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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 06:06 PM

guillaumeb (37,399 posts)

How Would Jesus Vote?

From the article:

For most of the last 40 years, the notion that one's Christian beliefs should guide one's voting has largely been promoted by conservative Republicans.....

This year, a Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., is making the same argument, with a twist: A vote based on Christian values, Buttigieg suggests, would indeed turn the country around, but in a "progressive" direction.
Buttigieg says protecting the poor and welcoming immigrants is a Christian obligation that is inconsistent with Republican priorities....

Buttigieg's suggestion that liberals be willing to say that "Christian faith is going to point you in a progressive direction," as he told USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers, provoked some outrage on the right. One conservative academic argued that Buttigieg "doesn't get to make up his own Christianity," and another conservative dismissed Buttigieg's comments as "partisan nonsense."

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https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/716258078/2020-election-revives-the-question-should-religious-faith-guide-one-s-voting?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0xJuKg1-PkS6MbC1nUlvdVv9w8K6795FSmKT_KYz_-spaWIiwIXhgtF6Q

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
How Would Jesus Vote? (Original post)	guillaumeb	Apr 2019	OP
For Bernie.	Karadeniz	Apr 2019	#1
Why would He do so? eom	guillaumeb	Apr 2019	#2
"doesn't get to make up his own Christianity," Why not? Republicans do.	keithbvadu2	Apr 2019	#3
My view is that many in the GOP prefer to limit Christianity	guillaumeb	Apr 2019	#6
Every Christian does. nt.	Mariana	Apr 2019	#9
In theory, yes	Major Nikon	Apr 2019	#11
Vote? He would have no chance to do so.	MineralMan	Apr 2019	#4
The title is not meant to be read literally.	guillaumeb	Apr 2019	#7
Metaphorical Jesus can do anything	Major Nikon	Apr 2019	#12
Wouldn't candidates be obligated to tithe 10% of their campaign funds to the church	True Dough	Apr 2019	#5
Tithers	keithbvadu2	Apr 2019	#8
Why does it matter?	trotsky	Apr 2019	#10
Inevitably someone else is telling them what god wants so they don't have to figure it out	Major Nikon	Apr 2019	#13
Hitler	Voltaire2	Apr 2019	#14
Just as important, how would Gatsby vote?	Cuthbert Allgood	Apr 2019	#15
Finch ended up a bitter old racist with a MAGA hat.	Voltaire2	Apr 2019	#16

Response to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 06:09 PM

Karadeniz (4,355 posts)

1. For Bernie.

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 06:09 PM

guillaumeb (37,399 posts)

2. Why would He do so? eom

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 06:50 PM

keithbvadu2 (11,826 posts)

3. "doesn't get to make up his own Christianity," Why not? Republicans do.

"doesn't get to make up his own Christianity,"

Why not? Republicans do.

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 08:35 PM

guillaumeb (37,399 posts)

6. My view is that many in the GOP prefer to limit Christianity

to fit within their own narrow views.

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 09:50 PM

Mariana (9,372 posts)

9. Every Christian does. nt.

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 07:36 AM

Major Nikon (33,628 posts)

11. In theory, yes

In reality someone else makes up their mind for them which is the whole point of organized religion to begin with. Progressive politics are incompatible with close mindedness which is why any progressive use of religion is doomed to failure. You will always be trying to drag people out of the stone age.

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 06:57 PM

MineralMan (125,812 posts)

4. Vote? He would have no chance to do so.

He would not be a citizen. In his own supposed time and place, there was no voting.

It is a useless sort of imaginary question, really, isn't it? Trying to guess what a demigod would do is really a bit presumptuous, if you believe in that sort of thing, I think.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 08:36 PM

guillaumeb (37,399 posts)

7. The title is not meant to be read literally.

In my view.

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 07:38 AM

Major Nikon (33,628 posts)

12. Metaphorical Jesus can do anything

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 07:32 PM

True Dough (10,853 posts)

5. Wouldn't candidates be obligated to tithe 10% of their campaign funds to the church

in order to lobby for Jesus's vote?

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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 09:20 PM

keithbvadu2 (11,826 posts)

8. Tithers

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 07:33 AM

trotsky (49,338 posts)

10. Why does it matter?

If everyone voted on what was better for their fellow human beings instead of trying to figure out what a god wants, perhaps we'd be better off.

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 07:40 AM

Major Nikon (33,628 posts)

13. Inevitably someone else is telling them what god wants so they don't have to figure it out

Close mindedness and conservative politics go together like drunk and disorderly.

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Response to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 11:41 AM

Voltaire2 (6,971 posts)

14. Hitler

It says so right in the bible. Metaphorically. Plus there is no evidence that he didn't say he would vote for hitler, which as we now know, in this forum that is conclusive proof.

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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 12:00 PM

Cuthbert Allgood (2,303 posts)

15. Just as important, how would Gatsby vote?

I mean, if we are going to ask about how literary figures would vote in 2020, at least let's talk about the cool ones.

How about Atticus Finch?

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Response to Cuthbert Allgood (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 12:05 PM

Voltaire2 (6,971 posts)

16. Finch ended up a bitter old racist with a MAGA hat.

Sadz.

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