(November 2, 2020 at 2:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 2, 2020 at 2:12 pm)TaraJo Wrote: 20 years from now, if those young people are less dogmatic than the previous generation, they'll be turning against the kind of thinking that empowered Trump. That's an improvement, isn't it?
Absolutely it is. But I think it would be more of an improvement if churches could grow the fuck up and tell the younger members of their flocks, ‘This Trump guy? NOT what Jesus had in mind.’ That way, you’d still get more progressive young people, but you’d also get more progressive churches. Everybody wins.
Boru
True.
When it comes to politics, for decades "the church" cared about two things: abortion and gays. If you're against both, they're on your side. Now there's a third issue: muslims. If you hate muslims, "the church" loves you and your candidacy. Adultery, greed, narcissism, incompetence.... none of that matters to them as long as you hate abortion, gays and muslims.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama