Fantastic read after I joined this and slid out of Black Man Spy with Steve Schmidt, Ken Harbaugh and Malcolm Nance. That’s how I caught it anyhow. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the world’s wonderful mothers
This is accurate and makes me nauseous. We all were warned. They said it could never happen here. 'We are a Christian nation, followers of Christ who told us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger.' We were also told to have no other gods before the one true God. And yet the very people who said they were 'called' to lead us spiritually are the ones bowing down before the golden image of a charlatan. A conman, a fraud, a deceiver. They were warned, too and their damnation will be complete.
Such obvious idolatry, yet they do not see this or recognize this!!! Blind to their own sin. But what is the pay off for them? These prosperity gospel evangelists have long had money and wealth as their god. Did Trump promise them more? Are they magnetically attracted by his golden from froo- froo too?
Oh Rick, from one who spent time at Sem, this is a difficult on all fronts. Your writing is spot on, and calls out the role of clergy supporting DJT. If this was "just a statue" and not a graven image as found in Exodus and Deuteronomy, then why call out the clergy for a blessing. Although I think this is closer to Nebuchadnezzar and his statue (for those who want to look it up Daniel 3: 1-30), than Aaron and the golden calf, there is no bright line between what is at Doral and what we see in the OT. We see clergy blessing / consecrating (depending on purpose) statues, icons and buildings (think back to the rededication of Notre Dame de Paris or some of what Pope Leo XIV has done). I will be even more worried if people begin leaving flowers or other offerings (is there a deposit box or a card swipe?) in front of the statue. I know there are some "Christian Nationalists" that view DJT as the anointed one, but this should be a recoil action from anyone who read the stories in Sunday School. You do not play with this, you call it out for what it is.
May I recommend the Prime series The Boys. This is the last season and it's going all in showing the idiocy of Trumpism. It is gory (you can generally see this coming so you can look away if you don't like it.) But, with Homelander wanting to be worshiped as god, with a golden statute, it's obvious, but fun to watch.
1. And it came to pass that the Lord God, long aloof from the events of man, saw how far that His creation had fallen and decided upon a punishment for the blasphemers that claimed to be prophets and led others to worship the unbeliever who deeply tainted their eternal souls.
2. In the wink of the metaphorical anthropomorphic eye of God, He declared that they should be encased from the shoulders down in brimstone, ever burning yet never consuming; and that the recipients of this gift shall live long in agony as a message to those who they had led astray.
3. As for the unbeliever who likened himself to HIS son, he cast him into madness and had him in his madness destroy all that he had wrought.
4. All who saw trembled and knew that they had lost the path and begged for a return to it, but the price would have to be paid first.
Nice. I have never seen the word ‘pelf’ before. I once started rewriting The Beatitudes, but got bored. Beat Billionaire Dudes went something like... 2 And she opened her mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Cursed are the rich who hoard wealth, for they will not see the kingdom of heaven.
“We have CAST DOWN the Hebrew God; and VERILY we worship the One Orange God at Temple of the Reality Star, for it pleases the Donald, and the Donald’s pleasure is the law.”
Brilliant Rick, if ever we needed Yahweh, and some Old Testament justice on their respective derrières—now would be a good time!
As for that nauseating and overly ostentatious statue? The irony is that when his MAGA base is broke and they storm Doral and melt that statue for dollars; they’ll find that the gold statue is actually gold plated—and it tells us everything about the man and his movement!🤪
Amazing how quick the evangelicals can rationalize....
Fantastic read after I joined this and slid out of Black Man Spy with Steve Schmidt, Ken Harbaugh and Malcolm Nance. That’s how I caught it anyhow. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the world’s wonderful mothers
Pelf or pilferage? That is the question. I so enjoy your mastery of the English language!
Rick, Rick, Rick!
You really knocked it out of the ballpark today. Love you!
Are you by chance familiar with Frank Zappa’s “Dumb All Over”?
