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Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC


The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.



The GOP and the Trump admin are religious extremists.

Is this the current non-issue of the week?
 
Leftists are bigots who desperately hate anything to do with western culture, I get that.
Leftists ARE modern western culture: the ideals of science, open enquiry, breaking with blind adherence to tradition and closed-minded dogma and always being open to new ideas and ways of doing things, tolerance and pluralism, cosmopolitanism, secular democracy, etc...

These arose as a backlash to the backward dark ages- which was the same culture as the Muslims. So MAGA culture has far more in common with the Muslims than the modern west. MAGA is not western culture today- nor the ideals that made America great. It's a medieval throwback to the dark ages.

“During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. What influence in fact have ecclesiastical establishments had on Civil Society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the Civil authority; in many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny: in no instance have they been seen the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate it needs them not.”
-James Madison

"All National institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
-Thomas Paine

“But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?”
– John Adams, letter to FA Van der Kamp, December 27, 1816.

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes."​

_Thomas Jeffeson, letter to Alexander von Humboldt, Dec 6, 1813​


"They [the Christian clergy] believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly; for I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion."
-Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush, Sept. 23, 1800

"Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without a rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck."
-Thomas Jefferson
But why is it a "Crusade" and "bad" that the Catholics invaded Jerusalem to protect Christians, yet democrats praise Muslims for invading Jerusalem to subdue it for their god Muhammad?

Well, I guess leftists see themselves as superior, because instead of just having one standard for all, they have evolved to double standards...

9 out of 10 Americans agree, democrats suck.
Is that the same America where everyone is chasing after cat eating Haitians and cancer causing wind turbines? No, that's just MAGA land. Fortunately, the rest of America is better than that.
 
Religious nuttery has infected many.
Trump happily uses these people.
Imagine that a magical supreme and all powerful being might be swayed by a flag...

I fear for our species sometimes.

Yes.

"History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes."​

-Thomas Jefferson

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'Appeal to heaven'? What is it with these deluded 'christian' nutters? There is no heaven, no 'god', no angels, no demons, no Rapture. All they have is a bunch of laughable myths and fairytales which they are too stupid to figure out are nonsensical bullshit.

Sieg Heil indeed.
 
You 'get' nothing; that much is evident from your 'contributions' here. Oh, and here's a top; there is no 'god'. We, humans, invented them when we were too primitive and unsophisticated to understand how the world works.

Oh, but your bigotry is just so "sophisticated!"

Seems today's 'christians' are keen to preserve that tradition of ignorance for posterity.

I guess not all can be as erudite as the hate filled Stalinists.

Oh, I notice you ducked the hypocrisy of damning Catholics for the same acts you praise Muslims for. Hypocrisy must be part of that "sophistication" you brag about.. or is it more sophistry?
 
Yes, MAGA media. Read anything good on Truth social today?

ROFL

It angers you that ideas not approved by the party are allowed.

Sure, the Stalinist party controls the News Media with an iron fist - but the new media is not compliant to party directives. Obama's Biden Junta used the FBI to censor and silence dissent on Twitter and Facebook - but then Trump started his own site, and once the police state fell, the courts remembered we have a 1st Amendment. During the police state, the courts remained silent. I get it, between Chuck Schumer threatening to kill SCOTUS justices and the dozen attacks that were spawned from his calls for violence, and the 1500 political prisoners held - any Jurist standing up to the Biden Junta was risking death.

Oh, did you read anything good on CCPSky today?
 
Leftists ARE modern western culture:

By "modern," you mean the early 19th century.

the ideals of science, open enquiry, breaking with blind adherence to tradition and closed-minded dogma and always being open to new ideas and ways of doing things, tolerance and pluralism, cosmopolitanism, secular democracy, etc...

ROFL

Ah yes, those who deny basic biological fact wrapping themselves in the mantels of "science.'

These arose as a backlash to the backward dark ages- which was the same culture as the Muslims. So MAGA culture has far more in common with the Muslims than the modern west. MAGA is not western culture today- nor the ideals that made America great. It's a medieval throwback to the dark ages.

ROFL

What silly bullshit. And you say this as the Hamas flag still represents your party.

I noticed that the left was not a huge fan of Islam until 9/11. But once the planes hit, the romance between the left and radical Islam was sealed.

“During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. What influence in fact have ecclesiastical establishments had on Civil Society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the Civil authority; in many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny: in no instance have they been seen the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate it needs them not.”
-James Madison

"All National institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
-Thomas Paine

Nice cherry picking. Bigots do that to support their bigotry.

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.

Thomas Jefferson

The Christian religion is the best religion that has ever been given to man

Thomas Jefferson

I may not be a Christian - but I recognize that leftists murdered over 200 million peace time civilians in the 20th century. Ten times the number Catholics killed in their 1700 year history.

The danger to humanity comes from those who worship the state as their god. The followers of Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Obama, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Joe Biden, Maduro, Baby Doc..


Is that the same America where everyone is chasing after cat eating Haitians and cancer causing wind turbines? No, that's just MAGA land. Fortunately, the rest of America is better than that.

No, it's the ones where bigots on the left are trying to outlaw faith and ideals that oppose absolute rule by the party.

This is why democrats have an 11% approval. America is better than that and will no longer tolerate the tyrants who are the left.
 
By "modern," you mean the early 19th century.



ROFL

Ah yes, those who deny basic biological fact wrapping themselves in the mantels of "science.'
Gender issues are not about biological fact.
ROFL

What silly bullshit. And you say this as the Hamas flag still represents your party.

I noticed that the left was not a huge fan of Islam until 9/11. But once the planes hit, the romance between the left and radical Islam was sealed.
You're trying too hard.



