Damned Christians

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Are Christian nationalists antisemitic? Short answer: Yes



https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13248

[Angrboda]

More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

[Fake Messiah]

Protests outside abortion clinics and family planning centers are underway in Germany.

Reproductive rights advocates point to the influence of US money and tactics on the anti-abortion movement in Germany and Europe.

"The demonstration was held by 40 Days for Life, a movement that originated in the US state of Texas in 2004. It calls on protesters to hold so-called "vigils" outside of abortion facilities for 40 days beginning on Ash Wednesday to coincide with Lent."

https://www.dw.com/en/german-abortion-cl...a-64877764

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The New Children’s Crusade: Recruiting For America’s Culture War

“You have all these groups that are weaponizing young people in ways that we really haven’t seen before,” conservative political consultant Micah Bock told a group of teenagers and younger children to thunderous applause at last fall’s Texas Youth Summit. As he spoke, young girls at the front of the crowd took notes with their pom-pom pens bobbing.

It’s all part of a nationwide effort by multiple well-funded groups, many of which originated or are based in Texas, to mobilize young people, mainly Christian youth, to engage in right-wing politics. These groups and their leaders are part of a roll-call of Christian nationalist power players who defend the January 6 riots, promote hate speech, and aim to build their economic and political power by instilling Christian and constitutional “originalism” in the public sphere. To achieve their goals, they are increasingly defending the use of violence, particularly anti-LGBTQ+ violence, which has shot up in frequency since the start of 2022.

What’s more, the leaders of the movement are set on convincing young people, starting even before high school, that they are the underdogs in this fight—the under-funded rebels fighting a rich, powerful leftist establishment–and that what they’re engaged in is a holy war for America’s soul.

YCT now has 24 chapters across Texas, many of them formed in the past year, according to former Sam Houston State University chapter chair Johnny Uribe. His YCT chapter and others, Uribe said, receive funding from national right-wing youth groups like Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and the Leadership Institute to train young right-wing activists on how to take up the gauntlet for conservative causes.

https://www.texasobserver.org/christian-...ism-texas/

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^Instead of YCT, they should just call it what it is - The Abbott Youth.

Boru

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What do you know, Christianity is growing.

'Burgers for baptism': 13-year-old baptised without parents' consent

Parents of a 13-year-old boy are angry a church baptised him without their knowledge at an event they say lured him to a park paddling pool font with burgers and lollies.

Bay of Plenty mother Jesse Brown and her partner Luke were “shocked and upset” when their son came home from the park holding a bible and told them he’d just been baptised at a ‘gospel crusade’ event.

“I asked my son if he knew what baptism was, and he didn’t have a clue. His mates also did it. They’d had these huge burgers that they loved... they were just getting amongst it like kids do. There was no mention in the advertising for the event that there was baptism involved. It was like it was targetted at kids with the food and activities.”

A family friend spotted a video of their son’s baptism on the church’s social media pages.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/3008...ts-consent