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Shankapotomus

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127. Yea nobody believed in the God of Abraham

Sat Nov 7, 2015, 07:29 AM

Nov 2015

or the Christian God more fervently before ''Merica to be worthy of the moon..

Not Moses and the Israelites. Not the disciples. Not the early Christians who were fed to the lions.

American exceptionalism.

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Ben Carson: Humans walked on the moon because America was founded on God [View all] smirkymonkey Nov 2015 OP

"Now I want you to think about something" underpants Nov 2015 #1

I would be tempted to say I want what he's smoking... but seriously... Xyzse Nov 2015 #2

Omg. I keep thinking it's weed. bravenak Nov 2015 #4

Can't be... Has to be much stronger than that. Xyzse Nov 2015 #14

I have been getting some one hitter that has me all messed up! bravenak Nov 2015 #16

I talk, but I don't know what I'm talking about. Xyzse Nov 2015 #18

Yay!!! I'm an EXPERT. bravenak Nov 2015 #19

That's always awesome. Xyzse Nov 2015 #20

I've smoked some incredibly high-test weed in my day hifiguy Nov 2015 #58

You know he had prostate cancer tho. Prolly gets meds for that. bravenak Nov 2015 #59

If he "cured it" himself, as he claims, I think that's an unresolved question. hifiguy Nov 2015 #62

He DOES always look like that. bravenak Nov 2015 #63

that would explain his half-closed eyes & reports that wordpix Nov 2015 #137

as a doc he has access to all the meds, for sure wordpix Nov 2015 #136

All he really cares about is religion. bravenak Nov 2015 #3

And Nazis, his loves to talk about them Nazis! Rex Nov 2015 #10

He is such a weird person. God and Nazis. Damn. bravenak Nov 2015 #11

I agree he might be the strangest person I've ever seen run for POTUS. His ideas are bizarre. Rex Nov 2015 #13

If he wins, I move to pluto. bravenak Nov 2015 #17

Save me a seat, please. Rex Nov 2015 #21

We might have to start selling spots on our colony. Bet we get lots of people to come with us. bravenak Nov 2015 #22

LOL! Nobody will want to stay on this planet! Rex Nov 2015 #24

Hee hee!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #25

Yes! We must establish our hegemony/economy first thing! Rex Nov 2015 #26

A caste system!!! With us on top!! I'm gonna be Queen like Daenarys. bravenak Nov 2015 #30

I will make sure to be the ONLY Evangelical charlatan in existence. Rex Nov 2015 #36

Please!!! Can't! Too funny. Praise Pluto!!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #38

Sorry too late...my brain now just wired itself! Rex Nov 2015 #41

Hey! My art teacher had me convinced for TWO HOURS that the pyramids were a power plant. bravenak Nov 2015 #42

We have evidence (science!), clearly, who built the pyramids? Rex Nov 2015 #43

If I send this to her she will work it into our class, I shit you not. bravenak Nov 2015 #44

I believe you. Rex Nov 2015 #46

OK, that even tops hifiguy Nov 2015 #67

True but nothing tops assassin raptor riding death shark. Rex Nov 2015 #76

Needs a frikkin' laser attached to its head. hifiguy Nov 2015 #77

Ok, that is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #91

This is more Ben Carson's style: Scurrilous Nov 2015 #120

But, It's Not A Planet Anymore! ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #31

Venus is sooo hot!!! I'm alaskan now. Maybe Mars? bravenak Nov 2015 #32

I Hear Mars Is Nice ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #54

It has Mars University and the Wong Ranch. hifiguy Nov 2015 #72

Yay!! Carpool!! bravenak Nov 2015 #89

I hear that the rapture is coming any day to take them away. And then finally sanity. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #78

I hope so. The line is too long at The Lucky Wishbone. I want pan fried chicken. bravenak Nov 2015 #88

Blaspheme! You will have to be Left Behind... Rex Nov 2015 #37

I'll Just Wait For Cochrane To Build The Phoenix ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #56

Pluto? hifiguy Nov 2015 #64

NOOOOOOOOO!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #66

You can only do that because America is a Christian nation nxylas Nov 2015 #115

Of course! bravenak Nov 2015 #116

You could do worse . .. PosterChild Nov 2015 #128

Stranger than Herman Cain? Initech Nov 2015 #47

He smokes. Block is Block. Blockhead? Rex Nov 2015 #48

No that ad makes absolutely no sense. Initech Nov 2015 #141

If you're a smoker, Cain's your man? Cain's choice for surgeon-general was Ben Carson wordpix Nov 2015 #138

And slavery. He is slavery-obsessed. KamaAina Nov 2015 #81

see hes almost got it lol.. Volaris Nov 2015 #118

Just like his Joseph and the Pyramids being granary myth...he gets about half of the legend right. Rex Nov 2015 #119

..... trusty elf Nov 2015 #124

Yes! We now have a way to measure the total effects of THC! Rex Nov 2015 #130

My god! You mean there is more than one of them! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #94

Fraid so... jmowreader Nov 2015 #117

Oh pleeeeese let this guy be the Republican Nominee... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #5

If he gets in... MrWendel Nov 2015 #6

"Orderly, open the door. We need him to sign something." randome Nov 2015 #35

So he doesn't know shit about history, why am I not surprised? Rex Nov 2015 #7

Pretty sure f***ing is the same, too XemaSab Nov 2015 #96

Oh yes, fucking too. Rex Nov 2015 #103

A very strange person to say the least! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2015 #8

Not strange, hifiguy Nov 2015 #68

Yep! RKP5637 Nov 2015 #73

That certain Christian kind of "special". smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #93

