Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives
zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoI hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies. Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:21;23-24
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Just to be clear, the “justice” being referred to here is literal genocide performed by the Israelites.
zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Eh, no? The transgressions are named in Amos 2:4-12; it’s the slavery, the way they treat the poor, the greed, and the incorporation of polytheistic practices like sacred prostitution.