We’ll see what happens in 2025, of course.

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    How are you supposed to even run a state using the Bible? The old testament has some specific brutal and irrelevant rules. Then new testament tells you not to do that anymore. Then in its place the New Testament says VIRTUALLY NOTHING about how to run a state. Seriously.

    All Jesus’ teaching are appeals to personal conscience. He’s NEVER talking to Christians about how to rule other people. Except, you know, where he explicitly says not to do that

    “You know that the rulers of the [unbelievers] lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. NOT SO WITH YOU. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be a servant”. Mat 20:25-26

    About the only thing you can get from the New Testament is Paul saying that god appoints governments and that they bear the sword to punish the wrongdoer.

    That’s it.

    Anything about property rights? Bodily right? Tort? Balance of powers? Structure of executive, legislative. ANYTHING??!

    The founding fathers didn’t base the constitution on the Bible because you can’t in any way that makes the slightest bit of sense.

    “Do not resist the evil people do” (Mat 5:39)… “Do not refuse the one who wants to take from you… Give him the shirt off your back also” (Mat 5:40). Codify that. Good luck!