Jesus Christ - R, Calvary

Not good ... not good at all. But the media will love it. Not because they get it, but for the eyebrow raising effect. Geraghty doesn't like it, per link above. Allah says, "this is where I get off." Ace is unimpressed. I just find it insulting, though I appreciate Huckabee's context, it is not the context of the majority of Americans he needs to appeal to. Maybe he should try out for the NFL, or go back to televangelism, both venues where this stuff plays much better.

Comments

[Techie]

Holy Crap: It's Jimmy Carter 2.0!

"I'm Mike Huckabee, and I'm running for President."

[Paladin]

I have to agree. The decision to claim God-sponsorship is regrettable. What happened to humility in our country?

[BobInStamford]

Jesus Freaks= Nutballs. How can anyone take these backwoods clowns seriously??

[jj]

I have a better question for you, Bob. How can anyone take a clown like you seriously? Your one or two line snippets of hatefulness say a lot about liberals, and how hateful and distasteful you people are. You're pathetic, and mentally ill, and you really ought to seek professional help, Bob.

[seekeronos]

I'm less than impressed... the Huckster trying to ride off of Mitt's coattails here.

Nice Freudian slip by the college boy...

...and -1 for the scriptural accuracy for Rev. Huckabee saying that "a boy in Galilee" fed the 5000 with the 12 loaves and 5 fishes.

Jesus began His public ministry at 30 years of age.

[Dan Riehl]

Not a bust on that one, Seek: see "boy"

"The canonical Gospels all report that, upon investigating the provisions of the crowd, the disciples were only able to find 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, and the Gospel of John adds that these came from a single boy in the crowd. The Gospels state that Jesus blessed the food, broke it, and gave it to the disciples, who distributed it to the people present - 5000 not counting women and children - all of them being fed. The Gospels also state that after the meal was over, the disciples collected the scraps, filling 12 baskets."

[seekeronos]

Heh. It was the lad, after all.

I stand corrected then. :)

I guess I didn't consider where the disciples had sourced those loaves and fishes.

Here is John 6:5-14, showing the background of this event:

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5. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6. And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
8. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9. There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10. And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
13. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

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(John 6:5-14, KJV)

As an aside, Jesus still gets all the glory for being able to feed the multitude (over 5000) because without Him, that boy's food would'na been able to feed that crowd.

[BobInStamford]

God just spoke to me. He said that he decided to help Mike Huckleberry become president and also kill off some wicked midwestern mall shoppers. Funny guy, that God.

[Techie]

I always wonder about trolls, do they get off on being naked contrarieties?

[templar knight]

Dan, the shithead in Stamford crossed the line with that last comment. It ought to be deleted, as it's possible a victim's family or friends might see that hateful comment.

[L Ron Hubbard]

The compassion that you show both as a BBQ 'competitor and a patriot is inspiring. Thank you for your service, hero. I'm sure that your children speak of your brave deeds often in that PRIVATE school of theirs.