Evangelicals, Trump and a Quick Bible Study

[DeistPaladin]

I'm going to be quick to the point: the things that seem to be of supreme importance to the Evangelicals were neither important to Jesus nor his father, Yahweh. Also, things that were important to Jesus do not seem to be important to the Evangelicals. 


Jesus never discussed the issue of abortion and the Old Testament makes it clear that abortion is not something that Yahweh disapproves of.

Exodus 21:22-25 Tells us that hitting a woman and causing her to miscarry (a natural abortion) is punishable with a fine while murder is punishable by death.

Numbers 5:13-31 Tells us what a husband should do if he suspects his wife is pregnant with another man's child. He should take her to the priest who will gather dust from the tabernacle and mix it with water. She must drink this concoction. If she miscarries, it means she was unfaithful. Now, I'm not a doctor and can't testify as to the health risks of a pregnant woman drinking dirt-water, if that actually could cause a miscarriage, but the message of these verses are clear. The priest is potentially performing a metaphysical abortion on her without her choice being involved.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 Makes it clear that even post-birth children have no rights. The father can have one stoned to death in the public square just by announcing that his son is rebellious.

The only verse the pro-lifers can manage to find is a passage in Jeremiah 1:5 which is wrenched out of context. "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you" which speaks of Yahweh's ability to see into the future, that Jeremiah would be successfully born and grow up to be a prophet.

Do Evangelicals still fret anymore about marriage being between "one man and one woman" or have they come to finally accept gay marriage?
In case it's still an issue for them, "one man and one woman" appears nowhere in the Bible. In fact, the Old Testament is filled to the brim with examples of the prophets taking multiple wives, along with some "concubines" on the side. If Yahweh valued a strictly monogamous marriage, clearly his "chosen people" never got the memo.

1Kings 15:5 tells us that King David did not sin in the eyes of Yahweh except for the matter with Uriah and his wife. The number of wives that David has is never calculated in the Bible but it was more than several. Apparently, Yahweh had no problem with David having multiple wives. He also apparently had a gay relationship with Johnathan but that's a matter of interpretation.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17 tells us how to treat the children of multiple wives in case one is "beloved" and the other "hated". This is a divine regulation of the practice of polygamy. Such regulation is a tacit endorsement of the practice, since Yahweh could have just as easily written "don't do this".

Jesus never said anything about either abortion or gay rights. He did, however, spend a lot of time talking about the things that liberals like. He denounced greed. He instructed us to care for the poor and unfortunate. He healed the sick. He preached a message of peace.

In sum, the Evangelicals either need to reevaluate their priorities or find another religion. This Jesus they claim to follow was a socialist hippy.