Ohio evangelicals say their g*d tells them to vote no on election reform.

[we can do it]

On NPR this AM....

[rosesaylavee]

1. I wish their g*d would tell them to stop voting period. n/t

[we can do it]

3. No kidding

The woman speaking also said that g*d told them to vote against same sex marriage.

[applegrove]

4. How exactly does that take place? That "no" message?

[RC]

5. I think that the leaders hear voices in their heads.

[Ken Burch]

11. Hearing voices runs in the Bush family as well.

Remember when Bush the First said, in his '88 acceptance speech at the GOP convention, "I hear the quiet voices no one else hears..."

I never could figure out why he was trusted with the nuclear stockpile after he said that.

[applegrove]

14. Doesn't sound very democratic to me. Very unamerican. Very anti-individual

[rosesaylavee]

12. And, their g*d needs to tell them to stop procreating too!! n/t

[DaveColorado]

2. Fascism dressed up in pious platitudes.

[ClintonTyree]

6. No,actually one guy...........

who says god talks to him tells everyone else that god told him to vote no on election reform. You see, god is pretty selective about who he talks to. It's usually people in positions of leadership such as bush ( I know, leadership and bush do not belong in the same sentence) certain charlatan pastors and others who are certifiably insane that get to converse with god. Of course, the "lambs of god" (the sheep that are continuously sheered by the charlatans and other crazy people) lap this up like honey. They actually think that some mythical cloud being exists and talks to certain crazy people all of the time. They just aren't able to do it themselves, must be some god protocol interface problem I guess.
Therefore, all the good sheep are in lockstep with their resident crazy person that god DOES talk to and they do whatever said crazy person says. It's a great system if you're the crazy person giving the orders or one of the sheep that hasn't a mind of his/her own. They all think things have worked out the way god wants it to. THEIR interpretation of god, that is. Any REAL god wouldn't want these people anywhere near him/her/it and certainly wouldn't want them speaking for him/her/it. What a great system. :eyes:

[we can do it]

9. SO stupidity IS a choice.....

[Ken Burch]

10. There's a saying I heard somewhere

"When I talk to God, people say I'm holy.
When God talks to me, people say I'm psychotic."

[baldguy]

7. Jesus said

Give Deibold $250 million.

[malaise]

8. Their god is the Republican party

who gives them money in the name of charity so that they can continue their main racket - getting rich while fooling the sheeple.

[MelissaB]

13. Reminder of what is going on in Ohio:

'Patriot pastors' recruited
Churchgoers will be urged to vote

By Howard Wilkinson
Enquirer staff writer


KINGS MILLS - The luncheon Thursday at the Kings Island Conference Center could easily have been mistaken for a political party affair, with politicians, speaking over the clank of forks and knives, exhorting the guests to go out and register new voters and make sure they get to the polls.

...snip

They were, for the most part, men and women of the clergy - evangelicals, Pentecostals, Baptists and a smattering of Catholic clerics and laymen.

They were being recruited for the Ohio Restoration Project, the brainchild of the Rev. Russell Johnson, pastor of a 2,500-member evangelical church in the southeastern Ohio town of Lancaster. He wants to build a force of Christian conservatives - the "values voters'' who oppose abortion, want to protect traditional marriage and oppose higher taxes - to dominate Ohio politics, starting with the 2006 gubernatorial election.

...snip

And he plans to do it by recruiting an army of more than 2,000 pastors - "patriot pastors,'' as he calls them - to do the grassroots work.


More: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/NEWS01/508260404/-1/CINCI

Since the Ohio Restoration Project is a non-profit organization it can't endorse candidates, but it was clear that their favorite candidates for governor is Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. Read how he quotes MLK, JR and Mother Teresa and gets a standing ovation as he strongly encourages Christian conservatives to "get involved in the political process."


Not concerned yet?

Christian group protests proposed amendments

MASON — Christian conservatives rallied Thursday against four proposed state constitutional amendments that would change how Ohio residents vote and how elections are supervised statewide.

The Ohio Restoration Project invited about 500 religious and political leaders to the Kings Island Resort and Conference Center, encouraging them to register voters and organize against the amendments proposed for the November ballot by Reform Ohio Now.

“I believe the hinges of history are turning on our watch,” said pastor Russell Johnson of Lancaster.

More: http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/news/stories/2005/08/26/mj0826reform.html

About Reform Ohio Now

Link to their website: http://www.ohiocitizen.org/moneypolitics/ron/ron.htm