Corollary to Sessions' Bible lesson:

[Haruo]

Even more than we need a Space Force to make sure our anointed President is in command throughout the galaxy, what this country needs to do God's will up right is a counterpart to ICE whose function is to keep track of these kids after they get out, whether they are deported or admitted, and keep track of their kids and grandkids and maybe on a lottery system some of their great-grandkids, so they can be reincarcerated from time to time in accordance with the scriptural principle that the sins of the father be visited upon their children unto the third and fourth generation thereof.

And on a side note, did y'all notice with what savoring deliberation Trump chose to incorporate the phrase "Separate But Equal" into his announcement of the creation of the Space Force?

[Tim Bonney]

[Haruo]

Air Force and Space Force

[KeithE]

Getting back to Sessions,


Seems a little high handed in this case, imo. What do you think?


I would think the Presbyterian church would have to be working overtime (Trump is a Presbyterian, in name)

[Tim Bonney]

[Sandy]

It says a lot about how seriously United Methodists take their reputation and image as a body of believers in Christ, to ignore political expedience and dismiss a member who publicly disgraces serious Biblical teaching. I applaud your willingness to support this.

If we take Session's (and by extension, Pence's and Trump's) interpretation of Romans 13 at face value, aren't they also not approving of abortion, since the governing authorities and the laws they are sworn to uphold include a judicial decision that upholds the right of a woman to choose an abortion? That's the law. And of course, that argument will get all kind of wailing about what is just and Biblical, and then I'll turn that around and use it to point out that turning desperate people who are not criminals, and not the "worst" from their country, as Trump lies about, is also unjust, and I can find several scripture passages to point that out. Not to mention how morally depraved and antichrist it is to revel in making people experience pain by taking their kids away from them to force a decision on their part.