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'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them
(www.alternet.org)
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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There is no place for religion in government. This is horrifying
Even Jesus thought so. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" means exactly that.
If those Christian nationalists could read they'd be very upset
Like these asshats have ever read the Bible. At least, nothing past the old testament.
Bringing up God summoning 2 bears to slaughter 42 children for calling one of his deciples a "baldhead" is always a fun tid bit!
I would not call that a just or kind god.
Many of the OT stories are horrifying. Book of Job is probably the worst, where a petty God destroys a good and pious man to win a wager with Satan.
Who would be interested in worshipping a God who would do such a thing to his own followers, and whose omnipotence is so limited that he can be tricked by Satan into performing evil acts?
Come on man, that would take way too much intelligence and critical thinking skill, for GOP voters to understand.
"Prosperity theology" often goes hand in hand with neoliberalism.
If you're not quite psychopathic enough for "I don't care about the morality of using child slaves, only the profitability", you can assuage that guilt with "If God didn't want me to profit from child slavery, he would have stopped me doing it".