Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax

[Lakhota]

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday explained that he had been following God’s instructions when he shocked many people by calling for a flat tax at a non-partisan prayer breakfast with President Barack Obama last year.

During a 27-minute rant just feet away from the president at the National Prayer Breakfast, Carson had explained that Biblical “tithing” would make a better tax system. Fox News quickly heaped praise on Carson, while other conservative outlets like The Wall Street Journal and World Net Daily called for a presidential bid.

According to the Old Testament, Israelites were required by Mosaic law to support the priesthood by giving 10 percent of their land and livestock as a tithe, which is definedas a tenth of a person’s income. Many Christians today have interpreted this to mean that they must give a flat 10 percent of their income to the church.

The so-called “flat tax,” however, is generally considered to be regressive because it impacts poor people more than the rich.

And although the plan is almost exclusively supported by conservatives, Carson told CBN’s Pat Robertson on Wednesday that “the Lord” told him to push for it at the non-partisan prayer breakfast.

“I realized that God probably had something special he wanted me to say,” Carson explained. “But I didn’t know what it was until the morning of the prayer breakfast.”

“After a while of wrestling with it, I just said, I’m leaving it alone, the Lord will tell me what to say,” he continued. “And that morning, it was so clear in my mind what I was supposed to say.”

More: Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax at Obama’s non-partisan prayer breakfast

I find this very troubling coming from a presidential candidate. I don't want a president who hears imaginary voices.

 

[David_42]

Dear god, he's truly nuts.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday explained that he had been following God’s instructions when he shocked many people by calling for a flat tax at a non-partisan prayer breakfast with President Barack Obama last year.

During a 27-minute rant just feet away from the president at the National Prayer Breakfast, Carson had explained that Biblical “tithing” would make a better tax system. Fox News quickly heaped praise on Carson, while other conservative outlets like The Wall Street Journal and World Net Daily called for a presidential bid.

According to the Old Testament, Israelites were required by Mosaic law to support the priesthood by giving 10 percent of their land and livestock as a tithe, which is definedas a tenth of a person’s income. Many Christians today have interpreted this to mean that they must give a flat 10 percent of their income to the church.

The so-called “flat tax,” however, is generally considered to be regressive because it impacts poor people more than the rich.

And although the plan is almost exclusively supported by conservatives, Carson told CBN’s Pat Robertson on Wednesday that “the Lord” told him to push for it at the non-partisan prayer breakfast.

“I realized that God probably had something special he wanted me to say,” Carson explained. “But I didn’t know what it was until the morning of the prayer breakfast.”

“After a while of wrestling with it, I just said, I’m leaving it alone, the Lord will tell me what to say,” he continued. “And that morning, it was so clear in my mind what I was supposed to say.”

More: Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax at Obama’s non-partisan prayer breakfast

I find this very troubling coming from a presidential candidate. I don't want a president who hears imaginary voices.

I heard God told him that after they went out on a night of heavy drinking. At around 3:00 am, right before passing out on the balcony, God said "Bro, you're idea about a flat tax sounds fucking awe-ser... errrrrr..... BLEAARRRGGGHH!!!!" And then God puked his brains out.

 

[The Rabbi]

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday explained that he had been following God’s instructions when he shocked many people by calling for a flat tax at a non-partisan prayer breakfast with President Barack Obama last year.

During a 27-minute rant just feet away from the president at the National Prayer Breakfast, Carson had explained that Biblical “tithing” would make a better tax system. Fox News quickly heaped praise on Carson, while other conservative outlets like The Wall Street Journal and World Net Daily called for a presidential bid.

According to the Old Testament, Israelites were required by Mosaic law to support the priesthood by giving 10 percent of their land and livestock as a tithe, which is definedas a tenth of a person’s income. Many Christians today have interpreted this to mean that they must give a flat 10 percent of their income to the church.

The so-called “flat tax,” however, is generally considered to be regressive because it impacts poor people more than the rich.

And although the plan is almost exclusively supported by conservatives, Carson told CBN’s Pat Robertson on Wednesday that “the Lord” told him to push for it at the non-partisan prayer breakfast.

“I realized that God probably had something special he wanted me to say,” Carson explained. “But I didn’t know what it was until the morning of the prayer breakfast.”

“After a while of wrestling with it, I just said, I’m leaving it alone, the Lord will tell me what to say,” he continued. “And that morning, it was so clear in my mind what I was supposed to say.”

