Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) this week warned Americans to remember that God “wrote the Constitution” based on the Bible.
During an appearance on John Hagee Ministries’ Global Evangelism Television (GETV) network on Wednesday, host Matt Hagee asked the Texas Republican where the country had gone wrong.
“I think we got off the track when we allowed our government to become a secular government,” DeLay explained. “When we stopped realizing that God created this nation, that he wrote the Constitution, that it’s based on biblical principles.”
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How could you possibly argue that the Bible was written by men with a political agenda, when some of these idiots think that God himself took pen to paper to write the Constitution as well?
And this idiot. Tom Delay, was at one time one of the most powerful politicians in the country.
Of course that was before he got caught money laundering and was punished by being forced to appear on Dancing with the Stars.
I agree 100 percent. That’s just nuts. On the bright side, they’re not being sneaky anymore, and they’re getting bashed all over the place. I just feel sorry for the poor kids they corrupt.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Bugman is drinking again. The Constitution was drafted by 5 gentlemen most Americans have never heard of after discussing several versions in committee. There's no one author although it did pass unanimously.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the Bugman may have a point. The Bible was assembled the same way--by committee. But no unanimous agreement there. Nope, lots of contention & excommunications for those who didn't agree to Constantine's version. Kinda like what happened with the King James.
Delay is a dominionist. It is way past time to stop lumping the insidious theocractic goals of dominionism under the blanket label of christian and call them out for what they are. Who was it that said, "When a person shows you their true nature, believe them." ?
ReplyDeleteEnough with pretending there's no there there here with these theocrats. Listen to what they are saying, believe them, respond accordingly. Pretending they are other than what they say they are is no longer an option.
And now, I'd like to close with a prayer: Dear God, please protect me from those who believe in you and especially so from who think the activity of their brain is your voice in their head. . Amen.
This is god Tom.Go soak your head in the nearest toilet.
ReplyDeleteGeez, now Delay goes off the rails. Me thinks the religious folks are scared their beliefs are a pipe dream and are willing to destroy a nation rather than see the truth right before their eyes. There is NO god you fucking idiots!
ReplyDeleteTom Delay practices religion at the House of Thomas Jefferson.
ReplyDeleteGod didn't even write the damn Bible.
ReplyDeleteSo true, 40 men hearing voices just like the modern day religoscam artists penned it
DeleteGod didn't even write all the Bibles and all the "sacred texts" of all the religions invented by men since writing was invented.
DeleteThere's a possibility that God did write a Bible for the sentient beings somewhere out near Alpha Centauri. We just don't have the science yet to go find out.
Ok.....I am a born again Christian. I read IM regularly and enjoy Gryphen's analysis on political issues.
ReplyDeleteI wholly disagree with Gryphen on his view ofChristianity. I really think that he is so riled up by those Wing nut So called Christians. They are fools.
Tom Delay is a fool. The constitution is not based on any Bible that I have read. If it were, then humans would not have been counted as 3/5 of a person. Then we would be a wholly socialist society. The same so called Founding fathers were raping Black slaves and impregnating them, disowning and ignoring their own flesh and blood from those unions. Please tell me where that is ok in the Bible.
Tom Delay and his crew are crazy and do not follow in any way, the Christ of the Bible.
There is a reason every child born is unknowing of a god or creator, it has to be brainwashed into the minds of ignorant people or forced upon children who cannot say no. Making a choice to believe is not a rebirth by any means. Being born again is a manufactured myth.
DeleteI agree that these idiots are not true Christians. However, they have hijacked the name of 'Christian', and anyone with common sense knows they are using it to increase their voting base, their campaign donations and their political power.
DeleteHowever, they are NOT being loudly, constantly and publicly called out as frauds by those who truly follow the teaching of Jesus.
Until that happens, those of you who are trying to be the type of person a Christian SHOULD be, will continue to be tarnished by their disgusting and bigoted behavior.
I was raised as a Catholic but left the church long ago because of the hypocrisy and bigotry I experienced. I am truly appalled at how warped versions of religion are being used to justify intentionally hurting and discriminating against people who are not viewed as being 'one of them'. All of the 'Christian' denominations have a lot to answer for because they have permitted this bastardization of faith to continue unopposed.
Jesus had a name for those self-righteous, holier-than-thou religionists pretenders:
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He was polite not to call them by what they really were:
ASSHOLES and PIGFUCKERS.
Is this one of those situations where if they say it often enough that it becomes true?
ReplyDeleteMaking shit up as they usually do. But I am impressed with those red shoes of DeLays. I remember seeing another Republican Grifting Whore wearing her red shoes that the RNC bought for her to wear during a campaign. And although she lied about selling a state-owned jet on eBay, she did sell those red shoes (via her niece's eBay acct) for a big nice, personal profit. Grifters gonna grift.
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the head.
He used to begin his day, holding hands with his clerks and praying. Probably praying that he would not get caught with his hands in the cookie jar. He went on plenty of luxury golf outings in Scotland paid for by others. He had a children's charity at one time that spent so much on prizes of golf outings to luxury resorts that there was no money left for the kids!! Is he attempting to get back on the government teat, I wonder? These gop crooks never give up trying to live off taxpayers and lobbyists.
