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Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:38 PM Jan 2012

Michelle Bachmann just said "The pilgrims came here to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ......"

HOLY S***! Kindergartners even know that the Pilgrims left England to escape religious persecution. This woman is truly, truly nuts. I wish Rachel would have commented on that, but she didn't.

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Michelle Bachmann just said "The pilgrims came here to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ......" (Original Post) Chipper Chat Jan 2012 OP

She may be right. The Gospel of Jesus... AND smallpox. n/t Ian David Jan 2012 #1

So I assume she and Pat share a brain Autumn Jan 2012 #2

I think that brain is spread a little more thinly then that....nt bowens43 Jan 2012 #9

She's sorta right but not really justiceischeap Jan 2012 #3

No..I'll go along with her view. brooklynite Jan 2012 #4

And breadfruit. Chipper Chat Jan 2012 #5

We must have missed that in school Politicalboi Jan 2012 #6

A Gospel that included making Christmas illegal n/t arcane1 Jan 2012 #7

Humm the original war on Christmas karynnj Jan 2012 #18

Well she's half right - they didn't come here to do that but that's what they wound up doing tularetom Jan 2012 #8

They came for jobs Chipper Chat Jan 2012 #11

She has the nutty knob set to eleven tonight. nt Cognitive_Resonance Jan 2012 #10

And They Sold Dinosaur Saddles n/t Yavin4 Jan 2012 #12

Dino saddles GUARANTEED not to come from .. Chipper Chat Jan 2012 #13

FOR dinosaurs Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #15

Nothing like a dinosaur up the creek without a saddle. Chipper Chat Jan 2012 #17

A little background on the "purer-than-thou" pilgrims: bhikkhu Jan 2012 #14

The way I heard it was the Pilgrims were kicked out of Holland for their religious intolerance. no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 #16

+1 cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #19

I've read that also OxQQme Jan 2012 #23

Has she been hanging out with Palin again? lpbk2713 Jan 2012 #20

Yeah, because all those deer and raccoons needed to have their eternal souls saved. krispos42 Jan 2012 #21

Might have had something to do with a Catholic Queen buring their leader at the stake Ms. Bachmann.. JCMach1 Jan 2012 #22

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

1. She may be right. The Gospel of Jesus... AND smallpox. n/t

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:41 PM

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Autumn

(45,107 posts)

2. So I assume she and Pat share a brain

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:42 PM

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good grief

bowens43

(16,064 posts)

9. I think that brain is spread a little more thinly then that....nt

Reply to Autumn (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:46 PM

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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)

3. She's sorta right but not really

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:43 PM

Jan 2012

The pilgrims did come to the US so they could practice their brand of religion instead of a state sanctioned religion, kinda like what these candidates want to do now.

brooklynite

(94,598 posts)

4. No..I'll go along with her view.

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:43 PM

Jan 2012

The Pilgirms DID come to spread the Gospel...their personal interpretation of it.

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)

5. And breadfruit.

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:43 PM

Jan 2012

oops - nevermind - that was Captain Bleigh!

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

6. We must have missed that in school

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:43 PM

Jan 2012

Those damn liberal teachers.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

7. A Gospel that included making Christmas illegal n/t

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:44 PM

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karynnj

(59,504 posts)

18. Humm the original war on Christmas

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 01:26 AM

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tularetom

(23,664 posts)

8. Well she's half right - they didn't come here to do that but that's what they wound up doing

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:46 PM

Jan 2012

Especially to people who really didn't give a shit about the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)

11. They came for jobs

Reply to tularetom (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:51 PM

Jan 2012

but the 1600s job market was really bad in "new" england. Food was scarce so they turned to prayer and conservatism. Aaron fashioned the golden calf but he wasn't happy about it.

Cognitive_Resonance

(1,546 posts)

10. She has the nutty knob set to eleven tonight. nt

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:48 PM

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Yavin4

(35,442 posts)

12. And They Sold Dinosaur Saddles n/t

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 08:52 PM

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Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)

13. Dino saddles GUARANTEED not to come from ..

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:00 PM

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...gay dinosaurs.

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

15. FOR dinosaurs

Reply to Chipper Chat (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:02 PM

Jan 2012

not from dinosaurs

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)

17. Nothing like a dinosaur up the creek without a saddle.

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 01:19 AM

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bhikkhu

(10,718 posts)

14. A little background on the "purer-than-thou" pilgrims:

Reply to Chipper Chat (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:02 PM

Jan 2012

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/puritan/purhist.html

In a way, they were the religious extremists of their age, rejecting much of the progress on the Renaissance and certainly rejecting anything the Enlightenment had to offer. They left an england they considered beneath them - filthy with idolatry and sin and so forth. In a way, they prefigure the self-righteous purer-than-thou figurehead-assholes and that keep popping up (and running for office) here.