Republican duplicity stands behind Project 2025

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/08/republican-duplicity-stands-behind.html

Along with major tax cuts for billionaires, which means another increased tax burden for the middle class, which was exactly the pattern of the last Trump "tax cut," this is the foundation of Trumpism. It's part of the "deal" he made in exchange for the support of Evangelical leadership and their votes. So anything he and his campaign have said about distancing themselves from this plan is just another in a long string of Trump's lies.

The evidence, mountains of it, not only suggests that Trump was involved in the formation of this draconian, anti-American, Constitution-destroying plan, it proves that the possibility of another Trump presidency was exactly what those who drafted this plan were counting on when they put it together, with his stamp of approval and his telling them he planned to start enacting it on day one. That's one reason behind why they took the time and paid such attention to detail. They've said as much, openly and it's as if the Heritage Foundation never heard Trump's denial of his intention to support Project 2025. They know he's a duplicitous windbag. He's assured them of his full support and then told them to pay no attention to his denials. He has to lie to get votes.

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So the principles of any form of Christian Nationalism are unbiblical and pseudo-Christian.

These far right wing religious conservatives completely ignore the biblical text, especially the very words of Jesus himself, when it comes to laying the groundwork for their takeover of the United States government. They are willing to use violence against their enemies to achieve their purposes because they believe God is holding their coat-tails and cheering them on. That makes them anti-Christian, if the perspective of the Apostolic authors of the New Testament are right about it.

I heard a comment on a talk show yesterday that puts all of this in perspective. Conservative Evangelicals claim to believe that the Bible is without error, and authoritative in all matters of Christian faith and practice. They believe Jesus is the divine Son of God, the savior of humankind, and his interpretation of the gospel is completely accurate.

Jesus told his followers, who were subjected to pagan, Roman rule over their own land, to "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven." [Matthew 5:44, NRSV]

So if your church is helping you identify your enemies, instead of encouraging you to love them, then it's not a church and it's not Christian.

[lees1975]

1. Segment in this show on WCPT was pretty good yesterday.

https://heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home/