Here's a Bible Verse for Jeff Sessions, since he's so enamored of that book:

[MineralMan]

These are recorded as being the words of Jesus, himself. Sessions quoted Paul, from his letter to the Romans. Here's what Jesus is supposed to have said, from Matthew 18:

1At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Taking infants and children from their parents? That's offensive to those children, you rat-faced little Keebler elf!

[Gothmog]

1. From AG Holder

Link to tweet

[Funtatlaguy]

2. The most appropriate one is: "Jesus wept."

If he was ever going to return to fix the world in crisis, now would be a good time.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. It's pretty clear to me

that religion just isn't panning out. These people absolutely ignore most things in the bible, and hang their hat on a handful of things that allow them to be judgmental, and ugly. The bible that was "edited" by Constantine. It's a sword and a shield. When I was young it was such a safe spot in times of trouble. Now, as I'm much older, I find my family and friends and education through reading books, provides the same comfort...TANGIBLY. We are all going to die. I want to meet my maker (if that's what happens) w a clean conscience knowing I helped til it hurt, as much as I could, and I put faith in the fact that THAT is really the message of Jesus.
The new message from evangelicals seems to be..."Nobody can be like jesus, except jesus", when confronted w their ugly behavior. This coming from the same people who bludgeon you with the bible for not being like Jesus. This new prosperity bible clap-trap, is really an awful offshoot, and is geared directly at tv preachers who want your money.

[lunasun]

4. What about polygamy? Right from the get go in genesis . Can we argue for legality if wanted?

Lamech in Genesis 4:19: “Lamech married two women.” Several prominent men in the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, and others all had multiple wives. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (essentially wives of a lower status), according to 1 Kings 11:3.
Will the concubines be considered dependnts at tax time?

This book should have no value in government discourse and it is all pick and choose for more insult on top of it

[MineralMan]

5. You can find support for almost anything in the Bible, somewhere.

It's very useful that way.

[lunasun]

9. Including murder .....maybe they will just start smiting the children or sacrifice if they think it

pleases thier almighty . Where does this bible stuff and governing split now ?

[bornfree17]

7. Why bacon nt

[lunasun]

10. Why no meat on Friday for Catholics during lent? Even wierder. The pork thing could be

related to trichinosis, but that would be science /medicine issues not religionous edict
The no meat on one day I don't get at all. Fasting is healthy but again not for religion just for health .

[Igel]

11. It's pig.

Pig meat's unclean.

They got the "Sunday" bit wrong in that post, too, but you can't expect them to know anything about Judaism or that the day of rest referred to even by the apostles would have been what we call "Saturday." That would require awareness. Gotta have low standards for cross-cultural and cross-religious awareness, after all. It's the attitude that counts.

And there are Xians who are sabbatarians, eschew pork and shellfish, and think that adultery is wrong. Many of them also consider jail to be misguided, since it helps precious few; the wronged are still left wronged, and those who did wrong hurt society more by being a weight to them and just sitting around deprived of their liberty.

[bobbieinok]

6. Sessions retorts 'These kids do NOT believe in me (ie Jesus), THUS VERSE DOESN'T APPLY

And we know they don't believe because? Well, just look at who they are!! Brown, family bad, illegal.

[Dulcinea]

8. Here are a couple:

Deuteronomy 10: 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:34 The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Put that in your pipe & smoke it, Jefferson Beauregard.

[Igel]

12. Others also say

there's one law for both stranger and Israelite. Both were to keep the Sabbath; both were to observe the same religious law, in part. But the strangers were not subject to certain rules; they also didn't benefit from certain things. There was a distinction drawn.

It says not to oppress the stranger (it also says not to oppress one's brother, but that worked out badly). That had a rather specific meaning in context. But strangers, unless they intermarried, were prohibited from owning land.

"Strangers" were also a bit different then. Now many migrate to get stuff--better treatment, better living conditions, better jobs, more rights. In 1000 BC, migration meant being cut off from your tribe, your clan, your kin, your family, your language and your culture. Those were the guarantors of your rights and often your support network. So a stranger was either a merchant, and probably transient; or truly destitute, with no kin and no expectation of anything but poverty. When you see special protections for a group, when you see something listed as prohibited, the one thing you can assume is that the group needed special protections and the prohibited thing was common and considered deleterious by those in charge of the official cult.

[rsdsharp]

13. The last time a read that verse

was in a Christmas card sent to me by the local head of Operation Rescue. She was serving 37 days in jail at the time for contempt for violating an injunction I had obtained on behalf of Planned Parenthood.