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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (276922)	12/1/2023 5:30:06 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 355705

You keep saying the same thing and Alex answered it perfectly. Try reading it, this is what the Christians are imposing! " " Alex:'The current speaker of the house, 3rd in line to be POTUS would like to roll back the U.S. constitution and install a bible-based theocracy. There are many brain-dead Rcons who call themselves 'christian' would like to do the same. The current speak of the house's wife was also involved in a "christian therapy" business to "cure the gays"... for a fee of course. The Taliban and other extreme muslims are more brutal but this country has their own American Taliban. Tennessee is currently trying to divert money allocated for public schools and instead give the money for vouchers for Private Christian schools... All levels of Govt have become infested with idiots who wear their religion on their sleeves and try to pass laws to shove their stupid beliefs down other's throats. Asshole Rcons in TX are forcing women to carry a non-viable fetus to term, even though it doesn't have a chance and seriously endangers the mother's life... Because GOD says so. The examples are endless So which religion has the 'real' god'?... cuz we're gonna burn in hell if we don't pick the right one Jimmy Carter never ever wore his religion on his sleeve, he just did good works... Oh, btw, Jesus was obviously a liberal, in case you didn't know << essage #276922 from Brumar89 at 12/1/2023 5:24:35 PM I can't imagine her imposing anything on you. Do you think god had a personal relationship with Neanderthal, Homo Erectus, Denisovans!!?? I don't see why not. They were humans. Just a different type.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (276922)

12/1/2023 5:31:15 PM

From: koan

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lol, what kind of conversation do you think god would have with Homo Erectus-lol!!??

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Message #276922 from Brumar89 at 12/1/2023 5:24:35 PM

I can't imagine her imposing anything on you.

Do you think god had a personal relationship with Neanderthal, Homo Erectus, Denisovans!!??

I don't see why not. They were humans. Just a different type.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (276922)	12/1/2023 5:58:33 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Recommended By Alex MG Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 355705

It would be of little use to tell the folks around me — the people of my conservative hometown — that Barton wasn’t a real historian. They wouldn’t care that his lone academic credential was a bachelor’s degree in religious education from Oral Roberts University. It wouldn’t matter that Barton’s 2012 book on Thomas Jefferson was recalled by Thomas Nelson, the world’s largest Christian publisher, for its countless inaccuracies, or that a panel of 10 conservative Christian academics who reviewed Barton’s body of work in the aftermath ripped the entirety of his scholarship to shreds. It would not bother the congregants of FloodGate Church to learn that they were listening to a man whose work was found by one of America’s foremost conservative theologians to include “embarrassing factual errors, suspiciously selective quotes, and highly misleading claims.” All this would be irrelevant to the people around me because David Barton was one of them. He believed the separation of church and state was a myth. He believed the time had come for evangelicals to reclaim their rightful place atop the nation’s governmental and cultural institutions. Hence the hero’s welcome Barton received when he rolled into FloodGate with his “American Restoration Tour.” Politico.Throughout his decades of public life — working for the Republican Party, becoming a darling of Fox News, advising politicians such as new House Speaker Mike Johnson, launching a small propaganda empire, carving out a niche as the American right’s chosen peddler of nostalgic alternative facts — Barton had never been shy about his ultimate aims. He is an avowed Christian nationalist who favors theocratic rule; moreover, he is a so-called Dominionist, someone who believes Christians should control not only the government but also the media, the education system, and other cultural institutions. Barton and his ilk are invested less in advancing individual policies than they are in reconceiving our system of self-government in its totality, claiming a historical mandate to rule society with biblical dogma just as the founders supposedly intended. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/01/evangelicals-american-politics-tim-alberta-book-excerpt-00129319