all the candidates seem the believe god has called them to this race, so why doesn't god just tell us who he supports. >> oh, sure, he could just send us a sign, maybe put newt gingrich's face on a potato or put newt gingrich's face on a marshmallow or put newt gingrich's face in a bell of tartar sauce, really gingrich gingrich's face could appear on any starchy or globular foodstuff. chowder, oh, it could go in chowder. >> jon: yes, but why is god being coy here? why not just put out a yard sign in front of the pearly gate saying, i'm for santorum or i'm for gingrich and settle the whole damn thing once and for all in >> i don't know, why doesn't he settle judyism versus christianity versus islam? why create a low-lying, a pellow and then destroy it with a tsunami? the dude works in mysterious way. >> jon: he loves the game of it all. >> look at this place. he's got action on this all the way to the convention. >> jon: so god will actually be in tampa come august? >> have you been the tampa? that place is a [bleeped] hole. >> jon: but god did create it. >> serious waves, jon. y, i'm

god bless. [applause] >> we have somebody here that nellie is going to introduce right now. >> in order for our work to get done, we very much go to the congress, and we are delighted to have with us today, the house speaker, john boehner, a republican from ohio. [applause] >> well, nellie, thank you. let me say thanks to all of you for braving the elements today. i'm truly honored to be with all of you. and i come here today as the speaker of the whole house of representatives, and the leader of the bipartisan pro-life majority in the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> with your help, this bipartisan majority is standing up for life and working to restore the damage with regard to roe. we are heeding the voice of the people who overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortion. [applause] >> the house has passed bipartisan legislation to codify the hite amendment across our entire government and we'll continue to press the senate for a vote. [applause] >> it's an honor for m

god's son, who god became a likeness exactly like us. he came to earth just as we celebrated at christmas in a form of a bright new being. he lived a sinless life and yet it went upon the cross for one reason. to be able to make a way when there was no way. he laid himself down as a bridge from one side of, the grand canyon and became the steppingstone to a -- for us to traverse that gap. he paid that price so we could walk on his body to get to the other side, which is eternal life. if you look at the two first chapters of the bible in the book of genesis, that is the story of god creating heaven and creating earth. if you flip to the back of the bible and you look at the final two chapters of revelation, that is when you see where god has also prepared a new heaven and a new earth. that is what roman vi talks about. a lot of times when we think about having, we think about clouds, white robes, arps, wondering how this is going to go on for internally. is not necessarily the picture of a new year's eve, where everyone had a lot of fun l

faith in god. in fact, my family that came here to northeastern iowa, the recorded a story about winter, and this winter is very much not like that winter, the coldest winter anyone had remembered in iowa, there have been a few of those, the most snow, and then another year of the worst famine, and then another year, the grasshopper's came and ate everything they had planted. it was five years in a row that would have turned anyone away from coming to this land, so you can see they had to depend on a holy god for their sustenance, and they did. they turned to this holy god. that gave such faith to see that for generations, those were the parents and grandparents and great grandparents going back with me and my family, and yet, when i was a little girl growing up in our lutheran church in waterloo, iowa, i had no shadow of a doubt that the gospel was preached from our pulpit, but i never heard it. i never understood it. if i heard it, it went in one ear and out the other. i remember hearing a sermon

god's son, who god became a likeness exactly like us. he came to earth just as we celebrated at christmas in a form of a bright new being. he lived a sinless life and yet it went upon the cross for one reason. to be able to make a way when there was no way. he laid himself down as a bridge from one side of, the grand of canyon and became the steppingstone to a -- for us to traverse that gap. he paid that price so we could walk on his body to get to the other side, which is eternal life. if you look at the two first chapters of the bible in the book of genesis, that is the story of god creating heaven and creating earth. if you flip to the back of the bible and you look at the final two chapters of revelation, that is when you see where god has also prepared a new heaven and a new earth. that is what roman vi talks about. a lot of times when we think about having, we think about clouds, white robes, arps, wondering how this is going to go on for internally. is not necessarily the picture of a new year's eve, where everyone had a lot of fu

