He couldn't get over the couch fucking. Washed over him the moment they met.

Those weren't tearstains.

Ask and you shall receive

https://c.org/s9HJyLG8DG

I mean to each their own, but if you do believe in a God, you might also view this through the lens of most historical and religious texts being full of very similar stories. Seemingly undefeatable evil and oppressive rulers and empires, reigning supreme over large numbers of people for generations until the day they just suddenly didn't.

For me personally, it has actually kind of rekindled and helped me better understand my own faith, and I've stumbled across numerous passages in the bible that almost seem to be warning about this exact scenario. False prophets, hypocrisy, and men who use their positions of power and influence to spread a false message in the name of Jesus to deceive oppressed people, keep them from resisting oppression, and gaslight them into believing their oppression is a necessary part of God's larger plan. As if the oppressors were actually chosen by God to commit these horrific acts, and anyone who isn't loyal to their leadership somehow also isn't being loyal to God.

That dumbass Pete Hegseth actually recently quoted one of those warnings (Matthew 10:34) in an attempt to claim his thirst for destruction and violence is simply a manifestation of Jesus acting through him to spread his message... Except, he missed the entire point of the passage he quoted by about a million fucking miles.

When Jesus says he brings a message of the sword not one of peace, he's using a metaphor to describe the divisiveness of the message (the sword) he preached. When you read the entire passage in context, then try to depict Jesus as a violent warrior with a sword ready to go to war, you're literally arguing that Jesus was telling people to kill anyone that disagrees with them including their own parents... If that doesn't sound like something Jesus would say, it's because he definitely wasn't trying to say that. Like many parts of the Bible and other ancient texts, it was obviously a figure of speech. He was explaining that the true message of Christianity can often be a divisive one, even for the people you consider your closest friends and family.

"The sword Jesus brings is not here military conflict, but, as vv. 35–36 show, a sharp social division which even severs the closest family ties. … Jesus speaks here, as in the preceding and following verses, more of a division in men’s personal response to him."

When we hear this blasphemous messages this administration is spreading, like the idea of "toxic empathy," as a justification for tearing immigrant families apart by kidnapping, detaining, and often deporting them to places they fled while seeking asylum, just to flaunt their disregard for human life. Actively protecting wealthy pedophiles and rapists from justice, while publicly celebrating the attack and invasion of smaller and weaker sovereign country to kidnap a dictator and his wife, and put them on trial in the U.S., while the administration is continuing to violate habeas corpus for millions who have been detained in immigration sweeps in the U.S. Seizure of what resources that smaller country does have simply to make some of the most wealthy American corporations even more wealthy by giving them a larger share of the huge profits they were already making, yet still refusing to provide healthcare, housing, and other basic needs to Americans citizens. Now they're literally trying to justify the murder of a mother who made the fatal mistake of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and not bowing before the mighty army of the King when they invaded her home while welding their "absolute immunity" (not to mention the monetization of all of these fucked up messages and policies via constant exploitation of a religion they seem to care nothing about). We quite literally (not metaphorically) are all collectively witnessing how hard a pill to swallow Christianity actually is for the people who profit in his name while openly refusing to respect or follow the word of Christ.

Sorry for beating a dead horse, but these cowardly fascists hiding behind Christianity to spread their hate gets me a bit riled up. Even if you didn't grow up from birth to 18 immersed in the often dark and hypocritical world of southern evangelical Christianity, (then come out the other side very jaded only to realize that in spite of everything they tried to brainwash you into believing, your faith was never lost, it was what was guiding you to resist the whole time), you probably still understand that Jesus would be fucking pissed and flipping tables if he caught a glimpse of One America or Fox News right now, just like anyone with a shred of decency and critical thinking skills should be.

The passage Hegseth chose to quote as "secretary of war," is actually particularly relevant when it comes to contrasting the hypocrisy of the Christian Nationalist movement with what Jesus actually says in the same book (The Greatest Commandment Matthew 22:35-40), are the 2 most important commandments to remember and follow even if you take away nothing else from the Bible (practicing empathy and loving your neighbor as a sign of your own love and respect for God and his creations).

Tldr: Hegseth quoted what he thought sounded like a badass hypermasc message of Jesus advocating war, not realizing he's actually who Jesus was trying to warn you about in the passage.

Good vs Johnathan "Evil" Ross. I assume the E in his name is for evil*.

*What is the actual middle name? If anyone researches this fucker, it would be good to know.

When was the last time somebody was excommunicated? Did they deserve it as much as he does?

A lot of Catholics seem to consider themselves the "uber-Christians", with the whole Pope thing being their religious king, such as it were.

And the ones like that are absolutely terrible at actually following the lessons of their religion too. Now they've got a new "king" so I guess the Pope doesn't matter as much

Time for excommunication

That'll teach him (that he can keep spitting in their faces). How many cheeks can you turn?