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No. of Recommendations: 8
The base will love it.
President Trump Champions Religious Freedom, Unveils America Prayshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/presid...A couple weeks ago, I was reading a book about historical people and places in New Hampshire. One chapter was about the series of ministers in Dover, with a side story about three women who were flogged across the state, for the crime of being Quakers. The founders knew what they were doing, when they mandated the government stay out of people's religious lives. The wisdom of that policy has been under attack since the 1950s.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 7
Trump preys.
No. of Recommendations: 11
The wisdom of that policy has been under attack since the 1950s.
Except for a 5 year stint in Chicago for seminary, I spent 1965-1990 in Oklahoma and then Texas- ground zero for the fundamentalist/evangelical/Christian nationalist assault on the Constitutional order- most especially on “religious freedom” and the “wall of separation
I was there for the unfolding of this unholy enterprise that the rest of the country is only now snapping to.
Remember my warnings at TMF about “Christian Dominionism”?
Well, here it is in full, noxious flower.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Remember my warnings at TMF about “Christian Dominionism”?
In the early 80s, Barry Goldwater, "Mr Conservative" himself, warned about what he termed the "political preachers" who were trying to take over the GOP.
Steve
No. of Recommendations: 5
You do know the account of Jefferson penning the "wall between church and state"? He received a letter from the Baptists of Danbury CT. They were fearful of being persecuted by the Congregationalists of Danbury.
Religion is very intolerant of any other belief system, and it's a horror when they have the power to enforce it.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Religion is very intolerant of any other belief system, and it's a horror when they have the power to enforce it.
Many people wear their religion like an amulet, or embrace it as a “heavenly insurance policy.
It is neither.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Religion is very intolerant of any other belief system, and it's a horror when they have the power to enforce it.
Many people wear their religion like an amulet, or embrace it as a “heavenly insurance policy.
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True all around.
And the ones who seek to preach or enforce it hardly practice it.
The "noun verb rapture!" and "i used to be a goon but now i know about the rapture !!!" crowd is freaky to the max.
The "let's worship cows" but have humans we won't touch crows - no different.
The "we're the special ones" but let's spend human history being snobby and manipulative and greedy and exclusive...same shit.
Have seen all of the above in action.
I'd single out one more that I used to single out all the time but - i've come to admire some of their work in Europe so ...well, they just get a wink and a nod and a request to stay out of fast food restaurants in suburbs..... have their 'volunteer work' done elsewhere. This cohort we're not allowed to talk about...so better to cheer the hell out of them depending on geography, or depending on the "men's choice" dances that might take place in Sweden or France from time to time.....to time.....to time....to time.
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