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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan anybody tell me tell me why Cruz has to worship his God in the restroom?
What religion is s that anyway?
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Can anybody tell me tell me why Cruz has to worship his God in the restroom? (Original Post)
world wide wally
Apr 2016
OP
That verse always hits the Baptist and Pentecostals pretty hard. Me, I was raised on the book of
LiberalArkie
Apr 2016
#7
Saying "Oh God" over and over in the restroom while masturbating is not religion, it's just called
madinmaryland
Apr 2016
#3
Many seek release at the porcelain throne, a venerated object of worship around the world. nt
procon
Apr 2016
#14
It's the same religion that forbids same sex and shellfish, but not slavery and child rape
Major Nikon
Apr 2016
#15
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. Praying before masturbation maybe? Is that a religion?
IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)2. Matthew 6:5-7
http://biblehub.com/matthew/6-6.htm
"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 6"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.
The many words part could be a problem for Cruz
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)7. That verse always hits the Baptist and Pentecostals pretty hard. Me, I was raised on the book of
common prayer. Most relatively short. And kept short because of the kneeling.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)3. Saying "Oh God" over and over in the restroom while masturbating is not religion, it's just called
masturbating religiously.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)4. Ooooh!
I think that's a pretty popular religion!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,308 posts)5. His god has movements in mysterious ways (nt)
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)6. He likes to bless each offering to the porcelain god.
Divine Vestibule of Release, Station of the Sphincter - where tithing is just a grunt and a push away.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)8. He could just be praying to the porcelain god...
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)9. Can't a pee just be a pee sometimes?
hunter
(38,311 posts)10. The Protestant church was invented by Martin Luther while he sat on the toilet.
Archaeologists in Germany say they may have found a lavatory where Martin Luther launched the Reformation of the Christian church in the 16th Century.
Luther left a candid catalogue of his battle with constipation but despite this wealth of information, certain key details remain obscure - such as what the great reformer may have used in place of toilet paper.
"We still don't know what was used for wiping in those days," says Dr Treu. The paper of the time, he says, would have been too expensive and critically, "too stiff" for the purpose.
And while it is probable that the inspiration that led to Luther's reforms occurred on this toilet, it is impossible to prove it beyond doubt, Dr Treu says.
--more--
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3944549.stm
Luther left a candid catalogue of his battle with constipation but despite this wealth of information, certain key details remain obscure - such as what the great reformer may have used in place of toilet paper.
"We still don't know what was used for wiping in those days," says Dr Treu. The paper of the time, he says, would have been too expensive and critically, "too stiff" for the purpose.
And while it is probable that the inspiration that led to Luther's reforms occurred on this toilet, it is impossible to prove it beyond doubt, Dr Treu says.
--more--
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3944549.stm
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)11. So, Cruz is a Lutheran?
hunter
(38,311 posts)12. All those little splinter Protestant Christian churches look the same to me...
If you are going to call yourself a Christian then might as well stick with the original Catholic or Orthodox brands.
It's like the breakfast cereal aisle in the grocery store. The store-brand imitations are never quite the same.
Warpy
(111,249 posts)13. It's when his god is most visible
You know, when he unzips it.
procon
(15,805 posts)14. Many seek release at the porcelain throne, a venerated object of worship around the world. nt
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)15. It's the same religion that forbids same sex and shellfish, but not slavery and child rape
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)16. It's a rethuglican
Larry Craig, wide stance kind of thing.