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| Ex-Army General, and Bible scholar, William G. "Jerry" Boykin. |
According to Boykin, Jesus is a merciless killer and the second amendment is his proof. Who do you think gave the founding fathers the idea for the second amendment? That’s right– Jesus Christ, himself. And you’re not supposed to admire his shining “sword” from afar. You’re supposed to have one too. So sell your stuff so you and Jesus can have matching assault rifles for the end of days.
Boykin said,
“The Lord is a warrior and in Revelation 19 is says when he comes back, he’s coming back as what? A warrior. A mighty warrior leading a mighty army, riding a white horse with a blood-stained white robe … I believe that blood on that robe is the blood of his enemies ’cause he’s coming back as a warrior carrying a sword.
And I believe now – I’ve checked this out – I believe that sword he’ll be carrying when he comes back is an AR-15.
Now I want you to think about this: where did the Second Amendment come from? … From the Founding Fathers, it’s in the Constitution. Well, yeah, I know that. But where did the whole concept come from? It came from Jesus when he said to his disciples ‘now, if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. (Um, not to nitpick, but this quote comes from this section of the Bible. And when one of the disciples actually used a sword on a servant of the high priest, Jesus immediately healed him and told his followers to put down their weapons.)
I know, everybody says that was a metaphor. IT WAS NOT A METAPHOR!… And the sword today is an AR-15, so if you don’t have one, go get one. You’re supposed to have one. It’s biblical.”
Yes it is a little known fact that Jesus is a proud member of the NRA and He himself wrote the 2nd Amendment that we use today to allow unhinged people to kill people in movie theaters, public schools, and malls.
Apparently to these folks Jesus is not the Prince of Peace, but rather just another heavily armed asshole who thinks that violence solves every problem.
Gee, no wonder the Republicans like him so much.
Seriously, have any of these people even read the New Testament?
I'm relieved that Boykin is no longer active duty. It's too bad his military title gives him a platform to spout nonsense. There should be a special punishment for people like him who twist religion to fit their own agenda.
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DeleteI'm sure glad that he's not on active duty and I wonder how he managed to climb as high as he did. Surely his wackiness did not just emerge with his retirement. Since much of his behavior is seditious I wonder if he could lose some or all of his military benefits. Someone who dislikes his country and its president so much shouldn't be taking so much from the taxpayers.
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AFAIC the dipshit can twist his religion any old way he likes just keep it to his gawddamned domestic taliban self .
DeleteRevelations was written by a nut job. It wasn't even in the original teachings of Jesus, but was inserted a whole lot later on in history into the bible. The whole end of day's stuff is a 1,000 year old hoax that just keeps on giving.
ReplyDeleteOkay, think about it a minute. Was Revelation intended for the people who lived at the time or for folks who might possibly exist one or two thousand years down the road?
ReplyDeleteYou'd think if it was the latter, the author might have thought to mention it.
The sword in Rev. 19 is coming out of Jesus' MOUTH. Obviously, the Lord wants Christians to buy blow guns.
ReplyDeleteWhat a 'Chowdah Head' (that would be chowder head for those of you unfamiliar with the Maine accent). In Maine, calling someone a fish is meant as an insult.
ReplyDeleteChowdah Head is too good for this bozo; he's a fucking Mackerel. A 'Floundah' even.
By the way 1:19, many biblical scholars think that Revelation was written for the Roman Empire and that Nero was the Beast. The number 666 translates through the Greek text into the name Nero Caesar.
there's another theory that Jesus was Julius Caesar.
Deletehttps://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=31732.0
puts a whole new meaning to 'render to Caesar what is Caesar's'
Almost ten years ago, when Boykin was still on active duty, he generated criticism for public comments, given while he was in uniform, indicating that he saw U.S. military engagement in religious terms, as “our God” (Christian) vs. Satan or the “idol” God he said was worshipped by Muslims. It was widely feared that such comments could endanger U.S. troops. Boykin was criticized publicly by then-President George W. Bush and in a 2004 report by the Pentagon’s inspector general; critics worried that his remarks could put servicemembers’ lives in jeopardy by suggesting that the American military saw regional conflicts in religious terms.
DeleteNo one has challenged retired Gen. Boykin’s freedom of religion or freedom of speech. He is like all Americans free to speak, preach, and proselytize. He is free to continue to travel around the country promoting religious bigotry and calling for legalized discrimination.
But General Boykin has no “right” to be free from criticism. And he has no “right” to have his irresponsible positions promoted by public officials. Indeed, Americans who value free speech and religious liberty have good reasons to challenge Boykin’s assertions, and to hold accountable public officials who give his extremism credibility it does not deserve.
Jesus wasn't Cesar since Cesar wasn't gay. But Jesus was telling people to pay their taxes( unlike the Palins) to better their community through tax dollars.
DeleteThe book of Revelation was the last book to be included into the New Testament. The book itself is dated approximately 90 A.D. (I've read one scholar who feels it was written earlier, prior to the destruction of the temple since he would find it hard to believe no mention would be made of that fact.)
ReplyDeleteIt was most likely written by John of Patmos (probably not the same John of the Gospel of John) who was writing to encourage Christians who were being persecuted at the time by the Emperor Domition. Patmos was an island prison. It's prison mail, coded to get by the jailors. It's full of code that would be recognizable to the faithful. That's why 666 is most likely Caesar Nero, the first emperor to persecute Christians.
This guy is just a douchebag looking to justify his own assholeness.
wth - God wrote the Constitution according to Delay.... So he's been involved in politics for a long time. Of COURSE, he wrote the 2nd amendment.
ReplyDeleteWhy an AR-15, why not an M60, then he can go all Rambo on us heathens. This guy is an idiot.
ReplyDeleteLike I said before, fuck that asswipe.
ReplyDelete"Biblical Scholar"........A professor of mine who was a Harvard Divinity graduate did more to kill my aspirations of becoming a minister than any of my other professors....... all I could think of was "you really believe this in a literal sense?"
ReplyDeleteIt's just a book that tries to explain science with the knowledge that people had 4000-2000 years ago. Not sure how people made an entire religion out of it, but whatever. Perhaps someone 2000 years from now will make a religion out a scientific principle found in one of our current (non Texan) science books. Humans are simply afraid of dying and will cling to all sorts of OCD rituas and superstitious behavior while living to "bargain" for a chance at eternal life. That is religion in a nutshell. If I do this while alive, I get to go to a magical place after my chemical processes which keep my protoplasm functioning cease.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I've always been comfortable with how my dear Atheist father always puts it "after you die you end up exactly in the same place you were before you were born".
Jesus told me most religious nuts that use his name are evil. In fact, he pointed out the Palin's as a prime example.
ReplyDeleteNo disrespect for our Veterans and their families, but WTF????
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