Sen. Raphael Warnock - seen on Bluesky

[groundloop]

[Lovie777]

1. K & R..............

[Hekate]

2. And that's the truth

[Autumn]

3. Is it really identidy theft if there is no proof someone ever lived.

[Biophilic]

7. "Identify " of historical and/or fictional persons has little to do with whether they actually lived.

Winston Churchill has numerous “identities” as does King Arthur. Has nothing to do with whether someone actually lived or not.

[NCgayguy]

4. Not just that.....

But now Jesus is WHITE!

[LoisB]

6. ...has long flowing hair and speaks American English.

[3catwoman3]

14. True story. A good friend of ours was married to a Methodist...

…minister (no longer - they divorced when he cheated on her with one of his female parishioners).

She told us about one of the congregation members who did not approve of foreign languages being taught in American schools. His rationale - “If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.”

How do you even begin to counteract such woeful ignorance?

[LoisB]

19. Jesus, Joseph, and Mary all wept! Good Grief!

[3catwoman3]

21. Truly appalling, isn't it?!

If breathing required intelligent thought, there's a whole bunch of folks who'd be in a whole lot of trouble.

[LoisB]

22. Yes and yes. Sadly, that congregant is probably not the only one who believes that.

[eppur_se_muova]

26. Several claims that a US official said the same thing -- usually attributed to TX governer "Ma" Ferguson, but dubious. n

[NCgayguy]

15. I think it was

that Transatlantic accent that gave it away!

Hi LoisB!

[LoisB]

20. Hey, Reis. How are you doing?

[NCgayguy]

25. Hi LoisB

I'm fine. I was able to spend a little more time on DU on Wednesday. I hope all is well with you!
Reis

[soldierant]

8. "There I was - the only white guy in palestine in the first sentury "

[NCgayguy]

16. Hi soldierant!

[progressoid]

5. Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak'

It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would not be, "I apologize." The response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity

[groundloop]

10. EXACTLY. It just doesn't make sense to me how anyone can support tRump and claim to be Christian.

[Old Crank]

9. Good one.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. ding.

[Celerity]

12. 'Jesus is the Biggest Victim of Identity Theft': Warnock On Trump Deportations - The View

[Nanjeanne]

13. Perfect.

[calimary]

17. That's a great way to put it.

Great, but also INFURIATING!!!

[Cha]

18. No Doubt.. TY & Sen Rev Warnock!

[summer_in_TX]

23. I've been saying forever that Jesus is being defamed by the Christian Nationalists.

Made me fume.

Sen. Warnock said it so much better!

[BurnDoubt]

24. I was raised Catholic and have long since drifted.

If you have to tell me you are Christian, it's too late. I should know from your actions. I'm sick of performative demonstrations of prayer. and declarations of Faith by luke-warm small-"c" christians. These demonstrations in Congress and the White House are an affront to the Constitution, the Public, non-Christians and Christians who believe it is a conceit, as I do.
NONE of this regime practices any part of Christianity that isn't performative, and, in fact hypocritical. Theirs is NOT God's Work. Cruelty is not among the Beatitudes, but falls under the "Seven Deadlies", and certainly not the way of a Just God..
I grew up with the notion that the Constitution prohibits the Government from establishing a State Religion. I'm good with that.
Religion Is Not Government; Government Is Not Religion; Business Is Neither. The mixture is Fascism.
Fascism Is Abomination.

[Clouds Passing]

27. Oh snap! Wow! Raphael nails it!

[Wounded Bear]

28. "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians" - Dalai Lama...nt