Georgia Democrat and reverend Raphael Warnock is coming under fire for a 2011 sermon where he preached a... quite controversial message. In this sermon, the reverend made very clear what he thinks of the decision to, as an American, serve in the US military. And it is a doozy of a take.
Warnock employs a common liberal ploy where he takes a well-known verse from the Bible, Matthew 6:24 in this case, where Jesus clearly states that man cannot serve God and mammon, and changes it to mean whatever suits his own purposes at the time. A very easy internet search would show anyone who isn't familiar with the term mammon that it basically means material wealth. You don't need a seminary education to know that Warnock is taking this verse wildly out of context.
To compare the sacrifice of men and women in a US uniform to a sinful desire for material gain maaaaaaaaay not be so popular in a southern state like Georgia.
Warnock, who is a Senior Pastor at Martin Luther King Jr.'s former church in Atlanta, is a defender of former Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright and continues to obfuscate on the question of whether or not Wright is an anti-semite (he is). Warnock has also faced criticism for comments made in a sermon in May 2018 in response to President Trump moving the embassy in Israel to the true capital, Jerusalem. With this as the background, Warnock said,
"We need a two-state solution where all of God's children can live together. We saw the government of Israel shoot down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey. … It is wrong to shoot down God's children like they don't matter at all. And it's no more anti-Semitic for me to say that than it is anti-white for me to say that Black lives matter. Palestinian lives matter."
National Review has also chronicled the various slanders Warnock has made against Israel in the past, including a 2019 open letter signed by Warnock which compared Israel's policies to apartheid in South Africa.
Misquote Jesus: check
Call for an anti-Israel two-state solution: check
Criticize Israel for defending their border: check
Compare Israeli policy to apartheid in South Africa: check
Sounds like Warnock may know the democrat base pretty well. Hopefully, his opponent Kelly Loeffler is able to capitalize on these outrageous statements and shore up her support and help keep the Senate in control of the Republicans and Cocaine Mitch.