"this nation, which believed in God" packman Nov 2015 #9

God invented penicillin Mendocino Nov 2015 #12

And we invented the radio beacsue of God... joeybee12 Nov 2015 #15

So once he isn't president how soon does the history channel hire him to voice over shows? Johonny Nov 2015 #23

And we think we're the laughingstock of the world now . . . Vinca Nov 2015 #27

I know, he makes W look like a statesman! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #33

And Jethro Bodine hifiguy Nov 2015 #69

Russians beat us into space, not to the moon HassleCat Nov 2015 #28

Oops, sorry. My mistake. Thanks for the correction! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #34

If it makes you feel better, you weren't totally wrong. Frank Cannon Nov 2015 #97

Good to know! Thanks for the info! smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #121

Thank you. Ilsa Nov 2015 #90

And this guy is a doctor? romanic Nov 2015 #29

yes, because only God-fearing American scientists could build rockets onenote Nov 2015 #39

LOL Scurrilous Nov 2015 #49

Best line hifiguy Nov 2015 #71

Back in the sixties, Tom Lehrer... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #102

more proof that he is unqualified to be president. i don't find it / him funny at all. spanone Nov 2015 #40

sadly this is why he has been polling well in the republican primary JI7 Nov 2015 #45

Of course it is....any chance to proclaim american exceptionalism, sit on top and punch down wiggs Nov 2015 #50

Actually Ben it was because we had Wernher von Braun and the Soviets didn't. yellowcanine Nov 2015 #51

Acid: not always helpful. shenmue Nov 2015 #52

Why is this lunatic getting secret service protection? He's a fuckin' hologram, not a human. valerief Nov 2015 #53

Herr Protessor Einstein? hifiguy Nov 2015 #55

I just love this picture of Mission Control singing "Gimme gimme gimme that ole time religion" struggle4progress Nov 2015 #57

this nation was founded by people who *fled* christian nations unblock Nov 2015 #60

He forgot all Greek, Roman, Ancient, European history treestar Nov 2015 #61

He also left out everything contributed by haikugal Nov 2015 #80

Yes there too! treestar Nov 2015 #87

lol rockfordfile Nov 2015 #65

Nazi scientists Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #70

Yes, see post #39. hifiguy Nov 2015 #74

Why yes they did! Thx hifiguy....you rock! nt haikugal Nov 2015 #82

Seriously, every time I read the newspaper or log on to the internet, BigDemVoter Nov 2015 #75

i have a teddy roosevelt era book, it say america was based on the magna carta. pansypoo53219 Nov 2015 #79

He's never heard of it..... haikugal Nov 2015 #83

Why, yes it was. hifiguy Nov 2015 #84

He does know the nazi's were pagan's right? And that von Braun was a nazi right? kydo Nov 2015 #85

Official response from Neil DeGrasse Tyson Yavin4 Nov 2015 #86

Then how does he explain the Russians being first in space? hobbit709 Nov 2015 #92

God says not to bring all of ... this ... up to Sulva, thank you kindly MisterP Nov 2015 #95

Computers were invented by a woman, a gay atheist and another atheist. DetlefK Nov 2015 #98

In boot camp, my drill instructor used to say Recursion Nov 2015 #99

America was founded by Deists! B Calm Nov 2015 #100

El Salvador was NAMED after Jesus jberryhill Nov 2015 #101

I find it truly amazing how talented he is... Javaman Nov 2015 #104

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? swwallace81 Nov 2015 #106

His speaking style does remind me of Chance. tclambert Nov 2015 #111

Just like Mexico and South America! JohnnyRingo Nov 2015 #107

New campaign slogan! VWolf Nov 2015 #108

"[E]very one of our bills says �In God We Trust." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2015 #109

So we wasted all that money and tapped all those scientific minds for nothing because it was GoneFishin Nov 2015 #110

There are other nations where some people believed in God. Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #112

You're joking with your last sentence, right?? WinkyDink Nov 2015 #113

In 301, Arsacid Armenia was the first sovereign nation to accept Christianity as a state religion. eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #114

But did God TELL them they were his special children, like us? :) Hortensis Nov 2015 #126

"Under God" was added to the pledge when Carson was 3 years old, and.. NonMetro Nov 2015 #122

Carson is wrong HeiressofBickworth Nov 2015 #123

a kick for absurdity n/t quaker bill Nov 2015 #125

Actually, more. nt PosterChild Nov 2015 #129

Yea nobody believed in the God of Abraham Shankapotomus Nov 2015 #127

Man, this guy NEEDS to be in a rubber room!!!! n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #131

In spacecraft named after Roman gods! backscatter712 Nov 2015 #132

WTF kwolf68 Nov 2015 #133

WAIT...... cynzke Nov 2015 #134

"for 100 years, 200 years, a 1,000 years, 3,000 years, people did things the same way" left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 #135

they explored the planet by crossing oceans in dugout canoes wordpix Nov 2015 #139

He thinks he is... Moostache Nov 2015 #152

SAPs Martak Sarno Nov 2015 #140

just think of all the grain They_Live Nov 2015 #142

Is Carson on something? Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #143

Yes. Religious lunacy. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #150

Anyone who thinks this country was founded on "God" doesn't know anything. NonMetro Nov 2015 #144

Isn't it way past time ThingsGottaChange Nov 2015 #145

He's been grifting right wing religious whites for quite some time� MrScorpio Nov 2015 #146

hey quit making Ben look good PatrynXX Nov 2015 #147

hey quit making Ben look good PatrynXX Nov 2015 #148

Politics are all about the issues Sheepshank Nov 2015 #149

FIrst time I am seeing this LOLOLOL randys1 Nov 2015 #151

Spain under Philip was way more "Christian" thucythucy Nov 2015 #153