"For most of my life, American Christians were cheerleaders for democracy. That’s when we were in charge of the democracy.
Today, oddly, many conservative Christians no longer believe in or support democracy. They seem to favor a kind of theocracy or autocracy — so long as they have control. Anything they can’t control is called communism or Marxism, whether it really is or not."
"Large swaths of the church in America today are threatened by pluralism. Democracy implies pluralism, but for the first 200 years of our American experiment, pluralism was held in check by the powerful influence of dominant white Christian men and their enablers."
Once you read "children's pastor" all you need to know, but wait, there's more.
FTA: "The highly religious gentleman, 74-year-old James R. Dryden, is accused of accessing and downloading child sexual abuse material, according to NBC10 Philadelphia."
Maybe if he had been less religious? WTF does that matter?
The day the #Alabama SC released its #embryo decision & Parker’s concurrent ruling, the chief justice said in an online broadcast that “God created government” & that #Christians should take it back from the “possession” of others.
The comments came during an interview w/ #QAnon supporter #JohnnyEnlow, author of “The Seven Mountain Prophecy.” Enlow describes #TomParker as a “true pioneer” of the movement, while Parker thanked Enlow for promoting the #SevenMountainMandate.
Justice #TomParker, who made the #Alabama ruling regarding #embryos, had this to say last week: "God created government, and the fact that 'we' have let it go into the possession of 'others' is heartbreaking...." He believes in the Seven Mountain Mandate, a doctrine which calls on #Christians to control the "seven mountains" of society.
Nobody gives a shit about what you claim God wants. You don't have any special knowledge or insight into the mysteries of life. Our lives do not depend on your beliefs; your beliefs are irrelevant to everyone but you. Please, for all our sakes, stop being so goddamned stupid, and unjustifiably arrogant and entitled. You're just mud people with a book you don't understand.
“How can #Christians celebrate both Yom Saint #Valentine Ha’Kodesh, and also Ash Fourthday, since they fall on the same #Christian date this year?”
I have it all worked out. I know a lot of Christians (I even have six (6) Christian friends) so I’m happy to solve this one for you. My Christian friends say I know more about Christianity than most Christians!
As Cynthia Astle reports, after he read Theologians Under Hitler, Steven D. Martin has been preoccupied with the question of how how "seemingly faithful, moral German Christians could have supported the tyrannical, murderous Nazi regime in the 1930s and 1940s."
Now he's inaugurating a podcast series about this entitled "The Altar and the Eagle," with links provided in this posting.
If you have #Christian friends or family who are convinced that the Bible commands #Christians to stand with #Israel even when they are committing #IsraelWarCrimes then you should send them this. Of course they will probably reject it if their favorite TV preacher is saying something different, but at least you can try.
"With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality."
"With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality."