Religious Make-up of Congress Since the Sixties

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Overall, not that much has changed in the religious make-up the United States legislative branch. While 95 percent of the members of the 87th congress that convened in 1961 were Christian, in today’s 115th congress that convened this week, 91 percent are Christian. Within Christianity, however, congress has become more Catholic, according to data provided by the Pew Research Center. The 87th congress is the earliest for which data is available.

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Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
January 5, 2017 4:35 pm

Well. that’s odd, seems to me they all be jews.

Old Guy
Old Guy
January 5, 2017 4:50 pm

As a true Catholic who adheres to the principles of the Church as it existed before Vatican II which is a heresy and an abomination before God Almighty, I take strong exception to anyone calling creatures like Pelosi and Biden catholics. They are no more catholic than are the butchers of innocents they so heartily endorse. And I’ve no doubt a special place in hell awaits them.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Old Guy
January 5, 2017 5:02 pm

There are Christians that are Catholics but that doesn’t mean being Catholic means being Christian.

(same with the protestant denominations as well, FWIW)

anarchyst
anarchyst
January 5, 2017 5:45 pm

…and more jewish, with “dual citizenship” being a real problem. There are 40 or so congress critters and thousands of policy wonks infesting (infecting) the U S government who hold “dual citizenship” with a “certain little country” in the middle east…
So much for an independent “foreign policy”…

wdg
wdg
  anarchyst
January 5, 2017 6:14 pm

Jews are highly over-represented in Congress and you can bet that they punch well above their numbers. Of course, they are also highly over-represented in the courts, financial and banking sectors on Wall Street, Fortune 500 companies, Federal Reserve, key US government agencies, the Main Stream Media and of course Hollywood…to mention just a few. No self-respecting and free Nation can allow this to continue which is why there will be an uprising of the serfs down the road but what form it takes is not yet clear.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  wdg
January 5, 2017 6:29 pm

You are so correct my friend.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  anarchyst
January 6, 2017 3:41 pm

@anarchyst et al

Revelations 3:9
“Behold, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie”… the rest of the verse… “I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. ”

These ashkenazi Jews are descendants of the pharisees and practice the dark arts found in the Talmud. They hide within God’s chosen people to avoid persecution and deflect criticism using hate crime and political correctness legislation!

razzle
razzle
January 5, 2017 5:48 pm

Cover stories… might as well change the verse these days to “Those who say they are Christians but are Not”.

starfcker
starfcker
January 5, 2017 5:55 pm

Jewish americans are 2.2% of the US population. Congress has 5.7% jewish americans. With numbers like that I can understand why you guys are wetting your pants. We are completely screwed demographically. Dumb fucks.

anarchyst
anarchyst
  starfcker
January 5, 2017 5:59 pm

…it’s not the percentages…it’s the number of dual nationality jews who are in positions of power within the federal government, who formulate “foreign policy”…THAT, my friends, is the REAL problem…

Llpoh
Llpoh
  anarchyst
January 5, 2017 6:32 pm

I call bullshit on that lie. Please provide any proof whatsoever of that lie.

Jews can obtain Israeli citizenship. That does not mean they have done so. By memory, you have to move there to so acquire.

Fuckwits. Fuckwits everywhere.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 6:38 pm

Do your homework slickum, we will not do it for you.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  starfcker
January 5, 2017 6:34 pm

CONgress has 31 jews. Hello? Not so supreme ct mostly jews. 600% overrepresentation in politics.
All the FAKE media and hollywood owned by subhuman jews?

Iska Waran
Iska Waran
  starfcker
January 5, 2017 10:16 pm

They don’t bother with the House. Lot of them in the senate.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  starfcker
January 6, 2017 7:25 am

You sourse is CSNBC or one of the other fake news sites.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  starfcker
January 6, 2017 7:40 am

Thats my math less for today. 31 out of 100 is 5.7% OK teach??

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
January 5, 2017 6:50 pm

Some good news,,lots of these dirtbag kazarian jews are very old.ie rottinfellar,rottinchild ,kissasenger,et al and jew boy sorry soros has yellow in the white of his eyes. To me thats good news.

