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Pete Buttigieg is running as the great Christian savior of America
American Thinker ^ | 02/20/2020 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 02/20/2020 8:30:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Although the left castigates conservatives for bringing God into the conversation, the reality is that, in this election cycle, there's only one candidate who relentlessly paints himself as being on the side of God, and that candidate is Pete Buttigieg.  He was at it again Tuesday night, during a televised town hall, when he insisted both that God is non-partisan and that there is no way Christians could support Trump.

It began when a self-identified Democrat and Episcopalian Christian asked how to make it clear that "you can be both," in a world in which "the right thinks they own" Christianity.  Buttigieg had an answer:

First of all, I'm glad to be with a fellow Episcopalian and I agree. Look, it starts with sending the message that God does not belong to a political party. And by the way, it's also important to make clear that the presidency and the Constitution and my presidency will belong to people of every religion and of no religion equally. This is not about imposing my faith on anybody.

But, I'll say, like you, I find a message in Scripture that is very different from what the political right wants to talk about all the time. A lot about poverty, a lot about compassion, a lot about humility that I seek in my imperfect way to live up to and that does have implications for how I will approach public office.

And the time has come to send a message that people of faith have a choice and if you belong to a Christian tradition, or any moral or religious tradition, that emphasizes making yourself useful to the oppressed and standing with and identifying with the prisoner and welcoming the stranger. Stranger, by the way, is another word for immigrant.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; christianity; petebuttigieg
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To: SeekAndFind

You’ve got to be quite a sophist to find endorsement of sodomy in the Bible. But people don’t believe such arguments because they think them to be the truth ... they believe them in order to validate their sins and assuage their guilt.


21 posted on 02/20/2020 8:54:28 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not religious, and even I know that his statement is hogwash.

Oh the irony of a Democrat with the nerve to position himself as on the side of God. If I were religious I would wonder why he has not been struck by lightning.


22 posted on 02/20/2020 8:55:28 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: SeekAndFind

Some Christian ... supports abortion without restrictions and is “married” to another man.


23 posted on 02/20/2020 8:56:34 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: SeekAndFind

For me, it’s more about abortion.


24 posted on 02/20/2020 8:58:07 AM PST by Mercat
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To: SeekAndFind

Petey misquotes the Bible. Often

https://www.bing.com/search?q=buttigieg+misquoting+bible&qs=PF&cvid=dc8e4f73cc5445909d05092cf0d964e4&cc=US&setlang=en-US&plvar=0&first=7&FORM=PERE


25 posted on 02/20/2020 8:59:22 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope the anti-Trump pontiff in the Vatican doesn’t decide to announce before the election that Catholics should not vote for Trump—I don’t think it would cause Trump to lose but it would do a lot of harm to the Church, but Pope Francis’ American advisors may be reckless enough to ignore that.


26 posted on 02/20/2020 8:59:35 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SeekAndFind

Butt must be reading Bible Version 2.0.


27 posted on 02/20/2020 9:00:13 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Title needs a correction . . .

Pete Buttigieg is running as the great ANTI-Christian savior of America.


28 posted on 02/20/2020 9:04:15 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sweet Pete’s platform: “A chicken in every pot, and Truvada for everybody!”


29 posted on 02/20/2020 9:04:48 AM PST by Kharis13
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To: SeekAndFind
lot about humility

I don't see a lot of humility in this guy. He comes across as very arrogant.

30 posted on 02/20/2020 9:10:41 AM PST by Gamecock (We love works righteousness because it satisfies our desire to judge others. (R.K>.)
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To: crz

He wasn’t born in a country that used to be in the Old Roman Empire.


31 posted on 02/20/2020 9:13:13 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: SeekAndFind
But, I'll say, like you, I find a message in Scripture that is very different from what the political right wants to talk about all the time.

Translation: "I edited out the parts I didn't like."
32 posted on 02/20/2020 9:13:55 AM PST by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: bert
His sole reason for running was to wave the queer flag

That's also the only reason anyone is voting for him. They are certainly not voting for him because he's qualified.
33 posted on 02/20/2020 9:15:24 AM PST by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: Mercat
For me, it’s more about abortion

I'm a multi-tasker myself, I rank immigration and abortion to be the most urgent and most important issues, respectively. His being homosexual is not an issue; his supporting the gay agenda is.

His attacks on traditional Christian morality is highly offensive, but he differs not at all from any of the left on that.

Also, he is very smug and self-righteous, which would tick me off even if I agreed with him.

TRUMP 2020

34 posted on 02/20/2020 9:16:24 AM PST by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: Gamecock

RE: I don’t see a lot of humility in this guy. He comes across as very arrogant.

Well, at least you’re not getting any objections about using the wrong pronouns to refer to Mayor Pete.... YET.


35 posted on 02/20/2020 9:17:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: luckystarmom

He is well coached. I’m positive he is the deep state plant. His “Christianity” is just another way to fool people about what he is. There is nothing about him that appears genuine.


36 posted on 02/20/2020 9:18:08 AM PST by StolarStorm
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To: SeekAndFind

ANTI-Christ, maybe.


37 posted on 02/20/2020 9:20:46 AM PST by madison10
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To: All

The father of lies has many agents.


38 posted on 02/20/2020 9:27:31 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Remember how Cruz showed up in the Midwest and did his evangelist impersonation?
Same thing but more Gay and less real.


39 posted on 02/20/2020 9:27:53 AM PST by Zathras
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To: SeekAndFind

CINO most likely- He has created a religion in his own image- He does NOT follow the Christian religion- He has created God in his own image- He wants religion on his terms and not on God’s terms- therefor he doesn’t worship God- He Demands that God worship him-


40 posted on 02/20/2020 9:45:10 AM PST by Bob434
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