Media sensation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has landed herself in another bucket of hot water. This time she tried to mock conservative Christian, and completely botched Bible scripture.
Usury – aka high interest – happens to be explicitly denounced in the Bible (& in many other religions).
Looking forward to having the religious right uphold their principles + sign onto my bill. 😇
Unless of course they’re only invoking religion to punish women + queer people. https://t.co/h7FxTaMxKb
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 17, 2019
Daily Wire reported that Pastor Mark Burns noted Ocasio-Cortez’s claims were not accurate, highlighting that she lacked key context about scripture.
“In context, usury in the Old Testament was when a fellow Jew would charge interest to a fellow Jew. There was no requirement set for interest on a loan to those outside the household of faith,” Burns said. “For example, after the Babylonian captivity, the Jews were rebuilding their homes and needed money. There were wealthy Jews who allowed their brothers to borrow money yet charged them interest, which was forbidden in the law God gave Moses. Thus, Nehemiah and Ezra informed the lenders they must remove the interest charges, which they did.”
“This would be similar to a son or daughter borrowing a thousand dollars and the mom or dad charging interest,” Burns continued. “It is something that most families would never do. This is the same principle God established for the Jews among their brothers. They were all in a covenant family.”
“Even Christ said in a parable to take money and invest it to have more income and thus use interest or gains from profit to your benefit,” Burns added. “It is normal, however, if there is interest charged on someone who is an associate that borrows for his business. This also assists in motivating the borrower to pay back the loan back as delayed payments can increase the charges.”
On Friday, Ocasio-Cortez attacked Republicans’ Christian beliefs, calling them “far-right” and “creepy.”
“What angers me about the GOP’s attempts to turn the United States into a far-right Christian theocracy is how dishonest they are about it,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “At least be forthright about your desire to subvert and dismantle our democracy into a creepy theological order led by a mad king.”
You may recall last year, AOC attacked Israel, and then afterwards, admitted she was actually ignorant on the issue.
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The embattled rep then went on to bash Christians, calling their beliefs “creepy” and comparing them to “mad kings.”
What angers me about the GOP’s attempts to turn the United States into a far-right Christian theocracy is how dishonest they are about it.
At least be forthright about your desire to subvert and dismantle our democracy into a creepy theological order led by a mad king.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 17, 2019
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Apparently AOC was raised by a Satanic Communist Whore of a Mother why not just admit it? Where’s Daddy? Oh that’s right – Lucifer is Yo Daddy!
I think the American people have had about a gut full of her total nonsense ! At least everyone I talk to has along with Pelosi ,Nadler, Booker ,Harris and the list goes on and on and on !
What is this moron talking about????……..protect ‘babies’???…wtf???……..outright ‘murder them in the womb and even outside, that is OK???……but lets protect ‘illegals’???….her new name…’Crackhead occasional Ortelez’!
Ritual child sacrifice is required under Mosaic law.
It’s in the book that nobody reads.
Yes, God sent His Son to be a sacrifice to pay for your sins and mine. Any other reference in the Mosaic law was pointing to the sacrifice of Christ.
So all those children sacrificed (murdered) was pointing to Jesus?
So you approve of child sacrifice then.
And you believe the sacrifices that continue to today is ok too right?
Please quote the Mosaic law that requires child sacrifice and the book you say it appears.
Exodus 13
“11 “And it shall be, when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you, 12 that you shall [d]set apart to the Lord all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the Lord’s. 13 But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. “
To redeem does not mean to sacrifice.
Yes, “redeem” does mean to give back or to sacrifice.
And they still do human and animal sacrifice to this very day but the world is under the same spell that you are and can’t or won’t see it.
The age of the evil false god of Abraham is coming to an end.
You are in error, the sacrifice is to pay for the redeemed. “Redeem” does not mean “sacrifice”. Look it up. You are blinded by the god of this world, satan. Repent and be redeemed by the blood sacrifice of Jesus.
The sacrifices were to redeem. Sheesh.
Psalm 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy”
The “redeemed” are not the sacrifice. Redeem is to buy back. We have been redeemed by the blood sacrifice of Jesus. If you have not been then Satan and sin are your master. The “sacrifice” is the price paid to “redeem”.
You mean the worship of Baal, Molech etc? The reason Israel was sent into exile and most never returned to Israel. It was all based on depravity. See any parallels with what AOC is advocating?
YHWH
It is better to be silent and thought to be a moron then to open your mouth and prove the Thought!
Cortez has ‘removed all doubt’.
