Will Speaker Johnson prove to be the worst sort of "Christian" leader?
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- Speaker of the House Mike Johnson debuts on the second tier of the MAGA Christian Lowerarchy - but will he STAY there? He already has a lot to answer for regarding his efforts to spread the Big Lie and overturn the 2020 election, but his actions toward Ukraine, in service of Donald Trump, are beyond comprehension. He still has a chance to redeem himself - but will he?
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I highly recommend this article by David Frum in the Atlantic from December: "They do it for Trump: Behind the GOP's shifting excuses for abandoning Ukraine". I read it after I made the video, but it checks out. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/republicans-congress-ukraine-aid-trump/676374/
I am grieving over the GOP and what’s happened to this party and our country. I pray our democracy will hold this November. So many I know love Trump and these crazy Congressman. Why would we want Ukraine to lose? 😢😢Just disgusting.
I am with you. We have let this get out of hand. Perhaps this is our generation’s struggle, the crucible through which we all must pass to either come out stronger together or be broken apart. I pray we can pull together.
I fear for my two little girls. What world have we created for them? God grant me the strength to protect them, and the wisdom to guide them down a better path than I have taken.
For my part, I have made the decision to not let fear or prejudice rule my actions any longer. I am putting away my phone more often and being present for my family. I even went to the park today and spoke with a stranger. How odd is it that I feel proud of something so simple?
donald is the antichrist, his second coming will be even worse
Thank you! You have given voice to many of my concerns about this man.
Isn't that the truth!!!
He's Showing His True Maga Self, A Hypocrite who is Unfit to be Speaker but Perfect for Republicans.
Wow Brother, you are quickly becoming one of my favorite political commentators. You have great understanding and insights and you streamline your message on the critical points. THANKS
Pat, That was excellent and a better example of how to communicate. I appreciate your contribution to pro democracy.
I wonder if Johnson believes he is a “good” man? Or does he think his lies are justified because he’s on the correct side? This makes me nauseous.
He openly says he believes he is a latter day ‘Moses’ to lead ‘America into the promised land’ so oh yes he thinks he is a good man.
I am in awe of the way you describe and explain the info you're presenting, and that you're not willing to mince words about the evil of these so-called Christians, especially Mike Johnson.
“Mediocre sycophants” Damn, that’s funny and sadly true.
And yet this continues...pathetically diabolical.
One if the prerequisites for being a Christian is being honest and compassionate towards your fellow man. So far his actions have been more on the vindictive side than the Christian side.
Wow! You are so right and knowledgeable.
Thank you!!
Rev. Pat, I so appreciate this channel. You are a pleasure to listen to with your precise, calm delivery.
This channel and the content presented is spot on. Thanks so much.
Thank you Pat Kahnke for your channel!❤
Praise the Lord for an honest Christian, thanks Pat .
Excellent!
Wow, Pat, wonderful exposition. As an atheist sincerely trying to find the truth, I would tell anyone trying to figure out the universe: Don't blame G-d for Mike Johnson, he has nothing to do with G-d. Read about Jesus in the gospels if you want to understand the Christian message. Or consult your own heart.
Thanks, sadly your analysis of Johnson is likely right on. His story is no Profile in Courage. The situation begs the question, would all of this have happened if there were no religion?
The republican party and its leader are so absurd that it doesn't even seem real, it is more like a bad Batman movie with all the comical and ridiculous villains i.e. The Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin and now the DONALD.
Mike earned his spot on the chart. Breaks my heart, the number of Christians who absolutely love him. He’s so “nice” and clean-cut. And white.
Funny that Trump is not "nice and clean cut" but he's the king and that's okay with them. Next to Trump, Johnson looks impressive and classy. Smoke and mirrors.
@@Butterfly-truth Fundamentalists admit Trump is not a good man but say just like the way the Bible tells that God used the King of Persia a ruthless dictator to deliver Israel from bondage, God is using Trump to ‘bring America to God’.
@@Butterfly-truthJohnson is as diabolical as trump and this is a fact.
And White? What does that have to do with anything?
@@larrymatherne6990 Because the dominant ideology driving US fundamentalist evangelicalism is ‘white Judeo-Christian nationalism’
Excellent presentation, very thoughtful.
So glad I found your channel.
What an incredibly good commentary! Right on the nose. Thanks so much for your work here!
I’ve been wondering about his theology. Bearing false witness seems to be a problem.
If he has to try and convince everyone he's a Christian, he probably isn't.
When i was working, if someone told you they are a Christian you knew to watch your back.
Thank you so much. I have been praying every day and every night for God to protect the 🌏 from Johnson 🙏
Mike Johnson has been marinating in WEIRD for a long time.
This 'rot' was always there. We just didn't see it.
