r/politics • u/1-randomonium • 15d ago

Soft Paywall Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Democrats would impeach Trump a third time with majority

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/08/04/republican-house-speaker-mike-johnson-said-democrats-would-impeach-trump-third-time-if-win-elections/85501345007/
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u/rogerryan22 15d ago

To teach his followers that their imperfections don't prevent them from being useful servants. Modern christians use the story of king David as their fallback justification for how god would use an imperfect vessel. David broke lots of gods rules, including having a friend murdered so he could sleep with his wife, and not only did this not result in god abandoning him, it actually meant god decided his own son should come to earth one day as one of this king david's descendants. 

David was a very flawed character but his supposed redeeming quality was his heart. He was always full of remorse and felt bad after doing bad things, and he looked to god when he felt bad. Trump does not experience remorse or anything close to it. The only thing he has in common with king david is a proclivity to do bad things, but that's good enough for a lot of them.

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u/PresidentTroyAikman Oregon 15d ago

The Bible is all bullshit. Religion is bullshit. It’s nonsense mythology for brainless dorks.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 14d ago

Have you ever actually read the Bible?

As far as I can tell people that have the biggest issue with religions are the people who were taught what to believe. Forced to see Christianity through some fucked up perspective by some douche that wants to be on the Trinity broadcasting network with a megachurch. Always with a major focus on the old testament.

Realistically the Bible is a collection of stories from thousands of years ago with people typically not paying attention to the actual point of the stories in the various books of the new testament. The one that would realistically matter.

That said, why not just let people believe what they want without talking shit about it?

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u/PresidentTroyAikman Oregon 14d ago

Quickest way to become an atheist is to read the Bible. Full of genocide and nonsense mythology.