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King_Klonopin

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15. Another evangelical who is illiterate regarding the Constitution of the United Sates

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 11:52 AM

Mar 13

I am a proud Catholic.
The republican/conservative movement has NEVER swayed me.
I have always seen them for what they are.
I have always held them in contempt as being just like the Pharisees whom Jesus detested and railed against.
So many are self-righteous, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, blind guides who are all bluster and pretense.
Their purpose is veiled but it cannot be hidden -- judgment, power, control, division, dominance...
never truth, humility, compassion, mercy, grace, or love which are the things most preached about by Jesus.

"You will know them by their fruits." -- Matthew 7:16

"They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders;
but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
They do all their deeds to be seen by men.
BUT woe to you, scribes and Pharisees (and republicans), hypocrites!
They love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues.
Because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves,
nor allow those who would enter to go in.
You traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte,
you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Blind guides
You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law,
justice and mercy and faith
Blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
You are like white-washed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
You are sons of those who murdered the prophets."
(excerpts from Matthew 23:4-31)

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Will Catholics start leaving the GOP which is now anti Catholic? [View all] Kingofalldems Mar 13 OP

People love hating Catholics OC375 Mar 13 #1

Husband Rebl2 Mar 13 #7

my evangelical sister in law believe Mormans are a cult mountain grammy Mar 13 #14

Evangelical's Maninacan Mar 13 #53

All due respect angrychair Mar 13 #9

I can't blame you for criticizing the catholic church and clergy SocialDemocrat61 Mar 13 #13

Kennedy Democrat OC375 Mar 13 #23

And, they have Pope Leo X1V now... Cha Mar 13 #50

Shady Vance is Catholic. wnylib Mar 13 #52

Yes, and Pope Leo in all his wisdom Cha Mar 13 #55

True. Leo's got Vance's number. wnylib Mar 13 #56

I love Pope Leo. BlueKota Mar 13 #58

So Do I, BlueKota! Cha Mar 13 #64

Does AOC go to church? For some reason, I can't picture it. I never thought of her faith LeftInTX Mar 14 #68

She went on Ash Wednesday SocialDemocrat61 Mar 14 #71

Cool! LeftInTX Mar 14 #72

I survived Catholic schools OC375 Mar 13 #22

I am a Catholic School survivor too. BlueKota Mar 13 #57

Hating on Catholics is an American tradition peggysue2 Mar 13 #28

You are making me think of the movie "Gangs of New York" OC375 Mar 13 #39

Catholics were also targets of the KKK, and Hitler. BlueKota Mar 13 #60

Just like old times Wednesdays Mar 13 #2

Ban Christmas and Easter too. They started with Catholics. Srkdqltr Mar 13 #3

They actually started as Pagan holy days, Yule and Oestara. The churches niyad Mar 13 #11

whatever massive eye roll Srkdqltr Mar 13 #20

Accuracy matters. niyad Mar 13 #24

Indeed.it does. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 13 #49

I thought Christmas was a repacking of Roman Saturnalia DBoon Mar 13 #27

And Saturnalia was lifted from Yule. niyad Mar 13 #34

That's ridiculous muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #45

Ancient Aliens OC375 Mar 13 #40

Accurately, Easter comes from the Jewish Passover. muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #47

Another creative reductio ad absurdum Torchlight Mar 13 #31

Actually, no. Mme. Defarge Mar 13 #54

But then there are the Opus Dei catholics who will gladly leave the church to follow MAGA. 3_Limes Mar 13 #4

I call them Francisco Franco Catholics DBoon Mar 13 #6

Leonard Leo Sleazebag 2na fisherman Mar 13 #16

They were following the priest. Blue Full Moon Mar 13 #5

Not a chance RainCaster Mar 13 #8

Catholics aren't into that. They are anti-abortion! LeftInTX Mar 13 #35

As a Catholic, no Catholic follows the "end times" nonsense. debm55 Mar 13 #43

glad to hear that RainCaster Mar 13 #63

There are 45,000 "christian" denominations worldwide Nigrum Cattus Mar 13 #10

And yet he tattooed his body Mblaze Mar 13 #12

Another evangelical who is illiterate regarding the Constitution of the United Sates King_Klonopin Mar 13 #15

My current parish is very conservative with a hard-right pastor. Boomerproud Mar 13 #25

Pope Leo is also being undermined at every turn by the radtrad media machine... keep_left Mar 13 #44

I'm fortunate to live in Mass. King_Klonopin Mar 14 #65

I have always felt the same way about the Evangelicals. BlueKota Mar 13 #62

Republicans are one part gangster, one part Pharisee. n/t King_Klonopin Mar 14 #66

Agreed BlueKota Mar 14 #73

No Silly! You don't understand the state of our media maxrandb Mar 13 #17

Good summary ck4829 Mar 13 #21

Sometimes I see so many stories about everyone breaking up with Democrats that I imagine the party betsuni Mar 13 #33

Pretty much sums it up, as you always do! Great post! mountain grammy Mar 14 #69

K&R ck4829 Mar 13 #18

Church in the military for me pwb Mar 13 #19

This is what a college friend of mine BlueKota Mar 13 #61

Most of the Catholics that I know are Bettie Mar 13 #26

Division. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Mar 13 #29

JD Vance is Catholic, baptized in 2019 and Marco Rubio, Sean Duffy are Catholic wishstar Mar 13 #30

They are Opus Dei Catholics, not Pope Leo Catholics. blm Mar 13 #32

If the nationalists take over, there will be no Supreme Court. Kingofalldems Mar 13 #38

According to Franklin (and Billy) Graham, Catholics are not Christians either Norrrm Mar 13 #36

That is true. Kingofalldems Mar 13 #37

If they vote Republican they themselves most likely hate some other groups also JI7 Mar 13 #41

LOL, right. maxsolomon Mar 13 #42

"...the GOP which is NOW anti Catholic?" B.See Mar 13 #46

These are the people that want to force TPUSA and extreme Christian nationalist viewpoints down everyone's throats ChicagoTeamster Mar 13 #48

Post removed Post removed Mar 13 #51

Great response to that Obvious One Prairie Gates Mar 13 #59

W Bush courted the Catholic vote. "Mexico is our friend" LeftInTX Mar 14 #67

If it weren't for the Catholic Church, which goes clear back almost to the time of Christ, valleyrogue Mar 14 #70