The more the merrier! Spread the word. I’d love to see Christians not eating for 40 days all across America. (Maybe they won’t have enough strength to vote.)
And NO CHEATING! Remember, God sees it when you eat that box of oreos, Pastor Oleo.
It’s pretty straightforward. Not eating makes God happy, and if you make God happy, then he might give “wisdom” to people so that they vote against politicians that support gay marriage. But if politicians who support gay marriage do get elected, that clearly means that not enough people fasted or that God is wanting to punish us or that he has a BetterPlan™ or that he does support gay marriage this decade.
Got that?
Will the buttons on her shirt go on a fast as well?
Can they just stop eating altogether, like, forever?
Maybe if you go 40 days without eating, that starts to mak sense?
Orgasmically challenged….plain and simple.With any hope, she’ll fast and die before she could vote. We should all encourage all christians to fast for 40 days and nights. That means NO food….just water. That will be a “fast” way to deal with the jesus freaks!
Why bother with water?
Voting is so very complicated: I was very hungry and disorientated after 40 days; I tried to vote with my feet like she said, but I kept falling down. Then they said it was unsanitary, so I asked for one of those Muslim foot washers to be installed next to every voting machine. They killed me.
God called me an asshole. I’m so confused.
Igor! You’re killing me! (I am so confused, hahahaha!
“But if politicians who support gay marriage do get elected, that clearly means that not enough people fasted or that God is wanting to punish us or that he has a BetterPlan™ or that he does support gay marriage this decade.”
Well it certainly can’t be that last one, because god does not support gay marriage. He told me so himself. I know the mind of god, and anyone who says god says different is obviously lying. Also, even though you might believe in a different god, or none, you still have to do what my god says. Otherwise we lose our religious liberty and the terrorists win!
I really don’t care what the fundies do in terms of praying for their candidates. I would draw the line at the fundie pastors endorsing candidates from the pulpit. Even a general endorsement such as she made in the video, “support pro-life, Biblical-values” candidates is often a huge finger pointing at one of the candidates in a race, and, of course, a huge finger to the other candidates.
On a related note, it would be more interesting if she were more specific on the Biblical values she is endorsing. Slavery? Child-sacrifice? Genocide? Stoning for working on the Sabbath or adultery or dissing your parents?
Women being considered property.
She’s fine with this, I’m sure.
Polygamy.
Her husband/owner could probably convince her this is ok too.
oo-oo! INCESST!
40 days?
Geeze. I get cranky after three or four hours!
Fasting for 40 days is no doubt the reason Moses threw a hissy fit when he came down off that mountain and smashed the ten commandments into smithereens.
He was suffering from the crankiness that accompanies low blood sugar.
I foresee a huge number of people raiding Dunkin Donuts at about the 35 day mark. The founder of DD is a fundy, he doesn’t want to lose business……….this could get messy
The funniest thing (aside from what she proposed) was her expression in the first frames – how her expression turned from pissed off to fake smile….
I hadn’t noticed that (busy getting my speakers sorted, and I didn’t want to watch it a second time). The director probably told her to smile.
scary, right. Her false smile is very threatening.
scary, right? Her false smile is very threatening.
I agree with ‘kjpweb’ that the fake fundie smile [FFS] is classic, and nauseating. Most fundies seem to have a secret switch for turning it on at ‘appropriate’ moments during any conversation.
This is the stupidest pep rally I ever heard of. But I hope it catches on. We are trying to fix the economy, let’s cut people’s spending on what keeps them alive, and see how they finally understand what not having food is like. They seem to easily ignore starvation all over the country and the globe. They don’t believe in science, and science will get them if they try to fast.
I don’t think this will catch on very well, people like their meat, and a lot of Christians have jobs that require focus – maybe they will get fired from their jobs and see how they like it. I am wondering why she thinks fasting is the way, why not.. oh, cut your electricity. Can’t watch your Fox news without electricity! Or just TV. Not even the lamps and the toasters, just the television. I wonder how many idiots will join this campaign, but I’d like to see some other hardcore Christians call this idea idiotic, you know, because they like to eat and they know they don’t want to drive around SUVs full of children when they’re dizzy with hunger. See if they like their health plans now when they have to go to the emergency room because they don’t feel ok, and they can’t make the connection. I don’t know if they plan to starve their children because children can’t vote, but why or why not starve your children? It obviously can’t hurt them if it can’t hurt you – but if you feed them, you realize already fasting is too dangerous.
