This just in: Each week, a gaggle of Donald Trump‘s top Cabinet members gather together to study the Bible.
No, this is not a joke.
Ralph Drollinger, a former NBA player and the founder of Capitol Ministries, says he leads a weekly Bible study with several of Trump’s Cabinet members, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Mike Pence, the original brain child of the “White House faith sessions,” reportedly joins when his schedule permits.
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The Donald, it should come as no surprise, steers clear of the meetings, though he does receive a copy of the scripture teaching each week, which we’re sure he pores over every night between his Twitter tantrums.
“It’s the best Bible study that I’ve ever taught in my life!” Drollinger tells the Christian Broadcasting Network. “They are so teachable. They’re so noble. They’re so learned.”
Drollinger says his two best students are Mike Pence and Jeff Sessions.
“Mike Pence has uncompromising biblical tenacity and he has a loving tone about him that’s not just a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal,” he praises. “And then fourthly, he brings real value to the head of the nation.”
As for Sessions, Drollinger says, “He’ll go out the same day I teach him something and I’ll see him do it on camera and I just think, ‘Wow, these guys are faithful, available and teachable and they’re at Bible study every week they’re in town.'”
The weekly Bible study group with Cabinet members is believed to be the first of its kind in almost 100 years.
h/t: The Hill
Xzamilloh
Yes… nothing like having your country run by people who get their inspiration from goat herding desert men who thought the earth had four corners and that snakes could talk . Oh, yes… gotta love teavangelicals who bash radical Islam while pushing for their own version of religious rule with absolutely NO irony. Forget SJWs… religious doctrine like the bible, the torah, the koran? THAT’S the real echo chamber!!!
Brody
Here’s a little reminder of Barack Obama publicly proclaiming his love for his lord and savior Jesus Christ, which begs the question: Is he also a “teavangelical” in your eyes, or is he just straight-up lying to appease the masses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBhM4L-wiI0
– Brody
Xzamilloh
False Dichotomy… what laws did Obama enact or attempt to enact based on his Christianity? Because those bible thumping idiots in the White House now (do I even need to go over Mike Pence’s list of misdeeds?) darn sure do at every turn, if it’s attempting to stop abortion to denying LGBT individual the same rights and services of everyone else. So NO, he’s not a teavangelical in my eyes because he wasn’t trying to force his nonsensical biblical hogwash onto the rest of us. And if he was lying, I for sure wouldn’t really care because it’s not like he was pandering to fundies. Hell, half of them thought he was Muslim anyway.
Juanjo
We all owe a vote of thanks to Brody for his courageous demonstration of the mental deficiency of the internet troll in this posting of the classic logical fallacy – the straw man with a smattering of tu quoque and false equivalency tossed in to flavor it.
Brody
Trump’s administration has imposed religious doctrine on us?
No, I don’t believe it has. I’d be interested in what religious laws we’re now beholden to that we weren’t with B.O.
And here’s a little factoid to remind you of your runaway TDS:
You said Obama “wasn’t trying to force his nonsensical biblical hogwash onto the rest of us,” but I believe it’s slipped your mind that for many, many years Obama claimed that marriage was between one man and one woman, which sounds like a lot of homophobic, biblical hogwashery to me.
Yeah, funny how those things come back to haunt.
Stefano
Sorrry to disappoint you but your shcool system is rulled by religious people (especially Universities). You are the most religious country of the West. In fact, your country is like South American Countries… No wonder why you have a high level of violence ! You don’t need terrorists to harm you, you did a good job yourself ! Deal with it !
Brody
Stefano –
Our universities are “rulled” by religious people?
It’s been a very long time since I’ve heard such a clueless statement.
– Brody
DCguy
Do you notice the scam from this new screename of Mo Bro? The false equivalency.
Obama SAYS he’s a Christian, so apparently that is the same thing as multiple people high up in the government, gathering together on government time and having a large meeting together to preach the Bible. IT’s also a networking time so if you want to get in with them, you must join this evangelical meeting.