Llpoh
Llpoh
  Jack Lovett
January 5, 2017 7:10 pm

Jeez, Jerk Lovett – I would have thought you would be more concerned about the Catholic takeover. 60% of the court is Catholic. About 40% of Congress is, too. Way over-represented.

They are taking over the world, I tell ya!

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 9:04 pm

Well duface, the Vatican is king of the hill.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  Llpoh
January 6, 2017 7:29 am

I am not if you have to much fiber in your diet or not enough. However,stay away from the fake news sites.

Llpoh
Llpoh
January 5, 2017 7:53 pm

Here are a few factoids the Jew haters always want to ignore:

– Jews are much smarter than the average American. This, in combination with the next item, makes them much more likely to achieve extreme success in law, economics, etc.
– Jews graduate from college at almost 3 times the rate of the average American (this in itself represents the majority of the reason they are “over-represented” in most fields where a college education is the norm – the ncluding elected officials)
– Jews have a long – term affinity with the law. And so gravitate there.
– Jews tend to support their fellow Jews.
– Jews were driven into the financial industry as a result of “usury” being forbidden to non-Jews in many cultures/religions, and having few other avenues of making a living, owing to the oppression they lived under.

I do not begrudge hard-working, bright, well educated, community-minded people their successes. Jews certainly work in their own interests, and are good at it.

Rather her than being Jew-haters, here is an idea: everyone else should work hard, get very well educated, help the members of their own families and communities, and work in the interests of such.

By the way, the group the haters will next turn on are the Hindus, who are even better educated and better paid as a result than are the Jews.

anarchyst
anarchyst
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 9:21 pm

It’s not “smarts”, but social and cultural insularity…something that jews reserve for themselves while demanding that us “goyim” succumb to the false siren songs of “multiculturalism” and “diversity”…You see, it’s about destroying white cultures while promoting their supremacy over us.
It is interesting to note that one can call a jew a swindler, criminal, wall street bankster, or other derogatory name and it rolls off the jew’s back like water on a duck, BUT call a jew a “jew” and he will recoil in horror, having been found out…

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
  anarchyst
January 6, 2017 3:42 pm

I couldn’t have said it any better! KUDOS!

Iska Waran
Iska Waran
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 11:04 pm

fucken hindoos.

Llpoh
Llpoh
January 5, 2017 7:57 pm

Oh – one other little thing. Check out where the Jewish congressman come from. It ain’t Texas. They tend to come from areas with very high Jewish populations. The “over-representation” argument looses ground when that is considered, as well – a high Jewish population earning college degrees three time more often than the general population = big chance Jews get elected. Go figure.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 9:08 pm

Yes, the jew zionist scum place their man in office.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Jack Lovett
January 5, 2017 9:56 pm

You got a long way to go to salvation, little buddy, and you seem to be getting lost along the way.

You need prayer.

anarchyst
anarchyst
  Llpoh
January 5, 2017 9:37 pm

looks like I struck a nerve by exposing the TRUTH…GOOD! Llpoh the jew is mad, now…
Llpoh didn’t want to do his “homework” so I did it for him and now he’s mad…lol

Llpoh
Llpoh
  anarchyst
January 5, 2017 10:34 pm

Anarshit – you posted a bunch of names. You said they were dual citizens. Now, establish that. Sound of crickets. You cannot back up that assertion because it is in fact a lie.

Please feel free to hate Jews all you want. Lots of morons such as yourself do. But when you try to justify that hatred by posting lies, I will call you on it.

And the dual citizenship crap is nothing but a lie.

MN Steel
MN Steel
  Llpoh
January 7, 2017 1:51 am

This should make you happy: a Netanyahu U.S. Presidential run!

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.700666

Shit, man, don’t let the dingos eat your yarmulke, it’ll bind them up!

Stucky
Stucky
  anarchyst
January 6, 2017 8:33 am

Really, anarchyst??? You just had to go and call Llpoh a jew???

He’s American … as in Native American. We all know this. YOU know this. Yet, you call him a jew. hahaha

— It is an INCREDIBLY weak attempt at an insult. Childish, even. It doesn’t even make sense. I suggest you try; “fucken drunk Injun with shit for brains”.

