The Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More Powerful

[JacksinPA]

The Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More Powerful

"Although I felt tremendous love in that church I also realized how quickly that love would be extinguished if they knew who I really was."

time.com

Published in Time last year, this is a concise summary of how the Christian Nationalists are treating women, gays & bisexuals as infidels to be eliminated.

was raised in a church of terrorists. The preacher pounded on the lectern while he boomed that all queers deserved to die, that mixed marriages were going to lead to the downfall of “our way of life.” This was the 1980s, when women’s rights were being discussed much more broadly but according to him, God dictated that women were inferior beings to men. He railed against the separation of church and state, assuring us that the Founding Fathers had intended this to be a Christian nation. We were right and holy; the rest of the world was evil and against us. Worst of all, the congregation applauded and hollered “Amen!” in response.


Today, members of Congress and rising Republican stars are the ones who terrorize LGBTQ children and anyone who does not follow their doctrines. These are not just fringe politicians and candidates; Christian Nationalism, the belief that the American government should be defined solely by Christianity, is now firmly entrenched within much of the GOP. This label does not apply to everyone who goes to a Christian or even a fundamentalist church. However, a survey conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, found that 45% of Americans believe strongly that the United States should be a Christian nation. Recent decisions from a Supreme Court stacked by conservative nominees have stripped women of autonomy even while they’ve reinstated the right to pray at public school functions. The way of thinking that terrified me as a child is now being embraced by the Republican Party.
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And we all know what major religions do to infidels.

 

[Glitch]

Considering the source is a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity in particular, I wouldn't put a great deal of stock into what he has to say.

 

[LittleNipper]

The Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More Powerful

"Although I felt tremendous love in that church I also realized how quickly that love would be extinguished if they knew who I really was."

time.com

Published in Time last year, this is a concise summary of how the Christian Nationalists are treating women, gays & bisexuals as infidels to be eliminated.

was raised in a church of terrorists. The preacher pounded on the lectern while he boomed that all queers deserved to die, that mixed marriages were going to lead to the downfall of “our way of life.” This was the 1980s, when women’s rights were being discussed much more broadly but according to him, God dictated that women were inferior beings to men. He railed against the separation of church and state, assuring us that the Founding Fathers had intended this to be a Christian nation. We were right and holy; the rest of the world was evil and against us. Worst of all, the congregation applauded and hollered “Amen!” in response.


Today, members of Congress and rising Republican stars are the ones who terrorize LGBTQ children and anyone who does not follow their doctrines. These are not just fringe politicians and candidates; Christian Nationalism, the belief that the American government should be defined solely by Christianity, is now firmly entrenched within much of the GOP. This label does not apply to everyone who goes to a Christian or even a fundamentalist church. However, a survey conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, found that 45% of Americans believe strongly that the United States should be a Christian nation. Recent decisions from a Supreme Court stacked by conservative nominees have stripped women of autonomy even while they’ve reinstated the right to pray at public school functions. The way of thinking that terrified me as a child is now being embraced by the Republican Party.
================================================
And we all know what major religions do to infidels.

There is nowhere in the GOD's Word where it states that women are in anyway inferior to men. In fact, women can be with child for 9 months. I know of no man able to do that unless the LGBTQ's are attempting to confuse gender. Who is actually terrorizing whom? Your comments above are totally fictitious in that sodomy has been practiced for thousands of years and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. What is high on the list among Christians is the prevention of premaritally sex and extramaritally affairs. This is where the confusion begins. People come to believe that they must be sexual objects in order to be "fulfilled." In fact I would venture to say that most homosexual men have had at least one affair with the opposite sex and none of which was while married.

 

[JacksinPA]

There is nowhere in the GOD's Word where it states that women are in anyway inferior to men. In fact, women can be with child for 9 months. I know of no man able to do that unless the LGBTQ's are attempting to confuse gender. Who is actually terrorizing whom? Your comments above are totally fictitious in that sodomy has been practiced for thousands of years and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. What is high on the list among Christians is the prevention of premaritally sex and extramaritally affairs. This is where the confusion begins. People come to believe that they must be sexual objects in order to be "fulfilled." In fact I would venture to say that most homosexual men have had at least one affair with the opposite sex and none of which was while married.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

There is nowhere in the GOD's Word where it states that women are in anyway inferior to men.

Women are treated like property in the Bible. They are the property of their family and then the property of their husband and his family once a bride price is paid. In fact, rape in the Bible is treated as a property crime, with the rapist made to pay restitution to the victim's family.

 

[post]

Considering the source is a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity in particular, I wouldn't put a great deal of stock into what he has to say.

You are convincing me you are putting some effort into radicalizing yourself to a troubling extreme.

The person described in your quote,

Silas House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Glitch]

You are convincing me you are putting some effort into radicalizing yourself to a troubling extreme.

The person described in your quote,

Silas House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

First of all, Wikipedia is not a credible source. Secondly, how does any of that change that fact that Silas House "is a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity in particular?" If he is good at writing about music, then he should stick with a subject he knows, because he is truly clueless on this topic.

 

[post]

Silas House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Your regressive politics result in what you perceive in others as radicalization.

The man comes from one of the poorest five states with education levels among the lowest five states.
The voting majority routinely sends McConnell and Paul to the U.S. Senate and a district, one of the poorest, sends Massie
of the assault rifle totin' family Christmas card to "represent" them in the House.

They love the recent affordable health insurance many were deceived into not understanding it was a result of the passage
of the ACA in 2010 that none of the people they voted to send to the House or Senate, voted for.

After more than a decade of long delays on the obsolete bridge over the Ohio River out of Coivington, KY, with those
they voted for seemingly uninterested in any proposal for replacement of a bridge carrying two interstate highways other
than state funded and toll supported, the party they didn't vote for passed a bill their own politicians in the House and Senate vetoed,
that pays for replacement of that bridge with two, toll free spans!



Repairs after the massive fire damage 2-1/2 years go so the obsolete bridge could reopen to carry 3X its design capacity...



If these poorly educated voters, their votes caged by billionaire donors to G.O.P. and its candidates who've invested in triggering them
by exploiting their white christian nationalist prejudices back at them to lock in their vote, ever found out that the only things those they vote for will ever vote in congress to do is what their wealthiest political donors instruct them to sponsor and vote for, maybe the U.S.
will begin to climb out of this regressive downturn. Meanwhile, science, the doctors who treat women and their children, and the teachers in their public schools will be leaving their states for jobs elsewhere rather than put up with demonization and criminalization
that is the rhetoric and legislative activity of the states in whose majorities vote the christian nationalist ticket unaware that it is the least expensive investment wealthiest RWE have discovered to capture enough votes to control how much they are taxed and their businesses
regulated!

McGrath, McConnell disagree on Brent Spence replacement plans

Politicians have spent more than a decade campaigning on the promise of a replacement for the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky.

www.wcpo.com

October 28, 2020
— If commuters want a replacement, he (McConnell) said, the money will have to come from inside their state. Gas taxes, maybe. The current plan involves tolls ...

These 30 Republicans Voted Against Infrastructure Bill​

Senate.gov
https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov › these-30-republic...
Aug 11, 2021 — U.S. Senator Rand Paul voted against the infrastructure package, while Republican McConnell voted in favor. The proposal would provide more than ...

Opinion: Massie rants on Twitter while much-needed Ky. projects languish

Congressman Thomas Massie out to be a champion for a new Brent Spence Bridge, but instead he voted no on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

www.cincinnati.com

"Massie ought to be a champion for a new bridge. Instead? He voted no to the bipartisan infrastructure bill last year, he didn’t show up to the bipartisan Brent Spence press conference held in his own district, and he made no statement to support the effort. In 10 years as our congressman, he hasn’t lifted a finger to address our pressing infrastructure needs.

Instead, Rep. Massie did what he does best. He tweeted.
...
On the day Kentucky’s and Ohio’s governors announced the Brent Spence Bridge effort in Massie’s district, Feb. 28, he tweeted a rant about masks, an argument with a teacher, his opposition to extra security for the State of the Union speech, and his opposition to the president’s call to support democracy in Ukraine.?

Brent Spence Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This Twitter user spoofs the Brent Spence Bridge. And it's pretty clever

How did the Brent Spence Bridge feel about the President's arrival? It could "barely (structurally) contain" itself.

www.cincinnati.com

 

[Glitch]

Silas House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The man comes from one of the poorest five states with education levels among the lowest five states.
The voting majority routinely sends McConnell and Paul to the U.S. Senate and a district, one of the poorest, sends Massie
of the assault rifle totin' family Christmas card to "represent" them in the House.

They love the recent affordable health insurance many were deceived into not understanding it was a result of the passage
of the ACA in 2010 that none of the people they voted to send to the House or Senate, voted for.

After more than a decade of long delays on the obsolete bridge over the Ohio River out of Coivington, KY, with those
they voted for seemingly uninterested in any proposal for replacement of a bridge carrying two interstate highways other
than state funded and toll supported, the party they didn't vote for passed a bill their own politicians in the House and Senate
that pays for replacement of that bridge with two, toll free spans!



