The Huffington Post is reporting that Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential “flavor of the week” Herman “Pizza Man” Cain wrote last December in a RedState column titled “The Perfect Conservative” that Jesus was killed by a “liberal court.”
The column claims Jesus was a conservative. “He helped the poor without one government program. He healed the sick without a government health care system. He feed the hungry without food stamps,” wrote Cain. “For three years He was unemployed, and never collected an unemployment check.”
Cain then describes Jesus’ death:
“But they made Him walk when He was arrested and taken to jail, and no, He was not read any Miranda Rights. He was arrested for just being who He was and doing nothing wrong. And when they tried Him in court, He never said a mumbling word.
“He didn’t have a lawyer, nor did He care about who judged Him.
His judge was a higher power.
“The liberal court found Him guilty of false offences and sentenced Him to death, all because He changed the hearts and minds of men with an army of 12.”
Cain described his faith to the Associated Press recently, and vowed to challenge Rick Perry for the evangelical vote. “People are realizing that he is not the only Christian conservative in this race,” Cain said.
“You know, I don’t wear my Christian faith, which has been my faith since I was 10 years old, on my forehead,” he said. “But people can see it on my website and when they read my credentials they can see I’m a staunch Christian conservative, and they are saying ‘wait a minute.”’
Cain also said over the summer that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney could not win the presidential election because of his Mormonism. “It doesn’t bother me. But I do know it is an issue for a lot of southerners. If you don’t win South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, you can’t win the nomination.”
Cain ended his RedState column on a cheery note: “We must be the Defending Father and the defenders of the perfect conservative. That’s why I proudly wish one and all a very Merry Christmas!”
First, is Cain claiming the Roman Empire was a liberal state? Hardly, it was the uber-conservatives’ dream come true; the perfect melding of religion and state into a divine emperor whose word was law.
“He helped the poor without one government program. He healed the sick without a government health care system. He feed the hungry without food stamps,” wrote Cain. “For three years He was unemployed, and never collected an unemployment check.”
Second, the uber-conservative Sanhedrin condemned Christ to death, it own version of Shariah law upheld by the uber-conservative Roman Empire. If Rome was so liberal, where were the government programs to help the poor? Where was the socialized health care program to heal the sick? Where was the government program to feed the hungry? Where was Jesus’ unemployment check? If anything Cain’s own statements proof that Rome was anything but liberal and Christ was.
I’m pretty certain that Jesus would be booed by the uber-conservative debate crowds for saying we should help the poor, the needy and the hungry; that we should help those who need medical attention. I’m equally sure the same crowds would have cheered Pilate and jeered the crucified Savor. Many would no doubt have stood by and said, “He was found guilty, he must have been a criminal.”
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