Further Thought: I can't help but notice there's a whole lot of emphasis from the Trump administration on reading the bible, and damned little emphasis on reading the Constitution. Why do you suppose that is?
The endless info about the decline of church attendance and religiousity always prompts cries of the End Times Are Near at CP. Today there is an article at CP about the increase in belief amongst young Republican men and someone is spinning that, with bible verses, that the End Times Are Near.
The Constitution is only as good as it is because the founders understood the Bible. In the words of John Adams, the principles of American and English liberty are the principles of Christianity.
JR doesn't understand that John Adams was a Deist and not a Christian. He signed the Treaty With Tripoli into law. A document which emphatically stated that the government of the United States was not, in any sense, based on the Christian religion. A document that was ratified unanimously and without dissent. A document that is every bit the law of the land as the Constitution.
He also said things like the following:
"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it."
He will deviate from the original text, having a rant about Hussein Obama, the stolen 2020 presidential election, and how the king of Sweden has denied him the Nobel Peace Prize.
One bit of scripture that should most definitely be read is from their beloved Leviticus. Chapter 19, Verses 33-34 in particular. In that scripture, YHVH himself directly tells his followers NOT to mistreat foreigners living among them. He says those foreigners are to be treated as native-born and loved.
Donald Trump’s performative religiosity will never change the fact he is the most corrupt, incompetent and grotesquely immoral President in American history. The evangelical preachers who have pledged their unconditional love for Trump demonstrate the disconnect between religion and morality about as well as it can be done. Mixing religion and government is the same terrible idea it has always been.
Trump was notorious for not reading much of anything during his briefings, unless they mentioned him multiple times during those briefings. If Trump is capable of genuine learning at all, you couldn't prove it by me.
Hegseth's favorite quote (or Pulp Fiction, not sure which): "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them".
Apparently some air squad made the "prayer" up, knowing it was from Pulp Fiction. I don't think Pete knew that, though. He just thought it sounded cool.
“They don’t care if they have a leader shaped by the Bible; they just want one who knows how to use the Bible to control everyone else. That’s what Christian Nationalism is all about.”
This ridiculous business about Trump and the bible went beyond the pale about 10 squares back. Anyone who actually believes that that man has any serious investment in the bible or Christianity is forgetting the fact that he is entirely about himself and Damned a little else. No great surprise, all this bible reading amounts to is yet one more stunt to cement his connection with his base and Evangelical Christians.
I just wonder how much longer this goes on before the Gen Pop gets a clue. I'm not holding my breath.
OT: My husband and I just returned from a trip to Saguaro National Park, AZ. We watched a film at the visitor center about caring for the land and these great saguaros as if they were your relatives from an indigenous perspective. We both had tears in eyes when the film finished and the curtain opened to reveal the park.
IF there were a god, it would be poetic justice if its book would burst into flames the minute he touched it. One can only hope. It would make a great recruitment video for a deity though, wouldn’t it.
… 𝑖𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
There's at least a 50% chance that Trump thinks this is about people turning to him.
I'll take those odds. In fact, I'd give you four to one. Trump clearly thinks he's the second coming and his followers are following him, not Jesus.
"I'm not Jesus, but I might be God"
Why would he demote himself in the eyes of his followers.
Because his followers much prefer a vengeful God, not a pacifist Jesus.
If the word 'humble' ever slid past his teeth, he'd go up in flame.
Further Thought: I can't help but notice there's a whole lot of emphasis from the Trump administration on reading the bible, and damned little emphasis on reading the Constitution. Why do you suppose that is?
Could be because the Bible justifies their bigotry and the Constitution demands equality.
chri$tians: "I'm not a bigot. I hate everyone equally."
Yep, I’m also a MISANTHROPE. ✔ ✔ ✔
…🦘🦘🦘
https://youtu.be/R61_fCwj3Ys
Sadly, you can use the bible to justify damn near anything on either side of the argument. That has been my problem with it from the get-go.
The endless info about the decline of church attendance and religiousity always prompts cries of the End Times Are Near at CP. Today there is an article at CP about the increase in belief amongst young Republican men and someone is spinning that, with bible verses, that the End Times Are Near.
The End Times have been near since the religious leaders invented them.
Need more coffee. Being stupid this AM.
I've got some covfefe you can have.
[groan!] Thanks for the laugh! 🤣🤣🤣
Not too much coffee here. We're in the process of debarking after a really nice 10-day cruise, and I've got a 6-hour drive ahead of me!
Tell us about the cruise later.
The babble has at least 40000 interpretations while the constitution only has one.
The constitution has at least two interpretations, the correct one and the scalia-alito-thomas interpretation.
