Josh Hawley is disturbingly wrong: The US Constitution is not based on the Bible

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri gave a speech Monday explaining what he views as the biblical foundations of American government.

“Without the Bible, there is no modernity,” Hawley told the National Conservatism Conference. “Without the Bible, there is no America.”

You can guess what came next: a confusing stew of inaccurate history, dubious theology and extreme hypocrisy that should worry every Missourian who believes in the separation of church and state.

Hawley’s views must be resisted, and his fumbling theocracy rejected. He’s at the forefront of a dangerous, growing movement: White Christian nationalism is overtaking the Republican Party, endangering religious freedom for everyone.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/josh-hawley-disturbingly-wrong-us-160515376.html

But what about this picture? - Josh Hawley

[Walleye]

1. Does that mean he thinks that non-Christian constituents don't count as much as the Christian ones?

[DBoon]

5. Does he think non-Christians should not be able to vote?

[Rebl2]

7. Probably

He is one of my idiot senators. I so wish we could vote him out of office. I live in KC not as right wing as the rest of the state. Unfortunately some of the suburbs are.

[Blue Owl]

2. Someone needs to jog his memory when he runs his mouth like that

[CrispyQ]

3. I feel like I'm the guy with his head in his hands. -nt

[viva la]

4. Actually, Enlightenment thinkers were reacting AGAINST the bible and other "primitive' doctrines

Of course, everyone at the time had to pretend to be "Christian", and whatever strain of that was going on in their locale. But they mostly ignored all that except as a negative example-- what to avoid.

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. Which clauses of the constitution are based on which Bible verses?

That's the question I want to ask them when they say stupid shit like that.

[lees1975]

9. That's the best question to ask, because

most Christian theology isn't based on the Bible, either.

[scarletlib]

8. It's a lie and he knows it is. Mr Hawley had an Ivy League education

While there is a lot to criticize about the elite schools, distorted History and lies about the Constitution is not one of them.

He is doing it to get the votes of ignorant yahoos.

[Earth-shine]

10. People from the religious right often say "Our rights are given by God, not the government."

To me, the statement seems wrong at every level.

One's rights are only as good as the government that protects them.