My interpretation of Holy Scripture borders between tenets for a better life, and struggles against those who would curtail that better life. We only get one spin upon this earth, so during that time we are expected to do our best and make our short time upon this planet a positive one.
Obviously, the current Trump Administration has not grasped that concept.
Because while Donald Trump is posting computer-created images of him as a white-robed Messiah, then claiming that the graphics were not of him as Jesus, but him as a doctor (yeah, sure, Jan), we have Secretary of Defense “Whiskey” Pete Hegseth quoting Bible verse at public events.
And by quoting “Bible verse,” he’s speaking the words of Ezekiel 25:17. This was at a Pentagon briefing.
Let me play what he’s saying.
This “quote” from Ezekiel 25:17 seems a bit familiar … but also a bit off.
Probably because Hegseth isn’t quoting from the Bible.
He’s quoting more from an interpretation from the movie Pulp Fiction. Yeah, that one scene where Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta arrive at some dude’s house and threaten vengeance.
And that’s not even the original source of that cribbed text. Because Quentin Tarantino snagged that interpretation of Ezekiel 25:17 from a 1973 Sonny Chiba film, The Bodyguard.
So it’s not that Hegseth is quoting the Bible. He’s quoting some popular theatrical interpretation of Scripture that, in and of itself, was interpreted from two different motion pictures that tailored the verse to their own specific needs.
But what do we expect from Republicans? This the same group of charlatans who plagiarized Michelle Obama’s speech, put it in Melania Trump’s mouth, and claimed that Melania said it first.
And that Republicans will cherry-pick out the phrases in the Bible that suit their needs, while ignoring the full context of the Book of Ezekiel. I mean … crack open a Bible, people. Improve your minds. Find out who Ezekiel was. Discover his existence as one of the later prophets (i.e., Isaiah, Jeremiah, then him).
And while we’re at it … maybe take a look at one of the most famous Biblical phrases, Psalms 3:16.
I mean … I wrote a dang blog post about Psalms 3:16 over a decade ago, and those words are still as strong as they are today.
If you’re going to take Biblical scripture here and use it as your own twisted dogma …
Such actions remind me of people who quote 1 Timothy 6:10, saying “Money is the root of all evil.”
More appropriately, however, it is “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
And in Plagiarism Pete’s message … the love of power is the root of all demagoguery.
Chuck The Writer 
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