God and the supercommittee

[American]

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With the congressional supercommittee tackling the federal debt crisis apparently gridlocked, Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black on Thursday tapped a higher power.

Opening the chamber's session in the morning, he asked for God's blessings on lawmakers, as he usually does — and then asked for the Almighty to shed some providential wisdom particularly on the 12 members of the committee struggling to lower the future debt increases by $1.5 trillion.

"Eradicate false ambition as you make them content to serve you where they are and as they are. In a special way, guide the supercommittee in its challenging work," the chaplain said.

Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

 

[coolwalker]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

I applaud them...finally some gumption is shown!

 

[Bottom Feeder]

I don't care what they do so long as they don't step on the rights of others and allow (should a muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Hindu, buddhist, etc... ever be present and desire to do so) the chance to ask for their deity's blessing as well in such a formal way.

 

[Samhain]

I don't care what they do so long as they don't step on the rights of others and allow (should a muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Hindu, buddhist, etc... ever be present and desire to do so) the chance to ask for their deity's blessing as well in such a formal way.

Christians, Muslims, and Jews worship the same God.

 

[Bottom Feeder]

Yeah... I don't really care who worships what. So long as they all respect and tolerate the various religious beliefs without respecting any specific religion more than the others.

 

[Wake]

I don't really see a problem with it. If it can help with the debt crisis then great.

 

[Tucker Case]

Even God can't help that gaggle of assholes.

 

[Cephus]

While it is idiotic, the fact is, the only one who is going to do their job, or fail to do their job, is themselves. Asking some imaginary friend in the sky for help isn't going to solve the problem. Get off your knees and do something useful.

 

[whysoserious]

In general, anything coolwalker likes is the opposite of all that is good in this world. However, in this case, I don't really care. He just said a prayer... I assume religious folks do that all the time.

 

[Redress]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

1) You need to learn what the separation of church and state actually is.

2) I think most of us atheists are actually indifferent.

 

[StillBallin75]

I applaud them...finally some gumption is shown!

:roll: gumption would be like if they actually came to an agreement, instead of just praying for one.

 

[StillBallin75]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

Making the classic error of confusing "separation of church and state" with "separation of religion and politics."

 

[Mycroft]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

No, they didn't.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Cool.... They prayed in a meeting...:sarcasticclap

 

[American]

1) You need to learn what the separation of church and state actually is.

2) I think most of us atheists are actually indifferent.

Oh please spare me the condescension. Liberals think praying at football games infringes on the separation of church and state. Apparently you didn't get the memo that there is a little humor involved.

Frankly I think the pastor is the only one in the committee chamber that knows what the hell he's doing.

 

[Slartibartfast]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

I woke up this morning, feeling like crap due to some unresolvable issues at work. I prayed and said "God, I am going nuts, I know you gave me this problem for a reason, but I am beginning to get overwhelmed, please fix it" Today it got fixed.

Stuff like that works.

 

[StillBallin75]

Oh please spare me the condescension. Liberals think praying at football games infringes on the separation of church and state. Apparently you didn't get the memo that there is a little humor involved.

Frankly I think the pastor is the only one in the committee chamber that knows what the hell he's doing.

Well I'm glad we don't make unfair generalizations all that much around here...

 

[Cephus]

Frankly I think the pastor is the only one in the committee chamber that knows what the hell he's doing.

Defrauding gullible people for a paycheck?

 

[Redress]

Oh please spare me the condescension. Liberals think praying at football games infringes on the separation of church and state. Apparently you didn't get the memo that there is a little humor involved.

Frankly I think the pastor is the only one in the committee chamber that knows what the hell he's doing.

So you still don't know what it means, and are still trying to assign actions to others despite those others not reacting nearly as you expected.

 

[American]

Defrauding gullible people for a paycheck?

No doubt they asked him to be there, and I find it ironic that you won't say the same for the other members in the room. :doh:

 

[American]

So you still don't know what it means, and are still trying to assign actions to others despite those others not reacting nearly as you expected.

Go find out who's trying to keep a prayer by FDR for the troop on D-Day out of the WWII memorial.

 

[haymarket]

Go find out who's trying to keep a prayer by FDR for the troop on D-Day out of the WWII memorial.

If you think you have something, spit it out.

 

[American]

If you think you have something, spit it out.

Obama Administration Opposes FDR Prayer At WWII Memorial | Fox News

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - Our Documents

President Opposes Addition of FDR

“The monument highlights 12 famous speeches given as America was dragged into the worldwide conflict on December 7, 1941, then as U.S. GIs took the lead in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war,” wrote Kirby. “But there’s not a hint of Christianity or faith in any of them—although prayer was a key part of the American way of life during the war.”

 

[Jetboogieman]

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Okay, millions of atheist heads just exploded. :lol: The the Supercommittee, the most powerful committee on Earth, just combined church and state. What say ye?

I just think we should leave god out of this, it's just not helpful.

 

[whysoserious]

Obama Administration Opposes FDR Prayer At WWII Memorial | Fox News

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum - Our Documents

President Opposes Addition of FDR

So, let me get this straight: you're mad because Obama did not want to spend money to add a plaque of a quote by someone that conservatives don't even like to the a monument that already exists? Wouldn't that be two things you would normally agree with if it was anyone other than Obama doing it?

1) Not spending money
2) Not touting FDR

Sounds like something every token conservative would usually get off to in my book.

Interesting...