(May 16, 2016 at 10:34 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Well, they tried to nominate Huckabee and Santorum before and they couldn't get that done. And there are fewer of them now. The old bastards die and there are few young evangelicals to take their place. I think their ship may have sailed.
I hope you're right, but I think you may have underestimated the backlash of the undercurrent of the collapse of Christianity-derived White Supremacy (even though no one would call it that, among those who benefit from its legacy) in the wake of the election of our first black president, and the GOP drumbeat that encourages their fears of "losing the country", their values, etc.
They are becoming afraid and feeling persecuted in their righteousness. And I fear what may result. I hope I am wrong in what I see.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
