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by Tamar Auber | Jan 20th, 2019, 9:36 pm
Link to tweet
Lady Gaga did not hold back when talking about Vice President Mike Pence during a concert in Las Vegas on Saturday. The star was responding to the news that Pences wife, Karen, has taken a job at a Christian school that discriminates against LGBTQ families.
And to Mike Pence who thinks that its OK that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ. Youre wrong, she said to cheering crowds at Park MGM, according to the Las Vegas-Review Journal. Youre the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian.
She added: I am a Christian woman, and what I do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice and everybody is welcome. So you can take all that disgrace, Mr. Pence, and look yourself in the mirror and youll find it right there.
Gaga also spoke up about the shutdown, asking the fucking president of the United States to put the government back and noting that there are people that live paycheck to paycheck that need their money.
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2naSalit
(86,083 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)RIGHT THERE". Gold !!!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)There's no objective standard of what a Christian is. Every interpretation of the Bible is a subjective interpretation.
Who's to say that the representation of Christianity from Pence and his ilk is less authentic than any other kind of Christianity?
Sid
flying_wahini
(6,542 posts)Lars39
(26,093 posts)its not denying he is a Christian.
Im quibbling, but actually agree with your statement.
barbtries
(28,704 posts)did he say hate your neighbor?
i'm an atheist but I always thought the golden rule was sort of the main takeaway from the man the religion is all about following.
calimary
(80,706 posts)NO, according to Scripture, Jesus did not say hate thy neighbor. He turned the rich young man away with His deal: go sell all you have, give the money to the poor, and then come follow Me. And more. The Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 25:35-45 - the one about whatever you do to the least of these...
That stuff. Its just what we learned in Catholic school. Is what it is. And it certainly can be (and IS!) debated as to authorship and what were told is Divine inspiration, interpretation, the filtering, the unbending dominant male bias and worldview, stewardship, decision-making, policy-making, and more.
Btw, as time goes by, Ive become a bigger and bigger fan of Lady Gaga. I keep finding more to like about her.
barbtries
(28,704 posts)if you haven't seen the documentary yet i recommend it highly - it made me a fan.
it's on Netflix Lady Gaga 5 foot 2
onit2day
(1,201 posts)And its founding principle is Love. If you see any love from Pence please point it out. All religions are cults in my mind but Pence is so far away from being spiritual that he's delusional about Christianity
TheBlackAdder
(28,078 posts).
It's a few of the 20th century sham variants that profess two-stage Baptisms.
It wasn't enough that God was seen as an outsider, folks needed to invent a reason why God lives within them, and sanctions their very being. Now, you just have to pretend to speak in tongues, where at least one other can 'understand' what you are saying, and that proves the Spirit has chosen you. Why pray to an outsider when God can live inside you and be part of your actions? After all, doesn't everyone want and desire God within them, especially when there are bragging rights and peer pressure?
Here's how the scam works:
1) You are told that the Holy Spirit selects and lives permanently within you--if you are worthy.
2) The indication of this is an uncontrolled speaking of tongues, and validation of this by someone else.
3) Once you speak in tongues, you will always sit by the right side of Jesus as everything you do is sanctioned by God. You can do whatever, and you are always destined for Heaven, since all your actions are sanctioned by the Spirit.
4) Those in the church, who have not yet had this blessing must have something wrong with them. Though they are still members of the church, they have not received God's grace yet. There must be a reason why they have not been selected. This puts a lot of pressure on these people to speak in tongues, or what is known as glossia.
Here's a charlatan pretending to speak in tongues, who can 'speak' on demand:
Just look at how perverted this is, with children, (the 3:30 mark is one part of it):
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MagickMuffin
(15,895 posts)However, I'm not certain he'll see a reflection and if he did he would not comprehend the meaning of it all.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,372 posts)Political Christian rather than a Christian of faith.
Grammy23
(5,808 posts)And people have been arguing about it and even getting violent about it for a long, long time. The problem (to me) comes when someone or a group of them truly believe they have found the TRUTH. And they insist that everyone else should follow their truth or they are lost or even damned.
Mike Pence is a pompous ass about his truth. He is smug and self righteous in his firm conviction that he has found the ultimate truth and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. There is plenty written in his holy book that tells him acting and judging the way he does is wrong. But then he can probably find a verse or chapter somewhere in that same book that tells him he is right. That is the problem with his holy book. It is full of contradictions and inconsistencies so he picks and chooses which ones to believe and which ones to ignore. And he sees no problem with that. And there are millions just like him.
Lady Gaga has her platform and every right to call him out for his hateful, judgmental comments on others he believes are wrong or sinful. Maybe in her efforts to shine a light on his ugliness she will make someone else stop and rethink their position on the matter. Many of these Christians have been indoctrinated since infancy and have never had the nerve or a good reason to re-examine what they believe and WHY. I doubt she will put a dent in Pences concept of what being a true Christian is since there are so many ways to define it. But another person out there might hear her comments and re-examine their own heart and decide to redefine what being a Christian is all about. And it may have little or nothing to do with being judge and jury for the rest of the world and be more about getting your own act together.
Pepsidog
(6,252 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,263 posts)posts and opinions here on DU drives me crazy sometimes.
dalton99a
(81,093 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,869 posts)in order to preach or pass along Jesus' teachings, that one must actually mingle w/ the sinners, whores, the thieves, the murderers, etc. The way that pence and wife are acting is totally opposite of what Jesus is advocating from what I have heard/seen from passages in the bible.
Too many times, when I have read stories on either of you two on TV, or seen you on TV, and it seems to me that both of you have your noses in the air, high and mighty, and thinking that you are better than others. I'm not making this up. Take it from a person who interprets one's body language solely to be able to 'hear' (I'm hard of hearing). I can tell simply by looking at both your mannerisms and behavior around others.
This is sickening and being condescending to others. Too many of your 'kind' exhibit this type of behavior and it is disgusting. Grow up, all of you have sin of pride.
There are plenty of others who believe in God I dare say as much as you claim you do, and who are totally the opposite of your behavior and mannerisms, and are very open to mingling with others, not judgmental of others, etc. It's a pleasure to deal w/ them.
rocktivity
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the person who was hired to replace mega anti-Catholic Madonna?
rocktivity
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,132 posts)because the Catholic church wasn't whack-a-doodle enough for him.