If these poorly educated voters, their votes caged by billionaire donors to G.O.P. and its candidates who've invested in triggering them
by exploiting their white christian nationalist prejudices back at them to lock in their vote, ever found out that the only things those they vote for will ever vote in congress to do is what their wealthiest political donors instruct them to sponsor and vote for, maybe the U.S.
will begin to climb out of this regressive downturn. Meanwhile, science, the doctors who treat women and their children, and the teachers in their public schools will be leaving their states for jobs elsewhere rather than put up with demonization and criminalization
that is the rhetoric and legislative activity of the states in whose majorities vote the christian nationalist ticket unaware that it is the least expensive investment wealthiest RWE have discovered to capture enough votes to control how much they are taxed and their businesses
regulated!

McGrath, McConnell disagree on Brent Spence replacement plans

Politicians have spent more than a decade campaigning on the promise of a replacement for the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky.

www.wcpo.com

October 28, 2020
— If commuters want a replacement, he (McConnell) said, the money will have to come from inside their state. Gas taxes, maybe. The current plan involves tolls ...

These 30 Republicans Voted Against Infrastructure Bill​

Senate.gov
https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov › these-30-republic...
Aug 11, 2021 — U.S. Senator Rand Paul voted against the infrastructure package, while Republican McConnell voted in favor. The proposal would provide more than ...

Opinion: Massie rants on Twitter while much-needed Ky. projects languish

Congressman Thomas Massie out to be a champion for a new Brent Spence Bridge, but instead he voted no on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

www.cincinnati.com

"Massie ought to be a champion for a new bridge. Instead? He voted no to the bipartisan infrastructure bill last year, he didn’t show up to the bipartisan Brent Spence press conference held in his own district, and he made no statement to support the effort. In 10 years as our congressman, he hasn’t lifted a finger to address our pressing infrastructure needs.

Instead, Rep. Massie did what he does best. He tweeted.
...
On the day Kentucky’s and Ohio’s governors announced the Brent Spence Bridge effort in Massie’s district, Feb. 28, he tweeted a rant about masks, an argument with a teacher, his opposition to extra security for the State of the Union speech, and his opposition to the president’s call to support democracy in Ukraine.?

Brent Spence Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This Twitter user spoofs the Brent Spence Bridge. And it's pretty clever

How did the Brent Spence Bridge feel about the President's arrival? It could "barely (structurally) contain" itself.

www.cincinnati.com

You are clearly in the wrong thread.

This thread is about how so-called "Christian Nationals" terrorized a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the unconstitutional infrastructure bill Democrats in Congress illegally passed.

 

[post]

You are clearly in the wrong thread.

This thread is about how so-called "Christian Nationals" terrorized a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the unconstitutional infrastructure bill Democrats in Congress illegally passed.

How do you think G.O.P. is able to send whole state delegations to the Senate and the House who deliver absolutely nothing to
the benefit of the voters who vote for them if it is not a result of manipulating them to vote for the representatives of the country's wealthiest right wingers by turning their white christian nationalist belief systems back at them?

(Oh! They've harvested your vote, too, for the next five cycles by tweaking you with this shit, too?)

Who do you think is paying Chris Rufo for his CRT and LGBTQ disinfo "triggering" Psy Ops?

 

[Fearandloathing]

The Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More Powerful

"Although I felt tremendous love in that church I also realized how quickly that love would be extinguished if they knew who I really was."

time.com

Published in Time last year, this is a concise summary of how the Christian Nationalists are treating women, gays & bisexuals as infidels to be eliminated.

was raised in a church of terrorists. The preacher pounded on the lectern while he boomed that all queers deserved to die, that mixed marriages were going to lead to the downfall of “our way of life.” This was the 1980s, when women’s rights were being discussed much more broadly but according to him, God dictated that women were inferior beings to men. He railed against the separation of church and state, assuring us that the Founding Fathers had intended this to be a Christian nation. We were right and holy; the rest of the world was evil and against us. Worst of all, the congregation applauded and hollered “Amen!” in response.


Today, members of Congress and rising Republican stars are the ones who terrorize LGBTQ children and anyone who does not follow their doctrines. These are not just fringe politicians and candidates; Christian Nationalism, the belief that the American government should be defined solely by Christianity, is now firmly entrenched within much of the GOP. This label does not apply to everyone who goes to a Christian or even a fundamentalist church. However, a survey conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, found that 45% of Americans believe strongly that the United States should be a Christian nation. Recent decisions from a Supreme Court stacked by conservative nominees have stripped women of autonomy even while they’ve reinstated the right to pray at public school functions. The way of thinking that terrified me as a child is now being embraced by the Republican Party.
================================================
And we all know what major religions do to infidels.