— It shows … nay, it PROVES … that you really truly can not meet Llpoh’s challenge. So, you go to Plan B; call Llpoh a Jew!!! That’s some weak shit right there.

kokoda the deplorable
kokoda the deplorable
January 5, 2017 10:02 pm

Got into this late – only comment I have refers to
Llpoh comment at 7:37…….

I fully agree. I don’t begrudge or envy Jews cuz they are smarter than me. One of the things I have noticed in life is that Jews tend to be self-employed; you generally don’t become rich working for someone else.

I wasn’t brought up in an environment of business; very poor no father; many children gravitate to what their parent(s) do in life.

Iska Waran
Iska Waran
  kokoda the deplorable
January 5, 2017 11:08 pm

Here’s how you outsmart them: don’t study hard or work hard or work smart. Take the easy way. Just convert to Jew. Voila’ ! Plus, your IQ will go up by 15 points.

TampaRed
TampaRed
January 5, 2017 11:36 pm

Hell,you guys ought to go over to the thread admin posted about ,”You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet Mama.”
It’s a Jewish,female banker pounding on the Fed & telling us to pay off our debt & own tangible assets.
What do you guys think-is she a plant designed to lull us into a sense of complacency?

Stucky
Stucky
January 6, 2017 8:44 am

Apparently, very few, if any of you, are reading my Torah summaries. Maybe they are still too long. OK, let me summarize it even more.

Gen: JEWS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE. They are special. YOU ARE NOT!
Exodus: JEWS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE. They are special. YOU ARE NOT!
Lev: JEWS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE. They are special. YOU ARE NOT!
Num: JEWS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE. They are special. YOU ARE NOT!
Deut: JEWS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE. They are special. YOU ARE NOT!

This IS the big message which they read in their Torah over and over and over day after day after day. From the ultra-orthodox to the liberal secular.

They are special. You are not. When you read that, or are told that, thousands of times over a lifetime starting from birth ….. then for fuksakes, please don’t be surprised when they don’t give a shit about destroying a host culture. It’s in their blood … to feel, be, and act superior. Just look what a few Joos did to Russia, a solidly overwhelmingly Christian nation, and turned it into a Communist hellhole.

That’s why the Jews in Congress today, even though small in number, scare me.

Preacher
Preacher
  Stucky
January 6, 2017 11:37 am

God’s command to the Roman Emperor Titus in 70 AD, to have his armies enter Judea and end the Old Covenant permanently. To put the sword to any and all non-converts to the New Covenant of Jesus Christ, God’s one and only begotten Son.
Death to the Pharisees, it is God’s Will.
Jeremiah 7:34
“And I will silence in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.”
Delenda est Judaica
Judaism must be Destroyed
God does not have both the Old and the New Covenants being enforced at the same time. He only has one. The New. And contrary to what many would have you believe, He’s not married to His bride the Church Assembly on the one hand while having an affair with his mistress the modern state of Israel on the other. Modern-day Israel is comprised of converted Khazars, Japhetites and Hittites, not of Hebrews – with whom God had the Old Contract, now null and void – and therefore it is a state that has nothing to do with God’s word in the Bible.
Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you. . .”

TampaRed
TampaRed
  Preacher
January 6, 2017 1:29 pm

Preacher,
What denomination are you?
Where did God give that command to Titus?
Was Titus a prophet?
How do we know that there are no Jews in Israel of original Hebrew blood?
If you are correct about modern Israelis not being from the original inhabitants of the land,does it make a difference as to whether they are God’s people if they were accepted at some point by the original Hebrews?
If Judaism must be destroyed,was Hitler correct for having gassed them & should we finish the job or should we just ignore them?
I grew up as a southern protestant but married a Catholic girl.It’s generally been my experience that guys with your views have some “special” feelings toward Catholics also,so how about letting us know your views on Catholics too.

Preacher
Preacher
  TampaRed
January 6, 2017 2:51 pm

Born into per-Vatican 2 Catholicism, raised with the Vulgate Bible, post Vatican 2 Catholics are misinformed at best and demons at worst.

