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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat will the "Evangelicals" say about, Mr Trump admitting he lied to the entire world?
What do you think????
...In a very well known document, The Bible, The Lord said...
COMMANDMENT 9, of the ....10 COMMANDMENTS
.................9.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
When Trump told the country that he had, "No business dealings with Russia"
And it turns out that he did, and other people believed this, and some other
people are in deep trouble because of Trump lying about this....And other people
could spend a whole lot of time in jail, because they lied about this too.
.................So what will the Evangelical Christians and believers say?
It does look to me that Trump gave.."false witness against his neighbor"
Perfect
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,932 posts)because he's advancing their agenda. Reminds me of an old TV script where one of the characters says he'd take money from the devil himself if it was used for a godly cause.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)justified. Trying to shame them simply doesn't work.
malaise
(268,967 posts)Their Jebus forgives them but not dirty lib'rals.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)As long as they can count on Trump to do that, they can overlook everything else he does, as they've repeatedly shown.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)They also want to marginalize and destroy LGBTQI people, force children to recite their prayers in school, eradicate and delegitamize science that disagrees with their interpretation of the bible, and more.
jpljr77
(1,004 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Stuart G
(38,421 posts)Your statement is clear, honest, easy to understand, and true.
................. 8 words on Evangelicals..so simple and so true.....
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)didn't matter.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)Because...
you know Mexicans are scary... oh and the "libruls" might put up another uppity woman who don't respect her husband's 'authoritai' or something...
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
Zambero
(8,964 posts)That he did! And now the great Republican Jeebus has him up there at the pearly gates. That proves that a lie (or two or three) couldn't be such a big deal. St. Ronnie fibbed his way through Iran-Contra and still has a bright golden halo above his head. So hey, let's give our wonderful Supreme Court Savior St. Donnie a break!!
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Anything to keep their power.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)is perfectly within the bounds of any religion I've ever known about.
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts).
Before the 80s, people who thought of the Bible being without error were seen as pariahs.
Then, there was a big push, around the same time as the "Moral Majority" came to be, and churches slowly adopted this thought. Christians who believed in Verbal Dictation or Verbal Plenary Inspiration argued that, since the Bible was inspired by God, it must be perfect. Evangelical minister, Harold Lindsell, wrote a book and later headed the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. An astonishing 335 Evangelical leaders signed onto the The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy."
Soon, the educated ministers were forced out of churches. Religious universities, began to purge any doctors who refused to sign onto inerrancy, since the Bible contains hundreds of erroneous and conflicting passages. Compound this with the modernist view that anyone can be a minister, without official training or education, as long as one was divinely inspired or felt so.
This led to a complete dumbing down of religion within Christianity, as the majority of church organizations and movements have now subscribed to this Biblical Inerrancy movement.
The problem with this belief, is that people must make up stories and excuses to resolve these Biblical errors.
Now, after 35 years, a generation and a half, most people are used to explaining away things to meet their needs.
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ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)That's all they've got.
Botany
(70,501 posts)Gay Marriage
Climate Change isn't real because God said we wouldn't have any more flooding
after "the Great Ark" ride.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)The second one is weak even for most of them. The lunatic fringe, yes. But, most of them are all about "dead babies" and "the gays".
Botany
(70,501 posts).... isn't real, science isn't real, and that uppity liberals are pushing global warming so
their scientists can make lots of money.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)But, some don't buy it, and some are too stupid to grasp the point. But, the other two they all grasp.
Efilroft Sul
(3,579 posts)"He's an imperfect man, just like King David, yada-yada rationalization yada."
ck4829
(35,069 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)as done for God's greater purpose, which is getting Trump elected so he could stop the Democrats killing babies.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)They're the new satanists.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)davekriss
(4,616 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)It does make me wonder sometimes why all these right to life fanatics don't all have a slew of adopted children.
area51
(11,908 posts)JCanete
(5,272 posts)He can make a rock so large even he can't lift it, and make two seemingly contradictory statements, and have both simultaneously be true. He in fact had no business dealings with Russia, its just that Russia had business dealing with Trump. There, you see?
Apollyonus
(812 posts)as long as someone gives them their cherished abortion ban, they wouldn't care if it was Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer.
badhair77
(4,217 posts)basically the same thing they do when he is confronted with the truth.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)That's what they said about Don bragging about "grabbing pussies," so why should this be any different?
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)"Aw he's only human. Praise Gawd ... and keep
those tithes coming in friends and neighbors."
Initech
(100,068 posts)They are more concerned about protecting the brand then they are about telling the truth.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)they vote for him?