A right-wing preacher got more than he bargained for Monday when he attempted to slam porn star Stormy Daniels , whose alleged 2006 affair with Donald Trump has garnered national attention.
Greg Locke, a vocal Trump supporter, wrote on Twitter:
The funny thing is @realDonaldTrump is still the President and she’s still a hooker. #StormyDanielsDay
— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) March 25, 2018
CNN’s Jake Tapper responded with a Bible passage that Locke seems to have missed.
Luke 7:
37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. https://t.co/k7GIY6NmVF
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
”...Now which of them will love him more?”
Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
”...You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet...
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
46 “...You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
49 The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
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— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
Locke tried to defend himself:
Great passage for sure. He changed her life by love and grace. She didn’t continue living in it and then get on national television to garner more attention for her nonsense. Context is key. The fact is, you hate my support of Trump w/out a Bible.
— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) March 26, 2018
But Tapper was ready for him:
I have complete indifference to your feelings about any politician. But you might want to reconsider a refresher course. Hint: the passage is not “hey, go throw stones!”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 26, 2018
Locke, the founder of the Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, has made headlines before with his inflammatory comments.
Last year, he launched into an angry rant in support of “Christian” businesses that want to turn away gay customers. He has also attacked Planned Parenthood , a move that backfired when more than $3,000 was donated to the organization in his name as a result.
You could create an entire category on the forum just from stories illuminating the hypocrisy of the evangelical Christians in their support of Donald Trump.
Hell, you could create a 20 volume set of alphabetically listed leather bound books just from stories illuminating the hypocrisy of the evangelical Christians in their support of Donald Trump.
Sounds like a good start....
When will these right wing extremists who try to exploit religion to support their political agenda go back and do their jobs within the church?
Freedom means letting people choose, so it doesn't matter if you may not agree with a personal life choice, that life choice is between the individual and their own god and their own religion.
Christian Evangelicals are like a group of people who have decided that wearing crocs is the best way to live so they go around trying to get everyone to wear crocs. Now, since it's their personal opinion we all tolerate them when we are around them as they constantly harp on those who continue to refuse to adopt their habits and wear crocs like they do, so most just ignore them. But then a group of them tried to get a petition signed to make crocs mandatory in certain counties and anyone not wearing them would be fined. The non-croc wearers fought and won for their right to wear whatever footwear they want. This made the croc wearers very angry. They put on a Croc parade, and started pushing art classes across the country to have kids make croc paintings, sculptures and dioramas. Then, when the non-croc wearers objected they accused the non-croc wearers of infringing on their croc rights. They demanded that any elected representative must wear crocs or be ineligible for office.
The non-croc wearers aren't wanting the destruction of all crocs, they couldn't care less about how many people wear them, but they certainly aren't going to stand for croc legislation, croc monuments in our tax funded public spaces or schools pushing croc projects and opinion.
The constitution guarantees the freedom of people to wear crocs and the freedom of people not to wear crocs and demands that there be no establishment of mandatory government footwear. So wear your crocs proudly if you wish, but don't overstep your rights by infringing upon someone else's right to live a croc free life.
What makes our nation great is not the large number of people wearing crocs, it's the fact that people have the freedom to choose to live the croc life or not. It's not Christianity that makes America great, it's the freedom to worship whatever religion you wish or none at all that makes us great.
And that's no Crock!
What a great analogy! And if that doesn't finally get thru their thick skulls, nothing will
I agree. Nothing will. Because once you get through their thick skulls more often the not you find a thoroughly washed brain.
The moral of the story: even Jesus had stinky feet.
There can be no debate about Christianity and Trumpism.
Christ gave One Commandment: "Love God and your fellows". There's no small print saying "except gays, Blacks, foreigners, and libruls".
Trump preaches hate. He cannot be a Christian. Anyone who is devoted to a man who preaches hate cannot be a Christian.
The "Christian Evangelicals" who support Trump are, in the words of the apostle John, "liars". (If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.)
This is not rocket science.