Va. Republican Lt. Governor Candidate Said Birth Defects Were Caused By Sin

[Tony_FLADEM]

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia, E. W. Jackson, wrote in his 2008 book Ten Commandments to an Extraordinary Life that birth defects were caused because of sin. He wrote the book when he was serving as a minister.

The passage reads:

Keep in mind that the whole cosmos has been made imperfect — wounded — by sin. It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. Leaving aside that for a moment, recent discoveries about the genetic code of each human being are a fulfillment of scripture. Your genetic code is the handwriting of God, written before you or the world existed. Our genetic blueprint is proof of the existence of the Living God and His infinite intelligence, purpose and design. Sadly, many will ignore the deeper spiritual truth which underlies the advance of this scientific knowledge.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/va-republican-lt-governor-candidate-said-birth-defects-were

[olddots]

1. sad

really sad

[Chan790]

2. Just because I was born to sin doesn't make me defective.

I think EW Jackass is jealous.

[Major Nikon]

3. Festering asshole

[rurallib]

4. Does he credit his apparent mental defects also

and admit that maybe his god fucked him up? just sayin'

[sigmasix]

5. aren't we being told there's no difference between reps or dems?

Seems to be an entire contingency of DUers that insist there is no difference between republican politicians and democratic politicians.
Can't wait to see the next mainstream democrat standing behind fundamentalist dogma that demonizes the disabled and sick.
It's good that DU has so many cynics that make up the "there's no difference between the two" gang; maybe they can pool thier recources and explain something like this so that even the sheeple can see how there's no difference between the parties. I'm sure this guy's democrat rival also believes in the demonization of sick and disabled people.

Yep! No difference between 'em- especially because of Obama.
Derp

[Boomerproud]

6. I'll be sure to tell my conservative Republican SIL that her son was born blind and autistic

because of sin, according to someone in her own beloved GOP.

[SwissTony]

7. So, you are punished for sin even though you and the world hadn't even been created

"Your genetic code is the handwriting of God, written before you or the world existed."

"Keep in mind that the whole cosmos has been made imperfect — wounded — by sin." Even though before the cosmos was created, there was no-one who could actually sin.

Do these people actually think about what they say?

[Aristus]

8. Good news for everyone born without birth defects!

We get to cast the first stone!

[DinahMoeHum]

9. As Frank Zappa said: ". . .so if we're dumb, then God is dumb. . ."

". . .and maybe ugly on the side. . ."

Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over

[Arugula Latte]

10. Oh goody. Organized superstition strikes again.

[hobbit709]

11. He's dumber than Louie Gohmert and that takes some effort

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. the operative word here is Sin. Define Sin. meh. could give a rat's ass about this in the scheme of

things.