Pastor Sharp has left a new comment on your post "Prove Your Accusations!You Are a Bad Person, So I ...":
My personal beef with Thrivent has to do with their willingness to support Lutherans Concerned (used to be Lutherans Concerned for Gay People), but not Lutherans for Life, because that is an organization with a "political agenda," at least I have been told.
I really do want rock-solid documentation about this, because I would be glad to lead the charge against an organization that a) isn't really that good at what they do and b) doesn't really jive with LCMS values.
Everything we do with the ELCA ends up getting taken over by the ELCA. I know that. A lot of us do. The best you can do is hold the line. I don't think that puts us in fellowship with them and I think that kind of hyperbolic accusation isn't helpful.
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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Prove Your Accusations!You Are a Bad Person, So I ...":
While the link is broken for this page mentioned in the Icha-post:
http://www.cogforlife.org/ppsupporters.htm
The Way Back Machine kept snapshots from 2007 and later. The page in question is a cut and paste of a Planned Parenthood page that lists companies, including Lutheran Brotherhood and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, that matched employee contributions to Planned Parenthood:
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070622165912/http://www.cogforlife.org/ppsupporters.htm
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GJ - Timid Lutherans think I am wrong for employing polemics. They are quick to find fault with me, but what have their compromises yielded?
The ironic thing is that Hans Fiene and James Sharp jumped on me right away, and Hans un-friended me very quickly. Why not apply the same intolerance to abortion and the Lavender Mafia?
The "conservative" Lutherans are no longer horrified over abortion, but they are terrified about losing a few Thrivent bucks.
the Jimmy Carter insert,and SUCKERS printed on the check.
Subtlety - I have it.
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Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Holding the Line Means a Slow Retreat For the Olde...":
YAWN!
http://www.catholic-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?2058-Businesses-that-support-abortion&s=4a7262c630a26330e9d81c83be57dc79&p=19728#post19728
http://www.exposingtheelca.com/uploads/2/4/2/8/2428588/the_elca_abortion_policy1.pdf
