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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 09:48 AM Feb 2015

Bwahaaa Scott Walker says he consults with God, but his office can’t provide documents to prove it

http://bloggingblue.com/2015/02/scott-walker-says-he-consults-with-god-but-his-office-cant-provide-documents-to-prove-it/

After Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made another reference to God speaking to him in a speech before bankers in January, Freedom From Religion Foundation member Edward Susterich made an open records request of his office for evidence of his communications with the Lord — and his office replied, officially, that it could find none.

Governor Walker has never been shy about flashing his religious credentials, regularly telling audiences about the nondenominational evangelical church he attends, the Baptist preacher who raised him, and his belief that he only runs for office when “called” upon by God to do so.

As he told the bankers in January, “[a]ny major decision I’ve made in my life, politics or otherwise, I’ve tried to discern God’s calling on.”

As noted in Raw Story’s report, Freedom From Religion Foundation member Edward Susterich (who also happens to be a regular reader of this blog) filed the open records request demanding the governor “provide a copy/transcript of all communications with God, the Lord, Christ, Jesus or any other form of deity,” and Gov. Walker’s office was quick to respond that they did not have any records responsive to Susterich’s request. What, God couldn’t be bothered to send Gov. Walker a quick email?
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hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
2. Why is it that people that claim imaginary sky wizards are telling them what to do
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 09:50 AM
Feb 2015

always claim they were told to do mean and hateful things.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
4. among other things, yes.
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 09:59 AM
Feb 2015

"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
8. That's because they stem from a different time.
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:22 AM
Feb 2015

Our gods come frome ancient (and in the case of Islam: medieval) times. War happened all the time. Accordingly, the job-description of gods included being patrons of war.

And you want your god to be strong and decisive, of course. You don't want him to be careful, hesitating, thinking, moralizing.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. God's Office responded that it also has no record of any communications with Gov. Walker
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:03 AM
Feb 2015

"Who's Gov. Walker?" it added.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
7. God, in this anti-Christ's mind, is MONEY. MONEY is all people like Scott Walker worship:
Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:21 AM
Feb 2015

how to take as much of it away from "the lesser among him" and how to make himself and his pals even richer than they already are.

They worship at the altar of Mega-Bucks, with the Koch Bros standing at the helm as their "gods".

When one is a Christian and works hard to emulate and follow the ways of Christ, even at great sacrifice to oneself, you can call yourself a Christian. When one does exactly the opposite, bastardizes the teachings of Christ and does just the opposite of everything Christ has asked us to do, what do we call these people?

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