Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives
tartarin@reddthat.com 3 weeks agoFrankly, is this really the expression of religion? I don’t think so. At best, it’s the expression of hypocrisy, like anyone praying in public for the show and his personal expression of self-righteousness.
It’s still amazing that many Americans are falling for this and are so religion centered. My own brother-in-law is an American pastor and a huge selfish hypocrite.
Semester3383@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m an atheist and a Satanist. I agree that these people are, by the measure of what the Jesus Christ of the Christian Bible is claimed to have said, hypocrites. At best. And yes, Jesus said that you should pray in private, and that people who pray in public so that they can be seen to pray have already received their reward. (Matthew 6:5 - “And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”)
But it’s still a foundational civil right.
tartarin@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I never said they didn’t have the right to show us their hypocrisy. Frankly, the Buffon in chief is doing much worse than that.