"Sent by God"

RichieC

How would you feel if a candidate in an election started saying they were sent by god to fix the place?

Career ending right?

well..

Over to the states, a total of four, yes, four of the GOP presidential candidates are claiming just such!
Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum are all claiming they sense gods plan in their run to the Whitehouse!
(tl/dr cutoff you can answer the thread pretty well without going further)
Even for America this is bizarre, it used to be a photo op walking into mass to show their faith, but Christ it seems has upped the ante now to the promise divine intervention. Southern fundamentalist divine intervention of course.

I find it bizarre that a man as holy as Herman can joke in front of the world that they should build an electric fence between the US and Mexico and shoot anyone trying to cross. Love thy neighbour, Herman. He's not alone, they are the least Christlike people you could meet.

(My intention was to post this in US Politics but I think it's sufficiently ridiculous for After hours.)

Seachmall

Maybe they are sent by God.

Didn't think of that, did ya?

Saila

that if there is a god they will not get elected.........oh no wait that wont work

Absurdum

most candidates here seem to think they are god

Chuck Stone

I think it's more tactical. They split the vote better when they pretend they're holy.

I think Barry O'B is a Christian of convienience personally.

Par for the course.

foxyboxer

I hear Rick Perry is partial to Suzuki's, so there may be a semblance of truth to this.

tayto lover

I think God sent some of ours to get rid of them.

Logical Fallacy

Must be pretty embarrassing for God.

amacachi

Google "santorum".

old hippy

Religion's big in the States. And so is hypocrisy. Fortunately very few Americans I know and love buy into either...

I mean, christ on a fecking bike, that's really what the world needs - another fundy in the whitehouse :mad:

nursextreme

RichieC wrote: »

How would you feel if a candidate in an election started saying they were sent by god to fix the place?

Crucifixion! Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each

cml387

Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.

stephen_k

Only thing I know about this, is that Dan Savage managed to get Rick Santorums' surname to mean "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex".

cosmicfart

nobody on this planet has ever been sent by god, we all come out of our ma's vagiholes. The fabrication of the myth that is Jesus and the ending that ensued (crucifixion) is exactly what would happen to any the the presidential candidates if they started mouthing off about been sent by god. Id personally be the first one there with hammer and nail in hand if Dana start becoming preachy

old hippy

cml387 wrote: »

Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.

LOL!!! I just laughed coke out my nostrils :D

old hippy

cosmicfart wrote: »

nobody on this planet has ever been sent by god, we all come out of our ma's vagiholes. The fabrication of the myth that is Jesus and the ending that ensued (crucifixion) is exactly what would happen to any the the presidential candidates if they started mouthing off about been sent by god. Id personally be the first one there with hammer and nail in hand if Dana start becoming preachy

Actually, Jesus did exist - it's just all the phoney deity stuff that irks more...

cosmicfart

old hippy wrote: »

LOL!!! I just laughed coke out my nostrils :D

really arent u suppose to snort it up ur nostrils???

deathrider

"God sent him? On a fuckin' Suzuki?"

Absurdum

cml387 wrote: »

Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.

I would

KeithAFC

For God and Jesus.

old hippy

cosmicfart wrote: »

really arent u suppose to snort it up ur nostrils???

Cola. And I did not inhale.

I feel so sorry for normal Americans...

Captain Darling

Some one on the internet told me once that some of the tele-evangelists over there are multi-millionaires but they donate squat to charity.*

*May be a total fabrication

Pherekydes

cosmicfart wrote: »

...we all come out of our ma's vagiholes.

No we don't. :rolleyes:

Captain Darling

Captain Darling wrote: »

Some one on the internet told me once that some of the tele-evangelists over there are multi-millionaires but they donate squat to charity.*

*May be a total fabrication

100% believable though.. Those people are human detritus.

CardBordWindow

The only people who could get away with saying that are Jake and Elwood Blues.

Teclo

How would you feel if a candidate in an election started saying they were sent by god to fix the place?

So what? Their religious beliefs form part of their political beliefs, most people have some religious beliefs. A person's political position if formed from many different influences.

hooradiation

amacachi wrote: »

Google "santorum".

That is probably the best thing that Dan Savage has ever done.

OutlawPete

Seen Conan O'Brien asked Deepak Chopra that very question last night on his show and his response was that he would assume them to be a schizophrenic.

old hippy

Teclo wrote: »

So what? Their religious beliefs form part of their political beliefs, most people have some religious beliefs. A person's political position if formed from many different influences.