The Constitution is only as good as it is because the founders understood the Bible. In the words of John Adams, the principles of American and English liberty are the principles of Christianity.
Nice self-upvote you've got there.
JR doesn't understand that John Adams was a Deist and not a Christian. He signed the Treaty With Tripoli into law. A document which emphatically stated that the government of the United States was not, in any sense, based on the Christian religion. A document that was ratified unanimously and without dissent. A document that is every bit the law of the land as the Constitution.
He also said things like the following:
"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it."
He beat John Lennon to the punch by two centuries with that line.
Hear! Hear!! 👏👏🙌
How many Corinthians will be participating?
Two Corinthians walk into a bar. The barkeep says, "What is this, some kind of a joke?"
Both?
"𝑂𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜-𝑎𝑛𝑑-𝑎-ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 2 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 7:14 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑."
He will deviate from the original text, having a rant about Hussein Obama, the stolen 2020 presidential election, and how the king of Sweden has denied him the Nobel Peace Prize.
Better to read the Seven Fundamental Tenets of The Satanic Temple. THEY have true value.
But-but-but ... that's SATAN!!! EEEEK!
Who we have been told can use scripture to justify himself.
One bit of scripture that should most definitely be read is from their beloved Leviticus. Chapter 19, Verses 33-34 in particular. In that scripture, YHVH himself directly tells his followers NOT to mistreat foreigners living among them. He says those foreigners are to be treated as native-born and loved.
Watch Trump and Company squirm.
Donald Trump’s performative religiosity will never change the fact he is the most corrupt, incompetent and grotesquely immoral President in American history. The evangelical preachers who have pledged their unconditional love for Trump demonstrate the disconnect between religion and morality about as well as it can be done. Mixing religion and government is the same terrible idea it has always been.
He should read the part in Numbers where God orders his minions to take child brides and slaughter everyone else.
Then read the Constitution and tell us where it mentioned God, Jesus, and/or Christ.
Is he capable of reading?
Trump was notorious for not reading much of anything during his briefings, unless they mentioned him multiple times during those briefings. If Trump is capable of genuine learning at all, you couldn't prove it by me.
Trump’s a bit like a dog. Doesn’t understand English but responds to its name.
Every dog I ever knew or befriended was way more intelligent than Trump is.
The End Times have been "near" since Hector was a pup, and that shtick is at least as old, if not a LOT older.
Watch for the earpiece.
I'd suggest Ezekiel 23:20. Trump would probably get off on that!
Hegseth's favorite quote (or Pulp Fiction, not sure which): "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them".
You got the correct scripture. The drunk was riffing with Pulp Fiction (written and directed by an athest).
Apparently some air squad made the "prayer" up, knowing it was from Pulp Fiction. I don't think Pete knew that, though. He just thought it sounded cool.
“They don’t care if they have a leader shaped by the Bible; they just want one who knows how to use the Bible to control everyone else. That’s what Christian Nationalism is all about.”
Indeed. I’m tired.
They must have selected a passage for him with the shortest and most pronounceable words.
In LARGE typeface!
They should've given him something from the King James Version. His head would explode.
That would be "Jesus wept". And he could still fuck it up.
This ridiculous business about Trump and the bible went beyond the pale about 10 squares back. Anyone who actually believes that that man has any serious investment in the bible or Christianity is forgetting the fact that he is entirely about himself and Damned a little else. No great surprise, all this bible reading amounts to is yet one more stunt to cement his connection with his base and Evangelical Christians.
I just wonder how much longer this goes on before the Gen Pop gets a clue. I'm not holding my breath.
OT: My husband and I just returned from a trip to Saguaro National Park, AZ. We watched a film at the visitor center about caring for the land and these great saguaros as if they were your relatives from an indigenous perspective. We both had tears in eyes when the film finished and the curtain opened to reveal the park.
IF there were a god, it would be poetic justice if its book would burst into flames the minute he touched it. One can only hope. It would make a great recruitment video for a deity though, wouldn’t it.
Quick, someone find out what his bronzer is hypergolic with! Sprinkle some on the cover and watch the fireworks!
Sincere Christians will recognize it as a stunt, but MAGA should eat this up as if it were meaningful. Dimwits.
And not to quibble, but I’m sure the puritans brought the Bible here 400+ years ago.
Trump can’t help making narcissistic comments anytime he opens his mouth, so I am glad it will be recorded for posterity.
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The part he left out:
"We will treat them so badly that they will turn to terrorism at which point we will gladly kill them all."
Nothing like indulging in self-fulfilling prophecy, is there?
Why am I not surprised?
At times I think both sides in that argument are poisoned beyond recovery.
A reading from 2 Corinthians: Two Corinthians walked into a strip club....