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| | *Tennant, Michael (November 12, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/34019-mayor-pete-the-most-dangerous-candidate-for-christianity Mayor Pete: The Most Dangerous Candidate for Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 12, 2019.</ref> He has claimed the Bible contains contradictions and thus is not [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]], though he still twists it to support his ideological views.<ref>Gage, John (November 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-i-am-not-cherry-picking-the-bible-it-is-just-inconsistent-internally Buttigieg: I am not 'cherry-picking' the Bible, it is just 'inconsistent internally']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (November 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/34120-the-church-of-st-pete-buttigieg-says-bible-is-inconsistent-but-can-justify-abortion The Church of St. Pete: Buttigieg Says Bible is “Inconsistent,” but Can Justify Abortion]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (December 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/28/christian-post-pete-buttigiegs-bible-missing-lot-pages/ Christian Post: Pete Buttigieg’s Bible ‘Missing a Lot of Pages’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 28, 2019.</ref> | | *Tennant, Michael (November 12, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/34019-mayor-pete-the-most-dangerous-candidate-for-christianity Mayor Pete: The Most Dangerous Candidate for Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 12, 2019.</ref> He has claimed the Bible contains contradictions and thus is not [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]], though he still twists it to support his ideological views.<ref>Gage, John (November 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-i-am-not-cherry-picking-the-bible-it-is-just-inconsistent-internally Buttigieg: I am not 'cherry-picking' the Bible, it is just 'inconsistent internally']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (November 23, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/34120-the-church-of-st-pete-buttigieg-says-bible-is-inconsistent-but-can-justify-abortion The Church of St. Pete: Buttigieg Says Bible is “Inconsistent,” but Can Justify Abortion]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 23, 2019.</ref><ref>Williams, Thomas D. (December 28, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/28/christian-post-pete-buttigiegs-bible-missing-lot-pages/ Christian Post: Pete Buttigieg’s Bible ‘Missing a Lot of Pages’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 28, 2019.</ref> |
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| − | Buttigieg's "faith journey" begins with father, who studied to become a Jesuit for a time, and although the elder Buttigieg later became irreligious, and in his memoir, "Shortest Way Home," "Mayor Pete" credits Catholicism with awakening his moral conscience, "as a voice for the oppressed and downtrodden," which he sees homosexuals as. However, as a proponent of The Federal Equality Act, Buttigieg supports persecuting those who uphold the rejecting the incontrovertible Biblical teaching that only condemns homosexual relations and only joins male and female in marriage, as the Lord Jesus Himself specified.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-6&version=KJV; Matthew 19:4-6]</ref><ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref> | + | Buttigieg's "faith journey" begins with father, who studied to become a Jesuit for a time, and although the elder Buttigieg later became irreligious, in his memoir, "Shortest Way Home," "Mayor Pete" credits Catholicism with awakening his moral conscience, "as a voice for the oppressed and downtrodden," which he sees homosexuals as. However, as a proponent of The Federal Equality Act, Buttigieg supports persecuting those who uphold the rejecting the incontrovertible Biblical teaching that only condemns homosexual relations and only joins male and female in marriage, as the Lord Jesus Himself specified.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-6&version=KJV; Matthew 19:4-6]</ref><ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref> |
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| | Later, as a student at [[Harvard University]], Buttigieg heard the famed homosexual preacher and proxy servant of the devil, Peter Gomes, expound on so-called "progressive Christianity," and as a consequence Buttigieg attests, "I began to understand the range of Christian traditions beyond the Catholicism I was steeped in at South Bend," and wrote columns in the Harvard Crimson that exhorted liberals to seize the moral high ground (as perversely defined by him) from conservatives. However, as R. Albert Mohler (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky) states, "Progressive Christianity necessitates replacing Christianity with an entirely new religion." "Mayor Pete is just the latest prophet of this new religion. He won't be the last. | | Later, as a student at [[Harvard University]], Buttigieg heard the famed homosexual preacher and proxy servant of the devil, Peter Gomes, expound on so-called "progressive Christianity," and as a consequence Buttigieg attests, "I began to understand the range of Christian traditions beyond the Catholicism I was steeped in at South Bend," and wrote columns in the Harvard Crimson that exhorted liberals to seize the moral high ground (as perversely defined by him) from conservatives. However, as R. Albert Mohler (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky) states, "Progressive Christianity necessitates replacing Christianity with an entirely new religion." "Mayor Pete is just the latest prophet of this new religion. He won't be the last. |
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| | Erickson also pointed out that while Buttigieg holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Vice President Mike Pence, yet the later has never once said anything negative about Buttigieg having [[homosexual attraction]]s, while Buttigieg called Pence a fanatic and ridiculed Pence's faith. Erickson thus sees this as suggesting that he "would be O.K. with using the government to persecute Christians," for already "Buttigieg has come out in favor of the government shutting down Christian businesses if they do not bow at the altar of gay marriage."<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution] ete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution</ref> | | Erickson also pointed out that while Buttigieg holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Vice President Mike Pence, yet the later has never once said anything negative about Buttigieg having [[homosexual attraction]]s, while Buttigieg called Pence a fanatic and ridiculed Pence's faith. Erickson thus sees this as suggesting that he "would be O.K. with using the government to persecute Christians," for already "Buttigieg has come out in favor of the government shutting down Christian businesses if they do not bow at the altar of gay marriage."<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution] ete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution</ref> |
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| − | Despite claiming to oppose using religion as a "cudgel," said in his very next sentence that if God were a member of a political party, it would not be the GOP.<ref>Multiple references: | + | Despite claiming to oppose using religion as a "cudgel," Buttigieg said in his very next sentence that if God were a member of a political party, it would not be the GOP.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019. | | *Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019. |
| | *Nolte, John (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/ Nolte: Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref> | | *Nolte, John (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/ Nolte: Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref> |
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| | + | Evangelical professor Dr. Michael Brown warns that Buttigieg is part of the {{quotebox|"aggressive, gay agenda that has systematically undermined biblical morals for decades. It has also sought to silence all dissenting voices, becoming the principal threat to our religious and moral freedoms." "Choosing an out and proud “married” gay man to run for president, let alone become president, would contribute to the further degeneration and moral confusion of our society along with further attacks on our most fundamental rights."<ref>Michael Brown | February 13, 2020 [https://cnsnews.com/commentary/dr-michael-brown/i-will-say-what-political-leaders-cannot-say-about-pete-buttigieg I Will Say What the Political Leaders Cannot Say about Pete Buttigieg] CNS news. Retrieved 02/22/20</ref>}} |
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