{"id":2228976,"date":"2024-04-24T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-vile-biden-comes-under-fire-for-invoking-jesus-while-promoting-abortion\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:01:13","slug":"this-is-vile-biden-comes-under-fire-for-invoking-jesus-while-promoting-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-vile-biden-comes-under-fire-for-invoking-jesus-while-promoting-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Criticized for Mentioning Jesus in Abortion Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-vile-biden-comes-under-fire-for-invoking-jesus-while-promoting-abortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-committed-the-worst-media-malfeasance-during-the-brett-kavanaugh-smear-campaign\/\" title=\"WaPo Committed The Worst Media Malfeasance During The Brett Kavanaugh Smear Campaign\">article reflects<\/a> on Paul&#8217;s teaching to Timothy 2, urging prayers for leaders. It mentions Biden&#8217;s controversial gesture at an abortion rally in Florida and the \u2062differing interpretations it sparked, highlighting the significance\u200d of prayer in complex political contexts. The piece \u200dunderlines the debate around faith,\u200d politics, and moral stances, emphasizing the need for discernment. The article discusses\u2064 Paul&#8217;s call for prayers for leaders, Biden&#8217;s gesture at an abortion rally, and\u200d the ensuing\u2062 interpretations, emphasizing prayer in politics. It delves into the intersection of faith, politics, and morals, stressing the importance of\u200d discernment\u2062 in such contentious \u2063issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 5:09am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Roughly 2,000 years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Timothy%202&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul wrote<\/a> to Timothy, not only suggesting or requiring that the Christians he led pray for their leaders, but urging it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday was a pretty good example of why this is so important.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/devout-catholic-joe-biden-holds-easter-egg-event-white-house-makes-no-mention-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> was attending a campaign organizing event in Florida when Nikki Fried, the head of the state\u2019s Democratic Party, complained about Florida\u2019s new ban on abortions after six weeks, due to take effect at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-takes-heat-conservatives-calling-abortion-ban-terrible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beginning of May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, we come back here to the sate of Florida, where [Gov.] Ron DeSantis felt like he needed to run for president and so 15 weeks wasn\u2019t good enough,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had to go to six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the mention of DeSantis, Biden made the sign of the cross, infuriating some Christians, who saw the move as an attempt to invoke the divine Trinity in support of greater access to baby murder.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This. Is. VILE!<\/p>\n<p>President Biden makes the Sign of the Cross at an abortion rally in Florida!<\/p>\n<p>You cannot be Catholic and support abortion!<\/p>\n<p>You cannot invoke GOD and promote Death! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aG4P542EM0\">pic.twitter.com\/aG4P542EM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CatholicVote\/status\/1782881723161690332?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In reality, given the timing of the gesture and the small smirk on the president\u2019s face, it appears to me that Biden\u2019s movement was more a tongue-in-cheek warding off of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-ends-squatter-scam-signing-new-bill-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis <\/a>presidency, the way it might done in \u201call exorcisms and conjurations against the spirits of darkness,\u201d as the Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/cathen\/13785a.htm#:~:text=Most%20commonly%20and%20properly%20the,when%20he%20commences%20Mass%20with\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Advent<\/a> website describes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-lives-matter-arkansas-gov-signs-near-total-abortion-ban-that-supporters-hope-will-force-scotus-to-revisit-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"\u2018All Lives Matter\u2019: Arkansas Gov. Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban That Supporters Hope Will Force SCOTUS To Revisit Roe v. Wade\">total abortion ban<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The scattered laughter from the audience would appear to reinforce that idea, but you can obviously watch the clip and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever Biden meant by it, the motion obviously angered many who saw it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis. Is. VILE!\u201d the CatholicVote X account exclaimed (emphasis original throughout). \u201cYou cannot be Catholic and promote abortion! You cannot invoke GOD and promote Death!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republic Sentinel editor Ben Zeisloft made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-outlets-that-gave-a-pass-to-black-lives-matter-and-antifa-violence\/\" title=\"The Media Outlets That Gave A Pass To Black Lives Matter And Antifa Violence\">similar point<\/a>, though with fewer exclamation points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden makes the sign of the cross on himself as he hears that DeSantis signed a marginally more strict abortion regulation,\u201d he wrote in his own X post. \u201cThis is Biden heaping eternal judgment upon himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(It should be noted that the change in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-religion-desantis-bars-satanists-florida-school-chaplaincy-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> will prohibit most abortions after six weeks, bringing the limit down from 15 weeks \u2014 making the time frame 60 percent shorter than it has been. I\u2019m all for abortion limits \u2014 I think they should be illegal under any conditions \u2014 but I don\u2019t find this kind of wordsmithing helpful. I praise God that this will be a much more than \u201cmarginal\u201d change once in effect.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden makes the sign of the cross on himself as he hears that DeSantis signed a marginally more strict abortion regulation.<\/p>\n<p>This is Biden heaping eternal judgment upon himself. May he repent swiftly. Pray for him.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iQRVN3K3kJ\">pic.twitter.com\/iQRVN3K3kJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Zeisloft (@BenZeisloft) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenZeisloft\/status\/1782941160366866722?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I did very much approve of how Zeisloft ended his post, however: \u00a0\u201cMay he repent swiftly. Pray for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I obviously can\u2019t speak for him, but I\u2019m pretty sure St. Paul would endorse those words as well.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. That\u2019s why they have cut us off from 90% of advertisers. Imagine if someone cut your monthly income by 90%. 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He is currently a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-detailed-inventory-on-election-fraud-in-the-2020-election-by-deroy-murdock-provides-strong-evidence-on-president-trumps-performance-in-all-the-swing-states-and-overall-race\/\" title=\"New Detailed Inventory on Election Fraud in the 2020 Election by Deroy Murdock Provides Strong Evidence on President Trump\u2019s Performance in All the Swing States and Overall Race\">contributing editor<\/a> in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by George C. Upper III on April 24, 2024, around 5:09 am, he reflects on Paul&#8217;s teachings to Timothy over 2,000 years ago. 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