Nearly all Cabinet officials attend Bible lessons with right-wing pastor who compares Trump to bibli

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story


Sarah K. Burris SARAH K. BURRIS
31 JUL 2017 AT 13:02 ET


Christian Broadcast News has suggested President Donald Trump’s cabinet is the most evangelical cabinet in history even more than born again Christian George W. Bush.

“These are godly individuals that God has risen to a position of prominence in our culture,” said Capitol Ministries president and founder Ralph Drollinger. According to CBN, the majority of the cabinet officials attend a frequent Bible study class, that is the first of its kind in at least 100 years.

He has long maintained that changing the hearts of lawmakers to see a Christian worldview could guide them to making good policies. While he doesn’t lobby on behalf of peace or advocate policies that would fit a Jesus-like agenda, he has started a Bible study group in 40 state capitols as well as foreign capitols. He teaches weekly Bible study classes for the U.S. House and Senate and now leads a group of nearly all of Trump’s cabinet officials.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Education Secretary Betsy Devos, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and CIA Director Mike Pompeo are all regular attendees.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/nearly-all-cabinet-officials-attend-bible-lessons-with-right-wing-pastor-who-compares-trump-to-biblical-heroes/

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Ralph Drollinger

[Archae]

1. This guy claims only "trVe Christians" (born agains) say prayers heard by God.

That leaves out Jews, Muslims, Catholics, etc.

[pangaia]

28. Abd real Christians

[kairos12]

2. Budding theocracy makes me want to puke. Bunch of Elmer Gantry con artists.

[Throckmorton]

36. You win the Internet Today!!!!

My thoughts exactly!!!

[secondwind]

3. I find this very disturbing.

[Old Vet]

8. This shit is scary on so many levels...........

[Hortensis]

18. "God Only Hears Prayers Of Righteous Christians." Oh, yes.

(An earlier statement specifically mentions Jews as an example of the many groups who shouldn't bother praying.)

“Do not be deceived by syncretistic, ‘prayer breakfasts:’ God only hears the prayers of leaders and citizens who are upright, who live righteously through faith in Jesus Christ.”

From Right Wing Watch:

This past April, Brendan O’Connor at Fusion published an in-depth look at Drollinger and his Capitol Ministries. O’Connor reported that Drollinger had proclaimed Catholicism to be “the world’s largest false religion” and “that female legislators who continue working after having children are sinners, and that homosexuality is an ‘abomination.’”

He has also written that social welfare programs are un-Christian. “It is safe to say that God is a Capitalist,” Drollinger once wrote, “not a Communist.”

In a January radio interview, Drollinger praised then-senator Jeff Sessions, who “hungers and thirsts for the Scripture,” for his performance during his confirmation hearing, when he provided a Biblical justification for his draconian views on immigration.

Drollinger also argues that climate change is impossible because God promised after The Flood never to do anything like that again. Drollinger preaches against “radical environmentalism” and that to believe that human activity could have devastating impact on the environment is not just mistaken, but the result of godless pride: “To think that man can alter the earth’s ecosystem—when God remains omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent in the current affairs of mankind—is to more than subtly espouse an ultra-hubristic, secular worldview relative to the supremacy and importance of man,”

[octoberlib]

35. Have you read One Nation Under God : How Corporate America Created Christian America by

Kevin Kruse? He wrote that after the New Deal was passed, business executives thought the best way to counter it was by buying up ministers and having them preach this crap rather than the social gospel. There's nothing christian about evangelicals. They're opportunists and nothing more.

[Hortensis]

39. Yes. The fusion of conservative religion with business.

Serving God by serving business. “It is safe to say that God is a Capitalist,” Drollinger once wrote, “not a Communist.”

"Business" needs to be awfully careful playing with this fire they can't control. Some of the worst of these clever people are Christian reconstructionists/dominionists themselves, of course, but that doesn't mean they'd get what they thought they wanted, much less the rest of "business."

[NCjack]

4. Ralph knows that Trump is the Anti-Christ, but thinks that he can be controlled. nt

[Locrian]

40. and we all knows what happens when you make a deal with the devil - n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Whom does G*d want us to smite? NT

[YOHABLO]

6. Christo Fascism .. they should be spending more time on solutions then flipping through

pages in the bible. Solutions on healthcare for all, solutions for income inequality, solutions for educating and feeding the less fortunate. These people are delusional.

