Funny, it’s the leftists that go nuts when someone quotes Scripture. You can see terms like “Christian Taliban” at DU hurled against Bible believing Christians, I was hoping Freepers would be above such Christophobic bigotry.
Here’s an example from Evanglish to illustrate my point: “I was a Catholic, then I became a Christian”.
Now, I know what that means. I can even translate it into Cathlish.
But if you are running for public office in Massachusetts, it’s a losing strategy to talk like that on the record.
Most normal non-Evangelicals (a large majority of voters) find talking about putting on the gospel armor repulsive. Yes, they are ignorant, and plenty of them are prejudiced.
But they all vote.
Senator Cruz would do well to heed the Lord’s advice regarding the wisdom of serpents, and the gentleness of doves.
I dont have a problem with people quoting scripture.
I do think it’s a bit nuts to think God or Christ is going to intercede in any election just because one side quotes scripture thinking that it means they HAVE to be on their side. It happens way too often on our side because it starts to become a crutch where some people think they can just kick back and wait for the big guy to serve up a reward for their faithfulness.
It drove me nuts during the gay marriage fight where people thought tossing bible verses at the other side was going to scare them. Not realizing that this is a political war, and you have to get a bit “unholy” if you want to win.