https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-...h-being-kept-out-government-1689771?piano_t=1 By Jason Lemon On 3/19/22 Pastor Mark Burns, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump and a Republican congressional candidate in South Carolina, said that the separation of church and state should come to an end in the U.S. He made the remarks as he spoke at the Trump-headlined American Freedom Tour at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Saturday. The right-wing evangelical Christian televangelist spoke in the morning, along with a number of other pro-Trump conservatives, before the former president took the stage in the afternoon. "Trump won!" Burns yelled, leading the crowd to chant the slogan, according to a video shared to social media. This was an apparent reference to false claims that President Joe Biden only defeated Trump in the 2020 election due to widespread voter fraud. "We need to replace God at the center of American politics. The separation between church and state was not designed to keep the church out of the government, it was designed to keep the government out of the church," Burns said, continuing his remarks, the Miami Herald first reported. Televangelist Pastor Mark Burns chanted "Trump won" at a large rally headlined by former President Donald Trump on Saturday in Florida. Above, Burns speaks at a pro-Trump rally at Freedom Plaza on January 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Burns was referring to the First Amendment, which establishes a separation between religion and the government. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances," the amendment to the Constitution says. While the First Amendment is generally interpreted to mean that Americans—lawmakers, un-elected government officials and ordinary citizens alike—are entitled to hold any religious belief they choose, it also guarantees that one particular religion is not favored by the government over another. "The church should not rule over the state, and the state cannot rule over the church. Religion is too important to be a government program or a political pageant," Senator James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican, and theologian Russell Moore wrote in a January 2018 article for Time, explaining the constitutional concept. America's third president, Thomas Jefferson, is often cited by legal scholars and in court cases for coining the phrase "wall of separation," referring to the barrier between religion and the government. Similarly, the Freedom Forum Institute, a First Amendment advocacy organization, explains: "Individual citizens are free to bring their religious convictions into the public arena. But the government is prohibited from favoring one religious view over another or even favoring religion over non-religion." Burns' Saturday remarks appeared to suggest that he believes the church, or Christianity, should be favored by the government and have influence over it. That assessment would go against the generally accepted view of the First Amendment, which establishes a separation between both—while protecting the rights of citizens to hold any religious views they choose. Last month, he spoke at a right-wing ReAwaken America event in Canton, Ohio, where he said God was "raising up armies" to help conservatives "shut down" Democratic-led America. "God is raising up armies that we are going to start having civil disobedience in America," Burns told the crowd gathered at the Trinity Gospel Temple church, where that event took place. The pastor compared Trump's right-wing movement to the actions of Civil Rights activists as they protested against segregation in the South. "We are going to shut down this America led by racist, liberal, race-baiting Democrats," Burns said. He then dropped the mic and paced on stage, fist raised, as the crowd cheered. "Are you ready to fight with me? Shout yeah!" While Trump has not formally endorsed Burns in his GOP congressional bid, retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn has thrown his weight behind the pastor. Flynn served briefly as Trump's national security adviser and has become a key promoter of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
I think there is a lot of corruption in most, or maybe all, governments. Why do people think evil of the God of the Bible? God is completely good and is not to blame for people’s actions. There are some people on these threads that make God out to be very evil in His character. However, if God had even a little bit of evil in Him, then it would not make any sense for Him to judge out of a hatred of evil. When He does judge, it is because evil is entirely contrary to His character. He is patient and lets people continue in ways that are contrary to what is right, partly in hope that some will come to repentance through His patience, and partly to expose evil for its evilness. Don’t misunderstand, I am not saying I think all people are cruel toward each other, I think there are many wonderful and nice people in this world, regardless of their belief or unbelief. But all of us have some corruption that shows up in varying degrees and only God has the power to tackle a person’s sin problems. He can do that first by showing one their guilt as compared to His holiness and if they turn to Him for help with it, then He provides Jesus as the way to receive pardon. After that He works on them to help them to see the power of sin and their struggle in sin in day to day living and the believer, out of gratitude, should try to obey God by trying to do what is right, failing often, but continually cleansed with the blood of Jesus. What the world needs isn’t Trump or Reagan or Clinton or Churchill or Putin or Hitler. What the world needs is a Ruler whose name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and a kingdom that will not end. This post needs a song to wrap it up with. This song was actually originally written many years ago by two thirteen year old girls that were friends. It’s a little bit simple, but it’s stuck around for a while probably because a lot of people besides me like the tune and also because, well, Jesus really is the King of Kings and someday He will come back to rule. When will that be? The Bible has some signs. But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness... Hebrews 1:8, 9a NKJV
I think there is a lot of corruption in all churches. Not so much from deliberate corruption all though there will be that, rather it's delusional corruption.
Unfortunately delusion is very difficult to correct, but God will sort that out by kicking them all into hell. That'll teach them for being deluded.