If you're referring to Cruz, he may not even be a US citizen, and he's certainly not a Texan. Neither, if I get your other reference, is Bush the Idiot. He was born in Connecticut...the Bushes are carpetbaggers.
Yep. And if you were in the Baptist vein, well shit, ain't nobody going to heaven, except the very few in your congregation who actually followed the rules (which are Legion, which, don't get me started). There's a pecking order, and mt branch of the Baptists didn't waste time talking about Catholics. It was the God-damned Lutherans, Episcopalians, and fuck the Pentecostals.
Slight spelling correction: Schlumberger. I worked with a guy back in the 1980s whose father was a big-wig at Schlumberger. About Ted's father, I don't know; perhaps he made a bunch of money, retired, and became a preacher. (Again, back in the 1980s, 3 or 4 teachers came in to our company--GE--for a day and talked to us; I was chosen as one of the people for them to talk with. One of the teachers had been born and raised in West Virginia. He said his coal-miner Dad used to ridicule him for being studious. However, after retiring, his Dad went to school to become a minister and apologized to his son for his earlier put-downs of learning and education. I gather Rafael Cruz hasn't had such an epiphany.)
It depends on which flavor of "followers of Yeshua" you choose. Jesus himself said that the law still stood: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." (NIV, Matthew 5:17–18).
Then Saul the Pharisee (otherwise known as Paul of Tarsus) came along and muddied the waters, saying that Jesus was the fulfillment of the law, and thus Christians could safely ignore everything but the Ten Comandments (Romans 7:1-9; Romans 10:4, Galatians 4:22-31). Evilgelicals tend to favor the Paulist approach for some things (i.e. eating bacon cheeseburgers and not celebrating the sabbath on Saturday) but they really, REALLY much prefer the god of the Old Testament, especially when he's promising to lay waste to the enemies of the chosen, which they believe they are. Chosen, that is.
They would also, too love to bring back all of the punishments described in Exodus, Deuteronomy & Leviticus, but then they would have to go along with all the rest of it, including the definition of life beginning after birth, which they've boxed themselves into a corner over. In short, they've just cherry-picked what they view as God's Greatest Hits and ignore everything which doesn't fit, and the OT is fair game for justification if it justifies what they've decided is correct. But don't feel bad for the OT - they do exactly the same to the NT, too.
If you're referring to Cruz, he may not even be a US citizen, and he's certainly not a Texan. Neither, if I get your other reference, is Bush the Idiot. He was born in Connecticut...the Bushes are carpetbaggers.
Let's just bomb them all for safety's sake.
Yep. And if you were in the Baptist vein, well shit, ain't nobody going to heaven, except the very few in your congregation who actually followed the rules (which are Legion, which, don't get me started). There's a pecking order, and mt branch of the Baptists didn't waste time talking about Catholics. It was the God-damned Lutherans, Episcopalians, and fuck the Pentecostals.
Bless you, my son.
Slight spelling correction: Schlumberger. I worked with a guy back in the 1980s whose father was a big-wig at Schlumberger. About Ted's father, I don't know; perhaps he made a bunch of money, retired, and became a preacher. (Again, back in the 1980s, 3 or 4 teachers came in to our company--GE--for a day and talked to us; I was chosen as one of the people for them to talk with. One of the teachers had been born and raised in West Virginia. He said his coal-miner Dad used to ridicule him for being studious. However, after retiring, his Dad went to school to become a minister and apologized to his son for his earlier put-downs of learning and education. I gather Rafael Cruz hasn't had such an epiphany.)
Win.
It depends on which flavor of "followers of Yeshua" you choose. Jesus himself said that the law still stood: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." (NIV, Matthew 5:17–18).
Then Saul the Pharisee (otherwise known as Paul of Tarsus) came along and muddied the waters, saying that Jesus was the fulfillment of the law, and thus Christians could safely ignore everything but the Ten Comandments (Romans 7:1-9; Romans 10:4, Galatians 4:22-31). Evilgelicals tend to favor the Paulist approach for some things (i.e. eating bacon cheeseburgers and not celebrating the sabbath on Saturday) but they really, REALLY much prefer the god of the Old Testament, especially when he's promising to lay waste to the enemies of the chosen, which they believe they are. Chosen, that is.
They would also, too love to bring back all of the punishments described in Exodus, Deuteronomy & Leviticus, but then they would have to go along with all the rest of it, including the definition of life beginning after birth, which they've boxed themselves into a corner over. In short, they've just cherry-picked what they view as God's Greatest Hits and ignore everything which doesn't fit, and the OT is fair game for justification if it justifies what they've decided is correct. But don't feel bad for the OT - they do exactly the same to the NT, too.
Yeah, if it weren't for gerrymandering we'd already be leaving these assholes behind.
Can you say "cognitive dissonance" and "oxymoron"? I know you can..
Ted Cruz is the biggest shit ball ever.
Just another A hole dressed up in his Jesus Skin™ preaching his murder, hate and greed.
He's got lots of competition, but he may have a chance in the Shitball race (unlike the one he's losing now in the Asshole pageant).
Well said.
duggary-popery?
Would he be for aborting a fetus if he knew it would turn out to be a serial killer?
Wait, are you saying they don't get nun?
I call them little Nugents.