Also, excellent analysis on Russia yesterday.
This is accurate and makes me nauseous. We all were warned. They said it could never happen here. 'We are a Christian nation, followers of Christ who told us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger.' We were also told to have no other gods before the one true God. And yet the very people who said they were 'called' to lead us spiritually are the ones bowing down before the golden image of a charlatan. A conman, a fraud, a deceiver. They were warned, too and their damnation will be complete.
Some not all. Think back to Matthew 25 with the sheep and goats. (baa)
Such obvious idolatry, yet they do not see this or recognize this!!! Blind to their own sin. But what is the pay off for them? These prosperity gospel evangelists have long had money and wealth as their god. Did Trump promise them more? Are they magnetically attracted by his golden from froo- froo too?
Oh Rick, from one who spent time at Sem, this is a difficult on all fronts. Your writing is spot on, and calls out the role of clergy supporting DJT. If this was "just a statue" and not a graven image as found in Exodus and Deuteronomy, then why call out the clergy for a blessing. Although I think this is closer to Nebuchadnezzar and his statue (for those who want to look it up Daniel 3: 1-30), than Aaron and the golden calf, there is no bright line between what is at Doral and what we see in the OT. We see clergy blessing / consecrating (depending on purpose) statues, icons and buildings (think back to the rededication of Notre Dame de Paris or some of what Pope Leo XIV has done). I will be even more worried if people begin leaving flowers or other offerings (is there a deposit box or a card swipe?) in front of the statue. I know there are some "Christian Nationalists" that view DJT as the anointed one, but this should be a recoil action from anyone who read the stories in Sunday School. You do not play with this, you call it out for what it is.
I remember it a little different from sunday school
So Paula White was not your Sunday school teacher?
Gat dang - this is as much a banger as the early "No Ragrets" post that introduced me to Rick.
May I recommend the Prime series The Boys. This is the last season and it's going all in showing the idiocy of Trumpism. It is gory (you can generally see this coming so you can look away if you don't like it.) But, with Homelander wanting to be worshiped as god, with a golden statute, it's obvious, but fun to watch.
"Amen, sh*tbirds!"
Good one, Rick. I get the feeling that satire is seriously under threat from reality.
From the Book of Retribution
1. And it came to pass that the Lord God, long aloof from the events of man, saw how far that His creation had fallen and decided upon a punishment for the blasphemers that claimed to be prophets and led others to worship the unbeliever who deeply tainted their eternal souls.
2. In the wink of the metaphorical anthropomorphic eye of God, He declared that they should be encased from the shoulders down in brimstone, ever burning yet never consuming; and that the recipients of this gift shall live long in agony as a message to those who they had led astray.
3. As for the unbeliever who likened himself to HIS son, he cast him into madness and had him in his madness destroy all that he had wrought.
4. All who saw trembled and knew that they had lost the path and begged for a return to it, but the price would have to be paid first.
Great writing!!!!!
Nice. I have never seen the word ‘pelf’ before. I once started rewriting The Beatitudes, but got bored. Beat Billionaire Dudes went something like... 2 And she opened her mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Cursed are the rich who hoard wealth, for they will not see the kingdom of heaven.
Me neither. Related etymologically to "pilfer."
It’s the returns on pilfering.
Rick seems to speak Old English fluently.
but remember the musical Camelot's variant: it's not the earth the meek inherit, it's the dirt.
“We have CAST DOWN the Hebrew God; and VERILY we worship the One Orange God at Temple of the Reality Star, for it pleases the Donald, and the Donald’s pleasure is the law.”
Brilliant Rick, if ever we needed Yahweh, and some Old Testament justice on their respective derrières—now would be a good time!
As for that nauseating and overly ostentatious statue? The irony is that when his MAGA base is broke and they storm Doral and melt that statue for dollars; they’ll find that the gold statue is actually gold plated—and it tells us everything about the man and his movement!🤪