{"id":831,"date":"2008-09-15T12:53:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/09\/jesus-christ-was-a-community-o.html"},"modified":"2008-09-15T12:53:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T12:53:37","slug":"jesus-christ-was-a-community-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/09\/jesus-christ-was-a-community-o.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Christ Was a Community Organizer. Pontius Pilate was a Governor."},"content":{"rendered":"<form class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\" mt:asset-id=\"1224\">&nbsp;<\/form>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/J2EPLwz5Ygo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Meet The Press yesterday, Tom Brokaw asked Rudy Giuliani yesterday about whether he was too hard on Barack Obama&#8217;s community organizer roots, holding up a pin that reads &#8220;Jesus Christ was a Community Organizer. Pontius Pilot was a Governor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 20px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" height=\"63\" alt=\"jccommunityorganizer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/jccommunityorganizer.jpg\" width=\"80\" \/>Ever notice that though&nbsp;Democrats have traditionally been more reluctant than Republicans to bring&nbsp;faith into politics, but when they do, they often get real literal and often invoke Jesus Christ by name? <\/p>\n<p>Responding to an immigration bill in 2006, Hillary Clinton said &#8220;It is certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the scriptures, because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>How many times have you heard conservatives invoke Jesus by name around&nbsp;issues like abortion or gay marriage? 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