The one good thing about the Trump Presidency is that he pulled the cover off the corruptness and rottenness that is the Republican Party. Democrats beware republicans will began to try and infiltrate the Democratic Party start vetting candidates.
Johnson cowtowing to Trump is repulsive to me. As a man of faith he ought not give credence to man who refuses to admit
He isn’t currently an elected official. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The suspense is killing me about the top spot! You're going to save that for last aren't you? 😊😊
My guess is Justice Alito.
What I'll say about that is, once you think of it, you won't have to wonder if you're right. You'll know, based on everything I've been saying. :) A couple of people have guessed the person in previous comments on the other Lowerarchy video. Maybe I'll do that one next - I hope I get time this weekend.
No, but it wouldn't be a bad choice. :)
@@culturefaithandpolitics I'll have to watch that one. I'm working on a more in-depth response to your video about religion in politics. The first sentence of my response:
Perhaps the correct question is, "Is politics the problem in our religion?"
The first time I saw and heard Mike Johnson my thought was that he looks like a choir boy. My second thought was--so does Leonard Leo.
Happy trails.
Johnson reminds me of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar.
I'm really enjoying your perspectives on these issues Pat, please continue! Voices like yours are particularly needed now.
PS I'm going with Steve Bannon as the lowest rung of the lowerarchy.
Good guess, but I think he'll be on the tier above - I plan to group some of the brain trust together.
Excellent video
Painfully true
(I so appreciate your calm, thoughtful style) 👊🏽
Old Librul Baptist in Alabama 🔵🟥
I really appreciate your views and discussion. I feel in my bones that we should be helping Ukraine. And that we should be treating immigrants with compassion and generosity. In your opinion, what are some of the teachings of Jesus that we should be discussing when confronted with challenges to these beliefs?
I've become a big fan of this channel!
Wonderful!
I really appreciate what you’re doing with this channel. Thank you!
As a fellow Minnesotan, I hope that your lowerarchy will consider people like Dan Hall.
“…Thou shalt have no other gods before ME…” so how can Johnson fail to see the incongruity of his claim to be Christ’s #1 disciple whereas it is so clear Johnson’s REAL loyalty is to Donald Trump! This clash of value is like a giant billboard announcement for all the world to see.
It appears so.
Well done. Thank you
I believe you’re spot on with your charts so far.
Anyone, who believes in magical men in the sky that are concerned with what you do with your bits, should not be allowed in any position of power nor allowed to own firearms.
Mike Johnson is convinced he’s playing Moses not Esther.
If I remember correctly, Moses misused his power, resulting in an extra 40 years of wandering in the desert for the people of Israel.
@@donaldwert7137 No one was called righteous because of the law.
The flesh has no righteousness of its own.
@@donaldwert7137
Not Moses but 10 of the 12 who returned from spying out the promised land are the reason they wandered another 40 years. Moses' abuse of power kept him out of the Holy Land entirely!
@@Butterfly-truth Thank you.
You *should* despise that. Good show,
Perfectly said - thank you!
Thank you for being a sane voice in a crazy world right now!
We must keep God OUT OF THE HOUSE and congress itself.
Someone needs to tell Johnson that the old testament is finished and one greater than Moses came and unless his righteousness passes that of the pharisees, he has none.
Someone also needs to remind him Rump is not only currently not president, but he holds no office at all.
Excellent commentary
Most certainly.
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Thank you so very much for the work that you do and putting these together
You say exactly the things that I’m thinking, but I just don’t have the thought processes to put it all together and that’s what you do in your benefit to all people, especially Christian people like myself again, I think you
Johnson is speaking in snake tongue.👅😊
Your point about the dangerous incompetence of authoritarianism is key. The authoritarian model offered by Republicans not only is offensive to a free peope, but guarantees catastrophe. Putin's debacle in Ukraine is evidence. Our authoritarians know it, and that is why they need Putin to win and Ukraine to fall.
Dear Pat,
Perhaps Mike Johnson is working on the self-fulfilling profacy that so many, so called, evangelicals obsess on regarding the end of the world. Maybe Mike J. thinks he is helping things along. Very sad if that is the case.
Greg
They want thocracy at any cost😢
Is “shrink down into himself until we don’t see him any more…” an allusion to The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis?
Cream is not the only thing that rises to the top.
Mike Johnson seems to me like the Pharisee Jesus described that was in the temple ‘praying thus with himself.’ That religious hypocrite thought that he was right with God,, and that he was better than the humble tax collector who acknowledged his sin before God. He clearly believes that he is a superior Christian than the Democrats. I believe he is a blind leader of the blind… if he was spirit filled he would be devoted to the truth.
Decades ago, people like Mike Johnson caused me to stop identifying as Christian, not because I stopped believing, but because I stopped believing in *them*. I recognize that not all Christians are infected with this need for dominance, but trust isn't a commodity, it's a luxury and I don't bestow it lightly.