and god shall be with thee. key point -- god will be with thee. how many of us want got to be with us? there are certain things you have to do in order for god to be with you. when we do certain things, god will get off on that train. when you begin to live or hurt people or do bad things, and god is not with you when you do those things. god is with us when we're walking in his ways. i want got with me. i want got with my family. i want got with my church. i want got with my nation. nations are not be judged in the life after. they are judged in the life that is now. in the hereafter, individuals are judged on the judgment seat that god brings us to. but nations are judged here in this life. in this case, i want god with us. and he begins to give some advice. he says, if you do these things -- everyone, say do these things. >> do these things. >> when i see a verse like that in the bible, it has all my attention. do this and god will be with you. and he listed several things and when it came to leadership, he said this -- moreover, thou shalt pro

none. >> reporter: now at 70, he says he's very interested in questions about god. in his song "the afterlife" he speculates about what happens after death. there's a humorous aspect where he imagines waiting in line, like at the department of motor vehicles. but there's a serious aspect too. >> by the time you get up to speak to god and you actually get there, there's no question that you could possibly have that could have any relevance. >> reporter: one of the most unusual songs on the album, "getting ready for christmas day," includes parts of a sermon preached in 1941 by a prominent african-american pastor, j.m. gates. simon heard the sermon on a set of old recordings. what was it about the sermon that caught you and influenced you? >> i liked the rhythm of the call and response between the pastor and the congregation. what he was saying was very dark. it was a very pessimistic sermon. you don't know where you'll be, you might be in a lonesome grave. here as a songwriter i'm not only writing words. i'm also writing sounds and music. so to take a modern, digital

oh, for god's sake, this is getting on my tits! how much longer, for god's sake?! shouldn't be long now, frank. i wanna get back to my own house and sleep in my own bed. well, you might not be able to go straight back. i'm not an invalid! i know that. i proved that with the arm-wrestling. well... and the star-jumps. time for a slash. sue: do you know where it is? of course. i reckon this must be the worst half-term break we've ever had. well, maybe the trip to longleat. oh, god, yes. the monkey in the car... all those injections you had to have. god, she must have had her phone stolen or something. i know, why don't we all play a game of "cheat." yeah, come on. now, karen, remember, this game is called "cheat" because it's all about cheating. you are allowed to cheat. all about cheating. yes, i know it's all about cheating! good. but there are still rules. let's just play, shall we? it's this way, apparently. two sixes. three sevens. three kings. cheat! can we play this game without cheating? oh, look, we've been over this! it's "cheat," that's the name of the game

god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, pro-lifers. [cheers and applause] im ann marie buerkle from the great state of new york, and let me say hello to all my fellow new yorkers out there. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you, thank you for your willingness to stand here every year and fight for the right to life. you are the hero. we need you. and to all of the young people in the audience, thank you for being strong and for being willing to stand up to protect all life. ladies and gentlemen, every life regardless of the circumstance has intrinsic value because it was created i god. we know that. we now need to convince the rest of the country. we stand for life. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i'm congressman and here is, one of the pro-life physicians in congress. [cheers and applause] >> thank you all for being here, especially my son danny, daughter jessica somewhere out there. worked hard this year becaus

oh, god! oh, my god! oh, god! - guys, i can't stop this van! - seriously?! - abort! abort! - go! mastersfield steps up to the tee, eight strokes behind the leader. hole number 17, 338 yards, dogleg left. (explosion) (glass shattering) (whimpering) (gasping and groaning) (fire crackling) (car alarms blaring) oh, damn it! what the hell, man?! ah, my van. why is someone trying to ruin my life?! i didn't do anything to anybody, man! i love that car! that's, uh, that's not bruce, is it? no. oh! oh! ("ghostbusters" playing) ♪ if there's something strange in your neighborhood ♪ ♪ who you gonna call? ghostbusters! ♪ >> january 4, 2012. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: hi, everybody. welcome to the show. what a wonderful display of enthusiasm. our guest tonight, author elizabeth dowling taylor. [cheering and applause] nice. wow. such hard name to pronounce. obviously tonight we'll be dealing with iowa and our up-to-the-minute coverage of all the [bleeped] you already

