Posted on 03/24/2014 11:20:20 AM PDT by mandaladon
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker believes he can do all things through Christ, but an atheist group charges that he cannot do all things through Christ on his official social media platforms.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has demanded Walker remove posts from his official Facebook and Twitter feeds that read, “Philippians 4:13.”
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” the verse reads.
“This braggadocio verse coming from a public official is rather disturbing,” FFRF co-presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Baker wrote in a letter to the governor. “To say, ‘I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,’ seems more like a threat, or the utterance of a theocratic dictator, than a duly elected civil servant.”
They accused the governor of misusing his authority to “promote not just religion over non-religion, but one religion over another in a manner that makes many Wisconsin citizens uncomfortable.”
The atheist outrage over the governor’s beliefs seems almost unbelievable.
I reached out to Walker’s office, and his staff told me the governor has absolutely no plans to remove anything.
“Governor Walker will not remove the post on his social media,” press secretary Laurel Patrick told me. “The verse was part of a devotional he read that morning, which inspired him, and he chose to share it.”
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Motto of the State of Ohio:
“With God All Things Are Possible”
Luv My Gov! :)
I do not think that word means what they think it means.
Walker should really freak them out by explaining that the state of Wisconsin has every right to adopt, and promote a state religion!
Atheists are idiots. And some simply hate Christians.
Oh, stuff it.
I suggest that the next time the Freedom from Religion Foundation gets its monthly Facebook and Twitter bills, that they don’t pay them out of protest.
Did he get letters from MANY uncomfortable citizens, or just those two? :)
I checked his FB page and couldn’t find it.
he’s hardly establishing a religion
Well, I find the never ending fascism of these moochers to be rather disturbing. Only an effete society would maintain so many non-productive parasites as these "advocacy" groups.
Annie Laurie Gaylor can complain when Scott Walker issues a decree that all Wisconsin residents must be Methodists. Until then she needs to find new ways to use her (obviously excessive) free time.
There is no such thing guaranteed in the Bill of Rights as Freedom from Religion! Not anywhere, not at any time.
However, Freedom of Religion is clearly stated, to include the freedom not to practice any religion.
I see it is on his twitter feed for March 16.
For facebook there are a Scott Walker and Governor Scott Walker pages so if one wants to really check, I’d guess check both of them.
Do we FINALLY have a male Republican with a pair?????
Yeah I checked both and still couldn’t find them, lots of discussion and others posting the quote but not the OP.
Walker lies low but hits the ball out of the park. I really admire the man.
Atheism is a religion.
re: “To say, ‘I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,’ seems more like a threat, or the utterance of a theocratic dictator, than a duly elected civil servant.”
This is a total misunderstanding of the verse. It’s not that the Christian is “bragging” about their own power and strength, no, it’s a statement of confidence that whatever situation, task, or obstacle you face as a believer, God has promised to give us the ability to accomplish or overcome it.
So, the bragging is not about our ability, but rather about Christ’s ability to see us through. The confidence is in Him, not us.
So, the atheist response is unwittingly a reaction to the power of Christ - THAT’S what threatens them. That’s what they don’t like.
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