spaceghoti to politics English • 11 months agoMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down110
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comspaceghoti to politics English • 11 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-square@Motavaderlink51•11 months ago“It’s a central premise of the Bible that God invented civil government,” Johnson told Olohan, who added that, “like many Americans of faith, Johnson sees government as a ‘design of God’ and ‘a gift to mankind in a fallen society.’ These people are literally insane.
minus-square@iforgotmyinstancelinkEnglish33•11 months agoGod’s explicit stance on government is “obey your government, pay your taxes”. At no point does the Bible establish a government.
minus-square@EatYouWelllink16•11 months agoYour first mistake was thinking they’ve ever read the thing.
minus-square@captainlezbianlink8•11 months agoAnd the Republican Party can’t even follow those two rules!
“It’s a central premise of the Bible that God invented civil government,” Johnson told Olohan, who added that, “like many Americans of faith, Johnson sees government as a ‘design of God’ and ‘a gift to mankind in a fallen society.’
These people are literally insane.
God’s explicit stance on government is “obey your government, pay your taxes”. At no point does the Bible establish a government.
Your first mistake was thinking they’ve ever read the thing.
And the Republican Party can’t even follow those two rules!
More like King James’s stance
Tru but they ain’t ready to talk about that