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Minister's Blasphemous Prayer Opening 117th Congress Invokes Hindu God: Ends with "Amen and Awoman"His exact words were: "The god who created the world and everything in it: Bless us and keep us may the lord make his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us. May the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace in our families, peace across this land and dare I ask o lord, peace even in this chamber. Now and evermore, we ask it in the name of the monotheistic god brahma and god known by many names by many different faiths." (Washington, DC) — [Faithwire.com] Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) — an ordained Methodist minister — opened the first session of the 117th U.S. Congress on Sunday by praying to numerous gods and redefining the religious word "amen" into some sort of commentary on sex and gender. (Photo Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite via Faithwire.com) The progressive lawmaker began his prayer using explicitly Christian language, acknowledging God's "sacred supremacy," noting that, without His "favor and forbearance, we enter this new year relying dangerously on our own fallible nature." Cleaver went on to reference the Old Testament passage of Numbers 6:24-26, praying, "May the God who created the world and everything in it bless us and keep us. May the Lord make His face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us. May the Lord lift up the light of His countenance on us and give us peace: peace in our families, peace across this land, and — dare I ask, O Lord — peace even in this chamber, now and evermore." It was at that point that the Democrat's prayer took a very odd turn. First, Cleaver gave credit not only to the Christian God, but to countless other deities to whom people of other faiths pray. He credited "Brahma," a four-faced Hindu deity, as well as "'god' known by many names by many different faiths." "Amen and awoman," he closed, bizarrely. Click here to continue reading.
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