Video: Theocrat E.W. Jackson Says Supporters of Church-State Separation Agents of "Demonic Power"

[lowkell]

Remember, the Republican Party of Virginia nominated this theocratic extremist as its Lieutenant Governor candidate in 2013. Also remember, State Senator Mark Obenshain, who almost became Virginia Attorney General (and could very well run again in 2017), is the guy who "votes like E.W. Jackson talks." This, my friends, is today's Virginia Republican Party - not the party of your parents or grandparents; not the party of Dwight Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln; but bunch of people who don't "believe in" science and who fundamentally have no respect for almost any part of the Constitution, with a few exceptions such as (their own reading of) the 2nd Amendment. The question is, who the heck ARE these people and why would anyone in their right mind ever vote for them?!?

http://bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=11614

[dballance]

1. Good grief. He's a lunatic.

There is "power" in prayer? Seriously? Absolutely no studies, none, ZIP, zero, NADA have EVER found that prayer is effective.

In fact, if there were actual "power" in prayer the theocrats would have demolished or converted all of us non-believers long ago through that awesome power. They've been praying for that for a few centuries now. The "Free Will" argument is just so much BS to explain why people don't all toe the line.

As for Jesus of Nazareth. Not exactly a confirmed, actual person who ever existed outside the New Testament. ANYWHERE! Which is rather unusual that such a dynamic and world-changing character was not documented in contemporary histories of the time. Not to mention the story of the Jesus character closely resembles many other messiah's who predate him by hundreds or thousands of years. Just as the story of the "Great Flood" predated the Old Testament and was a common fable in antiquity. Real historians believe there was probably a great flood that spawned these legends. However, a great flood that covered most of a REGION in antiquity is far different than one that covered the entire Earth. To people in antiquity their REGION WAS the ENTIRE EARTH. They had no knowledge or concept of the other continents in their common lore. I have to include the disclaimer here that there were some very smart astronomers and scientists in antiquity that DID have a concept of how big the Earth is. How it's round and revolves around the Sun. This wasn't, however, the common accepted knowledge at the time.

My last thought is "Why should an African-American descendant of slaves be so convinced of the 'GOD' of their enslavers?" This would be the same "GOD" who told his chosen people (not African-Americans) that they should only have slaves from OTHER tribes (say, the tribes in Africa, indigenous Americans who were not European). That was totally okay with the "GOD" of the Bible.

[sakabatou]

3. Cool! I have demonic powers!

[Pakid]

4. Does that mean that I have to quite

having my cup of tea with God ? She is really cool and fun to talk to and she says that this guy is full of it!

[blkmusclmachine]

5. That's crazy talk.