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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSTRATEGY NOTE: Use their "holier-than-thou" and shove it right back in their faces.
This cruelty shown by Abbott and DeSantis - shove it right back down their throats.
Theyll very likely be the first to yowl in your face about how Christian they are. What true believers in Jesus they are. How strongly and fervently they embrace His Message and His Teachings.
Okay then! Game ON!
Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in
And
Matthew 25:42
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=I+was+hungry+&version=NIV
And YOU guys are the ones loudly professing how much more nobly and fervently you believe and follow the Word of the Lord than the rest of us poor heathen do. Whatza matter? Forget some parts of it or somethin? The parts you dont like?
MAKE THEM EAT THEIR FUCKING HYPOCRITICAL WORDS!!!
onecaliberal
(32,471 posts)K&R
calimary
(80,693 posts)onecaliberal
(32,471 posts)atreides1
(16,046 posts)Part of the problem is their belief system! When you're constantly told that you will be forgiven for any wrongs or sins you commit, what do you do...you commit wrongs and sins!
You tell a third party all of the horrible atrocities you've done...he'll give you a list of prayers to say...and ask you if you're sorry!
You leave and the next day, you're doing the same evil shit again, because you know that next Sunday, you'll be back and you'll receive another free pass and a key to the promised land!
That's the only part they believe in...also, they're not really known for reading their holy book, except for the parts that agree with their agenda!
calimary
(80,693 posts)Faith without good works is nothing but meaningless noise.
St. Paul compared it to being like a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal. In other words, talking the talk, WITHOUT walking the walk.
In Catholic school we were taught, and it was widely understood, that you are called upon to put action behind your words. Otherwise your words mean nothing in the Eyes of God.
Hey, 14 years of Catholic school gonna mean something.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)personal relationship with Jesus, blah, blah, blah.
I tend to think they believe they are special because of their relationship and think that means they get to do what they want.
Lie, cheat, assault people, kill them for God's whatever.
They are supposed to repent and be more righteous, but I don't think that really sticks with most of them.
calimary
(80,693 posts)in exchange for it.
Happy to talk the talk. Nothing about walking the walk to back it up.
How Pharisaical.
ZonkerHarris
(24,155 posts)Mariana
(14,847 posts)There's no earning their way into Heaven. This is a fundamental tenet of their faith. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
cilla4progress
(24,585 posts)And yet the socialist antichrist "libtards" of Martha's Vineyard are providing food, respite, comfort...
SMDH.
Thanks Abbott and DeSantis for showing the world who you really are.
calimary
(80,693 posts)I cant remember learning anything about Jesus advocating cruelty
Hmmmmm
let me think
Nope. Cant. I got nothin.
underpants
(182,270 posts)so its not a National strategy but how could they possibly thinks this helps their side? Its just flat out cruel and dehumanizing. How could they think this brings anyone TO their side? That, I dont get.
calimary
(80,693 posts)Walleye
(30,697 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)Sister Carla Marie and Sister Dorothy and Sister Timothy didnt mess around.
sprinkleeninow
(20,132 posts)"Depart from Me. I never knew you."
calimary
(80,693 posts)I was taught back then that faith is nothing without good works to back it up. Maybe the Old Wisdom figured thats how you prove it.
sprinkleeninow
(20,132 posts)Mariana
(14,847 posts)LeftInTX
(24,540 posts)them loose
Their kind don't believe anything about the beatitudes.
They love cruelty, until it happens to them.
Seriously, this is why we have federal immigration laws. Not for some dumbass to just do what they want with immigrants.
calimary
(80,693 posts)It's fun to imagine how many ways we can hit back, the language and angles we can use, and the frequency.
Preferably A WHOLE FREAKIN' LOT of each.
calimary
(80,693 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)You are a king, then! said Pilate. Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.
New International Version
Mariana
(14,847 posts)It was very skillful the way he evaded Pilate's questions, and avoided incriminating himself.
Mariana
(14,847 posts)calimary
(80,693 posts)Im working around the edges.
And Im hoping to add to the talking points. Not every talking point hits home with everybody who needs to hear it.
Im always looking for ways to say stuff. Ways to reach people. Ways to make a point - effective ways, easy-to-use points. Easy to remember points - cuz if its easier to remember (or maybe it makes you feel or look smarter as you pass them along) - hey, WHATEVER works. WHATEVER breaks through!
KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)"Who would Jesus ... ?" works pretty good. I stick whatever is needed on the end.
Works good to keep any more of their drivel out of my ears.
calimary
(80,693 posts)I like that idea!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)When their actions aren't supported by the Bible, they cling to their (incorrect) reading of the Constitution.