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angrychair

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41. It's a lust for power

Reply to Bookreadingliberal53 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:51 AM

Mar 13

As I said here last night https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221093777

Christians. Muslims. Jews. All fighting each other to see who gets to rule over the dust and bones and the deafening sound of silence.

Look up the Samson Option.

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Netanyahu is now spouting End Times rhetoric [View all] Bookreadingliberal53 Mar 13 OP

Netanyahu means the ORIGINAL Messiah, no_hypocrisy Mar 13 #1

Thanks, it was the first thing I noticed Mossfern Mar 13 #28

Ah, yes, that one's real! Pinback Mar 13 #45

I wonder how many people died in the name of religion. gab13by13 Mar 13 #2

"Religion is... GiqueCee Mar 13 #33

So he's a Christian now? Is he MAGA too? FakeNoose Mar 13 #3

No. The desire for "The Messiah" predates the Jebus. Grins Mar 13 #24

How does the Messiah return when he was never there before? FakeNoose Mar 13 #39

Exactly! He's pandering.. mountain grammy Mar 13 #43

Bibi the fascist would say anything 31st Street Bridge Mar 13 #52

One foot in the grave orangecrush Mar 13 #4

as does Trump. OGBuzz Mar 13 #27

Yup. orangecrush Mar 13 #29

Humans don't get to set God's agenda Marthe48 Mar 13 #5

If so, Hell awaits him... Chasstev365 Mar 13 #6

Organized religion is what keeps the poor from eating the rich maxrandb Mar 13 #7

Societies do what those in power are able to do, and they develop a religion the people need unblock Mar 13 #14

Whether he believes this or not is an open question RetiredParatrooper Mar 13 #8

He's playing US evangelicals. Happy Hoosier Mar 13 #9

One verse says it all about these end time fake christians. timms139 Mar 13 #10

Didn't he also say "There are those among multigraincracker Mar 13 #17

Yes angrychair Mar 13 #37

Great book to read. Misquoting Jesus. multigraincracker Mar 13 #60

That statement can be understood in a different way FakeNoose Mar 13 #53

"Isreal as a superpower..." Buns_of_Fire Mar 13 #11

Can they pay for their own defense? Omnipresent Mar 13 #40

I barely know Hebrew but I think he said the *era* of the messiah not the *return* of the messiah unblock Mar 13 #12

lol that's hardly better SamuelTheThird Mar 13 #13

I support very few of the things Netanyahu says lol unblock Mar 13 #15

To the 10th Century BC? Grins Mar 13 #25

Here is a question for you if you are game to entertain such a question . . . xocetaceans Mar 13 #56

Unfortunately, it's beyond my very limited Hebrew abilities. unblock Mar 13 #62

Indeed, true . . . xocetaceans Sunday #68

He won't stop murdering until he has full global control. Deranged delusional sicko. Clouds Passing Mar 13 #16

Religion. Can't live with it, can't live with it. twodogsbarking Mar 13 #18

Nihilistic Madness enigmania Mar 13 #19

Grok confirms... progressoid Mar 13 #20

Yes, I noted that as well. Below is what I've found . . . xocetaceans Mar 13 #57

Thanks! progressoid Mar 13 #64

You're welcome. n/t xocetaceans Sunday #67

He is nuts jfz9580m Mar 13 #21

Amazing how these people think they bluestarone Mar 13 #22

Figures. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Mar 13 #23

one source markie Mar 13 #26

I went looking for the full speech. None of the main media sites had it. Grins Mar 13 #30

+1 leftstreet Mar 13 #50

Links are in my earlier reply to the OP, but that particular statement is in the Q&A that follows the speech. xocetaceans Mar 13 #58

Pay for your own wars, asshole dalton99a Mar 13 #31

Netanyahu is a cynical huckster Alice Kramden Mar 13 #32

Sounds familiar Keepthesoulalive Mar 13 #34

Please let him BlueMTexpat Mar 13 #35

An F'ing madman. Bristlecone Mar 13 #36

He doesn't mean Jesus, he means the Jewish Messiah obamanut2012 Mar 13 #38

It's a lust for power angrychair Mar 13 #41

That's how you mesmerize the Magat. C_U_L8R Mar 13 #42

He's scrapping the bottom of the barrel, talking to the really, really stupid population but hey it works for US nazis yaesu Mar 13 #44

Rupert Murdoch is behind all of this. Initech Mar 13 #46

Rupert will be in Hell before Bibi and Chump get there FakeNoose Mar 13 #55

Oh hell no, not before we haul his ass on the stand! Initech Mar 13 #59

This is obviously performative for US Evangelicals. Jews don't believe Jesus was the Messiah. ChicagoTeamster Mar 13 #47

Wow. This fucker is utterly depraved. Mysterian Mar 13 #48

He knows how to play the right wing "christian" extremists Nigrum Cattus Mar 13 #49

Netanyahu's gonna escape jail time, but the devil's oasis Mar 13 #51

He should be treated the way we treated Osama Bin Laden. Initech Mar 13 #61

Not just give him a 2nd chance, but give him tens of billions of USD as well, including many in our party who refuse to Celerity Mar 13 #63

For the Base. Kid Berwyn Mar 13 #54

It's all about the Apocalypse: Another disturbing reason behind the right wing's pro-Israel obsession LetMyPeopleVote Mar 13 #65

I thought Judaism doesn't have an eschatology... mr715 Mar 13 #66