Who is going to keep an ear out to see what becomes of this plan? I’m really curious how many followers it gets and what happens to them after 3 or 4 days of not eating, I don’t think any of them can last longer than that.
Her pinched up face smacks just a little of Laura Bush, but this anally retentive woman is definitely filled with a lot more venom. Her turds must be about the size of tic tacs. Aside from these astute observations, all I can say is let them fast and let them vote if they survive 40 days of fasting. Hell, let’s encourage them to fast! Interestingly enough, Nathan Heflick over at Psychology Today wrote on March 12, 2010 about an American woman who died after fasting for only 20 days. Fundamentalist nutjobs (and prophetesses) abound these days, but I have to believe that sooner or later the boomerang effect will snap us back to more reality. I certainly hope so, anyway, because if religious fanaticism becomes the one dominating force within our society, I don’t want to be here anymore.
Uh, who is she?
She is Cindy Jacobs, wacked-out but surprisingly popular nut job; self-proclaimed “Prophetess to the Nations”
Do these cretins even know what “biblical values” are, I wonder?
Of course they don’t. They just make up their values, and then find parts in the bible that support them.
What exactly does that mean?
That term is so meaningless. More wordplay on their part.
What ARE their family values? I want a list.
Are they chevy, baseball, & apple pie?
Does Newt Gingrich, now on his 3rd divorce, have good family values?
Does Ted Haggard have good family values?
I propose a new law. One week before an election, all people will need to eat large, high calorie meals otherwise they can’t vote.
It’s nice to have all your bases covered.
From what I’ve read elsewhere, the type of fast she’s talking about is not eating during daylight hours. In other words, Ramadan.
She did this before in 2005- that time her focus was on curing diseases like Autism and getting new limbs to grow.
“She did this before in 2005- that time her focus was on curing diseases like Autism and getting new limbs to grow.”
That worked well.
She must have heard the “why doesn’t God heal Amputees” argument and decided to fix that herself. I guess God couldn’t hear the question way up there.
Either that or all her fasting friends were so hungry they swamped god with their prayer for cheeseburgers and fries causing him to miss the whole grow new legs part.
Aren’t you supposed to walk 40 days in the desert too all alone by yourself no cell phone no internet, nothing except with 40 days supply of pure water?
Absolutely. A good old-fashioned pagan style vision quest. NPR recently had a broadcast on how some fasters get the woo after just a few days. If you’re Native American you see your totem animal, if you’re a Christian monk you start smelling roses, if you’re a hippie you “resonate in tune with the universe.” My guess is that people experience a heightening of their senses after a few days of no nutrition because their body want them to be alert enough to go after prey. Speaking from military experience, it really is easier to miss meals when you’re in the wild. If you’re driving through a village, smell food, and don’t have any money, hunger hits you with a literally gut-wrenching force.
Many years ago I went several days without food. Very trippy. I quit when the angel told me I had to eat.
Personally, I support anything that endangers the life of a large number of Christians.
Fast away; and we can ship what you don’t eat to a country in need. Two birds with one stone.
Does this lady remind anyone else of Ms. Umbridge from the Harry Potter movies? =P
Hahaha, I knew someone would have beaten me to this.
How many JohnC’s will do fasting based on her feelings?
There isn’t a chance in hell that this woman would miss one meal, much less 40 days’ worth of meals.
Yeah, I think all Xtians should fast and pray for 40 days, except they should do it every year, not just before this election. Not only would it help the national obesity epidemic, while they are praying, they can’t do any harm to others.
Your body politic would be cleansed if all her supporters abstained from both food and drink for forty days.
(Maybe they won’t have enough strength to vote.)
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Sarcasm isn’t lost on me, but still. C’mon DF.
You didn’t appreciate my sad attempt at humor?
I haven’t seen one mention of another positive of a 40 day xtian fast: maybe some of those fat bastards will lose some weight!
With 75% of America claiming xianity and 68% of Americans overweight or obese, it stands to reason most of the rotund ones are xtian. Let’s get America back in shape with a 40 day fast. W00t!