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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt's favorite bible verse. Maddening.
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Asked for his favorite Biblical passage, Mr Romney offered a line from Matthew 25 that is more frequently cited by Christians on the political Left. "For I was hungry, and ye gave me food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me," it reads.
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sadbear
(4,340 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)or he's mocking the left. I despise that piece of shit.
spanone
(135,846 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)follow up with, "So why does, per the Council of Catholic Bishops, your budget do the exact opposite?"
The romney version of that passage would read more like:
Initech
(100,081 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)ecstatic
(32,712 posts)"...Furthermore, I'm going to decrease welfare and end the social security program as we know it!" - Paraphrasing Rmoney
Is this a joke? Was that really his favorite scripture? Rmoney's lack of respect for us is becoming more apparent everyday. He really thinks we (anyone in the 99.9%) are all idiots!
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)You wouldn't know the principles of Jesus if they rose up and bit you on your entitled ass.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)in front of teevee cameras, I would have to reconsider my long-held atheist convictions. I don't anticipate having to do so, but it would be fun.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)alms or charity and they like quoting this passage because it justifies their beliefs that government socialism is just anti-Christian and the work of the devil. However, if that ideology worked, it seems in two thousand years of Christianity, we should have been able to wipe out poverty and homelessness throughout the world.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)eom
Chiyo-chichi
(3,582 posts)That is... he's the one receiving the food, drink, shelter, and clothing.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)RagAss
(13,832 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)what he thinks people want to hear.
I got one for him..John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Mitt will never be free.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)Don't be bigots, reporters. And show some respect to Mitt's beliefs.