Gingrich offers God-themed walking tour of Washington D.C.

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http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=TOUROFGOD-02-01-05&cat=WW

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In his new book, Gingrich has outlined "A Walking Tour of God in Washington." It includes such religious images as a Bible in the hand of a Pilgrim in a painting in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and a statue of Moses in the Library of Congress.

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Herb Howell, 46, a fire-alarm technician from St. Louis, steadied his camera as his wife, Kathryn, 46, stepped gingerly through snow in front of the Washington Monument. They were taking last-minute snapshots before ending four days of sightseeing.

Kathryn, a software analyst, said a tour focusing on the religious aspects of Washington would give tourists a better grasp of history.

"Our nation was founded on a belief in God," she said. "You can't divorce religion and government. We start to lose touch with who we are and where we've come from."

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[Hobarticus]

1. Where's the hospital bedside divorce stop? eom

[Fridays Child]

34. And what about Dirksen Senate office building where Sun Myung Moon...

...was crowned, last March?

Christian tourists really should see it.

[KissMeKate]

44. LOL! eom

[XNASA]

2. "This is the God Building, this is the God Traffic Light....

...and this is the God Dam."

[Megahurtz]

27. LOL!!!

That was funny!:D

[MADem]

3. Gee, do we get to see the Speaker's Conference Room

...where Newt hollered OH GOD whilst Calista sang into his below the belt microphone?

What a horseshit artist. No fucking shame!!!!

[Corgigal]

4. hope it

helps him lose that weight. OH he's not going to walk it but sell a book about others walking the tour. Nevermind, he's a whore.

[deutsey]

5. I don't suppose he'll be stopping by the Jefferson memorial.

:eyes:

[brentspeak]

38. Maybe. The Religious Right has been rewriting Jeffersonian history

for the past twenty years or so. Some Religious Right character, David Barton of Wallbuilders, has been at the forefront of this bogus history-writing. Fortunately, he was exposed as the charletan that he is when a "America is a christian nation"-type quote he attributed to James Madison turned out to be as phony as James Madison $1000 bill.

This Barton guy won't give it up, however; recently, he's been making the claim that the Jefferson Bible was developed by Jefferson so as to make it easier to spread the Gospel to non-English-speaking foreigners.

[deutsey]

46. He's going to have a hard time explaining away Jefferson's views on

Unitarianism. He was a very good friend with Joseph Priestly, a scientist and minister who helped to spread Unitarianism in America. I led a service at a UU fellowship about Jefferson's religious views and compiled a very long list of quotes from his letters and writings that leave no doubt that he was certainly not a Christian in the way the religious right defines the word. Were he around today, he'd be at the target of a right-wing smear campaign.

http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/thomasjefferson.html

Here's a good rebuttal to the revisionist claims you cite:

http://www.nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm

[mainer]

6. How about where he met for adulterous sex?

He could tell us the best hotels for that sort of thing.

[blm]

7. "And this is where God told me to leave my sick wife for a younger wife."

"And this is where God told me to have sex with my girlfriend while my wife was at the doctor."

[tk2kewl]

8. What a freaking whore! /nt

[pdxmom]

9. I grew up around D.C. Believe me, God isn't there. n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Our nation was founded on a belief in slavery.

Our nation was founded on a number of beliefs, some of which were pretty stupid.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Somebody should do an Athiest-themed tour of D.C.

[KittyWampus]

18. A Masonic Themed Tour Would Be More Appropriate

:)

[NYC Liberal]

22. True, true.

;)

[Goathead]

23. I'm working on that

Masonic symbolism is all over D.C. Check this place out:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc54.htm

[TexGal NotBushGal]

12. Like he knows anything about God

Has he ditched his latest wife?

[jukes]

13. no end

to that reptile's hypocracy.

[CindyDale]

14. Weren't these people taught about separation of church and state?

Kathryn, you need to get a better grasp.

The United States always kept religion separate from the state. It's what made us peaceful and prosperous compared with other parts of the world. The Declaration of Independence stated that people's rights come directly from God so they can't be taken away by any government, and what Jefferson meant by that is that governments don't derive their powers from divinity, only from the governed.

Where does the press find these people? Oh, and while they were at it, why didn't they ask her if she thinks the First Amendment goes too far?

[jdj]

15. they went to xtian school.

they were taught to burn at the stake the heathens that wouldn't convert.

[Sandpiper]

16. How about a Masonic-themed tour of Washington D.C.?

Since it had a much greater influence in the design of our national symbols than Christianity did.

[ultraist]

17. LOL! Or a skull and bones tour

[progressivebydesign]

19. Oh.. I guess God approves of heartless philanderers...

.. I'd stay away from Gingrich if the Rapture happens. He's gonna be really pissed when he stays stateside.

[Skidmore]

20. Well, isn't that special?

Is this to be a government program? Will it fit into *'s soon-to-be-announced austerity budget?

