I saw this story, and it didn’t surprise me one bit;
Ostentatious religiosity is often an attempt to overcompensate for some decidedly less-divine behavior. The Trump administration’s draconian deportation regime’s defending such evil with Bible verses is a recent example of this timeless tradition.
The second hype video mirrors the first. Dark images of militaristic immigration enforcement actions are paired with Proverbs 28: “The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.”
The ‘Dumbest Person on Earth’ is now in the national spotlight, the MSM is catching on to how much of an ignorant fool she is, but her Bible-Bumping ways is rearing it’s head. All the media needs to do is go back 13 years ago to see Noem’s involvement with a church that loves to roll in the aisle, speak in tongues and generally take parishioners money for their own profit;
Noem reports a combined total of $15,833 in salary from 3 different sources $6,000 from her SD legislative gig, $8,833 from something called Family Worship Center and $1,000 from Noem Family Insurance in Bryant.
If the MSM wants a real story on Noem, they need to contact the Mitchell Daily Republic about the initial story in 2012, and ask about her involvement with a kook church called Foursquare. While I was raised Catholic and Lutheran I am agnostic now, but I believe church gave me a good basis for my faith and I still believe in a creator, and I just leave it at that. While I think most if not all religious doctrines (not just the Bible) are fictional tales with some historical references to prophets, the New Testament is a great guide on how to be a good person and has tons of great advice on how to treat your neighbor, where it gets weird is when people flop on the floor like fish after reading basically a self-help book. I will defend my Christian friends and their right to worship how they wish, it is guaranteed in our Constitution and 1st Amendment, what I won’t defend is kook politician who bastardize religious text to justify their racism, apathy and violence towards immigrants. There is a bigger story here MSNBC, are you going to pursue it or are you gonna let the ‘Dumbest Person on Earth’ continue her Holy War against immigrants?
The ‘Duchess of Deportation’ is an embarrassment for South Dakota. Hundreds of Hispanics fetally posed in white boxers (only) from a concentration camp in El Salvador got saved in most minds. She had the nerve to requisition her own 777. Get it from Qatar, not us. Us is U.S. and we’re not buying it.
Religion is free thinking that generally heeds one god. It’s fundamental democractic privilege. I’ve attended Buddhist temples with interest. It’s solemness unlike many churches. Buddha was a disciple. It’s still one god to worship as you wish. Thomas Jefferson believed in God but not Jesus. He cut references to him out of his personal Bible.
There is no way that I could have said it better
One of my sources, who used to attend that church with the Noems, claimed that Noem’s husband was one of the lay ministers at that church and often led the service.
( and Woodstock adds: “‘lay minister’?”…. “Oh, I gotcha!” 😉 …. ( …. “‘One of my sources’?” …. “Who in the Hell does he think he is, Jack Anderson?” ….. 🙁 ) )