Since the Ashley Madison scandal broke, I have noticed a distinct lack of condemnation from you rightwing christians.
Where are all the youtube hate videos against the subscribers practicing adultery?
Where are the droves of protestors picketing AshleyMadison.com like Planned Parenthood?
It's pretty clear where Jesus stands with cheating on your spouse. In case you missed the Commandment of "Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife", Jesus laid it out:
In Mathew 5:27-30 he said if you even look at another woman with desire, then cut out your eye because it's better to "lose one of your members than to have your whole body go to hell".
Lust > Cheat > Hell. Pretty straightforward. There were other things He directly condemned, like divorce. Yet He was most clear on His biggest pet peeve: excess wealth.
Yet those are three things that today's rightwing Christian doesn't care about.
Massive greed? That's called "prosperity gospel" now. The parable of Lazarus? They root for the rich guy in hell.
Divorce? Adultery? Child Molestation? whoopsey-daisies. No big whoop.
But gays and abortions? That's where they burst arteries! Two issues Jesus said NOTHING about. Both of those things existed during His time. If they are the epitome of evil, you'd think they'd at least warrant a mention. But nothing.
So what about actual sins that are specifically mentioned and given no leeway at all in the Bible? Meh.
In fact, on Mike Huckabee's old cheesy talk show five years ago he featured Ashley Madison's CEO to tell "his side" of the story. Yes, Mike disagreed with what Ashley Madison was doing but then added "I could be wrong".
Seriously, go to 11: 43 of this video. That's what he said.
There is no ambiguity in the Bible about adultery. And yet, while the Bible says nothing about abortion, here is Huckabee defending Paraguay's awful decision to force an 11-year old raped by her stepfather to bear a child. Here is a man who said he would not be against using federal troops to stop women from getting abortions! Here is a man calling for mass arrests over gay marriage. This is the same guy who convulsed with anger over gays being allowed to be happy.
In fact, Santorum, Huckabee, Cruz, et. al have said nothing about the AshleyMadison scandal or a word of condemnation to their millions of subscribers. Maybe they are worried about alienating some supporters, but that means their virulent rants on nonissues become even more meaningless. It's almost like they are full of something....
Clearly there is no righteous, religious hate espoused for those who abuse or leave their marriages like there is for those who are in stable, homosexual relationships. Despite what the Bible says, these guys SWEAR to me that they know exactly who Jesus hates.
And I find it absolutely amazing that it always happens to coincide with their preconceived prejudices. Go figure.
I'll bet if Jesus said to love their enemies, they'd find a way around it. (Oh wait...)
So you will have to excuse me when I roll my eyes over your next meltdown. Where is the indignant condemnation now?
Where is your moral outrage against these sinners?
You'll rally like crazy against things not even in the Bible, but ignore and stay silent about AshleyMadison.
I guess it's hard to condemn something that you probably have an account with.i like this and agree i also wonder if the Bible was really the basis for their attacks or is it their usurping the words to fit into their ranting. you gotta admit curious religious right evangelicals have not stormed the scotus or their locals to immediately stop and prosecute the Ashley Madison people as prostituting and pimping,
makes the last sentence even more possible, why risk exposing yourself or your compromised leaders of state and party it would bring the whole religious right thing down and their base well some would turn a blind eye others would desert the singing ship.
i've come to the conclusion that they don't worship the same God as most of us or they do and are just pitifully horrible with getting it right, keeping with Mathew this should be noted and really used as the focal point of who and what a party tries to put before you for consideration of your leader it comes down to which fruit you like bad or good to be on your table??????????????????????
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A15-20&version=KJV
