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.— Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) January 26, 2018
This is why "evangelicals" are still supporting Trump. And don't argue the point that society has a role; he will insist it's all a personal matter (which, yes, sounds like an atheist like Bill Maher, doesn't it?):
Exactly - what we did personally for the least of these will matter, not whether we voted for someone who claimed they would tax our neighbors to help the least of these. That’s the whole point.— Jerry Falwell (@JerryFalwellJr) January 26, 2018
Which is pretty much antithetical to the notion of society, as well as the preachings of a man who only understood human beings as members of society, not as individuals living on their own virtual islands. Jesus of Nazareth was not Margaret Thatcher:
Sadly, he is...— Rev. Robert R. Ballecer, SJ (@padresj) January 26, 2018
Interestingly, Falwell's twitter feed is not exactly sympathetic, as you can already tell:
So you're suggesting that when Jesus said:— SDH 🐾 (@Mountain_Tigers) January 26, 2018
"Love our neighbors as ourselves"
He was somehow referring to everyone EXCEPT Caesar and the Roman soldiers?
Do I have that right?
I'm gonna have to call pick-and-choose Christian bullshit on that on Jer.
But there's plenty of good stuff there, too. I probably should have led with this, but it's just as well that I close with it:
— Kaitlyn Kim (@k8tlyn) January 27, 2018
And that goes for Jerry Falwell, Jr., too; much as I don't want to love him at all, I'll freely confess.
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