Posted on 03/24/2016 10:38:17 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Daily Beast Writer Twists Scripture to Say Jesus Would Oppose Nuns Challenging Contraceptive Mandate In Court
It's always galling when the liberal media rip Scripture out of context to rebuke conservative orthodox Christians for their beliefs and actions, but there's arguably added insult when it happens during Holy Week and the group in question are mostly elderly nuns.
According to the Daily Beast's Jay Michaelson, not only is the lawsuit by the Little Sisters of the Poor against the Obama administration over the contraceptive mandate based on "tortured logic," it's sinful. Writing in his March 23 piece, "Christian Right Says No Means Yes In Obamacare Fight At Supreme Court," Michaelson explains (emphases mine):
This, incidentally, is the new normal for conservative activism: raise tens of millions of dollars from right-wing 1 percenters and then file so many lawsuits that one is bound to make it to the Supreme Court. In fact, Zubik is actually seven cases consolidated into one with hundreds of briefs from activist groups on all sides.
Meanwhile, the government—funded not by the 1 percent but by all of us—has to spend millions of our money to defend all these suits. The net result, other than a biblical waste of taxpayer money, is both to get to the Supreme Court and to intimidate the government into giving the Christian Right what it wants. What would Jesus do, indeed.
(Answer: “The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have already been defeated.” 1 Corinthians 6:7)
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What?
You mean you can’t trust a liberal to correctly interpret the Scriptures?
Who knew?
/sarc
Funny how many scriptures can be interpreted as “STFU Christian scum” with the right interpreter.
They are proud in their hearts, the very thing God hates. The blind leading the blind, and they shall both fall into the pit.
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! 21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!…
Isaiah 5:20
As if this hasn't been standard liberal tactics for at least 40 years.
It is always ‘surprising’ how much non-believers claim to know about the Bible, but I have seen just as bad statements on FR from anti-Christian zealots.
I would note that the scripture in questions deals only with lawsuits between Christians. The nun’s lawsuit certainly isn’t against other Christians.
Oh, sure, an ancient Jew would, of course, encourage spilling one’s seed upon the ground. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Left: Dearly beloved Christians, you are failing to obey Christ by not letting us rob you, throw you into prison, and kill you. Please start doing your part because we are trying to do ours.
Hussein does not behave like anyone calling themselves a
Christian should behave. - I think he’s neither fish nor
fowl; just sucking up to wherever he thinks his bread is
buttered the most & right now the winds blowing on his
middle finger stuck in the wind indicate that “Muzzie” is
his best bet.
I presume he didn’t notice some non Christian groups in the lawsuit.
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