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Sen. Raphael Warnock - seen on Bluesky (Original Post) groundloop Jul 2025 OP
K & R.............. Lovie777 Jul 2025 #1
And that's the truth Hekate Jul 2025 #2
Is it really identidy theft if there is no proof someone ever lived. Autumn Jul 2025 #3
"Identify " of historical and/or fictional persons has little to do with whether they actually lived. Biophilic Jul 2025 #7
Not just that..... NCgayguy Jul 2025 #4
...has long flowing hair and speaks American English. LoisB Jul 2025 #6
True story. A good friend of ours was married to a Methodist... 3catwoman3 Jul 2025 #14
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary all wept! Good Grief! LoisB Jul 2025 #19
Truly appalling, isn't it?! 3catwoman3 Jul 2025 #21
Yes and yes. Sadly, that congregant is probably not the only one who believes that. LoisB Jul 2025 #22
Several claims that a US official said the same thing -- usually attributed to TX governer "Ma" Ferguson, but dubious. n eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #26
I think it was NCgayguy Jul 2025 #15
Hey, Reis. How are you doing? LoisB Jul 2025 #20
Hi LoisB NCgayguy Jul 2025 #25
"There I was - the only white guy in palestine in the first sentury " soldierant Jul 2025 #8
Hi soldierant! NCgayguy Jul 2025 #16
Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak' progressoid Jul 2025 #5
EXACTLY. It just doesn't make sense to me how anyone can support tRump and claim to be Christian. groundloop Jul 2025 #10
Good one. Old Crank Jul 2025 #9
ding. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #11
'Jesus is the Biggest Victim of Identity Theft': Warnock On Trump Deportations - The View Celerity Jul 2025 #12
Perfect. Nanjeanne Jul 2025 #13
That's a great way to put it. calimary Jul 2025 #17
No Doubt.. TY & Sen Rev Warnock! Cha Jul 2025 #18
I've been saying forever that Jesus is being defamed by the Christian Nationalists. summer_in_TX Jul 2025 #23
I was raised Catholic and have long since drifted. BurnDoubt Jul 2025 #24
Oh snap! Wow! Raphael nails it! Clouds Passing Jul 2025 #27
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians" - Dalai Lama...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #28

Biophilic

(6,402 posts)
7. "Identify " of historical and/or fictional persons has little to do with whether they actually lived.
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:56 PM
Jul 2025

Winston Churchill has numerous “identities” as does King Arthur. Has nothing to do with whether someone actually lived or not.

3catwoman3

(28,579 posts)
14. True story. A good friend of ours was married to a Methodist...
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 05:45 PM
Jul 2025

…minister (no longer - they divorced when he cheated on her with one of his female parishioners).

She told us about one of the congregation members who did not approve of foreign languages being taught in American schools. His rationale - “If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.”

How do you even begin to counteract such woeful ignorance?

3catwoman3

(28,579 posts)
21. Truly appalling, isn't it?!
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 09:41 PM
Jul 2025

If breathing required intelligent thought, there's a whole bunch of folks who'd be in a whole lot of trouble.

eppur_se_muova

(40,960 posts)
26. Several claims that a US official said the same thing -- usually attributed to TX governer "Ma" Ferguson, but dubious. n
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:33 AM
Jul 2025

NCgayguy

(255 posts)
25. Hi LoisB
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:46 AM
Jul 2025

I'm fine. I was able to spend a little more time on DU on Wednesday. I hope all is well with you!
Reis

progressoid

(52,570 posts)
5. Pastor alarmed after Trump-loving congregants deride Jesus' teachings as 'weak'
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:45 PM
Jul 2025
It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would not be, "I apologize." The response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity


groundloop

(13,567 posts)
10. EXACTLY. It just doesn't make sense to me how anyone can support tRump and claim to be Christian.
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 05:11 PM
Jul 2025

summer_in_TX

(4,042 posts)
23. I've been saying forever that Jesus is being defamed by the Christian Nationalists.
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 11:00 PM
Jul 2025

Made me fume.

Sen. Warnock said it so much better!

BurnDoubt

(1,447 posts)
24. I was raised Catholic and have long since drifted.
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 02:51 AM
Jul 2025

If you have to tell me you are Christian, it's too late. I should know from your actions. I'm sick of performative demonstrations of prayer. and declarations of Faith by luke-warm small-"c" christians. These demonstrations in Congress and the White House are an affront to the Constitution, the Public, non-Christians and Christians who believe it is a conceit, as I do.
NONE of this regime practices any part of Christianity that isn't performative, and, in fact hypocritical. Theirs is NOT God's Work. Cruelty is not among the Beatitudes, but falls under the "Seven Deadlies", and certainly not the way of a Just God..
I grew up with the notion that the Constitution prohibits the Government from establishing a State Religion. I'm good with that.
Religion Is Not Government; Government Is Not Religion; Business Is Neither. The mixture is Fascism.
Fascism Is Abomination.

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