"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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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.
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Adlangxreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I gotta say, the Dolce Gibbana ads in the story are <chefs kiss>
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Adlangx last edited by
@lightninhopkins Not sure what you mean. I don't see any Dolce Gabbana ads when I click to read, or any others, for that matter.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to [ツ] For Harris and Walz last edited by
@kalfatermann I love the German Sprichwörter. There often are not good equivalents in English, so my German-American spouse and I end up saying them in German to each other when the occasion to use them arises.
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[ツ] For Harris and Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
*laughs* It's almost the same with my wife and me. We live with three languages and two cultures, so to speak. English is our main language, as it is also the main language in our work. Now and then there are phrases that simply cannot be translated, so we look for alternatives.
Example: "Du bist auf dem Holzweg". Directly translated: You are on the Wood way. That doesn't make sense, of course. Alternatively: "You're on the wrong track" or "You're barking up the wrong tree"
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"The danger of the Christian nationalist worldview is that it raises the stakes of political contests exponentially, transposing political opponents into existential enemies. Politics are no longer understood to be disagreements between fellow citizens of goodwill but to be apocalyptic battles over good and evil, fought by agents of God against agents of Satan."
~ Robert P. Jones
#Trump #evangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #apocalypticism
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Edward Championreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Uh, when was Christian nationslism ever NOT toxic?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Edward Champion last edited by
@edwardchampion I'd point you to what Robert P. Jones actually says in Chauncey DeVega's interview with him and not to a headline that may or may not have been written by DeVega. Headlines are notoriously superficial, aren't they, and often misleading?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to [ツ] For Harris and Walz last edited by
@kalfatermann Du bist auf dem Holzweg is entirely new to me. Glad to learn a new Sprichwort. You and your wife are having some rich cultural experiences, living with three languages and two cultures. I find that thinking in another language than my native one helps expand my brain, to look at things differently, etc. I think it may have been Rilke who said we grow other souls when we speak other languages.