An actress who auditioned for the job, continues to awaken the voters to the direction Perez dnc spokesman, says the dem party is headed. She makes for the perfect example warning patriots why they need to continue #walkaway from the socialist dem party all together.
Why are people listening to ANYTHING this ignorant fool vocalizes??
It is an abject lesson on what the future will hold for this country , as people who “think” like her will be in charge. We lost the education battle because we were not involved. We will pay dearly for our apathy.
YHVH and Jesus control our future, not lame ass politicians.
Because most of them think it’s a comedy show which it really is.
The joke’s on them.
Cortez is a nitwit. Dumber than a rock. Scary she’s in Congress and a sad joke. Our government really needs to be cleaned up.
What’s more scary are the whole mess of people who voted her sad self into office are still out there waiting for the next nitwit they can vote into office.
14,000 – 16,000 really isn’t that large a number who put her in power. We’d never know that per her adoring liberal msm.
What needs to happen is Cortez needs to be primaried out of her seat.
Her own constituents have been complaining she’s not available to them. Lol.
The Green new deal is just another a money-sucking scam for the demolition party . Dems only care about sucking more money from the taxpayer . They didn’t deliver on healthcare , and turned it into a nightmare of high deductibles as one example. Americans are tired of these demo scams and cons .
the worst kind of ignorance is when you don’t know that you are ignorant, and keep blathering on, as aoc does. what bothers me is that she is promulgating the myth that christians want a theocracy; when there is absolutely no evidence of any christians attempting to ever do that!
She lies. Most others who spew the same garbage do too.
AOC could be much more effective if she would learn and espouse the true basis of American values, free enterprise, no federal tax system, limited government, and true importance of individual property rights without taxation. There was no guarantee, or expectation of government to provide the basics of life. Only the opportunity to succeed, prosecution of crimes, protection of the borders, and against attacking enemies is the primary purpose of Government.
she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know, and also, that she doesn’t know
Cortez is a socialist communist. She’s only into destroying our Republic asap. Her gov expansion agenda and growth of a more authoritarian/Marxist nation, where America freedoms, liberties and rights are totally ignored are her goal.
All voters need to read the original version of her green new deal, all six pages of it found online, should convince every patriot her agenda is totally unAmerican and will destroy our Republic, which she clearly hates.
She has no allegiance to, or understanding of, America, no heritage of liberty. She is a simple minded fool whose thought process is magical in it’s basis. There is zero logic there.
socialism is the real “theocracy”, as it imposes atheism on its subjects
And the so call “democracy” of the US government is also a theocracy that forces the evil false god of Abraham on its people.
As opposed to the TRUE god of the Communist Total State? Yeah, I’ll take the God of Abraham, His Son, and the Holy Ghost. No brainer.
Communism is a form of government not a religion.
Although I’ve always said that Communism is the Forth Abrahamic Religion.
All forms of governments have their roots in the evil Hebrew Theocracy.
If she survives the next ten years before Jesus returns to set up His thousand year reign, I’ll guarantee you she will go bonkers trying to pull the wool over Jesus’ head…
How dishonest is Cortez as she supports and defends her two favorite Muslim friends in Congress? They hate America and Israel as much as Cortez does.
Christianity is a bastard religion, the combining of the worship of the evil false god of Abraham with the teachings of Jesus.
One of the most ignorant statements I’ve ever heard…The God of the bible so loved the people of the world that He gave His son to pay the price for their sins when they did not deserve it & now if they accept what His son did they can have eternal life with Him even though they don’t deserve it.
The false god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the Wicked One.
The age of the evil false god of Abraham is coming to an end.
His evil deeds laid bare in witness testimony .
Oh I see, you must be a Luciferian who have twisted the scriptures to fit their wanna be god who is the father of all lies & his self pride got him kicked out of the creator of the universe’s kingdom.
You never change, nearly two millennia ago you accused Jesus of the same thing.
I’m in good company.
Aside from his hatred of people of faith, he hates our US Const even more. Falsely thinks his rights are important but those of others aren’t.
A sad person.
Lol. Nonsense. You haters won’t be eliminating our US Const rights.
Good to know you live in a nation that protects your rights but you don’t support the rights of others.
It just doesn’t work that way.
Did you even read what I typed?
First amendment allows a free people to practice their faith.
Odd how you don’t support our own US Const nor our protected RIGHTS.
First, it’s not my constitution.
Second, I am not denying anyone anything.
ISRAEL is not the only thing Cortes is ignorant about. And to think that ALL of the Democrats in Congress and some of the RHINOS agree with what comes out of her mouth.
An unbeleivably ignorant/stupid puppet spouting Marxist talking points her handlers feed her.