Pharisee???
A good example of what this guy stands for- nothing but power for himself. I cannot find lack of integrity as a positive characteristic in the Bible. Apparently he got his world view from somewhere else. Was that just another lie or was it self deception?
I have historically not paid a lot of attention to these matters, so please pardon my ignorance. I'm glad I've found your channel, as I seek to get myself up to speed on stuff like this. I have a question about something in your video: you said that Trump wants Ukraine to lose the war with Russia. Can you explain why he would want such a thing? (Again, I realize that I'm revealing my ignorance and naïveté here, so I hope that other commenters will be gracious.) Thanks.
It's a strong accusation from me, I know, but all of his words and behavior point that way. He's made many comments about how he'd end the war immediately if he's re-elected, which could only happen if he sells out Ukraine to Putin. He has made so many comments over the years about his admiration for Vladimir Putin that I could simply say he wants Putin to win, but I think it goes deeper - he wants Ukraine to lose because his first impeachment was all about him withholding weapons from Ukraine that had already been approved by Congress, unless Ukraine "did him a favor" by announcing an investigation into Joe Biden - who at that time was presumed to be a strong candidate against Trump. There have been right-wing events that I've seen where the speakers are adamantly pro-Putin, as well, because they see him as the protector of Christian culture against the more "liberal" Ukraine. So there's a lot there. I'm sure others could answer it more fully. Thanks for asking.
I so appreciate your openness, sincerity and desire to learn more in depth. I respect what this man says - he is knowledge. I’m glad I found his channel.
You can find a video on line of Trump’s news conference with Putin in Helsinki. If you have time watch it. I watched live at the time and was totally disgust by the way Trump deferred to Putin in his words and body language and his betrayal of our intelligence agencies in front of Putin.
Trumps connection to Russia and the Russian mafia in particular has been well
known for decades.
Gracious? Someone with the courage(and class) to acknowledge when they need and want to learn is Grade A!❤
One of the main backers of Putin is the Russian Orthodox Church and in particular Patriarch Kirill (think of him as the Russian equivalent of Pope) who himself is an ex-KGB officer and who has issued official statements (the equivalent of Papal Bulls) saying this war on Ukraine is a ‘holy war’ ordered by God. The Russian state and the Orthodox church have a parasitic codependency - the only legal Christian church denomination in Russia is the Orthodox. Famously Lenin called the church ‘the opiate of the people’ and he was not referring as such to Christian belief but rather the fact that then as now the official church worked hand in glove with the Tsar to keep the people in ignorance and superstition.
For the past couple of decades Putin and Kirill have worked hand in glove to supposedly bring ‘family values’ to Russia doing such things as banning all LGBT rights in Russia and many other similar steps so both are immensely popular in fundamentalist Christian circles in the US.
@talltulip, as Rabbi Kushner observed in , evil has antipathy to reason’s not serving its purposes.
Yes indeed. Mike follows Trumps gospel rather then Jesus.
I wonder how similar we are to Jesus’ time. If I were a tad more cynical and had been alive in Jesus’ time and you asked me who would still be around 2,000 years later, I would have said the Sadducees. The Pharisees were just nonpolitical, small-community centered (weak); the Zealots would be destroyed (backed the wrong horse); the humble service of the Christians would end up with martyrdom (stupid losers). But the Sadducees combination of conservative religion for the masses (the Temple) and realpolitik (dealing with the Romans aristocrat to aristocrat) - THAT would be effective.
“How’s that working out for you?” Dr Phil.
Ray Comfort made video about him that he is example of godly man...
As a Christian, believing in eternal life, is it worth selling your soul for a short term of infamy?
If the man claims to be a Christian, and he does, then what is the responsibility of his pastor and the church leadership when he acts contrary to what the Bible teaches?
I’m troubled by the role that Trump is playing in American politics despite not being an elected official, Christians are dying in Ukraine and this guy is preventing a vote 😭. It seems that in America politics saying that you’re a Christian gets you brownie points but doing what is right gets you fired 😭
As both Aristotle and the theologian observed with regard to opinions, in maturity of faith not all regarded with epithet ‘christian’ are of the same level. (similarly, Dante’s dtrustructure of hell)
Ironically this all verges on enough to give ‘Christian realism’ a bad name.
Incidentally the book of Esther is the only not , unlike what seems the Speaker’s penchant, to mention the Holy One by name.
The AC and the false prophet.
So would you really call someone like Mike Johnson a Christian or a fake. These people are really taking the Bible etc to extremes. This doesn't sound like the way God would want these types of people to live.
You mean a "Hypochristian" ??🤔
I will never understand how such a low personal view of you're self that you would do this....some people are just scumbags from birth.