Hand Maidens 2.0:Christian Group Is In The Spotlight Over Its Ties To A Supreme Court Front-Runner

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Hand Maidens 2.0:Christian Group Is In The Spotlight Over Its Ties To A Supreme Court Front-Runner (Original post)	634-5789	Sep 2020	OP
Add'l:	634-5789	Sep 2020	#1
Always say this is a cult,	DeminPennswoods	Sep 2020	#2
We don't need Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Supreme Court.	In_The_Wind	Sep 2020	#3
Constantly pointing out that she's in a cult will	DeminPennswoods	Sep 2020	#4
I don't understand why anyone would want to be part of such a group	Buckeyeblue	Sep 2020	#5

Response to 634-5789 (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:37 AM

634-5789 (1,671 posts)

1. Add'l:

Within this community, married women’s “heads” are their husbands, according to the Religion News Service. Single women receive spiritual guidance from female leaders. Beginning in the 1970s, People of Praise used the term “handmaid” to refer to these leaders. The group claims the label comes from a Bible verse attributed to Mary, who submitted to the news that she would become pregnant with Jesus by calling herself “the handmaid of the Lord.”

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Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:38 AM

DeminPennswoods (11,358 posts)

2. Always say this is a cult,

no need to mention religion at all. When Americans hear the name Amy Barrett Coney the next word that should come immediately to mind is "cult".

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Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:50 AM

In_The_Wind (71,838 posts)

3. We don't need Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Supreme Court.

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Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:04 PM

DeminPennswoods (11,358 posts)

4. Constantly pointing out that she's in a cult will

help keep her off it.

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Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:15 PM

Buckeyeblue (3,427 posts)

5. I don't understand why anyone would want to be part of such a group

The question is would she feel pressured to rule according to her own religious philosophy over the constitution?

I would ask her to name some rulings that she had to make that ran counter to her own religious beliefs.

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