Look Mo Bro (Brody Now), again, you keep trying these obvious and sad tactcs and always get called on them.
Xzamilloh
You want to talk about “coming back to haunt”, Brody? Track my record on here — I have no life — and you’ll see I came at Obama plenty of time for that wishy washy flip floppy stance on gay marriage, and how he dragged his feet until public opinion was in favor of it and Biden came out in support before him. So ONCE AGAIN, you’re just throwing crap against the wall to see what sticks… or maybe there’s another Xzamilloh you’re talking to on here… there is a known impostor account that pops up every now and then. FYI… claiming that marriage is between a man and woman is different from “marriage is between a man and woman, therefore you as gays and lesbians cannot get married.” One is an opinion, and the other is an imposition of said opinion
Brody
But . . . who, specifically, stated that “marriage is between a man and woman, therefore you as gays and lesbians cannot get married”? Wasn’t Trump. So who is it that’s in a position of any actual power that’s capable of rescinding SCOTUS’s ruling?
-B
(on an unrelated note, what IS the meaning of Xzamilloh? dying to know)
Xzamilloh
I never said it was Trump… just the people around him, like Pence, and Sessions, and Perry, and his Supreme Court pick… and I can keep going, but I can’t remember all their names (just their faces). Trump, I honestly think, doesn’t care one way or another, but unfortunately, he’s surrounded by a bunch of dominionists and fundamentalists who want nothing more to put muh Gawd and muh Guns back in the White House and in the law.
And as for “Xzamilloh, it is nothing more than a combination of my middle name and last name.
Brody
All of the individuals you mentioned have publicly acknowledged that SCOTUS has made its ruling, and the country must live with it. I’ve seen nothing suggesting that anyone in the WH is attempting to reverse the SCOTUS decision—the only ones implying as much are little more than fear-mongers trying to influence the opinions of the lesser-informed in an attempt to “resist” the current administration.
Besides, in the end it matters not what his staff thinks, since Trump has the final word, and being that he’s totally cool with gay marriage, we can both sleep well at night.
Chris
Bookmark the section about loving your neighbor as yourself being god’s second great commandment.
RIGay
Too late, Chris, SCROTUS used that page as toilet paper on his golden throne…
o.codone
And, when there are prayer rugs in the White House gay people will rejoice. WTF.
Juanjo
classic troll bs
o.codone
Let me see your papers Jose. “Papers, I ain’t got no stinking papers, I don’t need no stupid papers”. hahaahhaha (from Blazing Saddles if you missed the reference). Go home Jose.
Keith
Why not? The Evangelicals paid to be there at the table, so they can push for the discrimination directed at people they don’t like, promote violence against people they don’t like, and ensure that the undesirables in the public domain don’t get an education because we want these serfs to remain ignorant and easily led. They pay politicians in Africa to kill gays. I guess they decide these things before or after their prayer meetings. Those meetings where the arrogant can sit around praying to a man-made god in their invented religion paying homage to their particular favourite Fairy Stories. But they can brag about what good people they are because they’re ‘good christians’ (whatever that’s supposed to mean). I’m sure the fictional Jesus would be proud of their fascist behaviors and arrogance doing his bidding. And the big guy in the white house is a vicious, mean, demeaning liar who sold out his country to a hostile power and treats people abysmally – that’s the Leader. No talent Leader. Welcome to Theocracy – just do what you’re told while the Fairy Story bigots and haters decided how to rule over you.
Heywood Jablowme
Trump is a major (bigly) figure in the book of Revelation (i.e. the antichrist), and Jared Kushner’s family owns the building at 666 Fifth Avenue.
Rex Huskey
I wonder if VP Tense ponders THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS when he fawns over DJT?
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Gospel of St. Matthew 5:3-10
Kangol
Don’t forget these words of Christ, also in the Gospel of Matthew:
“For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
Gospel of St. Matthew, 25:41-45
Heywood Jablowme
Stop cherry-picking the “wisdom” of that lunatic wacko Jesus. He wasn’t always so nicey-nicey. Don’t forget his many condemnations of divorce (although I’m sure Republicans nowadays don’t want to hear about divorce!):
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
– Matthew 19:1-9
This anti-divorce idiocy created centuries of misery in the Christian world.
