While speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia, Vice President JD Vance said that Pope Leo XIV should “be careful” when he talks about theology. The pope recently criticized the war with Iran.
Point taken. I’m not a religious guy and I’m sure there’s plenty of old testament scripture that supports smiting the non-believers (which christophiles always point to as to why muslims are so gosh-darn violent), but Jesus was a lot more on the side of promoting peace than war, which was kind of the point the pope was trying to make. I don’t believe any of it, but Vance claims to, and it is clear to me he just doesn’t understand what he claims to believe.
That was really my only point and I guess I wasn’t really very clear about it
Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.
Hey, I know we’re dunking on Vance, but you should really try reading the Bible before making that claim. What you find might surprise you.
Point taken. I’m not a religious guy and I’m sure there’s plenty of old testament scripture that supports smiting the non-believers (which christophiles always point to as to why muslims are so gosh-darn violent), but Jesus was a lot more on the side of promoting peace than war, which was kind of the point the pope was trying to make. I don’t believe any of it, but Vance claims to, and it is clear to me he just doesn’t understand what he claims to believe.
That was really my only point and I guess I wasn’t really very clear about it
Edit: fix typo
but a sword
Ah yeah, autocorrect that I didn’t catch. I’ll update
That’s what the catechism is for. It’s already been interpreted and for Catholics. The Bible is just backstory full of plot holes.