They thought religion was OK to keep the ignorant, uneducated masses in line- you know, the MAGA types who wouldn't know not to kill or steal unless some god somewhere told them not to. They lack the intelligence and judgment to know not to do those things for their own sake. They are like a small child who can't imagine why anyone would want to clean their room, bathe regularly, or not pull their little sister's hair unless their mom told them not to, or else. But every parent hopes that as their child grows, they will develop the judgment and character to be able to judge situations on their own merits, and not by whether the child is weighing whether they are going to get belted for it or not.

At least that was the hope of the founding fathers of this country for it. But unfortunately, MAGA has proven them wrong. There is no growing that has occurred in this country for the last century and a half.

"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding."
-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823
I may not be a Christian - but I recognize that leftists murdered over 200 million peace time civilians in the 20th century. Ten times the number Catholics killed in their 1700 year history.

The danger to humanity comes from those who worship the state as their god. The followers of Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Obama, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Joe Biden, Maduro, Baby Doc..
That's just a function of larger populations to kill and better technology with which to do it, not intention.

Maybe we can agree that when people become too certain and dogmatic in their beliefs, when they are no longer to new observations, opposing considerations, or different points of view, that's when the danger arises?

Democracy is a good safeguard against that. The certainties and closed-mindedness of MAGA is the threat to it- just like others who were certain of their dogma- from the Catholics to Mao.

(BTW, Obama??? Really??? OK 🤭 (y) )
 
There is nothing wrong or contradictory with being intolerant of intolerance.

The bigotry of the left exceeds all.

If we wonder how leftists could murder over 200 million civilians in a single century, it is this bigotry that is the answer.
 
Gender issues are not about biological fact.

You of the anti-science left deny biological fact. The party defines reality for the drones of the left.

They thought religion was OK to keep the ignorant, uneducated masses in line- you know, the MAGA types who wouldn't know not to kill or steal unless some god somewhere told them not to.

More mindless bigotry

They lack the intelligence and judgment to know not to do those things for their own sake. They are like a small child who can't imagine why anyone would want to clean their room, bathe regularly, or not pull their little sister's hair unless their mom told them not to, or else. But every parent hopes that as their child grows, they will develop the judgment and character to be able to judge situations on their own merits, and not by whether the child is weighing whether they are going to get belted for it or not.

At least that was the hope of the founding fathers of this country for it. But unfortunately, MAGA has proven them wrong. There is no growing that has occurred in this country for the last century and a half.

"And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerve in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding."
-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823

That's just a function of larger populations to kill and better technology with which to do it, not intention.

Maybe we can agree that when people become too certain and dogmatic in their beliefs, when they are no longer to new observations, opposing considerations, or different points of view, that's when the danger arises?

Democracy is a good safeguard against that. The certainties and closed-mindedness of MAGA is the threat to it- just like others who were certain of their dogma- from the Catholics to Mao.

(BTW, Obama??? Really??? OK 🤭 (y) )

More mindless bigotry.
 
You of the anti-science left deny biological fact. The party defines reality for the drones of the left.

The science:

More mindless bigotry



More mindless bigotry.
Saying people who are more open minded are less prone to fanaticism is mindless bigotry? OK.

Then off you go chasing after cat-eating Haitians and cancer causing wind turbines, I guess. Because you are not bigoted or anti-science. Good luck! 🤭 (y)
 
The bigotry of the left exceeds all.

If we wonder how leftists could murder over 200 million civilians in a single century, it is this bigotry that is the answer.

Just a function of better technology. You think these guys would not have killed more if they had better weapons and larger populations on which to use them?

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre- Aug 1572:

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The science:


ROFL

That doesn't say what you think it does, it doesn't support your ignorance in any way. You didn't read it.

Drones of the hive don't even grasp what science, or fact is. I don't think the hive programs the drones with awareness of chromosomes.

Saying people who are more open minded are less prone to fanaticism is mindless bigotry? OK.

Leftists are not open minded. They are the most rigid and authoritarian goons on the planet. The party defines the thoughts and beliefs of the drones and disseminates them through the propaganda networks. If anyone questions or denies party dogma, the drones swarm. We see it every day here.

Then off you go chasing after cat-eating Haitians and cancer causing wind turbines, I guess. Because you are not bigoted or anti-science. Good luck! 🤭 (y)

Oh, will lying about me change reality? Maybe it will erase biology and genetics to support the political objectives of the party.

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Just a function of better technology. You think these guys would not have killed more if they had better weapons and larger populations on which to use them?

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre- Aug 1572:

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Bigotry is what drives the left to mass murder - which is the defining characteristic of leftism.
 
Is this the current non-issue of the week?
Christian nationalists/evangelicals ongoing and widespread insidious attempts to infiltrate and takeover our government is a genuine threat to our constitutional federal republic.
 
“From 1964 to 2024, the flag was flown outside San Francisco City Hall as part of a collection of historic American flags.”


Times change. The Confederate Battle Flag flew for twenty years, from 1964 until 1984, outside San Francisco City Hall alongside Old Glory and the Union Jack, among others, as part of a historic “Pavilion of American Flags” display. When Diane Feinstein was mayor, the city even gussied up the display by replacing it along with other worn flags just in time for Flag Day. That apparently proved too much for somebody, who ripped it down. Feinstein replaced it. It disappeared again. There wouldn’t be a third time.

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democrats hate America, hate liberty, and hate George Washington - not surprising they are melting down.
He desperately screeches to try and justify voting for further centralization of power in America.
 

The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.



The GOP and the Trump admin are religious extremists.

This is inappropriate and the responsible party needs to be immediately terminated. They need to lose all pension and benefits. The supervisor who authorized it gets the same thing.
 
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