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Showing Original Post only (View all)Yoho Won't Apologize For 'Loving His God' [View all]
Last edited Sun Jul 26, 2020, 01:40 PM - Edit history (1)
I cannot apologize for my passion or for loving my God, my family, and my country,No one is asking you to apologize for loving God, Congressman Yoho.
As a person who claims the mantle of Christianity, you might want to apologize to Jesus.
Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Those are words from the founding document of Mr. Yoho's religion. Speaking as a cynic of religion, I reserve my judgement for the virtue signalling associated with Mr. Yoho's supposed courage in declaring his faith.
Unlike Stephen the Martyr, you won't suffer a barrage of rocky missiles for declaring your association with the Christian faith, Mr. Yoho. You don't deserve brownie points for loving your family or a Medal of Honor for loving your country.
The majority of the human race feels love for their individual families and every single person you despise in Congress is there because they love their country. They wouldn't be putting in the effort to work along side of you if they didn't.
And--not to take anything away from Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez--but George Floyd undoubtedly loved his family. He left behind a daughter and he called out for his mother with his last breath. Lt. Col Alexander Vindman loves his country. That's why he chose to serve in our military. And that's why he chose to risk his military career to speak Truth to Powder and honor our democracy.
You may have tried to position yourself as a brave stalwart of decency and righteousness when you chose to evoke God, Family and Country in your statement regarding your recent behavior, Mr. Yoho. But the truth is, when you were asked to do something difficult--namely, own up to your words and actions--you betrayed yourself for the hypocritical coward that you are.
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"His God" That sounds so condescending from a Super Christian, implying there are more than one.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2020
#47
As i've posted elsewhere, In Yahoo's world loving God is a cover for male domination.
onetexan
Jul 2020
#6
Very good abolish. And both make up fantasies about being wanted by the object of their stalking. n
Blue_true
Jul 2020
#43
Yoho's God supports calling strong women that voice their opinions "fu$king bitches"?
Freethinker65
Jul 2020
#9
You, Mr. Yoho, are a coward through and through. Nothing else to say other than 'man up' and ...
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2020
#11
Many cowards and frauds hide behind the "God" thing. Yoho is typical of that.
Progressive Jones
Jul 2020
#19