CNN Contributor Says President Obama Perverted the Word of Jesus

"To the Right Winger, Jesus was a white, war mongering, corporation loving, profiteering, poor hating Christian."
Now this one is a first that I have never heard before. Someone needs to change their meds. Very absurd.
Obummer may have read the Bible but he has learned nothing. The passage is not about taxes, Obummer is wrong about this also. Idiot.

why do cnn keep putting these clowns on their network. cnn has no creditbility.

In this CNN contributors post he wrote that President Obama "has gone to war with Christians' consciences", I would say this man needs to find his Christian conscience. He sounds like a man who has had his paper jesus stolen.

The current right wing has to re-write everything it uses as gospel including the Bible, because there isn't a piece of literature that fits their new batshit crazy, evil intolerance in its original form. Oh wait, other than an Ayn Rand book.

I'm sooo tired of American media 'prostituting' Jesus for political gain. Have they no shame? They want to act as though God is in favor of their political party. Acting? Acting? Acting? Using God in the process. Shame, shame, shame!

The comments have been enjoyable to read. Kinda made my afternoon. I know...I need a life.

I've thought for a while that CNN has gone over to the dark side. I never watch anything on that station except Anderson Cooper, who at least knows how to question these nutballs.

Would have loved to see the immortal Christopher Hitchens deliver verbal justice to this non-thinking individual.

One more prophet of hate, prejudice and intolerance.

Just once I would like to be within arms reach of one these Christian blowhards.

All of this craziness just makes my head and chest hurt.

No, religious right wing zealots perverted the word of their invisible god

putz

I'm an agnostic, but if anyone perverts the word of Jesus it's the right wing. They use Jesus (like that means anything) to take away a woman's right to choose, rail against health care, don't tax the rich, etc. Besides, Jesus shouldn't play into anything. Keep religion out of politics. I like facts and common sense myself. And isn't it just about being a good person and being decent to others? Of course we should help the less fortunate. It's called having a soul.

PRAYING AT THE SUPERBOWL

I thought this was an interesting summary (on PBS website) of how Roman politicians played the game of worship. Anything look familiar?

"Roman religion involved cult worship. Approval from the gods did not depend on a person’s behavior, but on accurate observance of religious rituals. Each god needed an image – usually a statue or relief in stone or bronze – and an altar or temple at which to offer prayers and sacrifices.

Quid pro quo

Requests and prayers were presented to gods as a trade: if the god did what was requested (the nuncupatio), then the worshipper promised to do a particular thing in return (the solutio). This trade was binding. To persuade the gods to favor the requests, a worshipper might make offerings of food or wine, or would carry out a ritual sacrifice of an animal before eating it.

The Romans believed that their gods or spirits were actively involved in their daily lives. As a result, sacred meals were held in their name during certain religious festivals. It was believed that the god actually took part in the meal: a place was set for him at the table, invitations were issued in his name, and a portion of the food served was set aside for him to enjoy.

Public worship

The public side of religion was more organized and more formal than the private. At home, the paterfamilias – head of the family – performed religious rituals for the household. Beyond the home, gods were worshipped by the state, which employed colleges of highly trained priests and priestesses."

Yup this is the world we live in. Arguing over whether the magical invisible political tool in the sky agrees with Democrats or Republicans. Anyone in power who claims to know the will of god is pulling a con. What an absurd world in which we live!

Jesus was an admirable man and invoking his teachings and words to reinforce the idea that we need to care for the poor is a good thing.

Right wing Christians actually have more in common with the Old Testament than the New Testament (with themselves substituted for "The Chosen People"). This is kind or ironic. I'm not going to elaborate because if you're familiar with the Bible you're already thinking "DUH".

CNN has done more to pervert the name of Jesus than the Taliban

Right-wing zombies walk the earth. Allocated GOP space in Hell was maxed out long ago.

There are two verbal preambles to every right wing rant. They are: Jesus said, and The Founding Fathers said. If you hear either of these from a re_Pig, you know the words following it will be a blatant lie.

Everyone seems to pervert the word of Jesus, but evangelicals and republicans seem to have perfected the art. If Jesus really is the son of God, these cynical assholes are going to have quite the time explaining themselves on judgement day.

I am so sick of the evangelists who only interpret the bible to suit their needs. Believe it or not when I was wee one and attended Sunday School, I was specifically taught that Jesus loves everyone. (Red, or yellow, black, or white, their the same in his sight, was a song I learned). I was also taught that he helped the poor, the handicapped, the ones that the public had turned their back's on and that it was our duty to do the same.

What has happen to religion? When did it become big business that are only out for themselves? No wonder I became agnostic when I got older. I hate the hypocrisy.

The 'right' cannot stand that Obama used the bible to prove his case. They will continue to claim that God is vengeful and should be feared and that they can portray Jesus as anything but loving is unbelievable.

This coming from people who befoul language every time they open their mouth. Good find. :-)