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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump is apparently sucking up to the religious right
It looks like Donald Trump has found one group within the Republican party that he doesn't hate; Bible lovers.
http://www.examiner.com/article/donald-trump-sucks-up-to-the-christian-right-nothing-beats-the-bible
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Donald Trump is apparently sucking up to the religious right (Original Post)
rsexaminer
Aug 2015
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John Poet
(2,510 posts)1. Oh god.
Trump calls Jesus 'a loser'
http://thegoodlordabove.com/articles/details/120?ts_pid=2
<snark>
stone space
(6,498 posts)2. Fr. Phil Berrigan on the so-called Christian Right
Fighting the Lamb's War: Skirmishes with the American Empire.
The Autobiography of Phillip Berrigan, with Fred A. Wilcox
(from page 219 of the 1996 edition.)
The Autobiography of Phillip Berrigan, with Fred A. Wilcox
(from page 219 of the 1996 edition.)
My critics say that I must "Love or Leave" America. I have never considered becoming an expatriate. This is my country. I was born and raised here. The United States has fostered and nourished me. And even though the government does not represent the people, this country belongs to us.
People talk about taking the country back from the usurpers, but what does this mean? In the name of liberty and justice, Pat Buchanan and friends want to establish an Old Testament Theocracy. In their ideal world the state will not only be Gods representative on earth; the state will be God. Persecuting the poor, abolishing Affirmative Action, building more prisons, executing more prisoners, expanding police powers, burning books, denying gay men and women jobs, fanning the fires of bigotry and hate, nourishing the addiction to war; all this will be an expression of Gods will.
How anyone can claim to be a Christian and believe these things is beyond comprehension. The God of the so-called Christian Right is a God of hate, not love; revenge, not forgiveness; death, not life. Such a God is bigoted and spiteful, a misogynist who inflicts pain and misery on the human family. The Christian Rights vision stems neither from the Bible nor the Constitution, but from the dark and frightened recesses of the human psyche.
As for myself, I continue to resist because there is no alternative. I will not join the establishment. That would be deeply repugnant to me. I intend to stay here, witnessing against violence and madness, obsession with property and glorification of privilege.
Plowshare activists go to jail in order to resist the empire. We are innocent, but there is no other way to make our statement. We make it publicly, in court, before the press and anyone who cares to listen. We do not choose to go to prison. That is the governments decision. We violate unjust laws, and take the consequences, whatever they may be. But our submission doesnt mean that we respect the corrupt judicial system. We go to prison for our nonviolent beliefs, not because we accept the empires rules.
I remember one quotation from the Book of John, where Jesus says something like, If they hate me, they will hate you also. The implication; if they do not hate you, you are not living the life you profess to live. That is, following me.
Two thousand years have passed, and Caesar reigns. The military occupies our country, a hierarchy of the rich and powerful controls the peoples lives, taxing the poor, beating, jailing, killing, those who resist imperial policies.
For over a period of two thousand years, the Bible has been largely ignored or defiled. The life of Christ is not preached by the established church, and it is not lived by many Christians; not to be wondered that so many Christians despise the poor and support the military.
People talk about taking the country back from the usurpers, but what does this mean? In the name of liberty and justice, Pat Buchanan and friends want to establish an Old Testament Theocracy. In their ideal world the state will not only be Gods representative on earth; the state will be God. Persecuting the poor, abolishing Affirmative Action, building more prisons, executing more prisoners, expanding police powers, burning books, denying gay men and women jobs, fanning the fires of bigotry and hate, nourishing the addiction to war; all this will be an expression of Gods will.
How anyone can claim to be a Christian and believe these things is beyond comprehension. The God of the so-called Christian Right is a God of hate, not love; revenge, not forgiveness; death, not life. Such a God is bigoted and spiteful, a misogynist who inflicts pain and misery on the human family. The Christian Rights vision stems neither from the Bible nor the Constitution, but from the dark and frightened recesses of the human psyche.
As for myself, I continue to resist because there is no alternative. I will not join the establishment. That would be deeply repugnant to me. I intend to stay here, witnessing against violence and madness, obsession with property and glorification of privilege.
Plowshare activists go to jail in order to resist the empire. We are innocent, but there is no other way to make our statement. We make it publicly, in court, before the press and anyone who cares to listen. We do not choose to go to prison. That is the governments decision. We violate unjust laws, and take the consequences, whatever they may be. But our submission doesnt mean that we respect the corrupt judicial system. We go to prison for our nonviolent beliefs, not because we accept the empires rules.
I remember one quotation from the Book of John, where Jesus says something like, If they hate me, they will hate you also. The implication; if they do not hate you, you are not living the life you profess to live. That is, following me.
Two thousand years have passed, and Caesar reigns. The military occupies our country, a hierarchy of the rich and powerful controls the peoples lives, taxing the poor, beating, jailing, killing, those who resist imperial policies.
For over a period of two thousand years, the Bible has been largely ignored or defiled. The life of Christ is not preached by the established church, and it is not lived by many Christians; not to be wondered that so many Christians despise the poor and support the military.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)3. He's terrible at it though.
Trump said something recently about his book The Art of the Deal being his "second favorite," after, ya know, the Bible of course. "Can't beat the Bible."
He nearly rolled his eyes.
Guy's playing everyone.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)4. The Bible is yuge
And the smartest, and very rich. Jesus was yuge. He was the yugest and very rich. Like trump, very yuge and rich.
So yuge he kicked those stupid money changers out of that yuge temple. Oh wait. Let's forget that part.