CBS' Margaret Brennan: judge not

American Thinker 

I’m a practicing Christian, for which no apology is needed, nor do I offer any. I do my best to live as Jesus would want me to live, and follow the Scriptures, such as Matthew 7.1:  

“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”

And Matthew 7.3:

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”

In that, I am far from unique among Normal Americans, mostly, but not exclusively, Republicans.

We must make many judgements every day to ensure mere survival. Not only judgements about potential danger, but about the nature, motives and intentions of others. Among the most reliable indicators of those natures, motives and intentions are past and present actions and the words of others. I do not, however, presume to judge the depth of anyone’s relationship with God. I’ve no idea of the sincerity of their faith. However, when they ridicule the prayers of others, when they apparently mock the very act of prayer, one is reasonably justified in questioning their sincerity, motives and whether they have any faith in God.

Such questioning is common with the acts, intentions, words and behavior of many Democrats. Reasonable observation leads one to conclude their faith is in the Democrat party and in big government so long as it is controlled by Democrats. In that, they differ little if at all from Socialists and Communists, for whom the Party is everything and religion is mocked, even murderously suppressed, because there can be no greater power than the party, no faith but faith in the party and its leaders.

As the contemporary Democrat party has become dominated by Socialist/Communist orthodoxy, that apparent lack of faith, manifested by constant and outright hostility to Christianity, has become obvious and discomforting. The Democrat Party propaganda arm, their media, is among the primary purveyors of hostility toward Christians and all faiths:

CBS News’ "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan raised eyebrows on Thursday with a bizarre social media post that many believed was critical of people of faith. 

The saga began when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke about Operation Epic Fury during a somber early morning press conference in which he vowed to "honor" the sacrifice of six U.S. service members killed in a plane crash last week. 

"May Almighty God continue to bless our troops in this fight. And again, to the American people, please pray for them, every day, on bended knee, with your family, in your schools, in your churches, in the name of Jesus Christ. To the troops, keep going and Godspeed," Hegseth said to wrap up his remarks. 

Brennan responded:

Brennan probably thought herself clever for ending with ellipsis rather than clarifying her comment. Was she glad for Hegseth’s selfless faith and emphasis on our troops? Did she see her faith reflected in his, or was she sneering at  him, his honest prayer and our troops? In so doing, was she sneering at all faithful Christians?

Most likely she knows her comment will be taken the right—left—way by her viewers. They know the score. They know Deplorables and their God are to be ridiculed, and Brennan’s comment will be appreciated. She’ll still be invited to all the right parties.

Reasonable people understand that one doesn’t mess with prayer, or with God. If they mention the prayers of others at all, they appreciate and affirm them. They don’t leave any ambiguity about that.

Brennan is apparently one with allowable Democrat faith, like this:

Democrats avoid identifying our system of government as a constitutional, representative republic as vampire shrink from a crucifix. They almost exclusively refer to “our democracy,” which is the tyranny of the majority they plan and hope—never pray—to establish. Likewise, they tend to avoid public prayer and any reference to faith unless it aligns with their narratives or goals of the moment. They bend their knees to Black Lives Matter—no longer—and illegal aliens, but not to the Creator of all.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders understands:

So does the White House:

The old military saying--“there are no atheists in foxholes”—holds eternally true:

And Jesse Kelly is on target:

Neither Margaret Brennan nor CBS have, to my knowledge, responded nor made any attempt to clarify her post. Until then, it takes little imagination to know what they say in private, which is why people of faith ought to offer up prayers for Brennan’s enlightenment and salvation. She probably won’t like that, but the rest is between God and her.