Good things rarely result when religion and government get together. From Chuck Baldwin at lewrockwell.com:
Not to be outdone by his predecessor, G.W. Bush, in his enthusiasm to mollify Christian Zionist supporters, Donald Trump has created the first-ever White House Faith Office. To lead this new government bureaucracy, designed specifically to target religion in America, Trump appointed his spiritual advisor Paula White.
As you may recall, the younger Bush created the Faith-Based Initiative, in which he doled out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars that created a mechanism of using money from the federal government to fund various and sundry church programs—thus directly buying support for the politicians providing this support (as if government tax exemption is not enough) and providing a vehicle by which government can control religion to its liking. Thousands of churches have reached out their unholy hands to receive these funds from the American taxpayers.
I am reminded of a quote from Founding Father Thomas Jefferson on this subject:
That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.
Amen!
Any mixture of church and state by the state is anathema to God’s Holy Word, the U.S. Constitution and every Natural principle of Liberty upon which our country was founded. I urge readers to watch my message last Sunday (only 38 minutes long, if you can believe it) in which I address this salient subject.
Christian Zionists? Something doesn’t add up here.
I agree alarm bells should sound anytime religion and government are in the same sentence.
Nothing righteous myself, I would expect a lightning bolt if I made that claim
As far as penalizing churches who won’t play ball, it remains to be seen.
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