The bizarre "logic" of Mike Huckabee

[Atman]

So let me get this straight; this shooting happened because we've removed God from our schools.

But wait, I thought God is everywhere. Omnipotent. But he was powerless to stand up for himself? He created the universe and sees all, etc., but he got kicked out of school? I thought God is in your heart, so wouldn't he still have been in school after all?

Huckabee goes on to mention that people ask him "Where was God in Newtown?" He posits that God was in the hearts of the teachers who shielded the children. He was in their tears.

Wait again...so God WAS there, but he chose to allow 28 women and children to be gunned down while he hung out "in their tears?" Really? And you worship this dude?

And people wonder why I gave up on the God thing years ago.

[byeya]

1. Getting rid of the skygod fixation is like removing a tick - You don't need or want either

[RKP5637]

3. Many people have to cling to these fantasizes and delusions in an attempt to

keep their lives glued together and for many it's one compulsive behavior substituted for another ... and for those at the top it's an ego power trip. And not to forget $$$$$. Yep, like removing a blood sucking tick!

[blackspade]

18. And in the case of both....

They can leave you with a nasty infection.

[RKP5637]

2. Around here they've got churches all over the F'en place and everyone seems to hate each other. n/t

[NeedleCast]

4. The Huckster has always been teetering on the edge of sanity

In the early 00s, when he was making presidential runs, he had to reign in the crazy a little bit to appeal to a larger audience. These days, safely ensconced in his own bubble-world/echo chamber, he can just let his mouth run without much consideration.

[JoePhilly]

5. He sees a chance to make a buck.

[russspeakeasy]

14. And that sums it up. Money and a chance for a position of influence.

[ReRe]

26. Huckabee is an....

..."entertainer".

[Bucky]

6. In times of grief we turn to our chosen faiths. For some that means prayer.

For Mike Huckabee, that seems to mean blaming liberals for just, you know, whatever.

[Tippy]

7. K&R for truth...

[narnian60]

9. Yes.

[deutsey]

8. Wonder how he would explain what happened to Oscar Romero

who was assassinated during Mass in church....

Probably that Catholicism isn't "real" Christianity?

[RockaFowler]

13. Or the Amish Children

They were in school at the time of the shooting, too

I'm sick of people posting this about God. I guess God is a vindictive guy now

[bluevoter4life]

16. Or George Tiller n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

24. You are more correct than you might think. Scratch the surface of

(Protestant) fundamentalism (and the fundies) and you'll find a lively and pronounced anti-Roman Catholic tradition that sees RC as illegitimate. The Ku Klux Klan back in the 20s built some of its appeal around a campaign against 'Romanism,' IIRC. Actually, the sentiment probably dates back to Luther and Calvin or the 30 Years War a 100 years later.

[deutsey]

25. Oh, I know

Ever heard of Jack Chic and his fundie comic books? That's where I first learned about anti-Catholic bigotry.

[TexasProgresive]

10. Courtesy of a customer of the "World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon"

His name is Schmuckabee.

Thanks
www.juanitajean.com

[SheilaT]

11. Yeah, right.

God, the omniscient and all powerful would have stopped the shooter on Friday except that the school was a God exclusion zone, so of course God stayed away.

That's the logic here.

How about this: God is an evil, sadistic bastard who delights in the brutal murder of innocents. THAT'S the conclusion I would draw from this most recent incident were I inclined to believe in an omniscient and all powerful God.

[Plucketeer]

12. You know......

If there IS a "God" - we of independent thoughts have to wonder..... how DOES God like being used as a pawn? How does God feel about mere mortals second guessing his motives and means??? Seems this would be great theme for a stand-up comic's routine! And it WOULD BE FUNNY - funny if I didn't have to live by the silly rituals these god-fearers devise to try and please thier pawn. GAH!

[hockeynut57]

15. how do all these idiots

rise to positions of power and wealth?

[JEB]

21. Laziness

of mind, body and spirit. Unvarnished greed is their true God and they lie and commit any hypocrisy in his name.

[blackspade]

17. +1000

The use of 'logic' and 'Huckabee' in the same sentence is an oxymoron.....
Sorry, just a moron in his case.

[Jimbo S]

19. A couple of my friends on Facebook posted stuff like this

just had to bite my lip and let it go.

[JEB]

20. The stupid is so thick in the air around Huck

you could cut it with a knife. The Anti-abortion extremists kill for Huck's God. Sick fucking fucks.

[dotymed]

22. There is an old saying.

"If religion didn't exist, we would have to make one up."
People in power and wealth use their religion to hide behind and justify their actions. If they(get caught) screw up? They publicly "confess to God" and of course, only being a mortal, born into sin, they must be forgiven. It is also a great way to manipulate people and let them know that if they were better Christians (insert one) that they too would be wealthy...and the less fortunate believe it. IDK, seems like another scam.

[coalition_unwilling]

23. Ask me again why I'm an atheist:

Christianity: Sending telepathic messages to a Jewish ghost letting him know that you will accept him as your master and ask him to remove a magical curse that was passed down to you because a woman who was made from the rib of her partner ate a piece of magical fruit from a magical tree because a talking snake told her to.

Riiight.

Ask me again why I'm an atheist.

[abelenkpe]

27. Logic and Huckabee do not go together. nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

28. As, one DUer noted, ...

Accepting Huckabee's "logic", please explain the pedophilia within the churches of just about every denomination ... there's plenty of "God" in each one of them.

[immoderate]

29. God is magic. Contradictions don't apply.

There. Settled.

--imm

[The_Casual_Observer]

30. People flock to church to pray to the same god that let this shit happen