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It's America, y'all! (Original Post) MrScorpio Feb 2018 OP
The republican's party for several decades now rock Feb 2018 #1
Matthew 23....New International Version irisblue Feb 2018 #2
Mark 7:6 irisblue Feb 2018 #3
Yep. nt Susan Calvin Feb 2018 #4

rock

(13,218 posts)
1. The republican's party for several decades now
Sat Feb 10, 2018, 09:36 AM
Feb 2018

Has been without a rudder for a Democracy. They just don't get it.

irisblue

(34,283 posts)
2. Matthew 23....New International Version
Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:39 AM
Feb 2018

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.




A source material on religious hypocrisy.

irisblue

(34,283 posts)
3. Mark 7:6
Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:41 AM
Feb 2018

He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

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