"Christian Nationalism"

Superstition driven by fear of others.

Until someone can establish for me when and who wrote the "bible", I have to take the ramblings as collections of madness and superstition by a primitive peoples who believed all the world's animals could fit on a 600' boat.

 

[Glitch]

How do you think G.O.P. is able to send whole state delegations to the Senate and the House who deliver absolutely nothing to
the benefit of the voters who vote for them if it is not a result of manipulating them to vote for the representatives of the country's wealthiest right wingers by turning their white christian nationalist belief systems back at them?

(Oh! They've harvested your vote, too, for the next five cycles by tweaking you with this shit, too?)

Who do you think is paying Chris Rufo for his CRT and LGBTQ disinfo "triggering" Psy Ops?

You're going to have to run that first sentence through a translator, because I have absolutely no clue what you are asking.

The only people who practice vote harvesting to my knowledge are Democrat scum. Which is why they champion fraudulent mail-in ballots.

I have no idea who Chris Rufo is, but if he thinks he has stumbled across anything new that Democrats are doing, he is very much mistaken. Democrats illegally seized control of public education in 1980 when they created the Department of Education. Since 1980 public schools have become leftist indoctrination centers. Where the goal is to create future brain-damaged leftist Democrats, rather than provide an education.

Which explains why public schools in the US have dropped from being in the top ten of the 25 industrialized nations in 1980 to now being 20th in mathematics and 21st in science among those very same 25 industrialized nations. It also explains why private schools in the US are still ranked among the top ten of the 25 industrialized nations.

 

[Luce]

What is high on the list among Christians is the prevention of premaritally sex and extramaritally affairs.

This is why nobody likes them, they can't mind their ****ing business.

 

[post]

You're going to have to run that first sentence through a translator, because I have absolutely no clue what you are asking.

The only people who practice vote harvesting to my knowledge are Democrat scum. Which is why they champion fraudulent mail-in ballots.

I have no idea who Chris Rufo is, but if he thinks he has stumbled across anything new that Democrats are doing, he is very much mistaken. Democrats illegally seized control of public education in 1980 when they created the Department of Education. Since 1980 public schools have become leftist indoctrination centers. Where the goal is to create future brain-damaged leftist Democrats, rather than provide an education.

Which explains why public schools in the US have dropped from being in the top ten of the 25 industrialized nations in 1980 to now being 20th in mathematics and 21st in science among those very same 25 industrialized nations. It also explains why private schools in the US are still ranked among the top ten of the 25 industrialized nations.

Trump backtracks on mail-in voting, says it's OK to do in Florida​

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Aug 4, 2020 —" President Donald Trump said: “In Florida the election system is ... “Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the ..."


Look at the education levels in these states and consider which party governs each of them and which party needs to keep the
percentage of voters earning batchelor's degrees or better, below 37% or optimally, below 26%.

In the 2020 election, only the 19th (Montana) best educated state voting majority of the 20 best educated voting majorities
voted for Trump, so, if 43 years ago, Democrats did what you are claiming, they did your politics a favor.
If you want full prisons and easily duped voters, one party certainly cornered the market while the other entered the 21st
century, and never looked back! "Brain-damaged leftist Democrats" are doing alright for themselves.

List of U.S. states by adjusted per capita personal income - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ranking states by Per Capita Personal Income, adjusted by regional price parity​

Massachusetts

$74,187

3

Texas

$52,813

26

Gun ownership ......2018 Gun deaths per 100,000 ....... 4 year college degrees ......incarceration per 100,000 pop.
Montana 66.3% ........................... 19.0 .......................................................... 34.8% ........................789
Wyoming 66.2% ...........................17.5 .......................................................... 29.2% ........................ 850
Alaska 64.5% ...................... ..........23.0.............................................................32,8% ....... ..................718
Idaho 60.1% ..................................14.6............................................................. 30.7% ........................ 761
West Virginia 58.5% ............17.5 ............................................... 24.1% .................... 731
Arkansas 57.2% ......................17.7 ............................................... 25.3% ................... 942
Alabama 55.5% ..................... 21.4 ............................................ 27.4% ..................... 938
Oklahoma 54.7% ................... 19.6 ........................................... 27.9% ...................... 993
Louisiana 53.1% .................... 21.2 ............................................ 26.4% .................... 1,094
Georgia 49.2% ..................................14.9 ....................................................34.7% ............................. 968

