Progressive Absurdity: 'Amen and Awoman'; Minister Who Delivers Opening Prayer for 117th Congress Doesn't Know the Meaning of the Declaration

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jan 5, 2021
Faithwire.com

"The prayer to open the 117th Congress ended with 'amen and a-women.' Amen is Latin for 'so be it.' It's not a gendered word. Unfortunately, facts are irrelevant to progressives. Unbelievable." -Tweet by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler

[Faithwire.com] Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)—an ordained Methodist minister—opened the first session of the 117th US Congress on Sunday by praying to numerous gods and redefining the religious word "amen" into some sort of commentary on sex and gender... (Screengrab image)

...First, Cleaver gave credit not only to the Christian God, but to countless other deities to whom people of other faiths pray. He credited "Brahma," a four-faced Hindu deity, as well as "'god' known by many names by many different faiths."

"Amen and awoman," he closed, bizarrely.

Of course, the word has absolutely no meaning as it relates to one's sex or gender identity. The word "amen," historically invoked at the end of a prayer, has its roots in a Hebrew word that means "certainty" or "truth."

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