'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them

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'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them
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Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.

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There is no place for religion in government. This is horrifying

Even Jesus thought so. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" means exactly that.

If those Christian nationalists could read they'd be very upset

Come on man, that would take way too much intelligence and critical thinking skill, for GOP voters to understand.

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"Prosperity theology" often goes hand in hand with neoliberalism.

If you're not quite psychopathic enough for "I don't care about the morality of using child slaves, only the profitability", you can assuage that guilt with "If God didn't want me to profit from child slavery, he would have stopped me doing it".

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