Cool, can I stone him for wearing mixed fibers? I’d support that!
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Rhaedas - 2.0yr
"The founders set that up because they followed the biblical admonition on what a civil society is supposed to look like."
The obvious first point is of course that the founders, many very religious, went out of their way to set up a secular process of governance because they knew of both past and their current world where religion and government mixing caused lots of problems, and "the Great Experiment" was all about not following the same path this time.
I'm curious what Biblical passages he's pulling from. I'm leaning towards him just talking out his ass (because he can say anything to plenty of believers while invoking "the Bible says" and they'll nod in agreement without questioning), but I'm willing to give him a bit of benefit if he can find anything to support the claim.
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IninewCrow - 2.0yr
I'm leaning towards him just talking out his ass
Isn't that the format that Christians have been using for 2,000 years
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LeafOnTheWind @lemmy.world - 2.0yr
It was a lot easier when most people couldn't read the bible...
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tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 - 2.0yr
And nowadays the most staunch bible loving americans just never actually read the god damn book.
5
1D10 @lemmy.world - 2.0yr
The Bible says " He who speaks without knowing shall be praised by fools and mocked by the wise"
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Jaysyn - 2.0yr
We can name it Gilead!
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dumdum666 - 2.0yr
I bet Johnson already dreams about his „Ofmike‘s“ every night…
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LillyPip - 2.0yr
Fascists gonna fash.
Please, for the love of humanity, VOTE.
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tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 - 2.0yr
I'm not sure if just voting is going to cut it this time. The US is at the end of its political lifecycle and the antiquared political system needs a complete overhaul.
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some_guy @lemmy.sdf.org - 2.0yr
How this twat ever got into power is beyond me. This country is so fucked.
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leopardpuncher - 2.0yr
I'm paraphrasing wildly, but Douglas Adams said something in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"Those who want to wield power are always those least qualified to do so".
5
Gazumi - 2.0yr
Under His eye
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inclementimmigrant @lemmy.world - 2.0yr
Boy that's going to be a lot of Republicans that I'm going to get to take out of town and stone to death.
But on the plus side, I guess abortion would be back on the table.
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Shanedino @lemmy.world - 2.0yr
But we already have a democratic republic...
4
LillyPip - 2.0yr
‘If you can keep it.’
– Benjamin Franklin
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ugh - 2.0yr
Ehh...
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tsonfeir @lemm.ee - 2.0yr
My favorite part of the Bible is when Lot’s daughters ride his Johnson.
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iforgotmyinstance @lemmy.world - 2.0yr
🤮🤮🤮
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Jake Farm - 2.0yr
There are no true democracies, they are all some form of republic.
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Beemo Dinosaurierfuß - 2.0yr
The fuck you talking about?
Republic is a form of state and democracy is a form of government.
Those things are not mutually exclusive, to the contrary.
There are democratic republics, there are democratic monarchies, there are totalitarian republics and many other combinations of state form and form of government.
To say a country is not a democracy because it is a republic is like saying an apple is not a fruit because it is green.
darth_tiktaalik in atheism
House Speaker Johnson argues against democracy, advocating for a republic based on Bible (video)
https://boingboing.net/2023/12/04/house-speaker-johnson-argues-against-democracy-advocating-for-a-republic-based-on-bible-video.htmlCool, can I stone him for wearing mixed fibers? I’d support that!
The obvious first point is of course that the founders, many very religious, went out of their way to set up a secular process of governance because they knew of both past and their current world where religion and government mixing caused lots of problems, and "the Great Experiment" was all about not following the same path this time.
I'm curious what Biblical passages he's pulling from. I'm leaning towards him just talking out his ass (because he can say anything to plenty of believers while invoking "the Bible says" and they'll nod in agreement without questioning), but I'm willing to give him a bit of benefit if he can find anything to support the claim.
Isn't that the format that Christians have been using for 2,000 years
It was a lot easier when most people couldn't read the bible...
And nowadays the most staunch bible loving americans just never actually read the god damn book.
The Bible says " He who speaks without knowing shall be praised by fools and mocked by the wise"
We can name it Gilead!
I bet Johnson already dreams about his „Ofmike‘s“ every night…
Fascists gonna fash.
Please, for the love of humanity, VOTE.
I'm not sure if just voting is going to cut it this time. The US is at the end of its political lifecycle and the antiquared political system needs a complete overhaul.
How this twat ever got into power is beyond me. This country is so fucked.
I'm paraphrasing wildly, but Douglas Adams said something in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
"Those who want to wield power are always those least qualified to do so".
Under His eye
Boy that's going to be a lot of Republicans that I'm going to get to take out of town and stone to death.
But on the plus side, I guess abortion would be back on the table.
But we already have a democratic republic...
‘If you can keep it.’
– Benjamin Franklin
Ehh...
My favorite part of the Bible is when Lot’s daughters ride his Johnson.
🤮🤮🤮
There are no true democracies, they are all some form of republic.
The fuck you talking about?
Republic is a form of state and democracy is a form of government.
Those things are not mutually exclusive, to the contrary.
There are democratic republics, there are democratic monarchies, there are totalitarian republics and many other combinations of state form and form of government.
To say a country is not a democracy because it is a republic is like saying an apple is not a fruit because it is green.