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John Fugelsang just went to town ... (Original Post) Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 OP
Turned on the teevee just in time to see that! madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #1
He had a weird last name. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #6
That "man of God" never answered Ed's question about why he was pushing to take health bluestate10 Aug 2013 #2
Actually he was trying to bring up the abortion red herring and John Cleita Aug 2013 #5
If you don't watch them closely, they'll try to swing EVERYTHING back to abortion. Buns_of_Fire Aug 2013 #9
That's their whole argument about "Obamacare gonna kill Cleita Aug 2013 #12
He did try to use that argument. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #14
Never had an answer. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #7
Yeah, he's great at slamming down the Christo-fascists. Cleita Aug 2013 #3
The wacko was misquoting the Bible. Graybeard Aug 2013 #4
I'm not religious, but that was "so church" (to quote Skinny Pete) Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #8
I saw that... whttevrr Aug 2013 #10
Who was the lunatic army chaplain? malaise Aug 2013 #11
Disgraced ex-Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt 47of74 Sep 2013 #18
I saw it and it was awesome. Can';t wait for the clip online to share. TeamPooka Aug 2013 #13
Can't wait for it, either. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #15
Jesus never asked a leper for a co-pay meow2u3 Aug 2013 #16
Fridays w/ Fugelsang SalviaBlue Aug 2013 #17

madamesilverspurs

(15,799 posts)
1. Turned on the teevee just in time to see that!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:56 PM
Aug 2013

Didn't get the guy's name, but if there's a group called "Assholes for Jesus" he probably heads it.

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
6. He had a weird last name.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:05 PM
Aug 2013

My girlfriend and I were screaming at him, Fugelsang tore into with biblical verses. Fuckstain tried to quote Leviticus when saying Jesus was pro death penalty. Fugelsang busted him on it.

Great stuff, yo.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
2. That "man of God" never answered Ed's question about why he was pushing to take health
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:57 PM
Aug 2013

care from poor people. He was a phony prophet. He talked about the devil, he look within. I am glad John Fugelsang laid wood to his ass.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
5. Actually he was trying to bring up the abortion red herring and John
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:00 PM
Aug 2013

threw it back at him with capital punishment.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,158 posts)
9. If you don't watch them closely, they'll try to swing EVERYTHING back to abortion.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:17 PM
Aug 2013

They see "Affordable Health Care" and they read "abortion." That's it. That's the only argument they're capable of using, and even THAT won't fly when held up against the Executive Order that upheld the provisions of the amendment (sorry, can't remember the name) that prohibits federal funding for abortion services.

On Edit: It's the "Hyde Amendment"...

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. That's their whole argument about "Obamacare gonna kill
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 07:11 PM
Aug 2013

people." They are really referring to abortions. Never mind that people die every year who didn't have to because they couldn't afford the health care they needed because they had no access to it.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
3. Yeah, he's great at slamming down the Christo-fascists.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:58 PM
Aug 2013

I really wish he'd get another show. I really miss him from Current TV.

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
4. The wacko was misquoting the Bible.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 05:58 PM
Aug 2013

Fugelsang had to explain it to this jerk. Nice to see them look stupid when confronted.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)
10. I saw that...
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:21 PM
Aug 2013

It was priceless. The Chaplain was dumbstruck and could not answer without rotating back to his talking point. I especially like the moment when he was sitting there with a pained look on his face with nothing to say.

I myself like to throw in some other greatest bible quotes:
I keep them bookmarked here: http://whateverworks4you.blogspot.com/2012/03/ryan-budget-plan.html

Matthew 25:34-36 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me."


Mark 10:21-22 Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.


Luke 14:12-14 He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."


Luke 16:19-25 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.


Proverbs 21:13 "If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered."


Matthew 25:41-45 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'"
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
18. Disgraced ex-Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt
Sun Sep 1, 2013, 09:25 PM
Sep 2013

Klingenschmitt was court-martialed back in 2006 for disobeying an order by showing up at a political protest in uniform.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091401544.html

Since leaving the navy he's been busily spewing verbal diarrhea in every direction.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/gordon-klingenschmitt

(As well as getting a holy smackdown from the Ecclesiastical Mook).

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
16. Jesus never asked a leper for a co-pay
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 07:58 PM
Aug 2013

That was my favorite zinger John Fugelsang used on the pseudo-Christian whackjob.

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