can a secularist be a person of faith? If so, faith in who or what, outside of themselves? br> -- Bill Simpson

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