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3catwoman3

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56. No problem. I didn't want you to think I was...

Sun Aug 6, 2017, 07:54 PM

Aug 2017

...being disrespectful. I think the teachings of Jesus are largely admirable. The way those teachings have been bastardized and co-opted by the freaky fundies, to justify attitudes and behaviors that Jesus would surely abhor, is where I have a big problem. I definitely do NOT respect that.

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Televangelist demands all Christian leaders include Trump's name in prayer [View all] sandensea Aug 2017 OP

Gag!!!! LongTomH Aug 2017 #1

Mass? Never gonna happen. CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #2

I'm reading it as 'In mass', as in altogether, not 'in Mass' Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #6

I thought that, too but it's 'en masse.' CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #12

Trump can put his hand on your pussy Laf.La.Dem. Aug 2017 #3

Not to pick a nit.... Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #4

The headline should have indeed referred to it as 'prayer' sandensea Aug 2017 #7

Hey no worries....sorry if my post seemed like it was an attack! Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #38

No - not at all! sandensea Aug 2017 #41

"... and deliver us from Trump." Done (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #5

There was a popular joke in the '70s about Idi Amin. sandensea Aug 2017 #8

They had to do it, or he'd eat them dalton99a Aug 2017 #31

You're not kidding! sandensea Aug 2017 #35

I don't know how... syringis Aug 2017 #9

Do they have nicknames for Trump in France yet? sandensea Aug 2017 #18

Hello sandansea syringis Aug 2017 #20

Mais, merci! sandensea Aug 2017 #21

Lol sadly true syringis Aug 2017 #24

Tres bien! sandensea Aug 2017 #25

Your... syringis Aug 2017 #26

Merci encore! sandensea Aug 2017 #28

Mais de rien, syringis Aug 2017 #34

Beware of False Prophets calguy Aug 2017 #10

Lol..... Grassy Knoll Aug 2017 #11

And He expelled the money changers (i.e. bankers) from the temple! sandensea Aug 2017 #16

and said give unto Ceasar's what is Ceasar's...in other words.. Xolodno Aug 2017 #23

Ah, taxes. The reason most holy rollers are in bidness in the first place. sandensea Aug 2017 #37

OK if I call him Brother Shithead? lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #13

Is Trump a Freemason? sandensea Aug 2017 #15

I seriously doubt it. SouthernIrish Aug 2017 #55

I agree. If he applied, they probably rejected him. sandensea Aug 2017 #57

They aren't Christians. They're Shitheads. Owl Aug 2017 #14

The American Taliban. sandensea Aug 2017 #17

Oh, they're Christians all right NastyRiffraff Aug 2017 #45

"Let us indoctrinate the sheep into the cult of personality." sakabatou Aug 2017 #19

Tax the shit out of them! smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #22

Amazing isn't it. sandensea Aug 2017 #27

Love this! smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #49

You bet. sandensea Aug 2017 #50

I have a message for David Lane, Ilsa Aug 2017 #29

Probably describes Lane to a tee. sandensea Aug 2017 #33

and god demands lane shut the fuck up. spanone Aug 2017 #30

OMG I just had a dream RandySF Aug 2017 #32

And Jesus wept, I believe is the next verse. Initech Aug 2017 #36

Would you buy a used car from this man? COLGATE4 Aug 2017 #39

And God knows, so many do. sandensea Aug 2017 #42

How 30s Germany of him dembotoz Aug 2017 #40

When fascism comes to America... sandensea Aug 2017 #43

These people are simply sick in the head. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #44

I'm Episcopalian, we pray for the President VMA131Marine Aug 2017 #46

Least of all a tax cut for the top 2%. sandensea Aug 2017 #47

I don't know, I am kind of conflicted on this but my feeling is that we should give it a test grantcart Aug 2017 #48

The rest of us... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #51

And I doub't He'd mind. sandensea Aug 2017 #52

Just to be clear, I was referring... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #53

I beg your pardon. sandensea Aug 2017 #54

No problem. I didn't want you to think I was... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #56

Agnostic as I am, I try to respect Christ as a role model (though I often fail to live up to it!) sandensea Aug 2017 #59

I believe that is known as idolatry. milestogo Aug 2017 #58

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. sandensea Aug 2017 #61

Grope for God? ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #60

Oh, for the days when the FCC would not allow this. haveahart Aug 2017 #62

Doing more damage than any atheist, Muslim or ... dchill Aug 2017 #63

Clown like him will be available as long as the demand lasts. Blue_true Aug 2017 #64