Just flood him with Bible quotes that emphasize why him and his family are sinners going to hell. Non-stop. Break the connection between Republicans and Christianity.
The Bible teaches respect of rulers repeatedly, you must submit to them.
In short, they are selected by God, and could not be king without the approval of God. The throne means he is chosen, otherwise he would not be sitting upon it.
God will be the judge of them, not you. So… Trump gets a pass, Biblically speaking, at least from your judgment. If God agreed with you, you’d be king, instead.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ~Romans 13:1
“I never really thought about hell, until I learned about people I wished it existed for…”
~ Me
it’s about time for the Americans to learn who is really their king
Doesn’t matter who our king is, they bow down to the Whore of Babylon.
… Charles?
What you really need is civics classes so people actually learn how your system works
Reading the bible is an easy path to atheism
“Studying”, sadly, isn’t reading. But the eventual lawsuit about requiring Quran study will be fun. Not to mention when the church of satan steps in.
The SCOTUS will be like: “The founding fathers came to America to be slave-holding bigots, we’re not going to disrespect this by teaching other religions”
Clarence Thomas would vote for that.
You don’t even need slavery to buy me
Clarence Thomas, probably
I’m pretty sure that punishment was only meted out to women, even rape victims.
No, both partners were supposed to be stoned. If you raped an unmarried woman you had to pay her father and marry her.
Leviticus 20:10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death
Deuteronomy 22:23If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, 24you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
25But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. 26Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor, 27for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.
28If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29he shall pay her father fifty shekels c of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
No, both partners were supposed to be stoned.
In practice this was rarely the case. Men were generally not stoned for rape or adultery.
My point is there is often a stark difference between the law and the application of the law. This is how conservatives hid behind the law, saying things like “There’s no systemic racism, look at the law!” while ignore the unequal application/enforcement of law.
In practice this was rarely the case. Men were generally not stoned for rape or adultery.
Everywhere, in every place that used that verse as a way to condemn adultery? Because that is a very broad statement to make about thousands of years and dozens of cultures. I’m sure it wasn’t consistently applied everywhere all the time, but to look at this as a legal code strictly analogous to modern law only and not a religious/moral code is a mistake IMO. You might be able to fool a judge or bribe a good ol’ boy, but you can’t fool God (which is what that would amount to for believers, who constituted the majority of people throughout history). The way that American conservatives use religion without really believing anything in it is an aberration throughout most of human history.
The way that American conservatives use religion without really believing anything in it is an aberration throughout most of human history.
I’m not convinced that’s true. The powerful have always used moral codes and laws selectively and misogyny has been dominant throughout history(there are exceptions, of course). Also, I don’t think the American conservatives “don’t really believe in anything”. I think they are held together by beliefs and feelings, regardless of whether their beliefs have an actual foundation in their religion. I think they they believe it does.
But that’s the fundamental problem with belief systems, it’s whatever the believer believes it to be. If someone hears something on Fox and thinks it comes from the bible, it’s a religious belief and is now a part of their religion, even if it contradicts their stated religious belief from 5 minutes ago.
I’d rather be stoned than forced to marry my rapist. The Bible really fucking sucks.
And people ask how atheists can know right from wrong without the Bible 🤦♂️
If those were my two options, I’d gather up the execution rocks myself
based on this post maybe they do need to bring it back, that’s old testament, christians follow the new testament
i thought this was common knowledge
…christians follow the new testament
When its convenient, christians follow the new testament. When it’s convenient, they also follow the old testament. Christians quite often pick and choose based on what they currently want to believe.
There are PLENTY of Christian sects that still teach fire and brimstone old testament style.
Ah, but it depends on the context, because a lot of the more restrictive stuff that they want to force on people are sourced in the Old Testament.
Jesus was Jewish and a rabbi, He followed the Old Testament and expected you to be like Him.
The exception is that He is the sacrifice, so followers of Christ no longer need to sacrifice animals to God (as the Jews did).
Jesus said to follow the law (Old Testament/Torah).
The Last Supper was a Passover Super.
This “common knowledge” is an absurd manipulation of the Bible and 100% provably false.
Jesus, their messiah, says to follow the rules in the OT. Only Paul, a random dude who fell off a horse and had a hallucination, says those are done away with.
Christians either don’t know because they don’t read their book, or don’t care.
Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
“”“it’s all true” - Jesus
" - Mathew"
" - bunch of Jews"
Death for adultery? I’d like to think we’re more evolved than biblical law these days. For instance, I think he should be put to death for all the child rape but that’s just me.
We can put him to death for many things. No need to limit ourselves.
We can also innovate! For instance, he should receive every death sentence at once.
The old testament was fulfilled
should have been put to death at least a hundred times by now according to the bible.
if anyone should ever need proof that religion is absolute bullshit, look no further than him and his friends.
And let’s not forget sloth, gluttony, wrath, envy, vanity and pride.
Vanity and pride are the same sin, you forgot lust and greed.
are the seven sins in the bible?
quick search suggests notI mean, they aren’t literally listed out, but they are scattered through the bible verses, see here for example. I honestly think the fact that they are scattered across books buried in paragraphs of text kinda supports your argument tho.
According to the Bible he’s the damn antichrist
Wait i thought Obama was the antichrist?
So many damn antichrists, they’re like rats.
There’s an antichrist for every antipope.
Only to the ignorant racists… but to the racists Obama was anti everything because he kinda proved their whole supremacy stichk is bullshit
I’ve legit heard this sentiment irl. Between qanon and Left Behind we lost a lot of folks to conspiracy.
The tiny little rural town I was raised in as a kid had a dog food factory, an itty bitty post office not much bigger than a port 'o potty, and an old shut down gas station. I think the town and surrounding area had a population of 300 or 500 (this was back in the 90s). It also had 10 churches (maybe more) all lined up along the bypass highway that went through “downtown”.
40 years later, as of last time I’ve been through, nothing’s really changed.
I only say this because I feel like kids already had plenty of options to study the Bible? Like half those churches did some kind of service 7 days a week, and on some days, multiple services. Services including Sunday School and Bible Study.
Don’t forget, the Bible says loaning money with interest is a road to hell.
probably one of the smartest things the Jews sneaked in the bible
He took the road all the way into the mouth of hell, then set up signs pointing back the way he came from saying “Beware the road to hell!”
Turning Back, USA