More: Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax at Obama’s non-partisan prayer breakfast

I find this very troubling coming from a presidential candidate. I don't want a president who hears imaginary voices.

Most of that of course is untrue. Actually given the sleazy scumbag OP all of it is untrue.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Yeah, the lord told you to tax the poor more and let the rich take it all. Screw you fucking monkey carson.


The rich use our roads more
Use our police more
Use our tax payer paid innovation and science as products.
Use our business environment

but they deserve to take even more and the worker deserves to die.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Sorry Dr. Carson...

 

[Lakhota]

Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Know all that stuff about how presidential candidate Ben Carson is the Best Neurosurgeon Ever, and how he did the first successful operation to separate twins conjoined at the head? Well, he never would have done that if he hadn’t cheated OFF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS during one of his chemistry finals. Oh yeah. He’s that kinda guy.

Carson admitted all of this at the National Day Of Prayer gathering Thursday, regaling the crowd with a tale about how, when he was at Yale, he thought he was “pretty hot stuff,” but then everything went wrong with this one chemistry final:

“My grades were so bad that even if I had gotten an ‘A’ on the final, I still would have failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic, I’m not sure which one, because he had a rule, he said, ‘anybody who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final’ … so there I was, night before, thinking about my life, I said ‘Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted for me, and yet, it looks like I’m going to fail chemistry, I’m not gonna go to medical school.'”​

So Carson asked the Lord for a miracle, and he decided to stay up all night studying, right up until the point where he fell asleep. And wouldn’t you know it, there God was, in his dream, giving him all the answers to the test!

“Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems [Ed: The Christ, the One the prophets foretold???], and I awakened early that morning and that dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book, I started looking up the stuff that I dreamed about, and when I went to take the test the next morning it was like The Twilight Zone! I opened that book and I recognized the first problem, it was one of the ones I dreamed about! And the next and the next and the next, and I aced the exam! And you know, got a good mark in chemistry!”​

Carson closes by saying that he “promised the Lord He would never have to do that for me again.” Which, you know, is good, because the Bible is very specific about how frequently God is willing to answer those sorts of prayers.

More: Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Oh my, more voices from God.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Science made us the most powerful nation on earth
Science grew our species from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.5 billion today
science has increased our quality of life
Science sent us to the moon and opened up doors we couldn't of ever imagined
Science and investment grew our economy improving our quality of life and making it more comfortable.

Wtf has god ever done?

 

[Auld Phart]

Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Know all that stuff about how presidential candidate Ben Carson is the Best Neurosurgeon Ever, and how he did the first successful operation to separate twins conjoined at the head? Well, he never would have done that if he hadn’t cheated OFF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS during one of his chemistry finals. Oh yeah. He’s that kinda guy.

Carson admitted all of this at the National Day Of Prayer gathering Thursday, regaling the crowd with a tale about how, when he was at Yale, he thought he was “pretty hot stuff,” but then everything went wrong with this one chemistry final:

“My grades were so bad that even if I had gotten an ‘A’ on the final, I still would have failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic, I’m not sure which one, because he had a rule, he said, ‘anybody who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final’ … so there I was, night before, thinking about my life, I said ‘Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted for me, and yet, it looks like I’m going to fail chemistry, I’m not gonna go to medical school.'”​

So Carson asked the Lord for a miracle, and he decided to stay up all night studying, right up until the point where he fell asleep. And wouldn’t you know it, there God was, in his dream, giving him all the answers to the test!

“Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems [Ed: The Christ, the One the prophets foretold???], and I awakened early that morning and that dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book, I started looking up the stuff that I dreamed about, and when I went to take the test the next morning it was like The Twilight Zone! I opened that book and I recognized the first problem, it was one of the ones I dreamed about! And the next and the next and the next, and I aced the exam! And you know, got a good mark in chemistry!”​

Carson closes by saying that he “promised the Lord He would never have to do that for me again.” Which, you know, is good, because the Bible is very specific about how frequently God is willing to answer those sorts of prayers.

More: Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Oh my, more voices from God.

Earth to Lakhota. What are the gods of your people?

If Lakhota is any example...

squirrels


(and other forest creatures)

 

[Lakhota]

 

[TheOldSchool]

Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Know all that stuff about how presidential candidate Ben Carson is the Best Neurosurgeon Ever, and how he did the first successful operation to separate twins conjoined at the head? Well, he never would have done that if he hadn’t cheated OFF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS during one of his chemistry finals. Oh yeah. He’s that kinda guy.