[GarySeven]

21. "... And this is where I prayed to Jesus to save my ass..."

... after I screwed the pooch in the 94 elections. And here is where Ollie North prayed to Jesus to save him after he betrayed his country. And here ..."

[Goathead]

24. I hope he includes the Library of Congress

There are a lot of statues of Minerva and the entire building has the theme of the goddess of wisdom, little owls all over the place and such... ...oh, oh he meant the Christian God. Never mind

[brainshrub]

39. Can I use that comment on my website?

It's so classic and I want to lift it.

[DemoTex]

25. Is the "Old Anglers Inn" on the tour?

That's where Gingrich celebrated his latest divorce with his young staff member, with whom he was having an affair during the Clinton inquisition, over a $300 bottle of wine and multi-course feast. Praise Jesus!

[tk2kewl]

26. This shit is proof that God does not exist!

If he did this prick would've been struck dead by a lightening bolt for this.

[flordehinojos]

28. i disagree with this being proof that God does not exist.

THIS IS PROOF, HOWEVER, that GINGRICH IS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL FOR ANY THREEPENCE THAT HE CAN GET!!!

And as far as God goes ..... Gingrich will get God's justice in God's own time--not ours.

[mitchum]

30. 100% agreement with you, my friend

[VegasWolf]

40. Exactly, absolute proof and bush is proof also. If there really

were a god, none of this would ever happen.

[Megahurtz]

29. Oh Please!!! Not THAT guy!

:puke:

[PurityOfEssence]

31. Mama, mama, pin a rose on me!

Of course there's a god. I know everything about how the universe works!

I love god; you must love me. God is nothing but good; only a fool would argue that. Since god's good, if I love him, I'm good too! I'm good! I'm better than other people! People who disagree with me don't deserve to exist. Godgodgod! Love me! I need it! Hate those who don't believe, or the Sky Chief will never let you in for the eternal head-patting.

I hope Newt really pushes for his egotistical comeback. He's one of the meanest and most selfish people to have ever risen to prominence in this country, and that's a hell of a statement. He has so much personal baggage that he needs a platoon of skycaps just to keep it tidy.

[David Zephyr]

32. Exactly. Welcome Back, Newtie.

Newt and Jesus. Neil Simon's "odd couple" outdone.

[donheld]

33. Gingrich loves making money on fundies

I'd bet he makes fun of them behind their backs.

[VegasWolf]

41. He fucks his secretary while his wife lays dying and the fundies buy

every bit of it.

[MountainLaurel]

43. Absolutely

I was gonna ask if he was gonna show the office where he was schtupping that pretty young thing while his wife was elsewhere.

:puke:

[Maat]

35. Thanks for the post.

I forwarded the article link to my religious right relatives, with a rather choice accompanying opinion.

On edit:
It ticked me off so much I set up a monthly donation to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Rev. Barry Lynn is quoted at the end of the article. I'm already a member, but I'm very concerned about this nonsense. We progressives have to make AU strong.

I posted earlier about how Dobson, a very vocal leader in the Radical Religous Right, boasted about those fighting for reproductive rights have given up (referring to Feldt resigning as President of Planned Parenthood). Of course, I hope he believes that - that way he won't see us moving forward - until its too late.

[Barkley]

36. The Painting in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda has no blacks and

does not depict slavery.

No blacks, no slavery No Douglass, No Tubman.

All the frescos are of whites.

The only Native Americans shown are in acts of violence.

Atop of the Capitol Dome stands the "Statue of Freedom".

Designed by Thomas Crawford for $3000 in Rome Italy.

It was cast at a foundry owned by Clark Mills for $23,736
in 1863

Phillip Reed, a slave owned by Reed was given the responsiblity of
casting the statue of liberty.

Reed and other slaves hoisted the 10,000 pound statue (in
five separate sections atop the theos.

Any you won't find any of this information in the Capitol literature.

My source is: "The Debt: What America Owes Blacks" by Randall Robinson, pp. 1 - 5.

[karlrschneider]

37. "And here is what is called the Washington Monument but it is actually a

1/10000000000000 scale model of God's penis. In a flaccid state, of course."

[genieroze]

42. What is this crap? Gingrich, Helms, who moved the frickin rock? eom

[leesa]

45. Will it include the lovenests he shared with mistresses??

[snippy]

47. Why does this remind me of Proverbs 26:11?

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

[Skittles]

48. is this what he does when he's not cheating on his wife?

:puke:

[skypilot]

49. "...and on the left is the hospital where my ex-wife...

...was being treated for cancer when I served her with divorce papers. Moving right along..."

[primavera]

50. Our nation was also founded on slaughtering the indigenous population

Who we are and where we've come from is the most stuck up, prudish bunch of misfits, wastrels, and criminals whose company had become too unbearable to be endured anymore in Europe. One would hope that we could grow beyond our less than illustrious past rather than revel in it.