Republican Smear Machine in top Gear

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1. He did not take the passages out of context. Anyone who knows The Bible at all knows that.

2. The Bible ought not be in any part of the government. See Federalist Papers and related material. Moreover, our laws are based on the Magna Carter.

3. How is he inaccurate? Christ was a pacifist and expressly stated turning the other cheek was the correct thing to do.

4. This ad an email, like most of the R BS, is utter right wing, Crazy Christian crapola.

But, don't take my word for it:

In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says:

You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

—Matthew 5:38-42, NIV

A parallel version is offered in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke:

But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

—Luke 6:27-31. NIV

Where is the alleged inaccuracy in Obama's comments? Moreover, where exactly is it stated Christ would not apply this dogma to terrorists?

Then again, maybe the far right will attack his valient service in Vietnam with utterly baseless ads, when the R candidate was MIA for a year or two while working for a Senator in Alabama while so called "serving" in the National Guard and the R VP candidate "had better things to do" than serve his country. Hey --- wait a minute that was the last election that was full of R BS lies. Yet, the idiotic American people just lap it up like sheep being lead to the slaughter.