Posted on 01/30/2022 2:59:25 AM PST by Kaslin
Few exist in our nation who are better able -- and inexplicably willing -- than Keith Olbermann to afford us a portal through which we may view the mindset of your average left-wing digressive on the topic of what is necessary to heal America’s present cultural divide.
Last week, Olbermann publicly condemned Biden -- and even called for his resignation -- due to his administration’s failure over the last year to defend the country from what he called -- by way of incredible hyperbole -- the “terrorists” who reside amongst us throughout this country, as exemplified by those who entered our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021: i.e. “traitors, crooks, sadists, racists, gun fetish psychos, seditionist congressmen, plotters of coup d’état, still strung out on stupidity, and impunity and [who are] ready to do it all over again.”
Where is the President,” Olbermann screeched forth, “…when the other side is trying to kill all of us?.... they have made it clear that America is going to be them or us, and G**D*** it, Joe, it is your job to make sure it is us,, and if you don’t see it that way, resign! (emphasis added)
As a point of curiosity, one might wonder whether Olbermann is aware that his words just happen to have articulated the exact opposite of the Golden Rule. Rather than calling upon Resident Biden to do unto his ideological enemies that which he would have them do unto him, Olbermann seems to be suggesting Biden must kill Olbermann’s ideological foes before they can do likewise to him and his fellow ideologues.
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Seriously?
if you think you can pray the left back to some semblance of normalcy then you have no idea how far gone they are.
you’d be a danger to yourself if you ran into any of them and suggested such a thing.
You’d be a danger to yourself for praying for a leftist?
Yes, pray. But also acknowledge that there are forces from high places designing a vision of the world that is antithetical to God. They will forever be my enemy.
If you run into one of those leftists who are ranting against the country, pro-abortion, anti-American, CRT types...
and you told them you’re going to start praying for their soul...
they’d literally attack you
I think I would rather start punching back twice as hard instead of praying.
That would be a person who’s being prayed for is a danger to others, not a person praying being a danger to himself.
Jesus said they would hate us because they first hated Him. He said to expect persecution for being His followers.
Persecution
2 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 2,288 helpful votes
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
Matthew 5:10 ESV / 1,493 helpful votes
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1 Peter 4:12-14 ESV / 1,386 helpful votes
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Matthew 5:44 ESV / 1,351 helpful votes
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Luke 6:22 ESV / 983 helpful votes
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Matthew 5:10-12 ESV / 885 helpful votes
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
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But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
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Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.
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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Romans 8:35 ESV / 618 helpful votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
John 15:20 ESV / 580 helpful votes
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
1 Peter 3:16 ESV / 562 helpful votes
Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
John 16:33 ESV / 548 helpful votes
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
1 Peter 4:16 ESV / 545 helpful votes
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
John 15:19 ESV / 526 helpful votes
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 4:19 ESV / 518 helpful votes
Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
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But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.
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Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
That was Peter’s instinctive response when Jesus was being arrested, and Jesus said “those who live by the sword die by the sword”, then He healed Malchus’s ear.
AMEN!!! We MUST let GOD back into our country!!
you’re a danger to yourself when you’re oblivious to the obvious attacks you’d suffer as you start praying in front of those people
seriously, i’d blame you as much as them as you’d have to be a dumbass not to see it coming.
and if you think it shouldn’t happen... yet it obviously would... then you’re also dangerously out of touch with the world today.
these are seriously mentally deranged people and you’d be poking them in just the right way to make them lose it.
imagine if they were demons on earth (which they seem to be edging closer towards daily)... what do you think a demon would do as you start praying? that’s the response i’m talking about.
let me help you understand...
they literally chased people down and beat them in the street during 2020 for daring to wear a hat signifying love of country.
imagine what they’d do if you start demonstrating devotion / love of God?
(don’t get me wrong, i think they should all be arrested... but i’m a crazy old guy)
you’re a danger to yourself when you’re oblivious to the obvious attacks you’d suffer as you start praying in front of those people
***So you honestly think we should be taking YOUR advice rather than the advice of the Man Who was God Himself. Okay, got it.
seriously, i’d blame you as much as them
***Seriously, your spiritual condition comes to the forefront and it seems like you need to settle salvation with God by accepting Jesus as Lord, as God, as Savior.
as you’d have to be a dumbass not to see it coming.
***After reading those verses, you honestly think that people don’t see it coming? You are upholding the worldly viewpoint rather than the spiritual and humble, Christ-honoring viewpoint. That makes you a bit of a spiritual dumbass.
and if you think it shouldn’t happen...
***Of course it shouldn’t happen. God allows it so that His followers build up their faith in Him and receive crowns in Heaven.
yet it obviously would... then you’re also dangerously out of touch with the world today.
***Do you consider Christ to have been “dangerously out of touch with the world” of His day? After all, He followed His own words to the point of death.
these are seriously mentally deranged people
***yes they are, and they need prayer
and you’d be poking them in just the right way to make them lose it.
***There are plenty of former persecutors of Christ in Heaven as a result of such prayer. Not that you would be aware of such things.
imagine if they were demons on earth
***I don’t have to imagine it.
(which they seem to be edging closer towards daily)...
***”they” would be those leftists in your view. So you’re using the word ‘demon’ to just denigrate leftists rather than actually address your own hypothetical of imagining if there were demons on earth. Pretty lame writing and thinking.
what do you think a demon would do as you start praying?
***In James it says “resist the devil and he will flee from you” and there are multiple examples of Satan’s demons fleeing from christians. Demons are restricted by what they are allowed to do.
that’s the response i’m talking about.
***You criticize and talk on a subject you know little about.
In all seriousness, I believe Keith Olbermann is mentally ill. He clearly has anger issues, and is borderline psychotic. That doesn’t mean he isn’t dangerous, though.
let me help you understand...
***People have been persecuting christians for 2000 years. You are the one who lacks understanding here.
they literally chased people down and beat them in the street during 2020 for daring to wear a hat signifying love of country.
***Yup. And christians are being arrested & martyred all across the world in greater numbers each day. So your point is????
imagine what they’d do if you start demonstrating devotion / love of God?
***It aint hard to imagine because we are seeing it.
(don’t get me wrong, i think they should all be arrested... but i’m a crazy old guy)
***You also don’t have clarity of thought in your writing.
Wars never solve anything...oh wait, the freedom you enjoy today was the direct result of a war.
Prayer never works — wait, we all have access to salvation due to prayer.
You prayed to God and God sent me.
Good for you. You acknowledge God, you acknowledge you were sent by God, then you can acknowledge that God is in charge and has already said what we should do in His word. Then you can stop with the nonsense and get down to bizness. Are you saved? Do you believe Jesus is God Himself?
then prove me wrong.
go out there and start praying over a parade of LGBQ+++ people and let them know what you’re doing.
g’luck
any lack of clarity isn’t from my side. i’ve spelled it out in painful detail, down to examples from the past as well as hypotheticals.
and yes, there are plenty of Christians being killed in the world today. Africa and the middle east are the common offenders. those people are being attacked, mostly, in their churches. they aren’t hunting down non-believers to pray over.
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