do you feel -- >> he's your god too. >> okay, does god forgive you? >> god forgives all. god loves everyone regardless. >> fry would not discuss his crimes with us. but our producer pressed him on whether his victims would be as forgiving as he believes god would be. >> what would you say if you showed up to the afterlife and there were the people you victimized? >> hello, brother. you know? when we go to the kingdom of god, there is no anger. there is no strife. all that will be taken from us. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> the people i have hurt directly, i do beg forgiveness. you know. i've already asked god for his forgiveness. and all i can do is ask you to please forgive me, and if you don't, okay. and you get to live with the power of your own hate. >> fry surprised our crew when he placed his four brutal murders on the same plane as another crime. >> let me ask you a question. is it a greater sin to steal a cracker or to kill someone? >> kill someone. >> god doesn't see it that way. you break one sin, you break all sins. if you are guilty of the least of this, you are g

the jews saw themselves as a unique people with one god, one god alone, and this one god of this one special people had one temple. and that's a very powerful idea, reflecting-- accurately, i think-- the historical truth that the temple was a very powerful unifying source within the jewish community. this was the one, most sacred place on earth, the one place on earth where the earth rises up and the heavens somehow descend just enough that they just touch. this was the only one place on the entire earth where this was so. >> the temple in jerusalem was the symbolic heart of the country. jews everywhere, if they chose to, if they were pious, would put aside part of their income-- it's sort of like, oh, the way christmas clubs operate now-- you'd put aside money explicitly to be spent having a party in jerusalem. >> narrator: although the temple was the centerpiece of jewish life and worship, judaism was not a state religion. >> there's no such thing as a state church. it's not a monolithic religious or cultural entity at this time. indeed, what we're seeing more and more through the

"what does god want us to do?" >> this era was an age of definition, not just for christianity, but also for judaism. it marks the emergence, for the first time, into the light of history of a new group and a new culture, and a new literature and a new way of thinking and writing. >> narrator: without the temple, the priesthood that had presided over its rituals lost its power. there emerged new leaders, the pharisees, rabbis who would lead the jewish people in a new direction. >> and the rabbis represent for us a new age of definition. it is the rabbis who now emerge as a new kind of judaism, and it is this judaism which will endure from the second century of our era down to our own age. ( music playing ) >> narrator: the failure of the first revolt also created a crisis for early christians who were still a part of judaism. the kingdom had not come; the messiah had not arrived. the followers of jesus coped by telling stories about the man they had expected would deliver the new kingdom on earth. >> we have to rem

nation, they say god is love and if that's so, you and i are about to make sweet, sweet god. (laughter) this "yahweh or no way." (cheers and applause) sex and relationship edition. folks, meeting a good christian single can be hard. that's why i was intrigued by an online dating site called christianmingle.com with the tag line "find find god's match for you." it's a great time to find other single who like long walks o the beach where jesus is carrying them. (laughter) now, if site boasts five million members and recently launched a nationwide advertising campaign featuring couples that have met using the site. >> i definitely view christian mingle as sort of a friend just because, you know, it's like seeing someone who has other friends and christian mingle is friends with leslie and i was friends with christian mingle so a friend set me up with my wife. (laughter) >> stephen: yes. and like all true friends, there's a monthly fee of $13.99. friends v.o.a. v that, right? that's what my friends charged me back in high school. (laughter) so should got get involved in online da

god doesn't want us to praise him by telling him -- god is my life and some vision so what i feel. every single day, more than 40 years. >> fearless, magdi proceeded passed hostile crowds. >> he was hit with a army sticks. >> later magdi died with a blow to his head. 20 christians were killed, 14 were crushed by military armored vehicles. they told cbn news they learned about the death as they watched the events unfold. mary says i cry every night. this man's dad was also killed. his dad felt compelled to attend. >> he said we should rally in front of our lord and savior. do that each day and see what happens. i lost a spiritual father, a friend that led me through life. the only comfort would be to see god's glory and change come to egypt. >> change in attitudes may not come soon. samuel says the egyptian army is not a professional one. it is made up of conscripts. he tells of how one soldier made a shocking announcement. troops boarded the bus to return to their barracks. >> one of the soldiers proclaims to the muslim onlookers, he shot shouts, i have shot him in the chest. the m

