Mayoral candidate endorsed by Jesus

May 15, 2013 • 8:43 am

Anna Pierre, a registered nurse and former Creole-language singer, ran for mayor of North Miami.  Her claim is unique, even among Americans: she argues that she was endorsed by Jesus Christ. As a video at ABC video notes, she prayed and received not one but three signs that Jesus endorsed her.

Anna Pierre is likely the best known of the eight candidates vying to be mayor of this city of 60,000.

She made headlines first for her claim that opponents had left dolls with needles at the front of her home, which she claims was an attempt to perform a voodoo hex against her.

Pierre, a registered nurse, emigrated from Haiti in the 1980s where she had a pop hit on the island called “Suk Su Bon Bon,” or “Put Some Sugar On the Candy.” The lyrics are too racy to repeat here.

Pierre has promised improved access to healthcare if she becomes mayor and claims on her Facebook page and campaign flyers that she received an endorsement from Jesus Christ.

“Yes, he did endorse me,” she told ABC News affiliate WPLG Monday.

Here’s her campaign flier:

Campaign flyer

Sadly, despite support from Our Savior, Pierre finished last.  Since personal revelation is taken by many religious people as a “way of knowing,” I call this evidence against the omnipotence of God.

64 thoughts on “Mayoral candidate endorsed by Jesus”

    1. Actually, I like the idea of an endorsement. More proactive and entertaining that all the white male politicians who tearfully say god had “forgiven” them after their latest transgression. (Mark Sanford, et al)

    1. Sanford: (Solipsism/Arrogance)^3

      The gall, presuming to ask his ex-wife to run his campaign for him.

  6. To paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, I hardly think these are the types of things Jesus would concern himself with. 😀

  8. Anna Pierre lost only if you hold to a materialist view of the universe in which things like facts and evidence matter. There are other ways of knowing.

  10. “Suk Su Bon Bon,” or “Put Some Sugar On the Candy.”
    —
    I guess Jesus refused to put some sugar in her candy.

    Speaking for myself, I am waiting for the Mahdi to return and endorse me. I will then run for election.

    1. Ha ha now it is tempting to make a Jesus account on LinkedIn just to endorse her. Good thing I’m too lazy and also busy at work today 😉

      1. Tee hee! Of course you’re assuming one doesn’t already exist. Jesus is obviously quite the entrepreneur, with franchises in every country.

  12. Don’t know about a mayorship but there is an institution for which she seems admirably suited.

  13. Ever notice that these “God willing” types don’t burn any fuel speculating why God wasn’t willing?

  14. As a handicapper, Jesus the Aramaic-speaking Jew is clearly no Jimmy the Greek.

  17. Why does Jesus have to endorse someone he wants to win an election? Surely the omnipotent Son of God can make any election outcome he wants and don’t have to bother with endorsements – that’s so un-godlike!

    UNLESS..Jesus respects the Free Will of humans and didn’t want to force an election result against their will. He actually had to do it via the endorsement route to try to convince them to freely change their choice. Yes, that must be it.

    1. If I were him I’d go with the old “vote for this person or else” gambit. That would really clarify the free will issue. Your choice, a) vote for this person, or b) suffer calamity and death.

  18. I’m afraid that North Miami is going to be hearing from God this hurricane season….

  19. Just because Jesus endorsed her, does mean he wanted her to win. God’s omnipotence is still as strong as it ever was.

  21. JAC says the fact that she lost (and came last) is evidence against the omnipotence of God.

    My religious “friends” disagree with that view. They say that you don’t f.. around with God in this way and therefore she came last.

    My agnostic friends believe that G couldn’t give a damn who wins.

    Personally I believe that it is more than evidence against the omnipotence of God – it is clear and incontrovertible evidence of the non-existence of any god.

  24. Despite being a carpenter, it seems Jesus couldn’t nail that one.

    When asked for an opinion, Buddha said he would have rebirthed the campaign as many times as necessary. “Unfortunately they chose the competition. From Buddha, learn of Buddha, and from Jesus, learn of Jesus.”

  26. This woman is silly. Jesus doesn’t care about politics. He spends all his time making sure that the right sports team wins.