Texas 45.7% ............................ 12.1 ............................................ 33.1% ...................... 840
Florida 35.3% .................................... 12.6 .................................................... 33.2% ............................. 795

New Jersey 14.7% .....................,..... 5.5.......................................................... 43.1% ............................. 341
Massachusetts 14.7% .................. 4.4 .......................................................... 46.6% ............................... 275

 

[JacksinPA]

The Christian Nationalist Forces That Terrorized Me as a Child Have Grown Only More Powerful

"Although I felt tremendous love in that church I also realized how quickly that love would be extinguished if they knew who I really was."

time.com

Published in Time last year, this is a concise summary of how the Christian Nationalists are treating women, gays & bisexuals as infidels to be eliminated.

was raised in a church of terrorists. The preacher pounded on the lectern while he boomed that all queers deserved to die, that mixed marriages were going to lead to the downfall of “our way of life.” This was the 1980s, when women’s rights were being discussed much more broadly but according to him, God dictated that women were inferior beings to men. He railed against the separation of church and state, assuring us that the Founding Fathers had intended this to be a Christian nation. We were right and holy; the rest of the world was evil and against us. Worst of all, the congregation applauded and hollered “Amen!” in response.


Today, members of Congress and rising Republican stars are the ones who terrorize LGBTQ children and anyone who does not follow their doctrines. These are not just fringe politicians and candidates; Christian Nationalism, the belief that the American government should be defined solely by Christianity, is now firmly entrenched within much of the GOP. This label does not apply to everyone who goes to a Christian or even a fundamentalist church. However, a survey conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, found that 45% of Americans believe strongly that the United States should be a Christian nation. Recent decisions from a Supreme Court stacked by conservative nominees have stripped women of autonomy even while they’ve reinstated the right to pray at public school functions. The way of thinking that terrified me as a child is now being embraced by the Republican Party.
================================================
And we all know what major religions do to infidels

more people have died because of religion than have been 'saved' by it.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

Considering the source is a rabid anti-American leftist atheist with an irrational hatred of Christianity in particular, I wouldn't put a great deal of stock into what he has to say.

The right-wing does not get to call others "anti-American" after the stunt they pulled on 1/6/21.

 

[Risky Thicket]

The right-wing does not get to call others "anti-American" after the stunt they pulled on 1/6/21.

Oh but they will just as they have somewhat successfully changed the meaning of the words evangelical, patriot, hero, migrant and others. They are making progress on killing the meaning of freedom, liberty, warrior, anti-American and many more words for the purpose of confusing and polarizing the masses and changing the meaning suit their own needs.

 

[Glitch]

The right-wing does not get to call others "anti-American" after the stunt they pulled on 1/6/21.

Of course they do, because Democrat pieces of shit ARE anti-American.

To be an American one has to support the founding principles of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Since every Democrat vehemently opposes the pursuit of happiness, liberty, and has an especially nasty hatred for all life, that by definition makes them anti-American.

The riot on January 6, 2021 was political theater created by Democrat filth and their cohorts in the FBI. So continue flogging that horse, that way we will all know exactly where you stand. Just remember that payback can be a bitch. Trump would never have been elected had it not been for the crimes of Obama. Now that Democrats have weaponized the federal government against their opposition, do you really think Republicans won't do the same when they seize power from Democrat filth?

The anti-American Democratic Party needs to be classified as a terrorist organization under Public Law 107-40, have all of their assets seized, and it leadership imprisoned in GITMO indefinitely. The President has the authority while the law remains in effect. Once the Democratic Party has been outlawed, we can start going after its criminal supporters. This is the weaponized federal government you wanted to create, but it will be the Republicans who create it instead. Enjoy your Karma.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Somehow I knew who would come into this thread and drop trou.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Of course they do, because Democrat pieces of shit ARE anti-American.

Of course you realize we're hardly going to take your opinion into account.

 

[Hamish Howl]

The riot on January 6, 2021 was political theater created by Democrat filth and their cohorts in the FBI.

 

[Glitch]

Of course you realize we're hardly going to take your opinion into account.

It would not surprise me in the least. Democrats are uneducated as well. They are the products of their own indoctrination centers (a.k.a. public school), which makes them utterly clueless.

 

[Hamish Howl]

It would not surprise me in the least.

That's fortunate.

Because all you do is repeat the same shit, post after post. I can get my crazy quota locally.

 

[Glitch]

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Nothing screams illiteracy more than someone who only uses memes. Thanks for demonstrating your level of education.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Nothing screams illiteracy more than someone who only uses memes.

Well, one thing does.

Alaska.