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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    “I believe that Scripture, the Bible is very clear that God is the one that raises up those in authority.”

    Oh, so since God raised Biden to Authority that means you’re going to respect God’s plan right?

    Lol… Yeah… You’ll all continue to pay lip service to the Bible as long as it serves your purpose.

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      Yeah. This sort of talk in a lot of organized religion is a well-established cue to the listener that they can shut off their critical thinking. The intended audience is accustomed to hearing it and welcomes it, because they have the same goal as the one who says it: to have the thing they want be right.

      So their minds don’t start extrapolating to see if the words hold up to scrutiny. That’s the last thing they’d want to do.

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      I move to change

      pay lip service to to manipulate and contort

      Especially considering religious leaders are taking Jesus OUT if their sermons because he is too liberal for them.

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      What do you expect when your government is comprised of a bunch of greedy scummy lawyers.

      They will say literally anything to get power. Speech is rhetoric and they care nothing about reality.