{"id":31137,"date":"2016-12-02T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=31137"},"modified":"2016-12-02T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:11:13","slug":"left-wing-publications-citing-bible-verses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2016\/12\/left-wing-publications-citing-bible-verses.html","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing Publications Quoting Bible Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I always find it fascinating when liberal or progressive individuals or organizations quote\u00a0Bible verses to support causes or candidates or issues evangelical Christians oppose, or to make points evangelical Christians disagree with. The Bible has a lot of very different types of material in it, and it can be read in many different ways. If this were not true, we wouldn\u2019t have thousands of different Christian denominations and sects, but we do.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/motherjones\/photos\/a.86221162143.85117.7642602143\/10154268242312144\/?type=3&amp;theater\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This one, though<\/a>? This one takes the cake\u2014and echoes a point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2016\/11\/the-mountain-at-the-foot-of-donald-trump.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">made here on this blog<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The context of this image and caption, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/contributor\/2016\/11\/last-night-mitt-romney-hiked-very-high-mountain\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted by Mother Jones<\/a>, is Trump\u2019s courting of Mitt Romney for a Secretary of State position. Last February Romney called on Republicans to mobilize to oppose Trump, portraying him as a dire threat to the party and the nation. Today, Romney is reportedly considering accepting\u00a0Trump\u2019s offer and becoming part of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-31138\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/166\/2016\/12\/Trump-Romney.png\" alt=\"Trump Romney\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Image description: Donald Trump and Mitt Romney sit alone at a fancy table with wine glasses and fancy food. Trump is leaning forward and smiling, but Romney\u2019s face registers extreme discomfort.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Text: \u201cAgain, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to him, \u2018All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>I have a <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/lovejoyfeminism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Patreon<\/b><\/a><b>! Please support my writing!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always find it fascinating when liberal or progressive individuals or organizations quote Bible verses to support causes or candidates or issues evangelical Christians oppose, or to make points evangelical Christians disagree with. The Bible has a lot of very different types of material in it, and it can be read in many different ways. This one, though? 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