Do they?

Lando Griffin

RichieC wrote: »

(My intention was to post this in US Politics but I think it's sufficiently ridiculous for After hours.)

And what exactly is that meant to mean?:mad:

cml387

Teclo wrote: »

So what? Their religious beliefs form part of their political beliefs, most people have some religious beliefs. A person's political position if formed from many different influences.

Indeed.

However claiming to be "sent be God" inevitably leads to one claiming to be "Carrying out god's work"

These situations rarely end well.

Chuck Stone

Edz87 wrote: »

I feel so sorry for normal Americans...

They sold up and went to live in the Socialist hell-hole that is Canada.

All 17 of them. :pac:

foxyboxer

cml387 wrote: »

Indeed.

However claiming to be "sent be God" inevitably leads to one claiming to be "Carrying out god's work"

These situations rarely end well.

Well the paperwork for the upcoming rapture is a pain in the hole.

Fishooks12

I'm surprised Dana hasn't claimed this yet

starbelgrade

........................."Scent by God"

.............The new fragrance from Georgio Armani.

jester77

meh, if they want to throw out that sh*t, then you could also say Mao Tse-Tung was sent by God

Carter P Fly

I presumed it was dana before opening the thread

Teclo

old hippy wrote: »

Do they?

Yes, from those with a strong belief to those who chirp 'I'm a spiritual person'.

Knasher

Teclo wrote: »

So what? Their religious beliefs form part of their political beliefs, most people have some religious beliefs. A person's political position if formed from many different influences.

One of the things that Rick Perry did just before launching his bid, was to throw his arms up in the air, declare the problems facing Texas (which he was the governor of) were insurmountable and the only way to fix them is to rent out a huge stadium and pack it with people so they could all pray together. This is despite the fact that he was governor for a long time, was warned that the policies that he was in acting would lead directly to the deficit (they were uncannily accurate with the figure too) and did absolutely nothing to prevent it. Perhaps he believed the prayers he was saying himself were enough and only later realized he hadn't achieved the critical mass of prayers needed to actually enact a sound fiscal policy.

The sad thing is that he is one of the better GOP candidates. Bachmann is absolutely bat**** crazy, rolling stone did a really good article on her which is well worth reading.

The reason it matters is because if these people tried these same stunts and held largely the same beliefs they currently hold but without any religious backing, they would be ridiculed and instantly dismissed. But because religion plays into a lot of their policies and political beliefs, they are taken seriously and there is a credible chance that the person leading one of the most powerful countries in the world, for instance believes in being servile to her husband and that she shouldn't even have a say in what career she picks and yet believes asking for the political opinions of the person pulling her strings is sexist. Or that there is a plot by the American treasury to replace the dollar with the Chinese yuan or has gained a well deserved reputation for just making sh*t up.

I mean this in all seriousness, if somehow I had a choice between any of our current crop of candidates (none of which I'm particularly fond of) and Bachmann for president of America (a position of considerable power, especially compared to what they are currently running for), I would take any of them over her. Even considering how uninformed about our lot I am, they really couldn't be worse, incompetent would be a large step up.

old hippy

Teclo wrote: »

Yes, from those with a strong belief to those who chirp 'I'm a spiritual person'.

You can be spiritual and moral without being religious.

Chirp, my foot.

Akrasia

Ron Paul is claiming he was sent to do dog's work (someone's gotta go for the dyslexic religious nutjob vote, also capitalising on dog the bounty hunter's redneck fanbase)

RichieC

cml387 wrote: »

Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.

Can't tell if serious -.-

Napper Hawkins

Prayer: To do nothing yet still think you're doing something.

Wattle

Yeah but that's America. They're all nuts over there.

old hippy

Wattle wrote: »

Yeah but that's America. They're all nuts over there.

Ah, here we go. Massive generalisations ahoy! :rolleyes:

RichieC

old hippy wrote: »

Ah, here we go. Massive generalisations ahoy! :rolleyes:

Exactly it's only about 26% (bushs approval rating at the end of his term.)

Wattle

old hippy wrote: »

Ah, here we go. Massive generalisations ahoy! :rolleyes:

I was being ironic.

old hippy

Wattle wrote: »

I was being ironic.

We need an irony smiley

Seachmall

old hippy wrote: »

We need an irony smiley

>> :pac: <<

old hippy

Seachmall wrote: »

>> :pac: <<

Really? My bad, I'm just not hip enough to realise...