I find this unsettling…….
I find this unsettling…….
I find this unsettling…….
I find this unsettling…….
The part I always find the weirdest is the "oh please God we have been so bad. We are such mega sinners and horrible people and our country is terrible and full of immoral chaos. We'd deserve it if you smited us but please don't please spare us".
Like dog just hire a dominatrix already and keep your weird religious degradation kink to yourself.
Ugh.
Which red flag number is this?
Between the Evangelical Republicans wanting to "save" us and the Heritage Foundation trying to destroy democracy with Project 2025, why on earth would anyone would anyone vote Republican?
You'd have to be a religious nutjob or a dolt.
I find this unsettling…….
In your innermost room, and close the door...What angers me is the need or desire to make praying so public!
I've studied some bible, Jesus said very little about prayer, but one thing he did stress is that you never pray in public, that you be alone with God...
And that one prayer is mistranslated. In the original Greek it said, "Give us this day our supersubstantial bread..."And...he gave the world ONE prayer. One. 56 words. It begins "Our father....."
The best part is what American Christians and their hate for gays and transsexuals seem always to forget....."forgive US, AS WE forgive those who trespass against us...."
I don't see much forgiving in the American Christian movement. I see a lot of bigotry, a lot of hate, a lot of resentment, and a lot of superiority. The Jesus I was taught took a ****ing whip to people like that!
Nearly every founding father was far more secular and supported much more separation of church and state than this piece of shit does. They would be devastated to know that hundreds of years later there would still be idiots calling for the US to be a Christian nation and to tear down the walls they put up.You would've been shaking at George Washington's inauguration then.
In your innermost room, and close the door...
I'm convinced that was about meditation, not supplication.
And that one prayer is mistranslated. In the original Greek it said, "Give us this day our supersubstantial bread..."
Presumably that made no sense to the monk or whoever translated it so he wrote 'daily' instead. Thing is, the concept was so important that the word 'supersubstantial' (epiousion) was created to express it.
Epiousion - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Why don't you quote some parallels.You would've been shaking at George Washington's inauguration then.
Did George Washington belong to a religion that wanted everyone to be a very specific kind of Christian?You would've been shaking at George Washington's inauguration then.
WGAF?I wonder if Johnson gave his permission for this video to go public.
Why don't you quote some parallels.
I wonder if Johnson gave his permission for this video to go public.
Did George Washington belong to a religion that wanted everyone to be a very specific kind of Christian?
Read up about evangelical Christians if you want more info. Johnson is an evangelical Christian.
No, that's not the only problem. Read up about evangelical Christians. Have a good one.I thought the problem was "blurring the line" between church and state no matter what type of Christian......
You clearly don't.WGAF?
He's praying about our country. Whether he is doing it publicly or privately makes all the difference. Unless you're trying to forbid him from praying privately, you're barking up the wrong tree.He's talking about our country, the one where he is two heartbeats away from the Presidency.
Nearly every founding father was far more secular and supported much more separation of church and state than this piece of shit does. They would be devastated to know that hundreds of years later there would still be idiots calling for the US to be a Christian nation and to tear down the walls they put up.
No, that's not the only problem. Read up about evangelical Christians. Have a good one.
Mr. Johnson is not only a public figure, but a historied public figure who has a history of putting his faith face in whatever camera he can find.
Mr. Johnson can take all the legal action in the world. And I can say ANYTHING about him, ANYTHING, and he is powerless to stop me.
Unlike celebrities, politicians are given no quarter for privacy as they seek the limelight in both their professional and PERSONAL lives as Mr. Johnson is doing in this very public VIDEO he knew as being recorded!
With that, Mr. Johnson is accorded no status in matters of 'privacy".
On top of that, Mr. Johnson is so obnoxious about his faith that no court would take seriously that he felt he had ANY claim to privacy in that matter.
The Price of religious fame. Pray in public, get ridiculed in public...fair's fair.
Trust me, if you have a family member that is LBGQT or was raped and needed an abortion, he would give two shits about their personal privacy. He thinks he's doing God's work, but it's a very specific kind of God's work. That's why this matters.You clearly don't.
He's praying about our country. Whether he is doing it publicly or privately makes all the difference. Unless you're trying to forbid him from praying privately, you're barking up the wrong tree.
I wish to know if he gave his permission to have the video go public. If he did, I echo the sentiment shared by the O/P.