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Isaiah 5;20... What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil (Original Post) pbmus Aug 2018 OP
It is a referendum on (their religion)....and on Trump....and he is the Anti-Christ.... Pachamama Aug 2018 #1
Those who enthusiastically embrace "deplorable" Qutzupalotl Aug 2018 #2
I like that, and the verses that follow! Staph Aug 2018 #3

Qutzupalotl

(14,302 posts)
2. Those who enthusiastically embrace "deplorable"
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 09:19 PM
Aug 2018

and who delight in being horrible people, are what I call evil. They are enchanted by hate. Their desire is to see harm coming to their “enemies,” and if you can make life miserable for them, all the better. You get Jesus points or something.

When you go out of your way to be an asshole, just for the fun of being an asshole, you’re on a downward trajectory. We all do it sometimes, but we should each self-correct.

Extemist ideologies tend to brand their political opponents as enemies to the point where you might embrace a foreign dictator to keep your team in power. The two idiots wearing t-shirts that read “I’d Rather Be A Russian Than A Democrat” — they are lost, misguded fools. Whoever commissioned the t-shirts is evil.

Your opponents are your fellow countrymen. Foeign military intel operatives who threaten our way of life are the enemy. Never forget that.

Staph

(6,251 posts)
3. I like that, and the verses that follow!
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 11:28 PM
Aug 2018

From the Common English Bible:

20 Doom to those who call evil good and good evil,
who present darkness as light and light as darkness,
who make bitterness sweet and sweetness bitter.

21 Doom to those who consider themselves wise,
who think of themselves as clever.

22 Doom to the wine-swigging warriors,
mighty at mixing drinks,
23 who spare the guilty for bribes,
and rob the innocent of their rights.
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble,
and as hay shrivels in a flame,
so their roots will rot,
and their blossoms turn to dust,
for they have rejected the teaching of the Lord of heavenly forces,
and have despised the word of Israel’s holy one.


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