spaceghoti to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1307
arrow-up1307external-linkMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comspaceghoti to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•2 years 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•2 years agoGod’s explicit stance on government is “obey your government, pay your taxes”. At no point does the Bible establish a government.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•2 years agoYour first mistake was thinking they’ve ever read the thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoTru but they ain’t ready to talk about that
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years 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.
More like King James’s stance
Tru but they ain’t ready to talk about that
And the Republican Party can’t even follow those two rules!