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calfrope
Here’s my next and last move for this message thread and I hope this answers some of your questions about me.
I think your heart is in the right place.
I think you’re sincerely concerned that I am on the wrong path.
I think you might be a little suspicious of whatever motivates me.
Please correct me if I’m wrong but I also think you’re a Christian.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you is a central ethical teaching of Jesus, often referred to as the Golden Rule.
I am not a Christian because I only try to follow his teachings on how to behave and how to treat others.
Most of his teachings are spiritual in ways that I can’t relate to or follow.
I’m an atheist and my moral compass is based on the Golden Rule.
The one area where I most often fail to use the golden rule is “respect”.

There are some people I just can’t feel or show respect for and I don’t care if they do or don’t respect me.
I can respect you and your intentions but I will never have respect for Donald Trump. In my opinion he is a lying sociopath.

He claims to be a great Christian.
He lies and cheats on his wives.
He sexually assaulted many women.
He walked into locker rooms to see naked teenage girls.
He abused the bankruptcy laws to avoid paying for a lot of bad business deals.
He thinks not paying makes him a smart business man.
These are just a few of the things that he has admitted to when he thought he was talking to a like minded person.
He said Putin is telling the truth and our FBI is lying about election interference.
He doesn’t care that they are still doing it now.
If the Mueller investigation isn’t stopped I think we’re going to find out how much of a criminal and traitor he is.

If you have felt yourself cringing at some of the things he has said and done, that’s your moral integrity being assaulted.
Sacrificing your moral integrity and principals for the promise of prosperity is like sacrificing your freedom for security. You won’t have or deserve either.

Trump ran on a platform of draining the swamp in Washington and a promise of prosperity for the country.
His “best people” are in jail, going to jail or under investigation and I think you’re going to find out that his role in the prosperity isn’t close to what he brags about.

I bash Trump more than the other people you mentioned because Trump is the President and has a greater impact on the country and in my opinion, nobody lies more than Trump does.

I would appreciate it if some of you would stop implying I’m a stupid Kool-aid drinker and stop trying to tell me what I think. If I haven’t said something you want to know, just ask me.
I never said I’m in favor of open borders, so stop making up what you think my opinions are. I don’t do that to any of you fellow forum members.

I have a different world view then you and different opinions. If you say you are a conservative Christian Republican Trump supporter, I don’t assume you’re morally bankrupt like Trump is.
I don’t assume you approve of grabbing women by the crotch and cheating on your spouse.
Stop making assumptions about me.
If it’s okay for you to bash politicians and other public figures, it should be okay for me to do the same.
If any of you want me to keep my liberal opinions to myself and leave the Views Forum, just say so.