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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Johnson has hit a nerve with his prayer talk:
Yeah Micro Johnson! We know what Jesus would Say! ððð¤¬
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Haggard Celine
(17,307 posts)
SheltieLover
(71,805 posts)
Blue Owl
(56,714 posts)BurnDoubt
(826 posts)Your fealty to a Traitor cancels your God Insurance.
NONE of your performative religious yammering relieves you of your duty to the citizens who rely on you for their safety and stewardship of their Rights. We're not all down with destroying our Country to install a White, small- "c" christian Nationalist Regime. No one has EVER threatened your Right to practice your Faith, yet you threaten MY Right NOT to practice YOUR religion the way you want.
Your penchant for asking forgiveness doesn't excuse your failure to do your duty to ALL, meaning EACH American, not just MAGA 'Murkins.
Do your job like God is watching.
And LEAVE ME ALONE!
COL Mustard
(7,511 posts)No absolution for him. Once the heart stops, youre on your own.
travelingthrulife
(2,889 posts)SonOfNebanaube
(42 posts)I remember back in 1969 before my father returned from Vietnam. During the sermon, the preacher was telling his flock about missionaries smuggling Bibles into the Soviet Union. That entire church is probably compromised as hell at this point.
Karasu
(1,640 posts)None.
It accomplishes nothing.
Frankly, "quit your job" should be the default response anytime any of these fuckers mentions prayer.
Augiedog
(2,634 posts)Girard442
(6,717 posts)"All we know how to do at the moment is pray wank."
markodochartaigh
(3,375 posts)So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
ancianita
(41,090 posts)Their prayers are not heard because they don't practice their religion -- they pray only for what they have done for mammon (wealth and power) -- because to break the 2nd Great Commandment is to also break the 1st.
God never commanded theocracy; He loves good and just government with, as his Son said, separation of church and state.
Theirs is a weak willed pharisaic show meant to confound intellects and excuse their part in corruption.
Intractable
(1,159 posts)
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,175 posts)HarryM
(403 posts)Intractable
(1,159 posts)Conjuay
(2,583 posts)N/T
johnnyfins
(2,453 posts)"How can we fleece more of our cult?" "More, more, more!"
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,175 posts)John1956PA
(4,300 posts)He muttered a semi-prayer and said something to the effect, "I will just leave it there."
Enraged DUers posted comments to the effect that he has the power to do much more than "just leave it there."
bronxiteforever
(10,631 posts)Klaus Hergersheimer
(7 posts)That is all Republican'ts say after a natural disaster or a gun massacre. If they are confronted to take legislative action such as an assault weapons ban they insist that the period of grief for the victims is just not the right time. There never is the right time for them to act. Invariably, no action is taken and the American people quickly forget the horror and return to their normal state of mass amnesia. And misguided voters keep reelecting those useless politicians.
As for that weasel Mike Johnson I hope one day he regrets his man crush for Donald and he will be held accountable for selling his soul to evil incarnate. The evangelicals who believe Donald was divinely selected by their god to save the world proves exactly how demented and craven they truly are. Taxpayers pay for legislators to find ways to improve the lives of all Americans. We do not pay them to spend their time praying in the US Capitol.
sop
(15,236 posts)Establishment Clause, prohibiting the government from establishing an official religion, and keeping religious hucksters like Johnson from turning this country into a rightwing christian theocracy.
Permanut
(7,329 posts)I have a question, and it's not a trick question or snark:
What are you praying FOR, Mr. Speaker?
BidenRocks
(1,857 posts)Skittles
(166,089 posts)prayer is what people do in lieu of actually doing something useful
Permanut
(7,329 posts)But that's some of that sciency woke stuff.
Beartracks
(14,000 posts)I mean -- *I* can pray, so I'd like to receive Congressional perks and pay, please.
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czarjak
(13,017 posts)And JoJo is all about SBC bunk too. MOF, We still have Jesus. is his go-to line. But, theyve got The Donald bamboozled, so all is well in their world. .
patphil
(8,087 posts)HarryM
(403 posts)Just like other Cons, prey on the less fortunate. Promise them anything, and rob them of everything.
drmeow
(5,689 posts)You seem to have forgotten that thoughts and prayers are only effective for mass shootings. As a MAGAt famously once said "you're not hurting the people you [need] to be hurting." Apparently you need to be reminded that these are the "deserving" Americans, you know, the ones on food stamps and welfare who never get bailed out or have the government help them out. These are not those heathen foreign liberal elites who don't rake their forests to prevent fires, these are "real" American who live in flash flood alley where people pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. You know, the ones to whom the government they love to hate OWES something!
Emile
(36,006 posts)republicans take care of the most rabid of their supporters. they satisfy the desires of the racists, the anti tax crowd, the gun nuts, and the religious fanatics. when out of power, they use every legislative trick to thwart the agenda of the democrats and then accuse the democrats of not being able to address the problems of our society. they continue to win elections because this method of governance appeals to a broad coalition of the disaffected in the united states. they govern the unTIED states whereas the democrats attempt to govern the united states. it aint good governance, but it is the government that we continue to vote for and the one we deserve.
Norrrm
(2,433 posts)All that Christians like Mike can do is pray... Jesus talked of taking action to help.
Matthew 25:40
The phrase "what you do to the least of mine" refers to a teaching of Jesus in Matthew 25:40, where He states, "Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." This emphasizes that acts of kindness and service to those in need are equivalent to serving Christ Himself. The teaching encourages believers to care for the marginalized and vulnerable, highlighting the importance of compassion in our actions.
Bible Hub
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dlilafae
(255 posts)For saying what needs to be said: now do something, damn it!
FadedMullet
(324 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,774 posts)lame54
(38,121 posts)mdbl
(6,959 posts)Anyone in a position of responsibility that tries to put off their tasks to a space deity doesn't deserve their position. Maybe next time my boss tells me something needs to be done I'll just tell him I will pray about it.
Heftylefty
(18 posts)Thoughts: What is the least I can do?
Prayers: Let this blow over soon!