RE: I am confused by American christians
July 28, 2017 at 4:25 pm
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2017 at 4:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 28, 2017 at 4:05 pm)Astonished Wrote:Christers stopped believing in the book a loooong time ago, amigo. American jesusism was very much subverted by a rightwing political agenda in living memory, and the right wing political agenda, in turn, was subverted by the very same. What we have today, on both counts, is the trainwreck that caused.(July 28, 2017 at 11:24 am)Khemikal Wrote: -that's what happens when faith is subverted and transformed into a political wedge for the benefit of people whose agenda is to be as a big a dick as they can in any area they can cram it into. We still have christians who missed the boarding party for the rightwing Hate Express. They just aren't as loud and obnoxious, so they go unnoticed.
Dude, the fucking book itself doesn't need to be subverted, all that fucking bad shit is in there to begin with.
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