Is it any coincidence that Bible literalists.... (middle east, legal, Jesus)

[psulions2007]

...are also Constitutional literalists?

Something about that mindset...

[70Ford]

Originally Posted by psulions2007

...are also Constitutional literalists?

Something about that mindset...

John 10:9: "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture."


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Jesus, as pictured above.


What he probably looked like.
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What a lot of people think of when someone says Jesus.
They most likely don't think of a Middle Eastern Jew.





Jesus in burnt toast.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/understa...n-burnt-toast/

P.S. Cracked is full of foul language and is not politically correct.

[GWhopper]

But they are often not. Many of them want to rewrite constitutional history to do away with the seperation of church and state.

[psulions2007]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

But they are often not. Many of them want to rewrite constitutional history to do away with the seperation of church and state.

Well to be fair, adding amendments to the constitution to ban same-sex marriage, etc. is perfectly legal. You could add an amendment that requires all cows to be painted with pepto bismol pink if you wanted to.

However, what I'm saying is that they are very very literal in their interpretation of the current constitution.

[ergohead]

Originally Posted by psulions2007

Well to be fair, adding amendments to the constitution to ban same-sex marriage, etc. is perfectly legal. You could add an amendment that requires all cows to be painted with pepto bismol pink if you wanted to.

However, what I'm saying is that they are very very literal in their interpretation of the current constitution.

What, you think the Constitution is allegory?

Get a brain.

literal |ˈlitərəl; ˈlitrəl|
adjective

taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory

[hammertime33]

The common link: mental illness

[flash3780]

I'm not sure that I understand the correlation or why it matters. What I'm curious about is why one would take anything but a literal interpretation of the limited and enumerated powers of the Federal Government.

If there's no limit on their power, what keeps us free?