"For Americans unfamiliar with the evangelical world, it can be hard to grasp how rapidly this right-wing movement is changing Christianity in the U.S. and turning politics, in many Christians’ minds, into a zero-sum war between the forces of evil and ...
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"For Americans unfamiliar with the evangelical world, it can be hard to grasp how rapidly this right-wing movement is changing Christianity in the U.S. and turning politics, in many Christians’ minds, into a zero-sum war between the forces of evil and the armies of God."
~ Molly Olmstead
#Trump #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #apocalypticism #ChurchandState
/1I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6.
A wild evangelical movement is storming swing states.
Slate Magazine (slate.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"f you assume all evangelical Christians are motivated by the thought of a coming Rapture today, you may have missed the new end-of-days mood that has taken hold within American evangelicalism. For many Christians on the right, the end times are no longer a source of dread and anxiety so much as an expected and even welcome opportunity for God’s soldiers to conquer the earth."
~Matthew D. Taylor
#Trump #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #apocalypticism
/2How ‘Left Behind’ Got Left Behind
A changing political mood among evangelicals has many believers imagining the end of the world differently than they used to.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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"If radicalized dispensational premillennialism inclines believers to retreat into distrustful enclaves and leave the world to its fate, radicalized victorious eschatology pushes believers to triumphally (and, perhaps, coercively) impose their Christianity on whole societies. If we have eyes to see and ears to hear, we can observe this change in eschatological mood happening all around us as politicized Christians abandon their quietism and become more politically aggressive—even militant."
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"To claim that one political figure uniquely represents God’s will for the body politic is a form of anti-Christian idolatry. To elevate one set of spiritual beliefs above another and do it by force of law removes a nonnegotiable tenet of evangelical faith—free will. We are born again when we choose to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, not when we’re forced to do so."
~Rob Schenck
#Trump #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #apocalypticism
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Snowshadowreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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"Because it is immoral, I believe Christian nationalism is inevitably doomed. But in the meantime, the pain, suffering, and injury it will inflict will be enormous—just consider women facing difficult pregnancies, trans children seeking care, librarians attacked for certain books."
#Trump #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #apocalypticism
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@Snowshadow Yes, though Matthew Taylor thinks the focus has shifted among US evangelicals from longing for the end of the world and hoping to accelerate its destruction to hungering for worldly power.
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Snowshadowreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Snowshadow last edited by
@Snowshadow Yes.
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Snowshadowreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
I recently had a chat with a woman who said the world is a mess but it's ok because soon it will end and Jesus will take us home.
I replied, God told us to be good stewards of the world so why are you spitting in his face.Dead silence as I walked away.
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Tingoreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
From afar the US has given the impression of attempting to moprh into a Christo-Fascist state for quite some time
Puritanical nonsense pervades so much of its culture exemplified by areas such as censorship:
● Violent murder and dismemberment, everyday screen activity
● A nipple, everyone loses their minds
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tingo last edited by
@fixatedpersonsunit Yes — and I'd say that that persistent tendency in American culture is now on steroids, and that's why it's garnering so much attention, as it threatens to sweep Trump back into the White House.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Snowshadow last edited by
@Snowshadow Reason and appeals to common sense and fact just have no effect on those true-believing folks, do they?
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Meganreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy incredibly insightful and helps explain the insanity. Terrifying that they are doing so well politically - and they should be taxed as political organizations.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Megan last edited by
@megsouth Yes, really good commentary, I thought, too — and I agree: terrifying.
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[ツ] For Harris and Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
So God sent Trump? Was there no other competitor? Perhaps someone who does not commit all seven deadly sins?
Such stupidity is incurable!
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Tingoreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Again, for afar, what makes it extra-weird
Moderate amount of digging shows Trump has always been a borderline m̶o̶b̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ monster who follows zero Christian values, puritanical or no
Such a peculiar choice for champion
A lying, thieving, blaspheming, envious, jealous, lazy, gluttonous, vain, blaspheming, adulterer who spends their Sundays playing golf
Could they have picked a worse idol by their own hyper-strange values? The hypocrisy demands a bolder version of that word
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tingo last edited by
@fixatedpersonsunit Yes, what they're showing us now is that it has never been ab out the high-minded ideals they professed — "morality," "values,"
"family," "principle."It has always been about power, as those of us who have been the objects of these folks' hate could long since have told the rest of the world. They'll pay any price, do anything, worship any idol to gain coercive power over others that will enable them to punish their "enemies."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to [ツ] For Harris and Walz last edited by
@kalfatermann Poor God. Reduced to such a clearly lamentable and stupid choice.
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[ツ] For Harris and Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The MAGA God has no great demands.
There is a German saying: As the master, so the harness.