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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJerry Falwell Jr. defends Trump: Jesus never told Caesar how to run Rome
This week, evangelicals have been debating how to respond to challenging aspects of Trumps presidency.
Earlier this week, responding to allegations that Donald Trump had a 2006 extramarital affair with an adult film actress and paid her for her silence Family Research Councils Tony Perkins said Trump got a mulligan on the affair.
The most striking take yet, however, came from Jerry Falwell Jr., president of evangelical Liberty University. He defended the president by arguing that Christian ethics and American politics should be kept separate. Thursday, Falwell tweeted:
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Jesus said love our neighbors as ourselves but never told Caesar how to run Rome-he never said Roman soldiers should turn the other cheek in battle or that Caesar should allow all the barbarians to be Roman citizens or that Caesar should tax the rich to help poor. Thats our job.
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walkingman
(7,660 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Jerry Fallwell, Jr. is a fucking moron.
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Botany
(70,581 posts)If you believe the New Testament Jesus story the Romans killed Jesus.
dsc
(52,166 posts)Oh wait, that he wants to tell the government what to do.
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)perhaps Falwell can explain to me why I may be wrong.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)"Give us Barabus," the crowd yelled, so Barabus was freed and Jesus executed, according to the fable. Guess who killed Jesus, Jerry, while you were breaking bread with the folks who rescued you?
You, sir, are a moron. A useless fool, just like your father.
P.S. It's all a myth, you know. You only get this life, and you're wasting the only one you have. Repent and do something right for a change, you great idiot!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)In Aramaic "Bar" is "son" and "abas" is "father". So the name actually means "son of the father". "Barabas" is a metonymy (using the part to represent the whole). He represents all of God's children. See how that works? Jesus was crucified to save all of mankind. 2000 years ago everyone would have understood this immediately, but nowadays no one speaks Aramaic. Such a shame!
Kaleva
(36,341 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And showing his ignorance in the process.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Docreed2003
(16,875 posts)I dont remember Jesus ever sucking Caesars dick either
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)for anything they say. Falwell is one of the worst.
In short, Falwell is saying that there should be no ethics involved here. What a crock.
If you leave the word 'christian' out, and it would end up being:
He defended the president by arguing that ethics and American politics should be kept separate. Thursday, Falwell tweeted:
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)why he was arrested and executed.
Did he go visit Caesar personally, no.
He did preach to the world about what they should do, act toward others, and live, and that included Rome and their leaders.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)world wide wally
(21,754 posts)the words "gay" or "abortion"
Aristus
(66,462 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)n/t
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)had no qualms about telling HIM how to run the country!!!
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)And who is Brutus in your scenario?
erpowers
(9,350 posts)It is just crazy how Jesus said just about everything Jerry Falwell Jr. claimed he did not say. However, is Jerry Falwell Jr. advocating for the separation of church and state.
I agree with the person, on twitter, who responded to Falwell by suggesting he read the Bible.
spanone
(135,873 posts)they are nothing more than carnival barkers