David French? Take a break. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is about to preach the gospel of Christ to his Twitter followers. As Twitchy reported Friday, Scarborough explained on air that Jesus never once mentioned abortion. “And it was happening back in ancient times,” he added. “It was happening during his time. Never once mentioned it. For people perverting the gospel of Jesus Christ down to one issue, it is heresy.” A few heretics tried to set Scarborough straight, but he’s back to show how the reaction to his comments is proof of his point.
How curious that stating facts about Jesus Christ’s ministry is blasted as “an anti-Christian screed”. It proves my point that many are hiding behind Jesus Christ to reduce His ministry to a single political issue he never mentioned once in scripture. https://t.co/Fhpkmk393A
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
The fact those attacking that truth are forced to wretch my words from their proper context show how weak their argument is. Southern Baptists we’re pro-choice when I was in high school. The belief is not rooted ancient gospel. It is the product of modern politics.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
The fact that Christian Nationalists have reduced the ministry of Jesus Christ to a few political issues never discussed by Jesus Christ in the Gospels does seem to fit the definition of heresy, does it not?
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
Millions of Christians are pro-life.
That would seem more consistent with the overall themes of Christ’s teachings were many not also the most aggressive supporters of the death penalty, militarism, and economic policies that leave behind poor and working class children.— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
If there is one point I would like make most clearly, it would be this: there are many strong moral arguments to make for being pro-life. Declaring that your position on abortion is a cornerstone of Jesus Christ’s ministry is not one of them. It is simply not in the Gospels.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
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If you are interested in what Bible scholars consider some of the cornerstones of His teachings, many would point to the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7); Matthew 25:31-46 where Jesus tells His disciples who will enter “the kingdom”; and Luke 6:31 (the Golden Rule).
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 10, 2022
This thread should be used to teach logical fallacies. It’s just tremendous https://t.co/q7smg02eyw
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) September 10, 2022
I love how you keep pretending you were spreading the good word rather than making some theologically illiterate defense of unlimited abortion on demand.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) September 10, 2022
He never mentioned you in scripture, either.
— Joan of Argghh (@ArgghhOf) September 10, 2022
Actually, I'd like to hear you describe what you think Jesus' ministry was.
— Joan of Argghh (@ArgghhOf) September 10, 2022
I must have missed the catechism class where abortion was excepted from the 'thou shall not murder' commandment class.
— NoLongerPapaP (@NoLongerPapaP) September 10, 2022
Catholics are Christians, Joe.
— franks_3111 (@franks_3111) September 10, 2022
Nobody looks to you or @MSNBC for Christianity.
— Marlies “ne plus ultra” Koekkler (@koekkler) September 10, 2022
Please don’t keep going down this road. It’s not worth it.
— Patrick (@PMC713) September 10, 2022
— 🇺🇸 Habitual Line Stepper 🇺🇸 (@MmHabitual) September 10, 2022
There were few facts in what you said.
Like normal for you.
— Kent Christen (@frag316) September 10, 2022
This take is what you hear from the pulpit in liberal Protestant denominations like the Episcopalians, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, many of Presbyterian USA churches, and the patently heretical Unitarians.
And they're all hemorrhaging members. https://t.co/YsNZfAgtfq
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 10, 2022
As a product of a Catholic high school education I feel comfortable saying this guy's Catholic high school teachers, in his particular case, without reference or regard to anything else they might have accomplished in their lives, pedagogically or otherwise, failed. https://t.co/DKlCQLugq4
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) September 10, 2022
We Christians don't need a pagan like you telling us why we believe what we believe, or what Our Lord taught. We have studied this stuff a lot longer (i.e. two millenia) than the 5 minute Wikipedia search your intern did to organize this tweet thread. https://t.co/XT8IT1Mzrp
— Mark Gustav (@MGustavH78) September 10, 2022
Next you'll claim Jesus was PRO ADULTY so you can JUSTIFY you and your wife hooking up!
You are a SICK miserable little man https://t.co/o1B5NM4RMl
— Cable News Watch (@CableNewsWatch) September 10, 2022
Joe Scarborough trying to get religious sounds like a progressive member of the LDS Church. Same logical fallacies, same false comparisons, same ignorance of what the scriptures actually say. https://t.co/mt8tugbg6i
— El Jefe de Colorado Tweets (@jefe_tweets) September 10, 2022
Hey Joe… please point to the scripture passage where Christ condones abortion. Because you basically said that he did.
— Holly Thornton (@beachmamax2) September 10, 2022
Your takeaway is that Jesus must have been cool with abortion since he didn’t mention it?
— Mark (@Markboldy) September 10, 2022
Exactly. Jesus never brought up abortion because he fully supported it. And Scarborough’s the same kind of constitutional scholar that would argue you have no right to own an AR-15 because they aren’t mentioned in the Constitution.
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Related:
Joe Scarborough reminds pro-life Christians that Jesus ‘never once talked about abortion’ https://t.co/j3gMLS6iKV
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 9, 2022
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