Showing posts with label Liberty University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberty University. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2016

The wolf at Liberty University.

Image result for bible images "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."

That is from the book of Matthew from Donald trump's favorite book, the bible.

But if I were some of these evangelicals who are falling over Donald trump I would heed the words of that scripture.

Because, well.... "Trump, a longtime casino proprietor who left the first of his three wives for his then-mistress, was not known for talking publicly about his religious life."

Nothing says Christian like dumping your wife for your mistress.

I saw clips of trump giving a speech at Liberty University today, and all I can say is now I understand how some of these mega churches survive. Clearly the man is a "false prophet", and he lying to the faithful for political gain, but they couldn't see past their hatred for Hillary and the evil democrats to notice it.

The Donald got so comfortable running his fake Christian routine on the faithful that he even started quoting scriptures at one point.

But then....

"After vowing to protect Christians across the globe, Trump read a verse from Second Corinthians — one of the books in the New Testament. But Trump flubbed the name, pronouncing it "Two Corinthians," as it's often written in text."

"Two" and not second, Donald? Folks, raise your hands if you have ever heard a Christian refer to a book in the bible as something like "Two" and not Second. And here I thought the bible was his "favorite book."

Still, to me, that was not the worst part of his speech. Him invoking the name of Dr. King had that beat. It was disgraceful, and the way he did it was particularly egregious.

"Trump said little about Martin Luther King Jr., whose holiday happened to fall on the same day as the school's first convocation of the semester. Instead, he ambled through a PG-13 version of his usual stump speech, at times asking the crowd whether he could say certain things and claiming record attendance. "We're dedicating the record to the late, great Martin Luther King," he said."

The Donald is the opposite of everything Dr, King ever stood for. If he wasn't so blinded by his ego he would have seen just how absurd and farcical him dedicating the size of one of his crowds to a man who gave his life for peace and tolerance--- on the day that we celebrate his legacy--- truly was.

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Friday, January 15, 2016

He didn't have this dream.

Image result for tump mlk images        Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us?” (Malachi 2:10).

I saw a disappointing poll yesterday. It basically said that white Christians are more racist than non -Christian whites. I was disappointed but not surprised. That old saying about the most segregated time in America being Sunday morning is true. Let's face it, our Christian brothers and sisters  aren't exactly doing what JC would have done when he was chilling with his posse disciples back in the day.

I suspect that if you preached a sermon in one of those white mega churches down South about us all having one father the offering plate would be very empty that Sunday morning.

Which brings me to a Christian institution of higher learning, Liberty University.

Apparently the "chosen people" who are in charge of that little piece of heaven on earth decided that it was cool to invite Donald trump to speak on MLK Day. Yes, you read that right, Donald freaking trump!

I know that trump says that he has a good relationship with "the Blacks", but this is wrong on so many levels. It's like having Bill Cosby address a Women Against Abuse conference. Not cool.

"I said ‘No, it can’t be,” he said. “I double checked and triple checked. Immediately, it struck me as inappropriate and a lot of my friends as well.”                                                           
              

McGowan said he and some student allies are planning a peaceful demonstration outside of the security perimeter at the Vines Center on Monday. They plan to hold signs with Martin Luther King Jr. quotes and sing songs about equality and God’s love for all.

 
According to McGowan, they don’t oppose Trump speaking at Liberty, just the day he will speak. Trump is one of many presidential candidates to speak at Liberty University this election season. Others included Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush, and Ted Cruz.
 
Reached by phone Monday, President Jerry Falwell Jr. said inviting Trump on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a purposeful decision, and it was selected out of several possible dates.
 
“We chose that day so that Mr. Trump would have the opportunity to recognize and honor Dr. King on MLK day,” he said, adding it’s part of Trump’s plan for the speech."

You mean right after he says something like this?

“I have black guys counting my money. … I hate it,” Trump told John R. O’Donnell, the former president of Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, according O’Donnell’s account in his 1991 book “Trumped!” “The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day.”

Trump, according to O’Donnell, went on to say, “‘Laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that.”
 
No words.

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

1965 was a good year for some, and 2012 is not such a good year for others.

I caught your act at Liberty University today there Flipper.

"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a commencement address at Liberty University earlier today in a speech that focused more on his life experiences than policy. Romney spoke of how “American culture promotes personal responsibility,” including the value of getting a good education. He told students that what you believe helps shape your future just as powerfully as any other force in life, if not more so. However, Romney did manage to restate his belief that marriage is between a man and a woman, to much applause." [Source]

If I was Flipper I would leave that talk of marriage being between a man and a woman alone. Just saying.

Anyway, I see that Flipper the bully has at least one high profile supporter:

"On his radio show Friday, Rush Limbaugh dismissed the notion that the alleged high-school pranks committed by presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney count as “bullying,” saying “You had long hair in 1965, you were gonna get razzed. It didn’t matter,” adding that “1965 is a great year, bullying was legal.”

Limbaugh made the case that the Washington Post story is a smear-job by the “drive-by media [...] in conjunction with the Democrat in the White House.”
The radio host then defended Romney’s alleged actions as being anything but what we now define as “bullying,” saying that it is “probably a stretch to say it had anything to do with the kid being presumed gay. You had long hair in 1965, you were gonna get razzed. It didn’t matter.”

“They weren’t gonna think you were in the Beatles,” Limbaugh said. “If you had long hair in 1965, you were gonna get made fun of. See, 1965′s a great year; bullying was legal.”

Aware of just how controversial that last sentence may be, Limbaugh added: “Watch that be a quote that shows up at Media Matters: ‘Limbaugh praising bullying while defending Romney.’”  [Source]

Not only Media Matters Rush, I am quite sure that it will appear in a lot of other places as well.

Finally, do you remember the Kendric McDade story? Well the autopsy report was recently released.

"Nearly two months ago, NewsOne reported on the tragic case of Kendrec McDade (pictured), the California college student and football star who was killed by Pasadena cops while they were responding to a robbery. Now that McDade’s autopsy report has been released, it’s been revealed that he was shot seven times at close range and handcuffed afterward, according to the L.A. Times." [Source]

No surprise here. This is part of a growing trend.   If you belong to a certain group, the po po will take special aim and make sure that they don't take your life. If, on the other hand, you belong to that other group; tell your family to find a nice funeral home.