Carson admitted all of this at the National Day Of Prayer gathering Thursday, regaling the crowd with a tale about how, when he was at Yale, he thought he was “pretty hot stuff,” but then everything went wrong with this one chemistry final:

“My grades were so bad that even if I had gotten an ‘A’ on the final, I still would have failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic, I’m not sure which one, because he had a rule, he said, ‘anybody who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final’ … so there I was, night before, thinking about my life, I said ‘Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted for me, and yet, it looks like I’m going to fail chemistry, I’m not gonna go to medical school.'”​

So Carson asked the Lord for a miracle, and he decided to stay up all night studying, right up until the point where he fell asleep. And wouldn’t you know it, there God was, in his dream, giving him all the answers to the test!

“Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems [Ed: The Christ, the One the prophets foretold???], and I awakened early that morning and that dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book, I started looking up the stuff that I dreamed about, and when I went to take the test the next morning it was like The Twilight Zone! I opened that book and I recognized the first problem, it was one of the ones I dreamed about! And the next and the next and the next, and I aced the exam! And you know, got a good mark in chemistry!”​

Carson closes by saying that he “promised the Lord He would never have to do that for me again.” Which, you know, is good, because the Bible is very specific about how frequently God is willing to answer those sorts of prayers.

More: Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Oh my, more voices from God.

Earth to Lakhota. What are the gods of your people?

If Lakhota is any example...

squirrels

Then he has one advantage over your God. Squirrels are real.

 

[TheOldSchool]

He should go back to saving lives. Politics is an evil business.

 

[Auld Phart]

Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Know all that stuff about how presidential candidate Ben Carson is the Best Neurosurgeon Ever, and how he did the first successful operation to separate twins conjoined at the head? Well, he never would have done that if he hadn’t cheated OFF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS during one of his chemistry finals. Oh yeah. He’s that kinda guy.

Carson admitted all of this at the National Day Of Prayer gathering Thursday, regaling the crowd with a tale about how, when he was at Yale, he thought he was “pretty hot stuff,” but then everything went wrong with this one chemistry final:

“My grades were so bad that even if I had gotten an ‘A’ on the final, I still would have failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic, I’m not sure which one, because he had a rule, he said, ‘anybody who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final’ … so there I was, night before, thinking about my life, I said ‘Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted for me, and yet, it looks like I’m going to fail chemistry, I’m not gonna go to medical school.'”​

So Carson asked the Lord for a miracle, and he decided to stay up all night studying, right up until the point where he fell asleep. And wouldn’t you know it, there God was, in his dream, giving him all the answers to the test!

“Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems [Ed: The Christ, the One the prophets foretold???], and I awakened early that morning and that dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book, I started looking up the stuff that I dreamed about, and when I went to take the test the next morning it was like The Twilight Zone! I opened that book and I recognized the first problem, it was one of the ones I dreamed about! And the next and the next and the next, and I aced the exam! And you know, got a good mark in chemistry!”​

Carson closes by saying that he “promised the Lord He would never have to do that for me again.” Which, you know, is good, because the Bible is very specific about how frequently God is willing to answer those sorts of prayers.

More: Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Oh my, more voices from God.

Earth to Lakhota. What are the gods of your people?

If Lakhota is any example...

squirrels

Then he has one advantage over your God. Squirrels are real.

MY God?

I'm agnostic

 

[Lakhota]

 

[TheOldSchool]

Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Know all that stuff about how presidential candidate Ben Carson is the Best Neurosurgeon Ever, and how he did the first successful operation to separate twins conjoined at the head? Well, he never would have done that if he hadn’t cheated OFF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS during one of his chemistry finals. Oh yeah. He’s that kinda guy.

Carson admitted all of this at the National Day Of Prayer gathering Thursday, regaling the crowd with a tale about how, when he was at Yale, he thought he was “pretty hot stuff,” but then everything went wrong with this one chemistry final:

“My grades were so bad that even if I had gotten an ‘A’ on the final, I still would have failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic, I’m not sure which one, because he had a rule, he said, ‘anybody who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final’ … so there I was, night before, thinking about my life, I said ‘Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted for me, and yet, it looks like I’m going to fail chemistry, I’m not gonna go to medical school.'”​

So Carson asked the Lord for a miracle, and he decided to stay up all night studying, right up until the point where he fell asleep. And wouldn’t you know it, there God was, in his dream, giving him all the answers to the test!

“Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems [Ed: The Christ, the One the prophets foretold???], and I awakened early that morning and that dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book, I started looking up the stuff that I dreamed about, and when I went to take the test the next morning it was like The Twilight Zone! I opened that book and I recognized the first problem, it was one of the ones I dreamed about! And the next and the next and the next, and I aced the exam! And you know, got a good mark in chemistry!”​

Carson closes by saying that he “promised the Lord He would never have to do that for me again.” Which, you know, is good, because the Bible is very specific about how frequently God is willing to answer those sorts of prayers.

More: Ben Carson Copied All God’s Answers On His College Chemistry Final

Oh my, more voices from God.

Earth to Lakhota. What are the gods of your people?

If Lakhota is any example...

squirrels

Then he has one advantage over your God. Squirrels are real.

MY God?

I'm agnostic

 

[Lakhota]

 

[CowboyTed]

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday explained that he had been following God’s instructions when he shocked many people by calling for a flat tax at a non-partisan prayer breakfast with President Barack Obama last year.

During a 27-minute rant just feet away from the president at the National Prayer Breakfast, Carson had explained that Biblical “tithing” would make a better tax system. Fox News quickly heaped praise on Carson, while other conservative outlets like The Wall Street Journal and World Net Daily called for a presidential bid.

According to the Old Testament, Israelites were required by Mosaic law to support the priesthood by giving 10 percent of their land and livestock as a tithe, which is definedas a tenth of a person’s income. Many Christians today have interpreted this to mean that they must give a flat 10 percent of their income to the church.

The so-called “flat tax,” however, is generally considered to be regressive because it impacts poor people more than the rich.

And although the plan is almost exclusively supported by conservatives, Carson told CBN’s Pat Robertson on Wednesday that “the Lord” told him to push for it at the non-partisan prayer breakfast.

“I realized that God probably had something special he wanted me to say,” Carson explained. “But I didn’t know what it was until the morning of the prayer breakfast.”

“After a while of wrestling with it, I just said, I’m leaving it alone, the Lord will tell me what to say,” he continued. “And that morning, it was so clear in my mind what I was supposed to say.”

More: Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax at Obama’s non-partisan prayer breakfast

I find this very troubling coming from a presidential candidate. I don't want a president who hears imaginary voices.

Most of that of course is untrue. Actually given the sleazy scumbag OP all of it is untrue.

Plenty of verification on the internet.. \so what is untrue...

 

[Buzz Jenkins]

I have said it before - Carson cannot be trusted, and I am a conservative. Once you start talking to imaginary people you need to be locked away.

 

[guno]

Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Thursday explained that he had been following God’s instructions when he shocked many people by calling for a flat tax at a non-partisan prayer breakfast with President Barack Obama last year.

During a 27-minute rant just feet away from the president at the National Prayer Breakfast, Carson had explained that Biblical “tithing” would make a better tax system. Fox News quickly heaped praise on Carson, while other conservative outlets like The Wall Street Journal and World Net Daily called for a presidential bid.

According to the Old Testament, Israelites were required by Mosaic law to support the priesthood by giving 10 percent of their land and livestock as a tithe, which is definedas a tenth of a person’s income. Many Christians today have interpreted this to mean that they must give a flat 10 percent of their income to the church.

The so-called “flat tax,” however, is generally considered to be regressive because it impacts poor people more than the rich.

And although the plan is almost exclusively supported by conservatives, Carson told CBN’s Pat Robertson on Wednesday that “the Lord” told him to push for it at the non-partisan prayer breakfast.

“I realized that God probably had something special he wanted me to say,” Carson explained. “But I didn’t know what it was until the morning of the prayer breakfast.”

“After a while of wrestling with it, I just said, I’m leaving it alone, the Lord will tell me what to say,” he continued. “And that morning, it was so clear in my mind what I was supposed to say.”

More: Ben Carson: ‘The Lord’ told me to call for flat tax at Obama’s non-partisan prayer breakfast

I find this very troubling coming from a presidential candidate. I don't want a president who hears imaginary voices.

Bush the jesus groveler heard voices that command him to attack Iraq


George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'

George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'



George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month.

Mr Bush revealed the extent of his religious fervour when he met a Palestinian delegation during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Egpytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, four months after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."

Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."

 

[HUGGY]

Dear god, he's truly nuts.

The previous president "talked" with god, I really think it was Cheney hiding under some furniture and look where THAT got us.

We are done with POTUS'S that think they can communicate directly with sky fairies.

THAT IS really crazy.

 

[Lakhota]

Carson is an idiot savant.