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(4,917 posts)wcmagumba
(6,636 posts)Biophilic
(6,681 posts)There just cant be anyone lower than someone who does evil while hiding behind the goodness of his or her religion.
Ocelot II
(131,233 posts)even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood."
-Isaiah 1:15
Diamond_Dog
(41,052 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,344 posts)Jesus would send a bolt of lightning.
Mariana
(15,630 posts)If Jesus every actually did something about the worst of his worshippers, the world would be a much better place.
Irish_Dem
(82,344 posts)Mariana
(15,630 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,344 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(5,076 posts)This performative phoney bullshit especially.
malaise
(297,956 posts)Let us PREY on the gullible
Attilatheblond
(9,236 posts)If I thought prayers helped, I'd be on my knees asking for the lightening.
alittlelark
(19,143 posts)Dark stuff
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alterfurz
(2,682 posts)
Mariana
(15,630 posts)The majority of Christian voters cast their ballots for Trump three times.
Norrrm
(5,591 posts)Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.
They support Trump who says he is so perfect that he does not need Christ or his forgiveness.
Like today's evangelical/religious right supporters, Trump is a Political Christian, not a Christian of faith.
Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.
The Donald who does not have to ask Jesus for forgiveness.
The Donald who ridicules Holy Communion.

rickyhall
(5,510 posts)Cheezoholic
(3,916 posts)Maj. Dude
(53 posts)a circle jerk.
summer_in_TX
(4,277 posts)Rev. Benjamin R. Cremer
A prayer of lament over those using prayer as a performance rather than for repentance.
What are we to make of this image?
Men huddled in pious prayer, arms around each other, heads bowed, as if invoking Your name makes the cruelty they prepare holy?
They call it the Big Beautiful Bill, but there is nothing beautiful in the policies it enshrines. It strips food from the hungry, healthcare from the sick, dignity from the elderly, and shuts the door in the face of the stranger You told us to welcome.
They bow their heads in prayer, but their prayers do not rise like incense. They rot in the air like spoiled bread.
[snip ]
How dare they speak Your name to pass laws that harm the very people You embraced?
[snip ]
O God of the oppressed, Do not let their prayers shield them from accountability.
[snip ]
Until then, we lament.
We grieve the misuse of Your name.
Rev. Cremer's lament gave me words I need right now to express the righteous anger I'm feeling.
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