WHAT IS A “JEW”?
The word Jew is nowhere to be found in the good book.
The word “Jew” did not come into existence until the year 1775.
Its modern connotation points to someone who follows and adheres to a faith similar to that of the Pharisees of Judah, but is not of the tribe and stock of Judah. In other words, “Jews” are people from nations other than the 12 Hebrew tribes who practice a religion known as Judaism/Pharisaism, the doctrine of the Pharisees.
It is much like those who believe in Christ and are called Christians, in honor of the One whom they follow, and their religion is known as Christianity, the doctrine of Christ. If one were to say that all Christians are Judahites because Christ was of the tribe of Judah, it would be a fallacy. In much the same way, Jews are not Judahites (or Judeans).
In fact, the religion that is known as Judaism is actually Pharisaism. Judaism – as it pertains to Pharisaism – is a misnomer, since it is neither the doctrine of Judah nor the doctrine that Christ practiced.
It is the doctrine of the Pharisees of old, an evil doctrine they brought back from their Babylonian captivity. It does not follow the truth of the Bible, neither of the Old Testament nor of the New. Its central tenets are found in a book called the Talmud, a book full of worldly traditions, lies, and superstitions.
“The Babylonian Talmud is based on the mystical religious practices of the Babylonians which were assimilated by the Cult of Ba’al during their Babylonian captivity around 600 B.C. The cultists then used these occult traditions in place of the word of God,” wrote Edward Hendry in Solving the Mystery of Babylon the Great.
And that is why Jesus was constantly rebuking the Pharisees:
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” John 8:44
“You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” Mark 7:8
“For you have taken away the key to knowledge.” Luke 11:52
“You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?” Matthew 23:33
WHAT IS THE WORD IN THE NON-TRANSLATED BIBLE?
In both the Old Testament Hebrew and the New Testament Greek the word to be translated is always meant to be Judah or Judahite(s), of the physical tribe and stock of Judah. And self-styled Jews today are not of the tribe of Judah.
Hebrew Words in the Old Testament Bible: 1) Yehuwdah: Jehudah or Judah 2) Yehuwdiy: Jehudite or Judahite.
Greek Words in the New Testament Bible: 1) Iouda: Jehudah or Judah 2) Ioudaios: Jehudite or Judahite, or belonging to Jehudah/Judah.
Prior to 1775, when the English language was still in its infancy, IEWE was used to translate these words. Unlike the word “Jew” it was pronounced Yee-hoo-wee, stretching its best to imitate the original Hebrew phonetic of Ye-hu-wdiy.
According to self-styled Jew-born Historian Benjamin H. Freedman, author of Facts are Facts:
“The best known 18th century editions of the New Testament in English are the Rheims (Douai) Edition and the King James Authorized Edition. The Rheims (Douai) translation of the New Testament into English was first printed in 1582 but the word ‘Jew’ did not appear in it.
“The King James Authorized translation of the New Testament into English was begun in 1604 and first published in 1611. The word ‘Jew’ did not appear in it either. The word ‘Jew’ appeared in both these well known editions in their 18th century revised versions for the first times.
“When the word ‘Jew’ was first introduced into the English language in the 18th century its one and only implication, inference and innuendo was ‘Judean’. However, during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries a well-organized and well-financed international ‘pressure group’ created a so-called ‘secondary meaning’ for the word ‘Jew’ among the English-speaking peoples of the world. This so-called ‘secondary meaning’ for the word ‘Jew’ bears no relation whatsoever to the 18th century original connotation of the word ‘Jew’. It is a misrepresentation.
“The present generally accepted secondary meaning of the word ‘Jew’ is fundamentally responsible for the confusion in the minds of Christians regarding elementary tenets of the Christian faith. It is likewise responsible today to a very great extent for the dilution of the devotion of countless Christians for their Christian faith.
“Christians today are becoming more and more alerted day by day why the so-called or self-styled ‘Jews’ throughout the world for three centuries have spent uncounted sums of money to manufacture the fiction that the ‘Judeans’ in the time of Jesus were ‘Jews’ rather than ‘Judeans’, and that ‘Jesus was a Jew’.”

