the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion
That’s language from the Treaty of Tripoli that was signed by John Adams, our second president. The Founding Fathers were grounded in Enlightenment philosophy. Whatever their personal faith was, they recognized that faith should not dominate politics. That is a threat to democracy and honest compromise in policy.
How did it not go well? The article just details how people are defending his record and beliefs but shows no repercussions nor is it “not going well” for his defenders. He is second in line for the presidency with insane beliefs and theocratic tendencies. Sure seems to be going just fine for him, unfortunately for us.
Maybe it’s “not going well,” because the majority of the public aren’t buying their shit? Seems to kind of ring hollow when they have the power to both bring bills to the floor and vote on them.
I would love for that to be true, but where’s the evidence? I skimmed the article but didn’t see any mention of public disapproval.
“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.
It would still be concerning if these nut jobs actually followed all the Bible’s “teachings” like they espouse to but instead they believe that they get to decide what parts of the Bible should be taken literally, what parts need “modern” interpretation and what parts are ignored or hidden.
This makes them even more dangerous because it gives them the power to decide who is abiding by their god’s law and who is in violation of it.
This man looks like he’s always about to kiss you full on the mouth but you know what he really wants to do is make a jacket out of your skin. 0 stars.
He won’t seek consent for either and he’s already drafting a bill that that look you’re making… yeah, that look… is implied consent.