the mood of our country wants god. we love the jesus that hates religion, the only problem is he didn't. jesus was a jew. he wents to services at the synagogue. he observed holy days and didn't come to abolish the law or prophets but fulfill them. besky wrote deyoung a letter thanking him he greed for the comments and thankful for the critique. for a link to deyoung's blog go to our website cbnnews.com. >> finally on the broadcast, christian are mourning the loss of r.w. shumbeck. he and his wife led international tent meetings. he was 85 years old. >> what a legacy. >> that is it for this week's

they need to know, is there a god, is this a loving god. is there a destination once my loved one left me. will i be reunited with my loved one. these are questions that several people have. these are questions embedded in the spirit of who they are. they'll process the issues with me, in my role as a deacon at the cathedral and my consolation ministry work and also in the crisis care work. i do a lot of intervention work. >> and i'm not sure all people were prepared as your grandmother who had her dress picked out. for others, the time of death is terrifying. very much. >> in terms of bringing them something -- well, some kind of hope, is that part of the ministry? >> yes, it's part of the ministry. people talk about the funeral and when they come to the group, it's interesting. it's almost 50/50. some have a hard time going into the church where the funeral was after wards. even though they went there for many, many years. they do sense that it's a special place because it's where their loved one died. it's a very -- >> and i think that t

and 43% said yes, god was behind tebow. and 42% said no, god wasn't behind tebow. 14% had no opinion. which atheist vote. >> dana: don't you think it could mean that god gave him talent and he developed them and worked really hard? >> bob: no. with the way the poll was worded meant he was this helping him along. what do you think about that? you started. >> dana: the way i read it that god gives even a certain amount of talent and you do what you with it and the opportunity that presents themes to you and sometimes there is luck and sometimes it's hard work. that's how i read it. i know how the rest of the media would read it. >> greg: was there a part of the poll that talked about how much of tebow was involved in god's success? dane no. that is coming out monday. >> bob: do you agree with dana that is what they talked about? >> eric: at least 4 #% of the team that tebow play thinks god has something to do with it. if he beats tom brady in foxboro, at patriot stadium, that 43% number will go to 110%. i have a bet with chri

so is yahweh h god. >> i spent the better part of a week in prayer and just saying god, show me something. and i will share with you some things i will share with you. i think he showed me about, the next president but i'm not supposed to talk about that so i will leave new the dark. >> probably just as well. >> probably just as well. but i think i know who it's going to be. >> stephen: it's probably just as well he doesn't tell us who the next president is going to be. clearly whoever god picked it's going to be ridiculous. i'm guessing the next president is either a powder puff girl% dispenser or jon luntzman. but folks-- (applause) >> jon: . >> stephen: just as well. but that wasn't god's only message to pat. >> the lord said a time of maximum stress and peril this country will begin disintegrating so i'm saying, god, let me give you some, some suggestions and you tell me if any of them are right. >> stephen: oh, it's like 20 questions but with the ten plagues. all right, let's play. >> is it a massive power failure. no. >> stephen: okay, i won't need this, then. go on. >> is it irania

mormons believe that god continued revelation in the book of mormon. catholics say this is outside the stream of traditional christianity. for some evangelicals that means we don't want our president representing that. some say that would legitimatizize a faith legitimae ize a faith we don't agree with. >> mitt romney is doing well wl t with the catholic vote. he's polling well nationally with catholics that tend to be a little more moderate. mitt romney is completely acceptable. perhaps catholics have a communal memory of the bias they face for so long in american culture and they don't want to inflict that on mormons as well. i think that's an irony that kim was picking up on. you see those same evangelicals flocking to catholic candidates like rick santorum or newt gingrich who is a convert to catholicism. >> the big news for a whole lot of people in the news this week was the supreme court decision saying that religious organizations can hire who they want to without regard to the anti-discrimination laws. kim, pick up on that. >> for a lot of reli

