Posted on 10/17/2017 1:51:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Christian nationalists Trump has emboldened pray in public and prey on the people in private.
On Friday, President Donald Trump went before the annual Values Voter Summit and declared America "a country that never forgets that we are all, everyone one of us, by the very same God in heaven."
Trump invoked the name of Jesus just a day after he announced his executive order to stop the federal government's Cost Sharing Reduction payments, which subsidize health care for lower-income families under the Affordable Care Act.
The Christian nationalists Trump has emboldened do not follow the Jesus I know and preach. Their values stem not from Christ, but from cash; theirs is the gospel of greed, not grace. As the Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse chronicled in his book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America," these preachers are the heirs of the corrupt religious leaders who spoke against Rabbi Abraham Heschel and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.
Corporate sponsorship has bloated the public image of extremism. But there are far more people of faith and conscience who want to revive the heart and soul of our democracy than there are those wishing to pollute it.
Last week, the men and women who crowded into that D.C. ballroom claimed to be attending a values conference. But instead, they proved yet again how morally bankrupt a vocal segment of Christianity has become.
And so today, we invite the millions of people who truly believe in the teachings of Jesus to stand up and speak out for a true #ValuesRevolution. Let's show America what a true moral majority looks like.
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Throughout the Scriptures, virtually every story told by Jesus admonishes us to see to the needs of the poor and vulnerable among us.
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His fans among the poor are their own worst enemies and confuse their needs with their wants.
Is this a$$hole taking a knee?
William Barber II - Wikipedia
The Reverend William Barber II; Since 2006 he has been president of the NAACP’s North Carolina state chapter.
That guy is a Marxist, and no follower of Marx or Alinsky can be a Christian. You cannot serve two masters.
Opinions are like b*ngholes, everyone has one and most of them stink.
It’s hard to argue with someone who fancies himself a paragon of Christianity.
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