stephen king tweets about pence

[orleans]

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Given his Christian beliefs, Mike Pence must believe the day will come when he will have to stand before the throne of God and explain why he put politics ahead of human lives in the matters of masks and public gatherings.
5:17 PM · Jun 26, 2020

[spanone]

1. ⭐️K&R⭐️

[sprinkleeninow]

2. He prolly believes once saved, always saved. n/t

[flying rabbit]

8. My understanding is that there is a large amount of evangelicals that believe

once you accept jesus as your savior you no longer need to follow his teachings and you are home free. Testify!

[sprinkleeninow]

19. There are. They believe once you say the words, that's it.

I've had the chance of acquaintances and friends that have a 'belief' in God, but may not be 'churched', and who display Christ's teaching and are vessels of His love exponentially more vast than those who assume they do everything 'right' except for their 'actions'. I do not judge, but there are such stark moments when one simply takes notice. There are those whose 'pledge' and actions do not match.

[Mariana]

10. That is very likely what his church teaches.

I suspect his Christianity resembles that described in Chick tracts.

Sprinkleeninnow -

[sprinkleeninow]

27. Mariana!

[japple]

39. They all believe once GOP, always saved. n/t

[napi21]

3. I'm positive that's MP's belief, & he also knows he coulodn't use the the Boss made me do it,

nor, if I hadn't done it I'd have been fired! God knows HE gave you a free will, & you know it too! Looks like MP might be joining DT in that really HOT place all Christians are afraid of.

[sfstaxprep]

4. He's A Fake Christian

He probably does it for show.

[Mariana]

7. Do you think he's an atheist? nt.

[sfstaxprep]

14. Who Knows

He obviously doesn't have the Lord in his soul, that's for certain.

[not_the_one]

22. Leave us out of this.

n/t

[Aussie105]

25. Yep.

Atheists have a set of values. They have to do with honesty, morality and consideration for other humans.

Organized religion has stolen those values and done it's best to twist them around for their own purposes.

I reject any religion that seems to have stolen those values as their own, and sell them to their worshippers.
That's pretty much every modern religion really, except pure forms of Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. (Google that.)
https://www.hinduwebsite.com/zoroastrianism/beliefs.asp

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. +1000000!

[demmiblue]

33. Lol!

[generalbetrayus]

40. No, he lives by the words of Republican Jesus.

[warmfeet]

42. I hope not.

I am an atheist and I don't want him on my team.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

They support Trump who says he is so perfect that he does not need Christ or his forgiveness.

Like today's evangelical/religious right supporters, Trump is a Political Christian, not a Christian of faith.

Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.

The Donald who does not have to ask Jesus for forgiveness.

The Donald who ridicules Holy Communion.

Trump: Drink my little wine, have my little cracker

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/13/donald-trump-religion-serfaty-dnt-erin.cnn

[TexasBushwhacker]

38. My guess is he thinks he's a good Christian

But he forgot the things that Christ taught.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Where he's going there will be no god.

That much we know.

[sprinkleeninow]

21. Sola Scriptura and many, many interpretations of the Bible.

They are ways one may lose his/her salvation by deliberate acts.

Orthodox Christianity teaches--"I was saved, I am being saved, I continue to be saved." It's a process. Theosis. "Not once and done." Other Christian groups freak out at this. What do they think Acts in the New Testament are all about.

Also, Orthodoxy teaching that the hell some will find themselves in is not a physical geographical place. It is a condition the soul finds itself in and does experience God. Seeing Him but not being able to partake of His Goodness at that point. A chasm separates that soul who then has bitter 'tears' and 'heartache' for his condition. This is the unending 'fire' that cannot be quenched.

[Mariana]

6. I'm pretty sure that's not how Pence's flavor of Christianity works.

I would bet his church preaches that for Christians, there are zero consequences in the afterlife, no matter what they did here on earth. Christians don't have to explain anything, all their sins have been washed away by the blood of Christ, and it's just as if those sins never happened.

[thucythucy]

16. How incredibly convenient.

It's like a business man who drives multiple companies into bankruptcy, wrecking the lives of tens of thousands of people, but who never faces any of the consequences himself.

Oh, wait....

[relayerbob]

24. Likely true

[Hortensis]

37. This, and more. Pence believes he serves god.

I've experienced too many devout hypocrites to doubt that's not just possible but probable. He epitomizes in this era the very old and entrenched belief systems that link service to the very wealthy with service to god. And nothing's more common than finding ways to believe that whatever one wants is virtuous.

