{"id":3480,"date":"2007-09-27T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/what-is-your-favorite-bible-ve.html"},"modified":"2007-09-27T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T19:45:00","slug":"what-is-your-favorite-bible-ve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/what-is-your-favorite-bible-ve.html","title":{"rendered":"What is your favorite Bible verse?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The candidates were asked about their favorite Bible verse <\/a>and none of them could actually quote one:<\/p>\n

Senator Barack Obama: “The Sermon on the Mount, because it expresses a basic principle that I think we’ve lost over the last six years.”
\nSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton: “The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think that’s a good rule for politics, too.”
\nMike Gravel: “The most important thing in life is love. That’s what empowers courage and courage implements the rest of our virtues.”
\nRepresentative Dennis Kucinich: “Prayer from St. Francis, which says, \u2018Lord make me an instrument of your peace.’ ”
\nJohn Edwards: “What you do unto the least of those, you do unto me.”
\nNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: “The Sermon on the Mount, because I believe it’s an issue of social justice, equality, brotherly issues reflecting a nation that is deeply torn and needs to heal and come together.”
\nSenator Christopher J. Dodd: “The Good Samaritan would be a worthwhile sort of description of who we all ought to be in life.”
\nSenator Joseph R. Biden Jr.: “Christ’s warning of the Pharisees. There are many Pharisees, and it’s part of what has bankrupted some people’s view about religion. And I worry about the Pharisees.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why is this relevant? Is it to prove that they can pander to Christians too?
\nBut if David Kuo<\/a> is right, then the Democrats don’t need to pander to the Christians because we are sitting out this election.<\/p>\n

\n

Nine out of 10 Republican donors this time around were not Bush donors in 2004? That is a mind-numbing statistic. It not only explains why Republican fundraising is pathetically behind Democratic fundraising, it says this – Christian conservative donors are staying home. <\/p>\n

Much of the punditry this year has focused on who will win the religious right vote. The answer is becoming clearer – perhaps no one will win their vote. They are burned, they are ashamed, and they are staying home.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

How ironic that the Republican nightmare scenario would be Christian conservatives acting more like Christians and less like conservatives. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Um, why would I be acting more like a Christian if I didn’t vote? Jesus didn’t vote for emperor so I shouldn’t vote for president?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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