more important than god or don't do that as they're doing something instead of god helping god is this moral or immoral. in the way is to me so so in person when he feels himself as a god had never been afraid that you start feeling that when you are now right because of this strongly believed we have to serve men and all what i'm doing is in servicing. men in his condition is a heart surgeon i help him adore would come failure on a. military or a coronary heart disease but it's a service to the men and it's a very very dangerous situation when signing this fee himself is some sort of forgot because any did yeah but it's not my taste and i see we have to fight against sea because when somebody is going to feel himself as a god then he thinks it he's making new career sions and when he's making new creations and you have immediately chinook used so that he starts to empower other people. as a matter of fact you said it's not your choice and not your taste who is eligible to become a member of your academy what is it is there some strict criteria for who can be accepted members you know

look at this (bleep) oh, my god! oh, my god! my chocolate was alive and now it's bleeding! so this is the one you're getting. you're getting romney in the end. the little messenger boy. there he is right there. look at that. he's got some santorum on him. (laughter) (cheers and applause) you have no idea how hard it is to clean up when you've got santorum on you. (laughter) for the love of god, please do not google that. (laughter) so that's it. you end up with romney, the least bad chocolate. and, by the way, when you do ultimately end up with romney, don't try and pretend this is the chocolate you wanted the whole time. you're going to be miserable, not because romney flip-flops or pretends he's an ordinary fellow trying to make in the this blue-collar world, but because romney's good ideas reek of john kerryesque out of touchedness. did you watch the coverage of times square in new year's eve? did you see mitt romney bought the space behind the ball in times square. that's smart. makes perfect business sense. unless, of course, your business is getting people like you. (

. >> this is a diaistic god? >> it goes beyond, because it's a force. >> yes. >> he thinks -- that gave him -- he condemned anyone who said he was an atheist, correct? >> right, because he thought the root of religion and science was curiosity about the world beyond the human sphere. >> there's another scientist who was a judge, his name was tahad who was a paleontologist. he got under the nerves of his superiors when he lived in paris and they sent him to china. he had, i'm not saying he didn't think of god at personal terms, but he had a cosmic sense of god. and he wrote almost cosmic poetry, if you will about that. >> he was very popular in my youth and i don't hear much about him anymore. >> the last person that spoke to me about him was mario, former governor of new york. he was very devoted to his thinking and his letters and he had a woman whom he deeply loved. and she, him, and he wrote to her. so we talked about his religion. he was also a pacifist, was he not? do you have any insight into his humor or a

>> god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can't take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do what it did to me -- i was the only child from my mother. i was a father too. the system didn't see none of that. it did not see me not having a criminal record. it's hard to accept. it's hard to keep on continuing to accept a prosecutor or somebody that wants to sentence swub to death with a system that's corrupt as ours. all right. [applause] >> i want to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors who have made the summit possible. the law firm of brown and furtel and my good friend, dave young, thank you. the criminal trial lawyers association. we'll hear from their incoming president in a few minutes. and also stuart hanlon as well as the bar association of san francisco. so let's have a round of applause for our sponsors today . let's get down to it. so before we get started i want to introduce someone

edwin lee. -- god, we come to you in prayer. as he renews his commitment to serve as our mayor, we ask you renewal his zeal for public service. grant him good health. give him the gift of patients, care for all people, but above all, the gift of wisdom here that surround his occupation with men and women dedicated to public service. fill him with your love so that he is not afraid. for as the scripture says, but perfect love cast out of fear. finally, we pray for ourselves as citizens of the city we love it. drive from us and our elected officials all cynicism and slavish ideology. in your mercy grant us just and honest, rep. all men. -- and honest government. -- amen. >> please welcome the color guard in the san francisco girls chorus. -- and the san francisco girls chorus. where are they? [laughter] [laughter] [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. ♪ [chorus singing] [chorus s

