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Trump's Christian Squad: Barr, Pence Kavanaugh and Pompeo

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Donald Trump gifted us Bill Barr, Mike Pence, Brett Kavanaugh and Mike Pompeo in his trade for Christian Evangelical vote. He gave the Evangelicals, in another quid pro quo, something he considers worthless anyway. Christian humility, charity, obedience, and salvation are totally empty concepts to Trump. He does not care, because he is acting above all law. He is acting as a blatant example of corruption and criminality every day that he is in power. Meanwhile, the far right Christians are getting judges that will force religious doctrines on the American public. But, the winds of social change are going against the fundamentalist Christians. Barr, Pence, Kavanaugh and (I assume) Pompeo are products of Catholic education. The teachings of the Church are etched deeply into their psyches. What the Church teaches is that we are all sinners. In fact, we are born that way. It is called original sin. The only way to redeem ourselves is through obedience to the rules of  the Church...

William Barr: Preservation of Hierarchy

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William Barr wrote that the US government is "predicated precisely" on the Judeo-Christian system. This is an attempt to join church and state, which religious conservatives have always wanted to do. He also said that Catholic education should be promoted through tax breaks. William Barr is a product of Catholic education which above all else teaches the faithful not to question authority. And if misdeeds by authority are discovered, like in the Church, they are to be quickly covered up. Barr insisted that those involved in the Iran-Contra scandal be pardoned. The structure, the hierarchy, had to be defended. Truth is simply what the hierarchy tells the people. The Pope is never wrong. The hierarchy is never wrong. The individual must be subservient to authority. The only purpose of the individual is to protect and preserve the hierarchical structure. Barr has been described as having a "self-deprecating wit." That fits, for a man who serves the hierarchy. Wh...