spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1317
arrow-up1317external-linkMike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.www.msnbc.comspaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareMotavader@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51·1 year 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-squareiforgotmyinstance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 year agoGod’s explicit stance on government is “obey your government, pay your taxes”. At no point does the Bible establish a government.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoYour first mistake was thinking they’ve ever read the thing.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoAnd the Republican Party can’t even follow those two rules!
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMore like King James’s stance
minus-squareiforgotmyinstance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTru but they ain’t ready to talk about that
“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