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In reply to the discussion: Forced Birth Mike on Maine mass shooting [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(106,236 posts)25. According to him, school shootings are caused by teaching evolution
From EarlG's Pic of the Moment thread (hat-tip to Initech):
Link to tweet
New Speaker Mike Johnson Blamed School Shootings on the Teaching of Evolution
Johnson remarks were delivered in a sermon titled Preserving Liberty at Christian Center Shreveport in 2016 in which he promoted his legal ministry.
Johnson claimed the United States was founded as a Christian nation and then God was replaced over time for human reasoning. Johnson then said when the late 1960s came it ushered in the countercultural revolution, Woodstock, peace, and drugs and further undermined religion and morality by introducing things like no fault divorce laws and legalized abortion.
Johnson then argued this path led to school shootings and blamed these shootings on students being taught evolution:
Johnson was showing a slide presentation during his sermon. During this segment, Johnson displayed a slide showing an atheist banner, womens rights protesters, and coverage of the Sandy Hook school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 staff members.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/new-speaker-mike-johnson-blamed-school-shootings-on-the-teaching-of-evolution
Johnson remarks were delivered in a sermon titled Preserving Liberty at Christian Center Shreveport in 2016 in which he promoted his legal ministry.
Johnson claimed the United States was founded as a Christian nation and then God was replaced over time for human reasoning. Johnson then said when the late 1960s came it ushered in the countercultural revolution, Woodstock, peace, and drugs and further undermined religion and morality by introducing things like no fault divorce laws and legalized abortion.
Johnson then argued this path led to school shootings and blamed these shootings on students being taught evolution:
And people say, How can a young person go into their schoolhouse and open fire on their classmates? Because weve taught a whole generation, a couple generations now of Americans, that theres no right or wrong, that its about survival of the fittest, and you evolve from the primordial slime. Why is that life of any sacred value? Because theres nobody sacred to whom its owed. None of this should surprise us.
Johnson was showing a slide presentation during his sermon. During this segment, Johnson displayed a slide showing an atheist banner, womens rights protesters, and coverage of the Sandy Hook school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 staff members.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/new-speaker-mike-johnson-blamed-school-shootings-on-the-teaching-of-evolution
Yep, he's that disgusting - he'll parade the Sandy Hook shooting to try and promote his Christian Nationalism. And throw in women's rights, because he's that much of a shit-head.
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When scam callers say "God Bless," I say God doesn't exist because if God existed, you wouldn't exist.
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2023
#35
Also, it is far more valuable and important to protect guns than it is to protect life
Zilli
Oct 2023
#53
'Never forget. Goldwater wasn't perfect, but he saw the writing on the wall. Even then.'....
riversedge
Oct 2023
#15
According to him, school shootings are caused by teaching evolution
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2023
#25
Now you didn't pay attention to the new Speaker -- there are no coincidences; his God does it all.
Hermit-The-Prog
Oct 2023
#31
Yeah, because your damn prayers have been working well after all the other incidents.
GoCubsGo
Oct 2023
#36
Well he kind of did say what action congress will take ----- Prayers, that is it.
Bev54
Oct 2023
#37
The violence is not "senseless". It is horrific and disgusting, but not senseless.
Caliman73
Oct 2023
#38
Obviously, the prayers from the last how many hundreds of mass shootings aren't working, Mikey...
Blue Owl
Oct 2023
#43
God had the ability to STOP these murders before they happened. He didn't.
Ferrets are Cool
Oct 2023
#47
dosent take questions eh? well, what if his voters have questions , wiill he ignore them too."?
AllaN01Bear
Oct 2023
#54
Got it. So we need to pray that maga-mike and the evil rethugs in congress go away somehow
ecstatic
Oct 2023
#61
The only thing prayer does is make the person who prays feel better. It keeps them
Autumn
Oct 2023
#62
His actions will have nothing to do with preventing gun violence or mass shootings
IronLionZion
Oct 2023
#64