  28. Good campaign poster; ” Say no to corruption “, Say no to religious fraud, Say no to Jesus. Let’s have more education about all sides of the debate, Let’s have health insurance because ,let’s face it, God isn’t going to do any good for your health & Jesus will let you die like sparrows.

    Try, ” Forgery in Christianity ” & “Is it God’s Word ” by Joseph Wheless. Also ” The encyclopedia of Biblical errancy ” by C. Dennis McKinsey.
    Harry H. McCall on Debunkingchristianity 15th May 2013, shows a good example in Matt 18v17 which has Jesus talking about ” the church ” but it didn’t establish until after he was dead.[ assuming that he ever lived ]

    Jesus stands for mostly false ideas which block
    the way to healthy psychology, reality, emotional maturity & higher ethical systems.

  29. Actually I suspect that some of the Bible writers were trying to conduct a dirty tricks campaign against Jesus by trying to slur his name, by misquoting him, alleging that he spoke a load of primitive mumbo jumbo & nonsense.
    Other sources claim Jesus stood for truth so maybe there was a lost gospel recording his true teachings, probably something like this: One day as Jesus sat by the watergate of Galilee he said, ” Evolution is true, consider the frogs of Lake Titicaca, they are not amphibious like toads of the field which have lungs to breath air and so must surface when in water to breath. Rather their lungs have become atrophied and useless like the brains of many religious fundamentalists.
    Like many species of frogs they can absorb oxygen from the atmosphere but the low oxygen content of Lake Titicaca at such
    high altitudes has been a selection force for frogs with greater skin surface area. This has resulted in the frogs having large bag like flaps of skin with capillaries that can absorb enough oxygen. And all the people who heard this said, ” Surely this is true “. And Jesus replied, ” One day there will come a man who will lead you into more truths about the Fact of evolution, and his name shall be called Jerry Coyne.
    But beware of the creationists for their brain is filled with the fossilized thoughts from the cretinaceous period.

  32. Press release from one of the christian heavens:

    Jesus forgot about this prior commitment to elect Pierre in North Miami as he was busy doing his nails.

  33. Considering the billions of stars in the galaxy and the untold billions of galaxies with their own billions of stars, over which his mind must be constantly roaming, it seems a very forgivable lapse on the part of Jesus to overlook this particular election. In such circumstances it would seem churlish to castigate him for such a small blemish in his omnipotence.

  35. Maybe there was a football match Jesus was watching or he was a discussion with Buddha whether god exists and forgot about the campaign completely!

    1. Jesus was probably distracted by some rich girl bugging him for a pony 😀

  36. Maybe it was just Big J sending a message to those who Take His Name In Vain…?

  37. I might go against the grain here. I’m going to give Ms Pierre the benefit of the doubt and assume that she really cared about local health care and education, and wanted to improve it in a way that we can largely agree with (ie, not supporting quack medicine or teaching creationism in science class for example). But by making this ridiculous claim, which her electorate obviously saw for the BS it was, she has prevented all that. Pathetic.
    And who knows, maybe jebus really did want her to be mayor of North Miami? But he couldn’t even arrange that. Omnipotence indeed! Double pathetic.
    Finally, why should anyone care about the opinions of a first century jewish carpenter to matters like public healthcare, education, city planning, transport, taxation and a hundred other things of public concern. He would have known absolutely nothing about these issues. Triple pathetic.
    Here endeth the lesson.

  38. I want to see her campaign commercial where at the end a guy with a beard in a white robe comes on and says

    “I’m Jesus Christ and I approve this message”

  39. Actually, Jesus was on his way to appear at a campaign rally for Ms. Pierre, but when the TSA agents saw a middle-eastern-looking guy in a burnoose walking through the terminal, they tackled him & took him in for questioning.

    1. Oh, I like the notion. A few Biblical-style quotes from Jesus about ascending to heaven or eternal life and the TSA will have him in custody like, forever ; )

  42. In a healthy, functioning civilisation, people like this are simply unelectable. If this person IS elected, the US will lose any remaining claim to be a civilised country.

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