One part Joel Osteen. One part John Rambo. She's just playing the hits that conservatives love.
We'll see if voters eat it up. The Missouri primary isn't until Tuesday and Sec State is a crowded ass field. She's probably pulling these stunts just to get some name recognition. This strikes me as less about being stupid and more about being a virtual unknown in an eight-person field.
Unfortunately, these "Christians" are the ravenous wolves dressed in sheep's clothing that Matthew 7:15 warns us of.
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" - William Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"
Not to be pedantic, but this verse is basic. Most Christians will have a counter to this verse and it's lost on many of them.
This verse is much more on point:
Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.”
Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”
Here Jesus is, being fucking arrested. And someone pulls a sword to defend Jesus and he tells him to chill.
These people are Christians the same way I am vegetarian. On Sundays only.
The scriptures, if one believes these things, were fulfilled, right? If the reason given not to fight was so that the scriptures would be fulfilled, doesn't that logically leave Christians free to commit any violence, now?
Pfff, they don't read their user manual! No time for that when there are people to be persecuted! They've reforged Jesus into their own fascist, greedy, gun nut. Sort of a Frankenstein's monster cross between Supply-Side Jesus and Rambo.
I'm pretty sure they have never er actually read that book, none of their policies are in sync, they just really love virtue signaling about God while they completely miss the point. Jesus never wanted trans folks to not exist, never tried to drag gays behind his truck, never tried to separate immigrants from their children, and most importantly never threaten a coup saying it will remain bloodless if the vast majority of the population allows it to...these assholes are as close to God as the satanic church
Don't let them off the hook yet. According to this article they didn't fire her. She quit after they "tried to keep her quiet about attacking LGBTQ books in libraries."
If Nestle hasn't publicly distanced themselves from her, they're probably still willing to employ her. I wouldn't be surprised if they were secretly donating to her campaign.
I guarantee she was a vocal bigot and only got in trouble with Nestle once it because clear she was a PR disaster. Bigots like this can't control themselves and definitely have red flags.
Passing new laws, setting up DOJ task forces, revoking tax exempt status from participating "churches", actually arresting conservatives who threaten people with guns...
I don't think they were the only Christians. There are the orthodox, and a couple of "heresies" that existed. The schism with the orthodox is complicated though. Both sides argue they were the original and the other went rogue.
If I said the same thing about her and her church while posing with a weapon suitable for a mass shooting, she would want me arrested, and she would probably be correct (acquiring the weapon is taking an affirmative step towards the commission of the crime). I foresee no legal consequences for her though.
There are far more pedophiles who claim to be straight than gay. She is full of shit trying to conflate the two. Classic conservative rhetoric from the 1950's, what a fucking weirdo.
there are far more pedophiles who believe and vote conservative than anything else. whether they be voters, preachers, or politicians or their subordinates.
If we want to protect children, its the conservatives we should be going after.
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Does anyone else think that all this violent fervor and irreality on the far right is likely to become channeled in destructive, deadly ways across the country if Trump loses the election and there is therfore no longer a semi-legitimate political channel invest all this murderous rage and malicious intent?
Like, it's bad already, but if Trump loses, I feel like for people like this, it's going to push them over the edge from social media posturing to very scary domestic terrorism.
Crazy can be hot, but this is the kind of crazy that stabs you because you forgot to put a dish in the dishwasher and not the kind of crazy that wants to fuck in a fur suit.
Idk it's hard to define sexy crazy without feeling like I'm yucking on someone's kink. Just substitute some random kink you aren't into for the above.
All I'm saying is I'll do some weird shit I'm not into if the sex is good enough, but this lady gives off "I'll bite your dick off because the lord says oral sex is a sin" vibes.