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In Contentious Religious Freedom Debate, Congressman Insists It’s ‘Too Far’ For Christians To Call Jesus ‘The Only Way’
Harbingers Daily ^ | 8/18/23 | David Closson

Posted on 08/20/2023 5:07:45 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Tuesday night, a contentious debate over religious freedom broke out on Twitter between a Republican congressman and a former Trump campaign staffer. To make matters even more interesting, a Democratic congresswoman joined the fray, offering a strong defense of America’s First Freedom. Although the congressman eventually apologized for his comments, the debate shed light on how the nature of religious freedom can be misunderstood.

It all started when Lizzie Marbach, the director of Communications for Ohio Right to Life and a former Trump campaign official, tweeted the following via her personal Twitter account: “There’s no hope for any of us outside of having faith in Jesus Christ alone.” Thirty minutes later, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) responded to Marbach, writing, “God says the Jewish people are the chosen ones, but yet you say we have no hope. Thanks for your pearl of wisdom today.” Miller went on to retweet Marbach’s original post, adding, “This is one of the most bigoted tweets I have ever seen. Delete it, Lizzie. Religious freedom in the United States applies to every religion. You have gone too far.”

Marbach responded to Miller, explaining, “Sorry, Congressman, but these are the words of Jesus himself.” After quoting John 14:6, Marbach paraphrased Philippians 2:10-11 stating, “No one has hope outside of Jesus Christ and every knee will bow one day declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Marbach then wrote, “Even when a sitting Congressman tries to get us to deny the truth of the gospel, we can’t. We must obey God rather than man.” She quoted Romans 1:16, in which Paul says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: beliefs; christianity; jesus; marbach; miller; omardefense; onlyway; rinopoliticians
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To: EinNYC; Roman_War_Criminal

By what authority do you say another has no right to criticise your faith...for that matter who has the “right” to make any criticisms of anybody?

Anybody can have an opinion and everybody may disagree with that opinion...at least until the fire of God falls and the false priests are collected and executed. Only then can we truly know what opinion is the correct one.
Until then we have a corrupt regime to resist that hates both real moral Christians and Real moral Jews!

And that’s my humble opinion!(that and 2 bucks and change gets me a small cup of coffee at McDonalds)


61 posted on 08/21/2023 7:46:06 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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To: one guy in new jersey
Bait...lol... No its cancer that I try to avoid...
Your schismatic-ism is cancer, and a sin against God.
But you go for it all you want. Momento Mori.
So you had Pope Francis as your dysfunctional poster boy- good for you,
but you hated the Awesome JP2 -as you noted in your post-on an equal level just the same.
So sad. That's a consuming cancerous space to be in. But the Ego is an important thing...

Thats your deal, fine.
You can join the ranks of the Protestants, and mis-lead Christians, Muslims etc. whomever you want- in attacking the Church Christ promised us.
You know you won't prevail.

EENS?
So you think CS Lewis and Deitrich Bonhoeffer are condemned to hell
because they didn't grace your pews?
Good luck telling God what to do...


62 posted on 08/21/2023 8:02:00 AM PDT by MurphsLaw ("I consider the sufferings of this present time are nothing compared with the glory to be revealed")
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To: MurphsLaw

dost thou protest too much

..?


63 posted on 08/21/2023 8:10:06 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Why is it that chrstians seem to think that all it takes to prove chrstianity is to quote the "new testament?" Does quoting the koran prove islam?

The Jews don't believe in their religion simply because "it's in the Bible." How does one know the Bible is true? It's because they were there! Two and a half to three million people heard the Voice of G-d (not some guy claiming to represent G-d or, chas vechalilah, to be G-d). Why do American Protestants believe in their bible? They aren't the descendants of the people who saw J*sus. They are the descendants of converts of converts of converts, and their original convert ancestors were Catholic, not Protestant. Don't get me wrong, I am a fanatical defender of total Biblical inerrancy, but I don't believe in the Bible because the Bible says to believe in the Bible. I believe in the Bible because the revelation at Sinai authorizes the Bible, and the revelation at Sinai is the only self-verifying claim of Divine revelation in all of human history.

Haven't any of you ever heard of "reasoning in a circle" or "affirmation of the consequent?"

As to the Congressman, he had no business criticizing a chrstian for simply saying something ever chrstian must believe. Religious relativism is not the way to defend Judaism.

64 posted on 08/21/2023 8:15:03 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ)
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To: cowboyusa
Sorry, Congressman, YESHUA is the King of America, that is the way it is.

So Americans are supposed to be chrstians because it's the American religion? Are Saudis supposed to be moslems, Italians Catholics, Indians hindus, etc.?

It doesn't matter what "the American religion" is. It only matters what the TRUE religion is.

65 posted on 08/21/2023 8:17:55 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

No, all are free to practice what they belive, and and Belivers are free to spread thier faith.


66 posted on 08/21/2023 8:20:12 AM PDT by cowboyusa (UA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The casting away was for Gentiles. The times of the Gentiles have come to an end. Now, GOD is regathering.


67 posted on 08/21/2023 8:23:36 AM PDT by cowboyusa (UA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Jesus is God! He is the Messiah! He is your Messiah!

Rant on. JC ain't my messiah.

68 posted on 08/21/2023 8:23:41 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

In 20 years (much less actually the way things are going) you’ll remember your post here.


69 posted on 08/21/2023 8:36:50 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: one guy in new jersey
dost thou protest too much
..?


Take a look in the mirror.
I think you'll see whom it is,
that is doing the "protesting" against the Church
in these days.

It ain't me.


70 posted on 08/21/2023 8:58:55 AM PDT by MurphsLaw ("I consider the sufferings of this present time are nothing compared with the glory to be revealed")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The Jewish people were “chosen” to take the word of God to the nations. Jesus and the disciples fulfilled that.


71 posted on 08/21/2023 9:10:00 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: MurphsLaw

Have it your way, ML.


72 posted on 08/21/2023 10:33:51 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey; MurphsLaw

Ah-ah. Now you two are going at it.

You asked for it, Guy.


73 posted on 08/21/2023 10:37:18 AM PDT by ebb tide (The pope ... said the church's “catechesis on sex is still in diapers.”)
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To: ebb tide; MurphsLaw

Bearing the burden, yes.


74 posted on 08/21/2023 10:40:40 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey
Bearing the burden, yes.

Don't try and play martyr. You're bearing the burden of what you've brought upon yourself.

75 posted on 08/21/2023 1:37:53 PM PDT by ebb tide (The pope ... said the church's “catechesis on sex is still in diapers.”)
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To: ebb tide

Taking up and bearing One Guy’s cross.


76 posted on 08/21/2023 3:36:26 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

🎻


77 posted on 08/21/2023 7:45:51 PM PDT by ebb tide (The pope ... said the church's “catechesis on sex is still in diapers.”)
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