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Mike Johnson urged a religious test for politicians (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about a religious test on this extra set of ten commandments and start by seeinh how the idiots in the House would even pass it.

  1. Thou shall send aid to Israel and Ukraine
  2. Thou shall vote not to shut down the government
  3. Thou shall vote for a Democratic House Speaker
  4. Thou shall ban assault weapons from the market
  5. Thou shall vote to expand, not cut, Social Security or Medicare
  6. Thou shall vote to tax the very rich since greed is a sin
  7. Thou shall vote to tear down border walls that don't work
  8. Thou shall vote to invest in clean renewable energy
  9. Thou shall vote to stop drilling and clear cutting on natural reserves
  10. Thou shall vote to expand the Endangered Species List and fund the EPA.
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No need to invent new commandments. Use the holy book they claim to follow.

James 5: 1-6:

1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

Not done your best to eliminate wage theft and tax the rich? Fail.

Leviticus 19:34

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Not voted in favour of equal (voting, residence, labour, ...) rights for migrants? Fail.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

Not voted in favour of mandating interest free loans to the poor? Fail.