(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Yo Mike--I ain't your broodmare honey! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-27 So this happened: Erhm... Look, it’s an open secret that I am an atheist, and while I have no issue with religion, people see, and honestly, like Voltaire, I would fight for anyone's right to practice what they believe—this is wrong and scary. Handmaiden’s Tale scary. It starts with this right c’here. The dark antagonist of Stephen King’s next movie. I mean, think about it—there are 10,000+ religions. So, which God does Mike Johnson want us to follow? What paradigm? What rituals and rules? At whose behest? Mike’s? Marjorie Taylor Greene’s? Boeberts? Pence? For all the—TRUMP???!!! Cue the American holy wars. Good grief! Ya’ll, the man stood before Congress and said his wife, Kelly, had been on her knees praying for hours and was too exhausted to be at his coronation as MAGA Speaker extraordinaire—ordained by Gawd himself even. Lawd, help us!! Yeah—someone go check on that woman. Seriously. I do not trust Johnson as far as I can throw him, and judging from all that hair gel he is wearing on his head, it wouldn't be very far! FYI: America is not a theocracy, Mikey! Besides, from what I can recall from my prior Christian days, Christ warned his followers to keep their faiths to themselves outside of preaching and spreading the gospel (their prayer closet). He admonished them not to do as the hypocrites do to be seen by men as pious and/or holy, as this was usually fake as hell (my emphasis, not Christ’s). 6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Prayer 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. — Matthew 6 NIV We are in scary, scary times. New All Fired Up Podcast In tonight’s podcast, Nicole and I touch on the mass shooting in Maine, Jenna Ellis's crocodile tears in court, Trump's tantrum at the NYC fraud hearing, and the New Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, who is as scary as the Annabelle doll from The Conjuring and just as plastic—and evil. Happy Halloween! #MikeJohnson [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/27/2201936/-Yo-Mike-I-ain-t-your-broodmare-honey?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/