Looking at the statements and actions of many Right-Wing Conservative Politicians and Religious Leaders, which First Century, "Son of God", does it appear they more closely emulate?
The following is a list of statements by Right-Wing Conservative Christian Politicians and Leaders. Which "Son of God" do they more closely imitate:
Sen. Ted Cruz, GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate
A Southern Baptist, Cruz, a leading Republican candidate for president, routinely expounds the virtues of his Christian background in sold-out rallies and stump speeches
“If we awaken and energize the body of Christ– if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values– we will win and we will turn the country around,”
On ISIS and Syrian Civilians
"We won’t weaken them. We won’t degrade them. We will utterly destroy them. We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. We will arm the Kurds. We will do everything necessary so that every militant on the face of the earth will know if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad and declare war on America, you are signing your death warrant.”
CRUZ: You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city, but the location of the troops. You use air power directed — and you have embedded special forces to direction the air power. But the object isn’t to level a city. The object is to kill the ISIS terrorists.
On Refugees
“I have to say particularly in light of what happened in Paris, that's nothing short of lunacy.”
On Immigrants
"I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization," Cruz said during Tuesday's GOP debate on CNN, after being challenged on the point by Rubio.
On Capital Punishment
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said he disagrees with Pope Francis’ call Thursday to abolish the death penalty, calling the use of capital punishment a “recognition of the preciousness of human life.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/ted-cruz-pope-francis-death-penalty-214023#ixzz3wUcsy7m4
On Gun Control
"It is saddening to see the president today, once again, try to take advantage of this tragic murder to promote an agenda that will do nothing to stop violent crime, but will undermine the constitutional rights of all law-abiding Americans," Cruz said in a statement. "I am committed to working with Sens. Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and Jim Inhofe -- and I hope many other colleagues -- to use any procedural means necessary to protect those fundamental rights."
On Muslims
He equated Obama’s defense of Islam with a defense of terrorism:
"He spent a significant portion of his Sunday address as an apologist for radical Islamic terrorism. And his attorney general, Loretta Lynch, told a gathering the day after the San Bernardino attack that her department would move to prosecute anyone whose “anti-Muslim rhetoric” “edged towards violence.” The day after a terror attack, 14 innocent lives snuffed away, we want a president and an attorney general who is standing up to defend this nation, not an attorney general who decrees herself the speech police for any who dare speak out against this threat"
Reverend Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the international Christian aid group Samaritan’s Purse, and sometime GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate
On ISIS and Syrian Civilians
“The president has been doing virtually nothing,” he remarked. “I appreciate the airstrikes, but it’s almost too little too late. I’m afraid the United States is going to have to put troops back into Iraq, which I would hate to see. But that may be the only way to defeat ISIS.”
Van Susteren, host of On the Record, then asked, “Well, how come they are persecuting Muslims as well, if the Muslims -- they all follow the Koran -- how come some Muslims are getting persecuted as well?”
Rev. Graham said, “Well, they're not being persecuted but they're just running.
On Refugees
“We are under attack by Muslims at home and abroad,” Franklin Graham, head of Samaritans Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote on his public Facebook page on July 17. “We should stop all immigration of Muslims to the US until this threat with Islam has been settled.” At press time, more than 167,000 people had “liked” the post.
“Every Muslim that comes into this country has the potential to be radicalized — and they do their killing to honor their religion and Muhammad,” Graham wrote at the time. “During World War 2, we didn’t allow Japanese to immigrate to America, nor did we allow Germans. Why are we allowing Muslims now?”
On Immigration
“I don’t believe in banning Muslims from coming. I think we should put a halt on immigration because our borders are broken,” said Graham. “All people, but especially those coming from the Middle East right now.”
On Gun Control
“President Obama’s answer to the tragic shooting of nine people in Charleston, SC, is to have more gun laws. With all due respect Mr. President, all of the laws in the world can’t change the human heart—only God can do that,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “Our nation needs a spiritual healing—we have turned our back on God and His laws.”
Governor Chris Christie, GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate
On Refugees
"I do not trust this administration to effectively vet the people who are proposed to be coming in," the New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful said in an interview Monday with radio host Hugh Hewitt.
When asked if he would make an exception for "orphans under the age of five," Christie said no.
On Torture
Goldberg: Think back to around 2005, 2006. You remember what it felt like when Americans started feeling some regrets about certain steps we were taking in the War on Terror, including Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, torture—
Christie: I don’t agree with that last part.
Goldberg: Torture?
Christie: Guantanamo Bay, and that you are characterizing something as torture. But that’s fine.
Goldberg: When you hold someone down and make them feel that they’re drowning, that’s not torture?
Christie: I think there are enhanced interrogation techniques that are appropriate at times, yes.
Dr. Ben Carson, GOP Presidential Nomination Candidate
“I can tell you that my faith is very important to me, and I believe that one of the reasons this country excelled beyond anything anybody else has done, and so quickly, is because of our value system,” Carson said. “Our values were based upon our Judeo-Christian faith, and as we throw that away, we see that we are no longer excelling, and we’re actually moving in the opposite direction.”
On ISIS and Syrian Civilians
"We have to eradicate them now," he said. "We have to use every means possible to do that."
“So you are OK with the death of thousands of innocent children and civilians?” Hewitt pressed. Amid loud boos from the audience Carson said, “You got it.”
On Muslims
“I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.”
On Immigration
Q: In a speech to the Values Voters Summit, you said many of the immigrants trying to cross the border into the U.S. are hardened criminals from Iraq, Somalia and Russia. Do you have evidence that many are hardened criminals from those countries?
CARSON: Well, I talked to a number of the sheriffs on the borders and they've told me what kind of people are coming over. So I'm not sure that I would trust, quite frankly, any figures coming from the government, given the fact that they are the ones who are problematic. You know, a lot of these people who are captured, it's ICE who comes along and says, "you must release these people."
ABC This Week 2015 interview by Martha Raddatz , Sep 27, 2015
On Capital Punishment
BEN CARSON: I think the death penalty is something that should be decided in a civil matter with the people in the area.
TAPPER: So a state by state decision?
CARSON: Absolutely.
http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/Carson/?on=capital-punishment
On Gun Control
Q: So you're not saying there should be a limitation on what type of weapon a sane person should be able to buy?
CARSON: Of course not. You know, when we put this amendment in place, you know, state-of-the-art weapon was what? A musket? But the principle was that the citizenry should have access to whatever they needed in order to protect themselves from an overly aggressive government.
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