It's hard for me not to hate all republicans because they can't see what's happening to our democracy. They can't see what they are ALLOWING to happen.
It's hard for me not to hate all republicans because they can't see what's happening to our democracy. They can't see what they are ALLOWING to happen.
The R's can clearly see what is happening, being enslaved by the Great Deceiver, they have created the origination of the dismantling of American Democracy.
HOW?
By their clandestine brotherhood of old rich bigoted lying, cheating, dark room existence of both complicit silence combined with bribery on the grandest of scale transforming ALL R's into their fervent allegiance to insatiable greed & power.
Not "Allowing"...
By the R's SELF-AGGRANDIZMENT ON THE GRANDEST OF SCALE!
I confess to smiling at biblical references, especially by us тАЬliberalsтАЭ. I long ago decided the religious right does not read the book they claim to love. Perhaps you can appreciate my weird humor at thinking about their love affair with Russia being tied to the statement in Revelation that a bear will help the Beast for a while at least (thatтАЩs a paraphrase of the text). If I were a betting man (which I am not :-)) They are misreading that part of the book too.
I do appreciate your humor of intermingling a juxtaposition of Russia's evilness PutinтАЩs, (bear), and the Beast as set out in the book of Revelation in our Holy Bible.
I believe you may be referencing the book of Revelation and indeed they are misreading that part of the book also.
To wit:
Revelation 13:17, KJV:
тАЬAnd that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.тАЭ
An interesting side bar note:
There is the long held conjecture that reference to the phrase "...number of his name...", is 666, (the Evil One, the False Prophet, the Anti-Christ, the Devil...A rose by any other name smells just the same).
The verse 13:17 describes the False Prophet's implementation of the тАШmark of the beast.тАЩ
This comes from a Greek word, charagma, which is used to describe the branding of livestock.
The purpose of this mark is to identify the bearer as one loyal to the Antichrist, e.g. the Beast.
Other statements in the book of Revelation make it clear that true believers will reject this mark (Revelation 20:4), and those who take it are knowingly rejecting God and His gospel (Revelation 14:9тАУ11).
In other words, the mark is not something "innocent" people will be tricked into accepting.
Evidently some seem not so innocent and have already been tricked into accepting the Beast as their god, Eh!?
My caveat to you is the fact that every person contemplatively reading Holy Scripture is immediately interpreting the meaning of their reading based upon their collective experiences up to that moment of reading.
Or.
Actually hearing the voice of GOD based upon the blessing of HIS inspiration HE is giving to the reader to understand GOD's particular message to that reader at that moment of reading.
тАЬMy caveat to youтАЭ тАФ Indeed. The infallible marker of how тАЬfake newsтАЭ distorts the truth. As Ive been saying in a half-joking way for years: тАЬthey need to read the book! And understand!
It's hard for me not to hate all republicans because they can't see what's happening to our democracy. They can't see what they are ALLOWING to happen.
"ALLOWING"
The R's can clearly see what is happening, being enslaved by the Great Deceiver, they have created the origination of the dismantling of American Democracy.
HOW?
By their clandestine brotherhood of old rich bigoted lying, cheating, dark room existence of both complicit silence combined with bribery on the grandest of scale transforming ALL R's into their fervent allegiance to insatiable greed & power.
Not "Allowing"...
By the R's SELF-AGGRANDIZMENT ON THE GRANDEST OF SCALE!
My mother's parents are turning in their graves - there was a time people of that political persuasion were decent and kind hearted ....
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on HIM the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
I confess to smiling at biblical references, especially by us тАЬliberalsтАЭ. I long ago decided the religious right does not read the book they claim to love. Perhaps you can appreciate my weird humor at thinking about their love affair with Russia being tied to the statement in Revelation that a bear will help the Beast for a while at least (thatтАЩs a paraphrase of the text). If I were a betting man (which I am not :-)) They are misreading that part of the book too.
Patricia Andrews (WA)
Yes.
I do appreciate your humor of intermingling a juxtaposition of Russia's evilness PutinтАЩs, (bear), and the Beast as set out in the book of Revelation in our Holy Bible.
I believe you may be referencing the book of Revelation and indeed they are misreading that part of the book also.
To wit:
Revelation 13:17, KJV:
тАЬAnd that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.тАЭ
An interesting side bar note:
There is the long held conjecture that reference to the phrase "...number of his name...", is 666, (the Evil One, the False Prophet, the Anti-Christ, the Devil...A rose by any other name smells just the same).
The verse 13:17 describes the False Prophet's implementation of the тАШmark of the beast.тАЩ
This comes from a Greek word, charagma, which is used to describe the branding of livestock.
The purpose of this mark is to identify the bearer as one loyal to the Antichrist, e.g. the Beast.
Other statements in the book of Revelation make it clear that true believers will reject this mark (Revelation 20:4), and those who take it are knowingly rejecting God and His gospel (Revelation 14:9тАУ11).
In other words, the mark is not something "innocent" people will be tricked into accepting.
Evidently some seem not so innocent and have already been tricked into accepting the Beast as their god, Eh!?
My caveat to you is the fact that every person contemplatively reading Holy Scripture is immediately interpreting the meaning of their reading based upon their collective experiences up to that moment of reading.
Or.
Actually hearing the voice of GOD based upon the blessing of HIS inspiration HE is giving to the reader to understand GOD's particular message to that reader at that moment of reading.
тАЬMy caveat to youтАЭ тАФ Indeed. The infallible marker of how тАЬfake newsтАЭ distorts the truth. As Ive been saying in a half-joking way for years: тАЬthey need to read the book! And understand!
INDEED!