GRAPHIC: No one is better in congressional hearings these days from the Member side than @RepBrandonGill.
Here he was asking a pro-abortion witness which form of abortion(s) they most prefer
@LLinWood Revelation 21:27: States that "nothing unclean shall enter" heaven, supporting the need for a final purification (purgatory) for those who die in a state of grace but are not perfectly holy.
@LLinWood Matthew 5:26 & Luke 12:59: Jesus states, "you will never get out till you have paid the last penny." This is interpreted as a temporary, restorative detention for purification rather than eternal hell.
@LLinWood Matthew 12:32: Jesus says that speaking against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven "either in this age or in the age to come," which suggests that some sins can be forgiven in the next life.
@LLinWood 2 Maccabees 12:43-45: Judas Maccabeus orders prayers and sacrifices for dead soldiers, noting "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." This implies a state after death where souls can be aided.
@LLinWood 1 Corinthians 3:11-15: Paul describes a person's work being tested by fire. If the work is burned, "he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire." This is interpreted as a purifying, non-hellish fire, often called purgatory.
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
We’re debating the Iran War Powers Resolution I co-authored with @RepRoKhanna.
Under our Constitution, the power to initiate war rests solely with Congress.
Congress owes our service members a clearly defined mission, so that when they accomplish it, they can come home.
We were told the program was “obliterated” in the summer. That’s what they told us. Direct quote. It cannot be the case that the program was both obliterated and also close to being “immune” to attack. That is a logical impossibility. A contradiction in terms. Like a square circle. It makes no sense.
So he's flat out telling us that we're in a war with Iran because Israel forced our hand. This is basically the worst possible thing he could have said.
.@JDVance and @TulsiGabbard you both need to speak out against the war in Iran.
People are paying attention, very close attention. Silence won’t cut it.
You were both on record repeatedly, publicly, and loudly against going to war with Iran.
Our friend, Charlie Kirk was adamantly against war with Iran.
You cannot be silent.
Americans are dying.
You both know this is not what we campaigned for and this is 100% what we said would not happen.
We said, I said, you said:
NO MORE FOREIGN WARS AND NO MORE REGIME CHANGE.
All we wanted was America FIRST.
This is not it.