Christian Lawmakers Blame Satan After Their Twitter Poll Goes Badly Awry (surprise, surprise)

Christian Lawmakers Group Blames Satan After Twitter Poll Goes Badly Awry

The National Association of Christian Lawmakers posted a Twitter poll about religion in politics. They didn’t like the response.

National Association of Christian Lawmakers @ChristLawmakers




Do you believe America would be better off if more Christians served in elected office?
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After more than 16,000 replies, the answer was an overwhelming “no,” which received 95.8% of the vote. In response, the group accused “atheists and Satanists” of “religious persecution” for voting in the poll.



Congress is overwhelmingly Christian, far out of proportion with the people they represent. According to a Pew survey last year, the Senate and House are nearly 90% Christian, compared with 65% of America as a whole.



One in four Americans now considers themselves atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” a position publicly held by just one member of the current Congress, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), who lists her religion as “none.” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) describes himself as a humanist, while a handful of others haven’t acknowledged a faith or lack thereof.



The National Association of Christian Lawmakers was started last year by Arkansas State Sen. Jason Rapert (R), who warned about the rise of witches in a recruitment email. It’s not clear how many members the group has, but its board of advisers includes a number of current and former elected officials, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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OrphanSlug said:

And this is a surprise... why?

"Christian lawmakers" are perhaps the worst when it comes to flat out making **** up.

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TypicalRussian said:

Have some respect for non-Christians and stop believing in God if you are going into politics, like SMH guys:lamo

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Chomsky said:

I think having a little Faith can be a good thing. But, I detest those using "faith" to their own means.

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Old 'N Chill said:

These religious extremists are way far out there. :roll: No, I don't believe America would be better off if more Christians served in elected office. In fact, American would be better off to keep religion out of government and politics. Have some respect for non-Christians in the United States of America.



Christian Lawmakers Group Blames Satan After Twitter Poll Goes Badly Awry | HuffPost

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upsideguy said:

Rather than blaming Satan, perhaps they should be a little more critically introspective. It seems to me their standing silent in support of Trump as he conducts himself and his policies in the most A-Christian of ways paints many Christians has hypocrites. Maybe many read that poll as asking if government would be better off with even more Christian hypocrites.

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Old 'N Chill said:

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TypicalRussian said:

You do realize that is what your point was:doh:lamo:lamo

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Old 'N Chill said:

No, that wasn't my point, that was your point. :roll:

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