GOP slouches into the crazy to be born as MAGA ~ GENERAL | Woodward says Comer lying in new book about Woodward statements on Biden

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TarSpiel said:
NYT bestseller, many positive reviews, accolades from influential dipwads like John MacArthur...she's not a nobody, that's for sure

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I always look for the stiletto beside those type books on their best seller lists signaling bulk buys. An amazing number of those books, especially by Regnery Press, do. That goes back to Nixon's day. I didn't see who published this,though.
 
finesse said:
I always look for the stiletto beside those type books on their best seller lists signaling bulk buys. An amazing number of those books, especially by Regnery Press, do. That goes back to Nixon's day. I didn't see who published this,though.
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Smart, but in this case it looks like she has some strong backers amongst the evangelical right.

I might pirate this book just to see what kind of political/religious slop people are sucking up these days.
 
superrific said:
The parable ends with Jesus saying, "go and do likewise" or something along those lines.

Kind of hard to square that with the "it's not telling you to be nice to people" line there. Like, literally, Jesus is telling you to do that.
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Well, in the new Trump Bible they can just change the wording around to suit their needs. They're good at that kind of thing.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Well, in the new Trump Bible they can just change the wording around to suit their needs. They're good at that kind of thing.
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That's just same as it ever was. Revelation wasn't accepted as part of the Bible until over three centuries after the crucifixion of Jesus and some groups still don't fully accept it. Current Evangelicals seem to treat it as more important than the Gospels.
 
finesse said:
That's just same as it ever was. Revelation wasn't accepted as part of the Bible until over three centuries after the crucifixion of Jesus and some groups still don't fully accept it. Current Evangelicals seem to treat it as more important than the Gospels.
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Southern Baptists certainly do - it was one of the most popular topics I heard in church growing up. You'd occasionally hear something about the Sermon on the Mount, but the Rapture and Second Coming and the horrible tortures God would inflict on unbelievers when the Anti-Christ took over were far more popular.
 
nycfan said:


Is this a widespread interpretation of the parable of the Good Samaritan these days? Not how I learned it but admittedly I am not a religious person.
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This is not the interpretation that I was taught either. Of course, this was in the late 80s and 90s so I can't speak to modern day teachings. As lawtig said, a lot of Christians nowadays use the imperfect nature of humans to excuse their bad behavior. I've never seen nor heard this applied to the story of the Good Samaritan, however.

On a side note, I haven't been religious for a very long time (if ever really) but I grew up with Ben in the church. Known him since early adolescence, although I haven't seen him since before the pandemic. I'm happy to see him active and speaking out on Bluesky. He's a good dude and Christianity, and our nation as a whole, would be in a much better place if we had more pastors like him. My only criticism is that he's a dookie 😄
 
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