Kangol
Who cares? Far more important is the fact that the Justice Department under right-wing Jeff Sessions just signed onto the fact that GAY PEOPLE CAN BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, since they’re claiming Title VII doesn’t apply to us.
Doesn’t Queerty care about the government allowing legalized discrimination against LGBTQ people? The effects have harmed quite a few people over the years.
Right-winger Xianists studying the Bible is what they do. Maybe they’ll read the Gospel of Matthew and pick up some tips about how to be more loving, more decent, less homophobic, rac!st and misogynistic people.
loulou2lou
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A PASSAGE THAT WILL THEM TO CRUCIFY THEIR LEADER.
RIGay
ROFL!!!
Nahald
I presume they are studying Revelation since Trump is the Antichrist and they are looking for their way to be raptured? Too bad, since they aligned themselves with Trump they can’t be
Paco
I would say that it would be nice if their cultish beliefs were true and they were actually “raptured” soon so the rest of us can finally live without having their dogma forced upon us, but since the rapture is only supposed to take the true believers, only 5 people would be taken and we would be left with the millions of wackos.
Maybe it already happened and no one noticed.
1EqualityUSA
Rapture is false teaching. Separation of Church and State is the only answer for our government. This way we are free of the beliefs of others, false or otherwise.
Jack Meoff
There is no place for religion in politics. If you are going to run a country based on religious beliefs then whose religious beliefs should you follow? And what about those of us who d not believe in religion? I am a strong believer in separation of state and church.
1EqualityUSA
yes.
Billysees
Yes too.
RIGay
JEE-ZUS is the LEAKER!!!! I knew it!
Hey… folks… news for you, the exorcisms are not working.
DCFarmboy
You are mixed your symbols in the photo. The crucifix is a symbol of Catholicism, which Drollinger says is a phony religion.
Rex Huskey
Hey farmboy, you related to DCGurl?
Brody
Rex –
Another score!
– Brody
Rex Huskey
note the similar syntax, weird logic syllogism and misspelling trends among farmboy, DCGurl and ChrissyK. The Gurl doth protest too much, methinks.
Mack
Actually they’re busy trying to PRAY the Trump away.
Billysees
Bible study for the nation’s leaders, good, but make sure it reveals these great verses and encourages the practice of them towards all —
1. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way…..Romans 14:13
2. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God…..Romans 15:7
3. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love….Ephesians 4:2
4. …all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble….1 Peter 3:8
5. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves…..Philippians 2:3
6. Be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone…..Titus 3:2
7. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven…..Luke 6:37
8. ABOVE ALL, LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY, because love covers over a multitude of sins….1 Peter 4:8
9. Let your gentle spirit be known to all men…..Philippians 4:5
10. Don’t seek your own good, but the good of others…….. 1 Corinthians 10:24
11. Follow after the things that make for peace……Romans 14:19
12. In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets………Matthew 7:12
13. Do to others as you would have them do to you………Luke 6:31
14. Honor everyone……….1 Peter 2:17
15. Continue to love each other……….Hebrews 13:1
16. Be devoted to each other with mutual affection. Excel at showing respect for each other……Romans 12:10
To be continued…
1EqualityUSA
Imparted with spiritual impetus, as an S.A. node has our clay in motion. Is this petri dish a diode? Pure silicon doped with properties, identifying as Love? The current flows, physically defined. Our thoughts, biochemically mapped by an exquisitely precise reckoning, a mathematically perfect substrate. An impulse, mired by ego and held in suspended animation cannot migrate, as electrons do. The current cannot reverse. Love is a recognizable, familiar synapse. Christ must have known this. How else could these words make sense, a perspective outside of the agar?
Billysees
Your comment is an interesting mix of electronics technology, cardiology, chemistry and spirituality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinoatrial_node
It’s over my head though…….hehehe….