RiNS
RiNS
  Preacher
January 6, 2017 7:44 pm

For someone who goes by name of preacher you seem to have a dark heart and an even darker soul. So many paths and you claim to know for certain the one that is true.

What if you are wrong?

People like you deserve a God most Fowl.

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Doesn’t seem very Christian to me.

Jack Lovett
Jack Lovett
  Stucky
January 6, 2017 12:13 pm

31% is small?
IF it were true that the jews are GODS chosen, that would not reflect well on GOD. Israel has been murdering there innocent neighbors for a long time now. Oh, let us not mention the 1917 revolution when jews murdered 40-60 million beautiful Christian Russians. They got a lot of mileage out of the 6 million BS lie. Oh,woe is me.

Stucky
Stucky
  Jack Lovett
January 6, 2017 12:48 pm

Where the hell do you get 31% from??

Me? I’m looking at the chart posted by Admin. Joos are the light orange color. Now if you think they take up One Third of the chart in any year …. well, you better buy some reading glasses.

B Lever (aka Bea)
B Lever (aka Bea)
  Stucky
January 6, 2017 6:39 pm

Amen Stucky…….Amen.

anarchyst
anarchyst
January 6, 2017 11:51 am

My remark to those that believe that the land of Palestine (Israel) was given to the jews by God…

GOD IS NOT A REAL ESTATE AGENT…

Stucky
Stucky
  anarchyst
January 6, 2017 12:54 pm

I suppose you think that’s really cute and witty …. about God being a Realtor. Hardy har har! Not.

If you had half a fucken brain or, if you actually read any of the OT, you would quickly and easily see that GOD/JEWS/LAND are intricately bound together. There simply is no escaping it.

I would actually take the time to educate you. But, I won’t. Because you are a fucking idiot with an ax to grind. Your loathing of Da Joos is so strong that you have resorted to lies to make your point. That’s a shame. I had a lot of respect for you at one time.

anarchyst
anarchyst
  Stucky
January 6, 2017 2:09 pm

Your name-calling puts you in the same class as a child…who cannot or will not offer a counter argument…you belong at the kids’ table…if you are not able to offer ADULT discourse…

Stucky, I’ve destroyed your argument… THINK! Stucky THINK!

“Israel” is an IDEA–NOT a piece of real estate…
With the power that the jews possess within the USA, one could argue that the USA is “the chosen land”…

Stucky
Stucky
  anarchyst
January 6, 2017 2:34 pm

Name calling is an art form here on TBP. You must have an entire library of cut and paste responses because I have seen your “same class as a child” response to others, word for word. Jeezus, you’re a special little pussy in desperate need of a Safe Place. Also, didn’t you call Llpoh a Joo? Fucken hypocrite.

Israel is an “idea”. What the fuck does that even mean? Some kind of Zen/Yoda/Force bullshit? Wherever I go there I am.

Stucky
Stucky
January 6, 2017 3:21 pm

Preacher, that spineless nutjob, totally plagiarized his post @2:51 — “What is a Jew”.

You can find the original here;

Jew Or Judahite

Go there only if you want a good belly laugh. One example, they believe it is right and biblical for men today to have multiple wives. ——–

Can A Man Have Many Wives?

— they hate Israel and Jews with a passion that would make Hitler blush
— they love Palestinians … and Muslims … because they are oppressed and God’s children … really
— they loathe Donald Trump, another tool of the Jews

FYI … this poster know as “preacher” …. he’s a fucking nutjob lunatic folks.

TampaRed
TampaRed
  Stucky
January 6, 2017 4:11 pm

A younger wife every 5 years or so-and you’re calling them nut jobs?
Come on Stuck,get with it.

Platoplubius
Platoplubius
January 6, 2017 3:43 pm

I wonder why the chart above didn’t include the religion of Freemasonry? I wonder how many of our CONgress critters would admit to practicing that religion? And YES IT IS A FUCKING RELIGION! It has it’s own belief system and everything!

Llpoh
Llpoh
January 6, 2017 4:07 pm

Stuck – you are dealing with cretins. Good luck. Hatred knows no logic nor facts.