Buttigieg making faith-based appeal to voters in 2020 bid

Associated Press ^ | August 24, 2019 | Thomas Beaumont

[Olog-hai]

The question was about climate change. The answer soon turned to the Bible.

And Pete Buttigieg knew the verses.

“There’s a lot about the stewardship of creation that is in Scripture that I don’t see being honored by the administration right now, not to mention the stuff about loving your neighbor and taking care of the least among us and feeding the poor,” the South Bend, Indiana, mayor said. The crowd of about 250 at a Mississippi River park in southeastern Iowa this month erupted with cheers.

Republicans for a half century have built a loyal following among white evangelical Christians. But Buttigieg, like no other Democrat seeking the 2020 presidential nomination, is trying to demonstrate that there’s a strong religiosity among Democrats, too. […]

“What Pete said about welcoming the stranger, visiting those in prison, that’s what Jesus calls on us to do,” said the Rev. Elizabeth Bell, a Methodist pastor in Burlington who attended a mid-August event for Buttigieg in that city. […]

Not since Bill Clinton has a Democratic presidential candidate leaned so heavily on religious references in everyday campaign events, though Buttigieg says he’s wary of coming off as overly pious. …

[a fool in paradise]

Homofascists HATE your faith. So did the Soviets and Chi-Coms.

[a fool in paradise]

Send him to Mecca for some interfaith dialogue.

[faithhopecharity]

Ha! Great idea.

[faithhopecharity]

Understood.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Yes, I can see that this man is obsessed with religion in a way that is very bizarre and unhealthy and clearly related to his perversion.

Exactly! Reminds me of that abortionist who was gunned down but who attended church.

[Lurkinanloomin]

If you believe CO2 is a dangerous pollutant, STOP EXHALING IT!

Problem solved.

[MSF BU]

Our ‘poor’ would qualify as prosperous in many European nations, never mind the rest of the world. If anybody is going hungry in this nation it isn’t because a lack of public & private support.

[El Cid]

An unrepentant sinner, glorying in his sin, is not someone who should cite the Bible to buttress his case. He needs to heed the Word - Turn/Repent from sin, and seek to serve the LORD. He merely plays the fool by twisting Scripture to support his politics, and ignoring the admonishments to lead a holy life. As Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery: 'Go and sin no more'. Not 'continue to party on' - it was 'Go and sin no more'.

Also, serving and loving one's neighbor is a command for the individual - not for the individual to delegate this duty to some bureaucrats based in Washington DC.

The Democrats strategy is pretty clear - try to deceive the feeble minded by taking Scripture out of context, surrounding themselves with wolves clothed in sheep clothing (i.e., fake 'reverends'), and pretending to be something that they aren't.

Scripture warns, in many places, that these vipers will try to fool many.

2 Timothy 3:1-7 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

[Salman]

I can just hear the strategy meeting.

Hey Pete! That religion sh*t sure seems to work for the Rethuglicans ...

[spintreebob]

For Satan? For the religion of Cain.

God asked Cain a question. Cain did not want to answer it. So Cain created a new paradigm, a new religion, the Brother’s Keeper religion.

Much of the Judeo=Christian story is the story of the Brother’s Brother religion of God vs Cain’s Brother’s Keeper reiligion.

Both the right and left have parts of both religions. But the left is dominated by Cain’s religion while the right is dominated by the Brother’s Brother religion of God.

[dp0622]

Agreed.

Even when I didn’t believe or just didn’t care to believe, I knew self evident truths.

Also, I was never idiotic enough to pretend there wasn’t a Creator.

I was however, brash and angry and young and thought I didn’t need God or even better, could spite him.

And even through ALL those self destructive years, God gave me 1000 signs that thing were gonna get ugly if I didn’t change, I ignored the signs.

But MAN did I get hit with a tsunami :)

Went back to God and it took TEN years of my life to get back to having a DECENT life..physically, mentally and spiritually.

I’ve done many very bad things and some very good things and now I just enjoy peace in God and in trying to make the yoots avoid my pitfalls.

But everyone has to learn the hard way it seems.

Butt...whatever his name is, seemingly won’t find out until he dies. And then it’s too late.

At least I did my suffering on earth, where there’s an expiration date :)

[faithhopecharity]

Sounds good to me!
as for Buttwhatever....he just MIGHT ‘see some light’
eventually....(tho it doesn’t look like anytime soon?)

one can never tell...
and we can hope

[dp0622]

Amen!

[NetAddicted]

Has Buttplug ever answered that question?

[maddogtiger]

Please stop contaminating this blog with Buttplugs activities.