Think about that. We (the American People) should have a fund raiser with the purpose of raising money to be able to send every member of Congress a copy of the Constitution. The message attached should say 'read this then do your job'.

"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

This was a moment ...

And, SOME Democrat had the golden opportunity to rightfully take the high ground on the "loving the constitution" thing and fired out copies of the constitution to ever member of congress with a note, "whatever our personal beliefs, THIS was the document we swore to uphold ..."

Believing in a religion is one thing. But then rewriting the religion until it fits you financial and political needs, that's a totally different story.

And suddenly some of those holy regulations are literally and some are metaphorically.
No homos? Literal word of God. No bacon? Meh, who cares what God said.
Suddenly Jesus Christ turned from a proponent of humility and poverty into a proponent of self-enrichment.
Suddenly teachings of forgiveness and peace all get retconned and Jesus Christ is used as a symbol of oppression and warfare.

I am not a religious person, but I grew up in a somewhat conservative setting and was exposed to the bible, prayed before each meal and attended services every Sunday until I graduated from high school in the 70s and early 80s.

What I learned about Christianity is nothing like what these assholes spew - it was about giving and accepting.

That turn was starting around me while I was exposed to it and the "Religious Right" thing started growing to advance this perverse hate gays thing ...

being used as a political propaganda tool to warp the minds of many well meaning but gullible individuals. It is so damn distressing and depressing ... just why so many Americans are such damn fools they can't comprehend what is going on in this country, the endless brainwashing. The political hucksters thump the bible and wave the flag, both with their warped propagandistic interpretations to push forward their agendas sometime bordering on lunacy.

Saying, "Thank you anyway, but I'd prefer to make political decisions based on facts, not Iron Age mythology."

is making this a Theocracy.
Mix religion and government and you will get some strange scary ass intolerant government. Look no further than the Arab world for proof of that

someone other than his wife.

I'd suggest "Irt is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to heaven.

that's part of the problem with this country. RW religious NUTS thinking they have the inside track on right thinking and all they have is stupidity and ignorance. I agree with poster, religion should be a private affair of the heart and mind to nourish the spirit and kept the fuck out of our political affairs.

Lots of good stuff in the Bible:

Be your brother's keeper.
Give to the poor.
Love thy neighbor.
Don't bear false witness.
Etc. etc.

I don't see where the Bible contradicts the constitution. A copy of both on a shelf is an excellent idea, along with many other books written for the purpose of guidance and enlightenment.

A majority of politicians could use a good Bible lesson.

hyipocrites

Like, I don't know:

- condoning slavery
- stoning disobedient children
- prohibitions against shellfish
- prohibitions against mixing fabrics
- murder
- genocide
- utter contempt for women
- and on and on and on...

If anyone likes them some bible, do it in private and keep it the fuck out the government like the founder intended from the goddamn start.


I would simply highlight those passages and ask the good congressman why they are not as ironclad as I am sure his inherent persecution of gays and women is...I'd also wonder if he had attended any good child stonings lately.

What about the Book of Mormon?

from the angry God in the Old Testament and cross out all the Jesus love stuff.

Here's a better idea, why don't you just do your fucking job and not worry so much about how others form decisions?

Did he highlight where Jesus says, do not send them away, you feed them.

Nah. Not a chance.