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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:24 PM Jan 2018

Jerry Falwell Jr. defends Trump: Jesus never told Caesar how to run Rome

This week, evangelicals have been debating how to respond to challenging aspects of Trump’s presidency.

Earlier this week, responding to allegations that Donald Trump had a 2006 extramarital affair with an adult film actress — and paid her for her silence — Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins said Trump got a “mulligan” on the affair.

The most striking take yet, however, came from Jerry Falwell Jr., president of evangelical Liberty University. He defended the president by arguing that Christian ethics and American politics should be kept separate. Thursday, Falwell tweeted:

y Falwell

@JerryFalwellJr
Jesus said love our neighbors as ourselves but never told Caesar how to run Rome-he never said Roman soldiers should turn the other cheek in battle or that Caesar should allow all the barbarians to be Roman citizens or that Caesar should tax the rich to help poor. That’s our job.


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https://www.vox.com/2018/1/26/16936010/evangelicals-jerry-falwell-trump-caesar-rome

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Jerry Falwell Jr. defends Trump: Jesus never told Caesar how to run Rome (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2018 OP
Good Christian Fellow!! Religion at it's finest. walkingman Jan 2018 #1
Is this a fucking joke? Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, decades before Jesus was born. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #17
ATTN Jerry Falwell Jr. Botany Jan 2018 #2
Oh really, what about marriage equality? dsc Jan 2018 #3
FWIW...I'm pretty sure Ancient Rome didn't adopt the US Constitution as it's guiding legalprincipals BoneyardDem Jan 2018 #4
Jerry "Barabus" Falwell, Jr. MineralMan Jan 2018 #5
Lol. +1, although I think Jr. is Jesus in HIS picture. Hortensis Jan 2018 #7
About that... ProudLib72 Jan 2018 #22
So Falwell is saying Trump isn't a Christain? Kaleva Jan 2018 #6
He's comparing Trump to a dictator. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #21
Oh, how the worm has turned since 1998. n/t Orsino Jan 2018 #8
Yeah well... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #9
Evangelicals and politicians (really, idiot is the word I should use) seem to avoid responsibility SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #10
Yes he did. Jesus preached a life that went against the way Rome ruled the world. That is TeamPooka Jan 2018 #11
Pay your taxes like everyone else dalton99a Jan 2018 #12
Not sure of the numbers, but I know the word "hypocrite" was condemned in the Bible far more than world wide wally Jan 2018 #13
We're not Rome in this allegory, you hamhock! We're Judea! Aristus Jan 2018 #14
PS: Directed toward Jerry Falwell, not you n2doc. Aristus Jan 2018 #16
He admits they're NOT following Jesus: they constantly tell govt what it MUST do and not do bobbieinok Jan 2018 #15
Yeah? well when Obama was in office ylou sure as fuck gopiscrap Jan 2018 #18
So Jerry, then Jesus doesnt talk to Trump after all C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #19
So Wait Now He's For Separation of Church and State erpowers Jan 2018 #20
fuck these fake 'holy' men spanone Jan 2018 #23

TheBlackAdder

(28,208 posts)
17. Is this a fucking joke? Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, decades before Jesus was born.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:00 PM
Jan 2018

.

Jerry Fallwell, Jr. is a fucking moron.

.

dsc

(52,162 posts)
3. Oh really, what about marriage equality?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:33 PM
Jan 2018

Oh wait, that he wants to tell the government what to do.

 

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
4. FWIW...I'm pretty sure Ancient Rome didn't adopt the US Constitution as it's guiding legalprincipals
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:35 PM
Jan 2018

perhaps Falwell can explain to me why I may be wrong.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. Jerry "Barabus" Falwell, Jr.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:36 PM
Jan 2018

"Give us Barabus," the crowd yelled, so Barabus was freed and Jesus executed, according to the fable. Guess who killed Jesus, Jerry, while you were breaking bread with the folks who rescued you?

You, sir, are a moron. A useless fool, just like your father.

P.S. It's all a myth, you know. You only get this life, and you're wasting the only one you have. Repent and do something right for a change, you great idiot!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
22. About that...
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 02:09 PM
Jan 2018

In Aramaic "Bar" is "son" and "abas" is "father". So the name actually means "son of the father". "Barabas" is a metonymy (using the part to represent the whole). He represents all of God's children. See how that works? Jesus was crucified to save all of mankind. 2000 years ago everyone would have understood this immediately, but nowadays no one speaks Aramaic. Such a shame!

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
10. Evangelicals and politicians (really, idiot is the word I should use) seem to avoid responsibility
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:45 PM
Jan 2018

for anything they say. Falwell is one of the worst.

In short, Falwell is saying that there should be no ethics involved here. What a crock.

If you leave the word 'christian' out, and it would end up being:

He defended the president by arguing that ethics and American politics should be kept separate. Thursday, Falwell tweeted:

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
11. Yes he did. Jesus preached a life that went against the way Rome ruled the world. That is
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:46 PM
Jan 2018

why he was arrested and executed.
Did he go visit Caesar personally, no.
He did preach to the world about what they should do, act toward others, and live, and that included Rome and their leaders.


world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
13. Not sure of the numbers, but I know the word "hypocrite" was condemned in the Bible far more than
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jan 2018

the words "gay" or "abortion"

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
18. Yeah? well when Obama was in office ylou sure as fuck
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:01 PM
Jan 2018

had no qualms about telling HIM how to run the country!!!

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
20. So Wait Now He's For Separation of Church and State
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 07:28 PM
Jan 2018

It is just crazy how Jesus said just about everything Jerry Falwell Jr. claimed he did not say. However, is Jerry Falwell Jr. advocating for the separation of church and state.

I agree with the person, on twitter, who responded to Falwell by suggesting he read the Bible.

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