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Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks agoThey’re praying to pass a bill that kicks 15 million off health care and starves children so a handful of billionaires pay less tax.
That’s what Jesus would do.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Denjin@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
They likely believe they’re doing all this in God’s name even though it is entirely against the actual teachings of Jesus.
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
Luke 14:12-14
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The Bible is notably silent on government social programs. Many Christians have taken it upon themselves to believe that social programs are evil, that they perpetuate the problems they’re intended to address, that they destroy the nuclear family, etc.
They sincerely believe that they are doing good by getting rid of these programs because they want to see the Christian family and the church take the central role on these issues, not the government. Furthermore, they believe that a government which tries to solve all social problems and create a utopia for everyone is fundamentally evil, hence the phrase:
“Don’t immanentize the eschaton.”
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So holy.
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
These people should be more holey
Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
“people”