[Amy-Strange]

9. If anyone knows how to kill billions of people with a pandemic...

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it's good ole Stevie!!!

Yay!
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[Freethinker65]

11. Or once Trump became President, Pence began to question his own faith

And over the past 3 1/2 years, Pence is now pretty damn sure there in no God so might as well play second fiddle to the charlatan and take all that he can get.

[JI7]

12. I think the xtian thing could have to do with his wife

[Demobrat]

13. Do Evangelicals do confession?

Or is that just Catholics? I grew up with Catholic kids who thought they could do anything they wanted and still go to heaven as long as they confessed to a priest.

[Mr.Bill]

43. I went to Catholic school

and that is what we were taught. By the ripe old age of about six I had figured out that was just another way to get you to visit church regularly. And, you know, drop a little cash while you were there. God is all powerful, he created heaven and earth and he can provide eternal salvation. He just has problems with money. He needs your help with some cash.

[Cha]

17. And, it proves the fucking hypocrite.. is pretending &

doesn't believe in shit except trumputin and all the entails.

[dem4evah]

18. King knows all too well the battle between good and evil...

he's written about it IN depth many times in his novels and there's no one better at it IMHO:

https://www.popmythology.com/10-most-spiritual-stephen-king-books/

I mean, we are seeing it play out in REAL time. One of the things no one is talking about is how Biden and the Dems need to really try and restore sanity to this country if/when he gets elected. To me, it's imperative that the party and people with good intentions who respect and follow the rule of LAW reinforce and if possible, cement that back into the fabric of our constitution. Scariest part of all is the fact that this S.O.B. and Jabba the Barr and McTurtle have now overseen the appointment of 200 judges, I believe all with lifetime appointments. NO one really knows how scary that will be going forward but I have a suspicion it could ruin us all. Look at the sorry excuse for two humans in the DC court that just voted to acquit Flynn. So compromised, so dirty and SO obvious. Fucking infuriates me.

I WILL end with this statement: anyone that thinks I'm advocating rolling over and being the 'adults in the room' after all the Repukes have gotten away with is sorely mistaken. Sure, I absolutely believe our party must restore order, but before that is done most every god awful, repugnant, criminal act this rogue administration has been guilty of needs to be pursued, prosecuted and if at all possible...reversed. Sounds so rosy doesn't it? That's where their judges come into play. No telling HOW many years it will take to undo this damage folks. Then they plan on re=taking the white house in 2024 after sabotaging every GD thing Joe and his administration will try to do. It's the only thing they do well: sew chaos, lie, cheat and steal. They sure as shit can't govern. Last decent Repub POTUS in terms of governing was Ike to my knowledge. I wasn't alive, but he at least SEEMED sane. Nixon and every one since has been rotten to the CORE.

[czarjak]

20. Because...

He’s a theological nitwit who hasn’t read the ground rules.

[Doodley]

23. He also needs to explain to God why he wants to take away people's healthcare.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. First Amendment (inapplicable) more important than human life.

[littlemissmartypants]

28. If Pence is a Christian then I must be a neurosurgeon.

Pence is an opportunist. You can look in his eyes and see he has no soul.

[malaise]

29. The only thing these people believe in is money and power by any means necessary

and their imaginary friend forgives them for everything they do.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

34. + a trillion.

It really is that simple and that pernicious.

[Roy Rolling]

31. It's not Hardly a Theological Debate

It’s an issue of consistency. Pence professes to have faith in Jesus to help his political career, he’s not committed to all that “love thy neighbor as thyself” stuff.

He consistently behaves as if his faith is in Trump not Jesus. In Pence’s life, his actions are guided by “WWTD”—What Would Trump Do.

That’s makes him the worst type of Christian follower, a loudmouth hypocrite..by Pence’s own standard. Pence set the bar—follow the teachings of Jesus—and then limbos under every difficult requirement. He fails by his own standard of devoted Christianity.

[pwb]

32. Pence is all talk no religion.

.

[marie999]

35. I have had evangelicals tell me

that no matter what I have done in my life, all is forgiven if I take Jesus into my heart before I die.

[BobTheSubgenius]

36. "...he put politics ahead of human lives in the matters of masks and public gatherings."

Among many other things.

[trof]

41. God's gonna git 'im for that.

Gonna smite his ass off.

[Woodwizard]

44. I was brought up Catholic

I questioned everything as a child an am an aithiest now kind of ironic I make a lot of custom furniture and carving for the church now. And I deal with a lot of these people they do what they want and figure they are absolved at confession.