ReplyDeleteHe's a con man getting back in the game. What a disgusting excuse for a human being, and how stupid does one have to be to believe him?! Sheesh...
DeleteIt's time religion was designated a mental illness.
ReplyDeleteAmen!!
DeleteWhen isolated people have delusional beliefs, it's labeled mental illness.
DeleteWhen limited numbers of people have shared delusional beliefs, it's labeled a cult.
When large numbers of people have shared delusional beliefs, it's labeled a religion.
--Anonymous HuffPoster, 2012
The founders of our nation tried to separate our government from religion and the fanatics who would impose theocracy.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, they could have been more specific, but the 1st amendment was pretty good, enshrining the principle that Congress cannot make any laws regarding religion.
Many people aren't aware of Article 6 paragraph 3 of the Constitution:
Quote:
"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."
I know some Dominionist Christians will disagree with the plain English in that statement, but I think the founders were very clear.
No religious test implies that standards, doctrines, religious practices or tenets of any religion are not applicable to those holding or executing the duties of any public office in these United States.
No religious test means that an agnostic or atheist could serve in Congress or as President, or as judge. Jews, Buddhists, or even a Muslims are fully qualified without prejudice to serve.
That is one important foundation stone of our secular Republic.
We can safely conclude that the founders meant there to be a clear demarcation between government and religion, based on that Article
Clinging to their guns and their Bibles. They are so confused.
ReplyDeleteI'm sick and tired of all the lies these idiots project out of their mouths. They all know better. They try and fool the masses who don't know history, or their bible. Everybody thinks their personal sins don't count. Only gay, or someone who has an abortion, or uses birth control, or belongs to a union is the devil. Anything else they get forgiven for. You got god's green light for bigotry, greed, killing taking away some ones voting rights, free speech, it's all fine, as long as you say your a christian
ReplyDeleteMake that "was forced to appear on 'Dancing with the Stars' in red pants and shoes with heels as punishment." Dispicable narcissist.
ReplyDeleteIs that the outline of a Depends I see? He has about the same sex appeal as a certain quitter from AK!
ReplyDeletewant to watch Ole Tom's head explode?
ReplyDeleteHey, Tom, is that god you believe in all powerful and all-knowing?
Tom: Of course!
And he wrote the Constitution of the United States?
Tom: Yep.
So why did an all knowing and all being need to include the possibility of amending something he wrote, as if he were a mere mortal who either couldn't write a perfect document, or couldn't foresee needed changes?
I wonder if Tom Delay thinks God wrote the Articles of Confederation. Pretty snippy of our constitution writers to think God messed of the that.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the millions of real Christians (with a capital "C") stepping up to call out this christian (lower case "c") charlatan? Was the Constitution written in greek, aramaic, roman, etc and translated? Was it etched in stone or written on linen or paper? And if Jesus wrote it, why didn't he sign it?
ReplyDeleteKeep the Faith, Tom. Literally, keep it to yourself. Stick to what you know, shaking that groove thang on DWTS in red pants.
1. "Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man"- Thomas
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2. "The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God like another Cerberus, with one
body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of
thousands and thousands of martyrs." -Thomas Jefferson
3. "It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they
believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are one, and one is three;
and yet the one is not three, and the three are not one- Thomas Jefferson
4. "And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by
the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed
with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But
we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these
United States will do away with all this artificial scaffolding, and
restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this the most
venerated reformer of human errors."- Thomas Jefferson
5. "There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of
Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other half
hypocrites."- Thomas Jefferson
6. "Lighthouses are more useful than churches."- Ben Franklin
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7. "The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."- Ben Franklin
8. "I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them."- Ben Franklin
9. "In the affairs of the world, men are saved not by faith, but by the lack of it."- Ben Franklin
10. "This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in
it"- John Adams
ReplyDelete11. "The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies
of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of its foundation.'- Thomas Paine
12. "Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst."- Thomas Paine
13. "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by
the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the
Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my
own Church. Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and
for my own part, I disbelieve them all."- Thomas Paine
14. "Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on
which only the strange belief that it is the word of God has stood, and
there remains nothing of Genesis but an anonymous book of stories,
fables, and traditionary or invented absurdities, or of downright
lies."- Thomas Paine
15. "All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian
or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to
terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."- Thomas Paine
16. "It is the fable of Jesus Christ, as told in the New Testament,
and the wild and visionary doctrine raised thereon, against which I
contend. The story, taking it as it is told, is blasphemously obscene.”-
Thomas Paine
17. "Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony
and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which
are caused by the difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the
most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be depreciated. I
was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked
the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every
denomination so far that we should never again see the religious
disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society."- George Washington
18. "The Bible is not my book, nor Christianity my profession."- Abraham Lincoln
19. "It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of
separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with
such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential
points. The tendency to usurpation on one side or the other, or to a
corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded
against by an entire abstinence of the Gov't from interference in any way
whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and
protecting each sect agst. trespasses on its legal rights by others."- James Madison
20. "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise."- James Madison