I will bet that every one of these preachers is a Southern baptist - one of the most hypocritical religious cults I have ever been in contact with.

Liberals or democrats dont hate black people and Muslims. (generally speaking)

Does anybody need to know more? That is it.

How terribly sad.

I grew up in a fundie Christian household. All my 5 siblings to this day are practicing evangelicals who all vote right wing, save one brother. I was fully ensconced in that cult growing up. Wasn't allowed to go to parties, and had few 'worldly' friends. I rebelled from that restrictive lifesyle in my teens. As I have grown older, my interpretation of organized religion has changed even more. I used to think it was just a harmless fantasy world that many use to keep them focused on having morals and its a pat on the back once a week to assure them that they are 'one of the good ones' and have God in their corner.

But now I see all religions, including Chrisianity, as dangerous mild altering poison. It creates these perfectly primed people, and voters, to be swayed easily by any con man who pays lip service to them. A politician can be as despicable as the Devil himself, as long as he says Jesus is guiding him and will take his religion with him into government. Then he can rob them blind for as long as he wants to as long as he comes down to his constituency once in a while to preach to them what they want to hear.

That is what I got from his post anyway...could be that is what I was thinking before I read his comment, and I believe it to be true, only cult people turn the other way when the news given opposes their beliefs.

Unreal...

make the reference to the religion...

Here is another cult:
(The Hill) Nearly 40 percent of Alabama evangelicals say in a new poll that they are more likely to vote for GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore after allegations of sexual misconduct arose against him.

Religion has a distinct and different definition than does cult. Personal experience does not change definition, nor does bias, nor does pounding a round nail into a square hole... regardless of what we allege to see.

But I get it... bumper sticker proclamations fit well on a t-shirt, fit even better into a 30-second attention span, and requires little insight and even less thought.

or worse

Probably most are innocent, but there are undoubtedly some that are equally enthusiastic about pursuing young, impressionable victims.

Otherwise it would look really strange for them to be on their high horse. Actually it's pretty strange any way you look at it.

They are insane, morally bankrupt, and will justify anything and everything shitty.

I am glad I am not a member of their church.

glad I'm not one

repub Christians. repub Christians are not true Christians. The do not follow the Prince of Peace. They do not follow the Sermon on the Mount. They worship at the altar of hate, greed and money.

It is their wet dream to have a national/corporate religion and the power that goes with that and they will sell their soul to attain that

southern! This only confirms to me what hypocrites repub Christians truly are. We should have let the south leave in the 1860s.

What would Jesus Do??

whats the old du saying we don't see anymore?

this thread is useless without pictures

Post the preachers' daughters photos along with address and phone number, and don't forget email address.
Then let's see how they feel about it.

/ /

The IRS needs to investigate and take away the tax exempt status of each of these churches

They've traded piety for political power in what may be quite literally a deal with the devil.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."

there is no sheep's clothing this is so blatantly clear HOW COULD THEY NOT SEE????

... "laying on of the hands".

Guess Roy Moore is a practitioner.

But then when I think about it, I'm not.

Repulsive, despicable pieces of garbage.

the Oval Office, the money changers Jesus would have thrown out of the temple?

I bet he had never heard of it.

(and that smile) I'm guessing he was hoping one of the women in the picture was gonna' "lay hands" on him!

You know what? Go fuck yourself and shove your stupid god damn fucking culture war up your god damn fat fucking ass! Do the right god damn thing for once!

I'm sure more than one of them has molested children...

Whatever shit they are selling is seriously foul. Bunch of hateful authoritarians, supporting a child molester for power. White, straight, male supremacy where everyone else just exists for their use and amusement. That's their "religion".

Sounds to me like there's 53 pastors whose churches need to lose tax exempt status.

it tends to drive away savvy young people from religion.

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

They support Trump who says he is so perfect that he does not need Christ or his forgiveness.

Like today's evangelical/religious right supporters, Trump is a Political Christian, not a Christian of faith.

Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.

The Donald who does not have to ask Jesus for forgiveness.

Trump: Drink my little wine, have my little cracker

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/13/donald-trump-religion-serfaty-dnt-erin.cnn

The State has nothing to offer other than division and racism.

Let's see how fast these losers change their tunes

For future reference.

I wonder how many of those pastors just happen to be white.

For future reference.

Go to the link and read the full letter. It's worse than described above. The ducking and weaving these "pastors" do is better than the best of the NBA.

"...he was ousted as Chief Justice in 2003."

And why was that, pastors...? Tossed from the court by his fellow justices for ignoring a federal court order, perhaps?

"As a result, he continued his life pursuit by starting the Foundation for Moral Law..."

That would be the same Foundation for Moral Law where, after saying he would not take any compensation, he absconded with more than $1 million between 2007 & 2012, compensation that far surpassed what the group disclosed in its public tax filings, that he concealed from the IRS, and when he stepped down his wife got his $195,000 annual compensation for the next three years...? That Foundation for Moral Law...? Pastors?

"After being re-elected again to Chief Justice in 2012,"

And why was he "RE-elected", Pastors...? And after he was re-elected, why was he ousted again, Pastors...?

"...dishonesty, fear of man, and immorality are an affront to our convictions..."

Immorality, you say. A man who was impeached twice for ignoring the law, who at least four women who do not know one another and said he was a pervert with a fifth saying he tried to rape her, who trolled malls, and high school football games for teenage girls, who lied about his stealing money - from a charity? Pastors...? Pastors...?

Convictions, my keister.

that the problem we see with these kind of responses has nothing to do with conservatism, Republicanism or the South, but has everthing to do with the fact that the magical thinking espoused by Christianity in specific - and religion in general - is THE problem?

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

Somewhat amended by Christopher Hitchens as...

"In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion."

And some are now protesting that they didn’t give permission for their names to be used this way.

Flock together.