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Brainstormy

(2,428 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 11:39 AM Nov 2015

Ted Cruz: An Atheist 'Isn't Fit To Be' President

Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that he believes anyone who wants to be president must fear God and pray daily.
Speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, Cruz joined other GOP presidential candidates for a discussion about the persecution of Christians in the U.S. and around the world. After some very extreme, very weird comments about homosexuality, right-wing pastor Kevin Swanson introduced Cruz to the stage to ask him how important it was for candidates to submit to Jesus Christ as "the king of the President of the United States."

"Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief of this country," responded Cruz.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-atheists_5640b613e4b0411d30719f52?cps=gravity_5040_7573409619254440940

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Ted Cruz: An Atheist 'Isn't Fit To Be' President (Original Post) Brainstormy Nov 2015 OP
Well God sure doesn't like Cruz. He made Cruz look like a character out of a Batman comic. Hoppy Nov 2015 #1
"Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief" Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #2
!! Lordquinton Nov 2015 #5
Wait...aren't we still doing "Phrasing"? FiveGoodMen Nov 2015 #9
OMG. He's probably self flagellating as well. PassingFair Nov 2015 #13
Well it's progress of a sort whatthehey Nov 2015 #3
Cruz is why I am an atheist olddots Nov 2015 #4
I'll second that. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #11
I don't think nuclear launch codes should be in the hands of someone MindPilot Nov 2015 #6
that eliminates just about every GOP candidate (and Hillary) RussBLib Nov 2015 #7
Kill the gays RussBLib Nov 2015 #8
I too thought I couldn't be shocked anymore NastyRiffraff Nov 2015 #10
I too thought I couldn't be shocked anymore AlbertCat Nov 2015 #12
"An Atheist Isn't Qualified To Be Commander In Chief" By Ted Cruz muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #14
Hey, thanks for the link! paulbibeau Nov 2015 #16
Cruz expert at being unfit for being president. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #15
Right.... Cruz begins every day on his knees praying(?) Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Nov 2015 #17
 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
6. I don't think nuclear launch codes should be in the hands of someone
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 04:25 PM
Nov 2015

who is proud of being afraid of their imaginary friend.

Or for that matter, someone for whom the bible is the most inspirational book they ever read.

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
7. that eliminates just about every GOP candidate (and Hillary)
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 05:20 PM
Nov 2015

...and it's looking more and more like Bernie Sanders is a closeted atheist.

Cruz is an abomination, a veritable pox on the butt of humanity.

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
8. Kill the gays
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 06:43 PM
Nov 2015

Rachel Maddow covered this on Monday night. It's a little shocking to me (but why the GOP shocks me anymore.....) that Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal attended this conference where Swanson goes postal about how the gays must all be killed.

This freak is running around the stage quoting from his sacred Bible that death must be the penalty for homosexuality.

So....Cruz, Huckabee and Jindal agree with Swanson that we should round up and execute all the gays? Presumably not just in America, but worldwide? This is Major League seriously fucked-up, but that's what the holy book DEMANDS!!

Is the GOP going to advocate that gays should be executed?

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
10. I too thought I couldn't be shocked anymore
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:38 PM
Nov 2015

But Kevin Swanson managed to shock me. He is scary crazy.

Oh, and Ted Cruz isn't fit to be President.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
12. I too thought I couldn't be shocked anymore
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:36 AM
Nov 2015

It's kinda like "Paranormal Activity XII: The Same Old Baloney". Now in theaters!

muriel_volestrangler

(102,483 posts)
14. "An Atheist Isn't Qualified To Be Commander In Chief" By Ted Cruz
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 05:33 PM
Nov 2015
Just the other day I said something controversial, and I wanted to explain. At a conference in Iowa I told people that I believe "any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief of this nation." In my heart I know this to be true, and I don't care if it offends the liberals in the politically correct media. Believing in God is the only way you can carry out your duties. Because being commander-in-chief means one thing: killing a crapload of American troops. And how are you going to do that if you aren't convinced you're sending them somewhere nice?

I assure you people as president I intend to do everything I can to honor and support our soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen by putting them into harm's way at every possible opportunity. I mean it. Americans want their leader to project strength - and that means shipping US troops abroad to fight in a variety of wars, interventions, police actions, training operations, and other missions we can't even explain, they're so screwed up. An atheist is going to hesitate to do this, but I never will. Never. I'll be able to see photos of entire C-130s packed with flag-covered coffins coming back to this country... and I won't even blink.
...
America is the world's leader. And being leader means killing people sometimes. Actually, it means killing people a lot of the time. Almost continuously. And to do that you have to believe two things:

1. That death isn't that big a deal, because we'll all be doing Jager bombs with Jesus soon, and...
2. That someone much smarter and kinder than your average American is working very hard with a plan to make something good out of all the awful violence we seem to inflict on people we don't even know.

http://paulbibeau.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/an-atheist-isnt-qualified-to-be.html

paulbibeau

(743 posts)
16. Hey, thanks for the link!
Fri Nov 13, 2015, 06:36 PM
Nov 2015

It's nice that people besides me are pissed at this.

I'm an agnostic, but I'm pretty Christian-friendly. But not crazy Christian-friendly. I'm totally accepting of the nice, friendly progressive Jesus my wife believes in. But Ted Cruz worships Cthulhu.

17. Right.... Cruz begins every day on his knees praying(?)
Sun Nov 22, 2015, 10:53 PM
Nov 2015

I'm sorry, but he doesn't look look the type that prays every day, but who am I to judge?

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