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"Sent by God"

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  • 18-10-2011 4:00pm
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    RichieC
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    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.)
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    Seachmall
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    Maybe they are sent by God.

    Didn't think of that, did ya?


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


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    Absurdum
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    most candidates here seem to think they are god


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    Chuck Stone
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    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.


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


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


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    Logical Fallacy
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    Must be pretty embarrassing for God.


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    amacachi
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    Google "santorum".


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    old hippy
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    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:


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    nursextreme
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    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


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    cml387
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    Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.


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    stephen_k
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    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".


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    cosmicfart
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    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


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    old hippy
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    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:D


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    old hippy
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    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...


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    cosmicfart
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    old hippy wrote: »
    LOL!!! I just laughed coke out my nostrils :D:D

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


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


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    Absurdum
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Because claiming to be "Sent by the devil" would not be a vote winner.

    I would


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    KeithAFC
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    For God and Jesus.


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    old hippy
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    cosmicfart wrote: »
    really arent u suppose to snort it up ur nostrils???

    Cola. And I did not inhale.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I feel so sorry for normal Americans...


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    Captain Darling
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    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


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    Pherekydes
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    cosmicfart wrote: »
    ...we all come out of our ma's vagiholes.

    No we don't. :rolleyes:


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    [Deleted User]
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    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.


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


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    Teclo
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    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.


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    hooradiation
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Google "santorum".

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


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    OutlawPete
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    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.


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    old hippy
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    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?


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    Lando Griffin
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    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:


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