Crash Course: Ten Commandments gone wild! The Christian right's latest toxic distraction

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The Christian right's latest toxic distraction From Paul Rosenberg: Trump was only a distant spectator to the Louisiana bill, but he’s both a symptom and a super-spreader of the underlying moral abyss. Eight years ago, many evangelical Christians had their doubts about Trump. His running mate, Mike Pence, clearly helped calm, as did "apostle" Lance Wallnau, whose book “[God’s Chaos Candidate](~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvY294b2dvNzBpMy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)” compared Trump to the Persian King Cyrus, a "heathen" instrument of God’s will. 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Pastors who preach on the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus told his followers to "turn the other cheek," are accused of [pushing “liberal talking points.”](~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZXdnbndhYW40eS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva2UzOXlhNXk0dy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXczMHZud3Rzci8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMW9tOTE0MzZ2Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva2N4dDF1MDA2cy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobku7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvenE1cjZxenpoci8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NjNlbHU5cW01MVcDc3BjQgpmiL3Gi2a1lBxgUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Democrats’ divine intervention: Biden says only God can make him back down From Brian Karem: Biden on Friday was adamant about staying in the race unless there was divine intervention. “If the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get outta the race,’ I'd get outta the race. 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