Bogus claims about the Bible and Kristi Noem

If not not true, why repeat it?

As opposed to her actually protecting child molesters.

BobRyan said:

Wild claims that Kristi Noem said the Bible was written in English

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I had not heard that claim until this thread.

I am aware the DHS grossly misapplied scripture in its recruiting ads.

...one pastor's take:

BobRyan said:

Wild claims that Kristi Noem said the Bible was written in English

https://x.com/WW3finalboss/status/202139412686905

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This tweet appears to have been deleted since this topic started.

BobRyan said:

Here is a report that shows that this same bogus claim is often made against conservative public figures.

"There is no credible record of Kristi Noem claiming the Bible
was originally written in English.
She has recently faced criticism for integrating biblical themes into her role as Secretary of Homeland Security, which may have contributed to the spread of satirical or unverified quotes online.

• Social Media Claims: Recent social media posts erroneously attribute the phrase, "If Jesus wanted America to speak Spanish, he wouldn’t have written the Bible in English," to her.
• Origin of Quote: This specific phrase is a long-running political meme and "urban legend" often falsely attributed to various conservative figures to mock perceived lack of historical or linguistic knowledge.

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Where exactly is this "report" from? You don't say; you just say it's a "report" without specifying the source, like any link (there are links in the text, but they are not the source of this report). An argument that some unspecified report from some unspecified place says something isn't much of an argument at all. I'm going to guess this is a copy/pasted AI statement. If so, that means it only has as much value as whatever source the AI used to get the information from... which no information is provided about, making it essentially worthless.

It would be better to cite something like this:

People have often--and with valid reason--criticized Snopes for having a liberal bias, so the fact it confirms it isn't true makes it being false all the more compelling. It does include an image of what appears to be the deleted tweet in question mentioned above.