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.“I want to tell all my colleagues here what I told the Republicans in that room last n...

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.

  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1351·
    1 year ago

    What is the difference between this guy and a Taliban officer?

    I don’t care how much he enjoys talking about his favorite fairy tale novel, congress is not a book club.

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.deEnglish
      271·
      1 year ago

      Oh, but that’s totally different! You see, their holy book is just a bunch of heathenish drivel, whereas our holy book is the one and only god given truth! How do I know? It says so right here in my holy book!

      • bemenaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I had some bible thumping baptist going door to door tell me almost exactly that. I had time, and decided to amuse myself in engaging these two guys. I talked to them for about 20 mins before they left. I kept asking them to compare their religion to various religions around the world, including eastern relgiions, and was quoting passages from many of them. These guys clearly had never studied anything but their version of christianity. Their only defense was, “But this was written by our lord and savior, Jesus Christ”

        • XTL@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          But this was written by our lord and savior, Jesus Christ

          Did they say which part? I’m no theologian, but I don’t remember mentions of any actual writings by Jesus himself.

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            He didn’t exist so he couldn’t have written anything. If he had existed and was raised in Nazareth he would have been in a village so small that it didn’t even have a place to pray and in a region so backwards that the literacy rate was around 1%. There are no works that people claim that he wrote. Even that was a bridge too far for them. Walking on water was more believable than being literate in that region.

          • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            The argument usually is that the authors, compilers, and translators were guided by the hand of God. Not specifically that Jesus was sitting down with an inkwell.

            Closest thing is written accounts by the men who traveled with him about Jesus’s actions and statements.

    • seaQueue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      191·
      1 year ago

      What is the difference between this guy and a Taliban officer?

      That’s an easy mistake to make, this guy’s a Talibangelical

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.luEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Same God, different prophet. So not much really. Except maybe that Taliban don’t ban abortion as far as I’m aware.