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Confabulat		2012-05-17 08:46:55 AM

I, for one, am shocked a Republican Christian doesn't have the first clue about his own religion.

AbbeySomeone		2012-05-17 08:52:19 AM

Bless his heart.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-05-17 08:52:54 AM

This is what the people of Texas want

/I'm beginning to think the Union should be disbanded

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-05-17 08:59:49 AM

If you learn your Protestant Christianity stuff in Waco, you might be crazy.

TsarTom		2012-05-17 09:05:25 AM

It's inferred, dammit. Don't tell me the Lord's a GINO.

Aarontology		2012-05-17 09:08:32 AM

Area man expert in what he imagines the Bible to be.

Babwa Wawa		2012-05-17 09:19:15 AM

These people are despicable.

Sybarite		2012-05-17 09:24:35 AM

Polls have shown that more than 80% of Christians believe that concept is taught by the Bible. Link

Generation_D		2012-05-17 09:25:42 AM

AbbeySomeone: Bless his heart.

Disbanded, Texas gets its long sought independence, the USA allies with Mexico and roll the tanks. Only this time dont leave the locals in charge.

Diogenes		2012-05-17 09:29:48 AM

How can we possibly afford to give subsidies to oil companies with all those greedy children begging for food? Where is the justice?

NuttierThanEver		2012-05-17 09:31:06 AM

Jesus wept.

jcooli09		2012-05-17 09:41:39 AM

To be fair, quoting non-existant scripture in a debate isn't any more idiotic than quoting existing scripture.

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-05-17 09:41:44 AM

Is he against subsidies for oil companies since the Lord helps oil companies that help themselves?

Citrate1007		2012-05-17 09:42:22 AM

Most self righteous bible pounders don't know jack sh@t about the scripture. All those words get in the way of their hate and bigotry.

SpectroBoy		2012-05-17 09:42:46 AM

But it FEELS like what I
wish the bible said.

trivial use of my dark powers		2012-05-17 09:43:21 AM

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain, a Biography

Thank God Mark Twain is already dead because the sheer concentration of derp today would kill the poor barstid.

HMS_Blinkin		2012-05-17 09:44:20 AM

TsarTom: It's inferred, dammit. Don't tell me the Lord's a GINO.

First thing I thought of:
i.ytimg.com

Also, that congressman is an idiot.

someonelse		2012-05-17 09:44:23 AM

Philip Francis Queeg: Is he against subsidies for oil companies since the Lord helps oil companies that help themselves?

Rep. Barton would like to offer his sincere apology to all oil companies for the previous comment.

monoski		2012-05-17 09:44:43 AM

The Lord helps oil companies that help themselves...

HotWingConspiracy		2012-05-17 09:45:05 AM

Barton: Well, that was taught to me by my father who is president of the United Methodist school board in Waco Texas, and Bryan, Texas.

Well there's your problem.

jayhawk88		2012-05-17 09:46:04 AM

Philip Francis Queeg: Is he against subsidies for oil companies since the Lord helps oil companies that help themselves?

No, that probably falls under the "Render unto Caesar" part. Somehow.

thurstonxhowell		2012-05-17 09:46:15 AM

quatchi		2012-05-17 09:46:27 AM

...the lord helps those who helps themselves

Lobbyists help corporations get Republicans to pass legislation that allows them to help themselves to a heaping helping of corporate welfare and other forms of government largesse.

/Pretty sure that's not in the Bible either.

Fake plastic Christian is fake.

Aidan		2012-05-17 09:46:33 AM

While I agree with what's said, I thought we hated blogs. Because that's a blog. Isn't there a news outlet reporting on this?

Shaggy_C		2012-05-17 09:46:39 AM

"He gives food to the hungry. The lord protects foreigners. He defends orphans and widows." Isn't this the exact opposite of the cuts being proposed by Republicans in congress?

No; the exact opposite of the scripture would be someone else trying to play God by doing all of those things for Him. If the Republicans were to vote to give food to the hungry, they would anger the Lord. You don't want a redundant God.

Bag of Hammers		2012-05-17 09:46:41 AM

Area man vehemently defends what he thinks the Bible contains.

Saiga410		2012-05-17 09:46:52 AM

So why do libs want to force their religious morality on us throug government fiat?

rudemix		2012-05-17 09:47:50 AM

Jesus Slept.

Hollie Maea		2012-05-17 09:47:56 AM

TsarTom: It's inferred, dammit.

No doubt, but it's not implied.

Branch Dravidian		2012-05-17 09:48:12 AM

...and now a reading from the Book of Moran...