[dhill926]

7. fucking freaks....

[not fooled]

9. And who knew

that the interests of god-fearing evangelicals would dovetail so nicely with those of the billionaire class?

How convenient.

Jesus weeps.

[angrychair]

10. Dovetail so nicely

With Isis and Taliban

Or as many know these types in US: ChristianTaliban

[Dawson Leery]

11. The same type of indoctrination happens in Islamic Madrasas.

Of course since this is Christianity, all is well.

[LuckyLib]

24. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

[volstork]

12. "These are godly individuals that God has risen to a position of prominence in our culture"

[Beartracks]

13. "he doesnt lobby on behalf of peace or advocate policies that would fit a Jesus-like agenda"

Of course not.

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[Blue Idaho]

14. Did Jesus tell Trump to molest women?

Or Scaramucci to call Bannon a cock sucker? Yeah, what a bunch of true believers...

[Mr.Bill]

15. I think there's a likelyhood

this is just self-promoting propaganda.

The politicians that speak loudest about being Christians are usually charlatans and frauds.

[NJCher]

42. I was thinking that, too

No way is this administration of con men religious in any way, shape, or form.

What was that situation where Trump had to ask the pope if he was Christian. Anyone remember that?

A friend of mine knew Jerry Falwell, who is now deceased. The stories he told me about how incredibly corrupt he was, all the while presenting a persona of a person who has a faith...


Cher

[Beartracks]

16. "Nearly all Assembly officials attend Quran lessons with right-wing Imam..."

Just curious how that terminology sounds to our Republican lurkers.



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[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Very dangerous christion dominionist. Dunno if he's said anything about end times / Armageddon. nt

[mr_lebowski]

19. I think "The Family" has finally succeeded in taking over our exec branch ...

Too bad Doug Coe didn't live to see it ... well, too bad for him, anyway.

Wonder what Jeff Sharlet thinks of this development ...

[mountain grammy]

20. He saw it coming, I'm sure he's not surprised.

"The Family".. one of the scariest books I've read.

[librechik]

41. Yes, was thinking the same thing

This cabal has been in place for decades, just waiting for the right opportunity.

Talk about being between a rock and a hard place!

We are so screwed..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family:_The_Secret_Fundamentalism_at_the_Heart_of_American_Power

[Rustynaerduwell]

21. I fear there are people in Trump's inner circle who believe we are approaching the "end times"

and who believe that Trump is the man who can bring it on. They believe the final war of Armegeddon will surely come. And they want this war. I fear they are "teaching" Trump to literally be the instrument of our destruction. And I fear that the idea of it could very well appeal him.

[pangaia]

29. That worries me..for months...

[Turbineguy]

22. Washingtonitis.

A disease that affects the weak-minded by making them think that because they are in DC they are somebody.

[RussBLib]

23. sad, but not surprising

it's only indicative of the rot and filth permeating this White House.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. This would be hilarious if

NOT SO F N FRIGHTENING.






Jeezzzus lawd, help us AWLL !!!

SMDH

[littlemissmartypants]

26. Kick.

Thanks Judi Lynn.

♡lmsp

[stopbush]

27. So tired of the fucking make believe of the Buy-bull

having influence over the real lives of real people.

Fucking fiction.

[C_U_L8R]

30. What does Republican Jesus say about pussygrabbing?

I suppose lying is pretty cool too

[Astraea]

31. how in holy hell

can anyone describe Dumpy as a "good Christian"? He has not shown one ounce of respect for religion. His words and his behavior speak for themselves.

If a Democrat had done half as much, they'd be calling him or her the Anti-Christ.

[BigmanPigman]

32. When does separation of church and state apply?

[Vinca]

33. And they all act like Jesus, too.

[MountCleaners]

34. The mainstream media aren't covering these theocratic moves

This guy and Sessions speech at the AFN. A lot of what is most disturbing about Trump is not being covered. They're still legitimating him.

[Achilleaze]

37. "godly republicans" apparently means liars & sexual prediators

Satan is well pleased with the current crop of republican liars & TreasonWeasels.

[milestogo]

38. Fucking over the Poor and vulnerable is the Great Commission