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20. I agree with Rothkopf

Thu Jun 16, 2022, 04:52 PM

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David Rothkopf
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Jun 16, 2022
I know many people will be moved by the references to prayer and God and the Bible in today's hearings. I am not among them. It is dangerous to encourage such invocations of religiosity as a kind of validation of virtuous intent. I don't begrudge people their beliefs.

My concern is that increasingly government proceedings and statements of government officials seem to place greater focus on introduction of religious views into places they do not belong (especially when they favor a focus on just a few particular subsets of religious beliefs.)
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I don't give a shit about which bible verses they read during the insurrection (nt) [View all] Orrex Jun 2022 OP

🤮 we can do it Jun 2022 #1

DITTO!!! elleng Jun 2022 #2

I don't understand the questions or the point. nt Gore1FL Jun 2022 #3

I think we are not the audience they are attempting to reach FalloutShelter Jun 2022 #4

Exactly JohnSJ Jun 2022 #10

I think Delphinus Jun 2022 #17

This exactly mcar Jun 2022 #22

You are no doubt correct Orrex Jun 2022 #30

Neither do they... LakeArenal Jun 2022 #5

That discussion was for a particular audience - not us. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #6

None were accurately quoted or interpreted in context lees1975 Jun 2022 #7

Come on ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #11

To most 'Christians', mainstream and evangelical, the Bible is a buffet of tales and can be cherry-p keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #16

Aguilar tied it together, though. Lars39 Jun 2022 #8

I am in the state of confusion. n/t ChazII Jun 2022 #9

Well I'm thanksgiving for AGUILAR, so there's that. UTUSN Jun 2022 #12

BUT MOMFUDSKI Jun 2022 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jun 2022 #14

absolutely agree Celerity Jun 2022 #15

AMEN! choie Jun 2022 #18

This is a heads-up BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #19

I agree with Rothkopf Nevilledog Jun 2022 #20

A very solid tweet Orrex Jun 2022 #29

You're not the audience greenjar_01 Jun 2022 #21

Of course not Orrex Jun 2022 #23

When somebody says that an argument has different audiences greenjar_01 Jun 2022 #24

I have little doubt that you imagine that to be true. Orrex Jun 2022 #26

Yeesh greenjar_01 Jun 2022 #32

Republicans do iemanja Jun 2022 #25

I agree, it's a sales pitch Orrex Jun 2022 #27

I don't think it was insincere iemanja Jun 2022 #28

Well, call it religious masturbation, then. Orrex Jun 2022 #31