god. -- doees not -- does not buy anyone, thank god. is appropriate. i think the phrase "the appearance of corruption" is a dangerous way of doing constitutional law. >> i think it is undoubtedly the supreme court would agree with corruption. that was not the case as recently as 2003, when the court not only defined corruption as they said undue access and influence the results in the making of big contributions creates corruption. that is corrupt. they referred to the definition of corruption as -- what changed was, justice o'connor retired and justice alito joined the court. in citizens united you see a had been defined as corruption, meaning and to access and influence, as well as actualthat is a pretty recent>> i completely agree that our democratic system is premised on individuals trying to influence other individuals to push policy in some direction. clearly, we will always be more willing to listen to our friends that our enemies. i do think there is a huge difference when you are

not accepting the doctrine of the trinity, mormons believe that jesus and god were separate physical beings. founder joseph smith taught that traditional christianity had fallen away from the teachings of jesus, so additional and continuing revelations, like the book of mormon, were needed to restore the true faith. the lds church may hold different views from the mainstream, but mormons are deeply offended by the suggestion that they are not "real" christians. joanna brooks is senior correspondent for religiondispatches.org, an interfaith online magazine. >> the name of jesus christ is in the name of our church. so, you know, mormons do tend to feel like we're being profoundly misunderstood when we're classified as not being christian. >> reporter: and does it matter in a presidential race? >> it is a position of such high visibility in the world that, yes, having a mormon in that particular chair would have the effect of promoting mormonism, of normalizing mormonism culturally both here in the united states and around the world. >> mormons are actually pretty cautious about the scr

with your help and god's grace, we will have another fun night a week from now. god bless you. [applause] ♪ days night] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [a hard days night - billy joel version] ♪ [room noise] believer - smashmouth] ♪ ♪ >> and no matter from the boss speech. he tied first place in the iowa caucus with rick santorum and both candidates got 25% of the votes. this is 10 minutes. [applause] >> what a great welcome. we love you, iowa. this has been such a terrific night. congratulations to rick santorum. he fought so hard and we don't know when yet but here we are. [applause] this is the beginning of a journey and i think all of you in this recognize how important this journey is. i am thrilled to introduce to you the next president of the united states. [applause] >> we don't know what the final vote tally will be but congratulations to rick santorum. this has been a great victory and a great achievement for him and a great victory for us here. [applause] this has been terrific. i think it is great that here in the heartland of america that a campaign begins. all three of us

god, we loved her. but it's, like, the mom is nuts. [ light laughter ] and so, hopefully, the kid just grows out of it. >> well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> jimmy: fall from the -- yeah, yeah. exactly, yeah. but i loved the way you have to deal with these crazy moms. nia's mom is nuts as well. i feel bad. because she's just always -- >> she's a nut with a doctorate. >> jimmy: yeah, she's -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, is she a principal? >> she's a principal of a very prestigious school in pittsburgh. yes. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> yes. >> jimmy: i mean, at first, everyone comes off as normal. >> not to be confused with public school. >> jimmy: no, yeah. >> uh-huh. >> jimmy: so, she goes in, and she -- she's always complaining. we have a clip. this is season two where she's -- she's complaining that her little daughter, nia, needs extra attention. >> well, yeah. >> jimmy: take a look at this. >> because she coddled every minute. >> you need to be here. i feel right now that i care more abou

sue: god! you okay? no! that was dad. he's forgotten all about the wedding, and he's still in his pajamas. i've got a thumping headache, and karen's faffing about with her dress. karen, where are you off to? i need to wee. okay, do you need help with your dress and stuff? i'm six. okay, but don't slide the bolt across, 'cause it's stiff. what? i said... can you make sure that you don't slide the-- ( click, thump ) ...bolt across. okay. uh, karen, darling, listen, could you, uh, can you do me a favor? can you just put the bolt back across again, you know, just so i know you can? ( grunts ) i can't! it's too stiff! you should've warned me not to put the bolt across. i think it was mentioned, actually, sweetheart. ( banging on door ) let me out! there's nothing to worry about. you'll be fine. ( grunts ) well, you slid it one way. you should-- you should be able to slide it the other. sue: come on, everyone, let's go! ben, don't do that. we need to allow plenty of time, 'cause daddy doesn't trust the sat-nav anymore, not sinc