Tom DeLay is either a complete fool or a raving asshole of epic proportions

[docwebster]

Or, dear friends, all of the above.

"The Hammer" had this to say at the 109th Congress prayer meeting:

"A reading of the Gospel, in Matthew 7:21 through 27.

Not every one who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?"

Then I will declare to them solemnly, "I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers."

Everyone who listens to these words of mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man, who built his house on a rock:

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, but it did not collapse; it has been set solidly on rock.

And everyone who listens to these words of mine, but does not act on them, will be like a fool who built his house on sand:

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, and it collapsed and was completely ruined."

Now, I know there's no evidence he was talking about the tsunami. But he was either tactless to a degree not seen since the days of Attila The Hun, or he was talking about the tsunami in which case he's pretty much saying those godless heathens got what they deserved.

I mean, bloody hell.

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[hnybny.livejournal.com]

That is just sick. More reason to be happily agnostic, and I am.

[demented-pants.livejournal.com]

Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?"

Then I will declare to them solemnly, "I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers."

...Sounds to me like he's talking about Bush.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Ew. What a completely dis*gusting* person. He really needs a swift kick. Or twelve.

Love you.

Gessi

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Mrs. Slocombe, are you free?

Tom Delay and the Gospel

[ex-flexible.livejournal.com]

Heh. He missed a few passages, such as:

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Matthew 7:1-2 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

Matthew 7:3-5 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Or, given his own actions, he might want to consider this passage carefully:

Matthew 7:15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them."

Which leads me to the point that Jesus was getting to a bit further along:

Matthew 25:41-45 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

“He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’"

Mr. DeLay needs to reconsider where he stands with the Man right quick, don't you think?

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

While the man is a complete a**hole, a crook, a thief, a liar, and so completely clueless as to defy belief, I think here he was just being stupid (more so than ususal).
Although it does remind me of a story:

Early 1950s, small Bible Church in Dallas Texas. Preacher gives long sermon based on this scripture, along the lines of "If you do this, you get this, if you do this you get this." Builds to dramatic climax and shouts "and Sinner what will YOU have?". From the back of the church pipes up a very clear voice "Pabts Blue Ribbon". Dead silence falls, then from one side of the church someone snickers, then someone else, then one man bursts into gales of laughter and it sweeps the church. The preacher just looks around and and says, "Congragation dismissed", no collection, no benediction. Television was fairly new, and a very popular commercial was for said beer to the tune of _Ten Little Indians_. Preacher consoled the childs' parents by telling them that at least she had been listening and sorta understood parts of it. The child was nearly 3.

Delay doesn't even have that much going for him.