Bag of Hammers		2012-05-17 09:48:21 AM

jcooli09: To be fair, quoting non-existant scripture in a debate isn't any more idiotic than quoting existing scripture.

Disagrees Mother F**ker

blu.stb.s-msn.com

Epoch_Zero		2012-05-17 09:49:00 AM

First the Liberal said, "If you are God's Son, tell these rocks to turn into bread." Jesus would not do it. Instead, He answered by using a memory verse, "If I turn these rocks into bread, then the incentive to work hard to buy bread is lost."

thurstonxhowell		2012-05-17 09:49:12 AM

Aidan: While I agree with what's said, I thought we hated blogs. Because that's a blog. Isn't there a news outlet reporting on this?

It's a blog post about an interview that occurred on MSNBC. I'm not sure if this proves I'm a wizard, but I'm pretty sure MSNBC covered this.

Serious Black		2012-05-17 09:49:16 AM

This should automatically be posted on the top of every Fark thread where somebody makes an argument that America is a Christian nation:

nhne-pulse.org

DeaH		2012-05-17 09:50:19 AM

To be fair to that slack-jawed, fatuous dick, he never said the quote was from the Bible. On the other hand, he wants to give favors to his wealthy backers on the backs of the old, the infirm, the indigent, and small children, so Bible verse or no, he should be smote. Smote hard.

Shaggy_C		2012-05-17 09:50:48 AM

thurstonxhowell: Aidan: While I agree with what's said, I thought we hated blogs. Because that's a blog. Isn't there a news outlet reporting on this?

It's a blog post about an interview that occurred on MSNBC. I'm not sure if this proves I'm a wizard, but I'm pretty sure MSNBC covered this.

So you're saying that the blog might, just, in fact....suck, just a little bit?

gimmegimme		2012-05-17 09:51:05 AM

So which is it, religious people? Was Jesus a great guy who wanted all children to have full bellies or was he a terrible guy who wanted them to starve?

Aidan		2012-05-17 09:51:55 AM

Rev. Skarekroe		2012-05-17 09:51:56 AM

The phrase was popularized by Ben Franklin, who wasn't exactly a good Christian.

Invisible Dynamite Monkey		2012-05-17 09:53:48 AM

the lord helps those who helps themselves

So... Why bother praying when I should just be doing it myself?

YakBoy42		2012-05-17 09:54:23 AM

oeneus		2012-05-17 09:54:44 AM

jcooli09: To be fair, quoting non-existant scripture in a debate isn't any more idiotic than quoting existing scripture.

WINNER!

Epoch_Zero		2012-05-17 09:55:24 AM

gimmegimme: So which is it, religious people? Was Jesus a great guy who wanted all children to have full bellies or was he a terrible guy who wanted them to starve?

Republicans believe in a Quantum Jesus, or "Quesus". He can exist in both all-loving and delusional narcissist states at once.

Although this can explain how he supposedly appears in two places at once, it lacks concrete cohesion with the standard model. Quesus is/not Lord!

buster_v		2012-05-17 09:55:38 AM

Okay. So I'm a liberal.

Your blog still sucks.

swaniefrmreddeer		2012-05-17 09:56:43 AM

So when jebus feed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and a few fish, the bible left out the, "Go get your own goddamned food, you lazy f*cks", part?

someonelse		2012-05-17 09:56:55 AM

DeaH: To be fair to that slack-jawed, fatuous dick, he never said the quote was from the Bible.

I suppose what he's really saying is that the cliché taught to him by his father (who was on the school board, after all) is more relevant to him than the actual words in the Bible.

DeaH		2012-05-17 09:57:42 AM

Rev. Skarekroe: The phrase was popularized by Ben Franklin, who wasn't exactly a good Christian.

Jesus said the poor will always be with us, and the Republicans want to make sure there's a big enough supply that Jesus can never be proven wrong.

Soup4Bonnie		2012-05-17 09:58:26 AM

Take not from the coffers of Defense, but from the mouths of hungry children for thine is the blessed Republican budget. Amen.

Saiga410		2012-05-17 09:58:57 AM

swaniefrmreddeer: So when jebus feed 5000 people with 5 loaves of bread and a few fish, the bible left out the, "Go get your own goddamned food, you lazy f*cks", part?

When you invite people over to hear you talk it is only proper to provide punch and pie.

GoodyearPimp		2012-05-17 09:59:33 AM

What does that line of reasoning even mean? If you help yourself, why or how does God enter into it? Is this God just a glory hog, swooping in to take credit after you did it all?

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