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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:43 PM Jun 2018

You ever asked a Trumpist in a comment thread if they are a christian....

I have been asking that question on threads about the immigration debacle and it is like flipping a switch.

One second they are there blustering and spewing racist talking points and then silence.

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You ever asked a Trumpist in a comment thread if they are a christian.... (Original Post) Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 OP
All their xtian family values crap was cover for their bigotry JI7 Jun 2018 #1
Asking that reminds them how far they have fallen Qutzupalotl Jun 2018 #2
I asked my Senator, Cornyn's thbobby Jun 2018 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author thbobby Jun 2018 #3
Yes I ask that frequently gibraltar72 Jun 2018 #5
They are CHINO's - Christians In Name Only Trust Buster Jun 2018 #6
And if they happen to answer yes.... Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #7
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Needs to Be Expanded Leith Jun 2018 #9
some 'plainin to do too Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #10
I posted Mathew 25 from the bible on facebook for my wingnut cousins to read wasupaloopa Jun 2018 #8

Qutzupalotl

(14,286 posts)
2. Asking that reminds them how far they have fallen
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:03 PM
Jun 2018

from their professed ideals. Trump lulls their conscience to sleep; this question wakes it up. I'm not surprised they don't have a snappy answer. It's no fun to realize you've become a monster.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
3. I asked my Senator, Cornyn's
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:03 PM
Jun 2018

staff on one of my many calls to him. They feigned outrage at my question while I questioned if Jesus would approve making the rich richer while shunning aid to poverty-stricken families.

Response to Thomas Hurt (Original post)

gibraltar72

(7,498 posts)
5. Yes I ask that frequently
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jun 2018

Sometimes is I know they profess religion I simply say what is your churches stance on that. They almost always try to change the subject.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,103 posts)
7. And if they happen to answer yes....
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:52 PM
Jun 2018

ask them to give quotes on what the Bible says about refugees.

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:33-34)

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. (Leviticus 19 -10)

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18-19)

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)

No stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler (Job, discussing his devotion to God) (Job 31:32)

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:25-36)

They are a bunch of fucking hypocrites.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
9. The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Needs to Be Expanded
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:03 PM
Jun 2018
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25&version=NIV

The Sheep and the Goats

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”


chumpy's minions have some work to do.

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
8. I posted Mathew 25 from the bible on facebook for my wingnut cousins to read
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:00 PM
Jun 2018

what ever you did to the least of these you did to me

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