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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:15 AM May 2017

Radical Religious Christians Demand Religious Based Run Government. Trump Their Hero.

Radical Christians look at Trump as their hero and see Pence as also crucial in delivering Bible based governance. That means law driving by Biblical standards and dictums. No secularism allowed. They believe Trump and his ilk will deliver the country to their power. And they won;t take no for an answer.

Right now this administration is dangerously close to the extreme evangelicals who want to transform society to their image in very much the same way the Taliban wants.

And the GOP is ready to comply as long as it is still the main power behind it all. In fact the GOP is now largely a religious party as much as it its a political one. It is more clear every day that the GOP supports the marriage of religion and state.

Even cooperating with Russia to dismantle our democracy is OK with them. Whatever means gives them the power is acceptable. It is ordained by God in their view.

And somehow we must stop this madness.

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Radical Religious Christians Demand Religious Based Run Government. Trump Their Hero. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis May 2017 OP
Their thoughts. Sharia law evil, their brand of sharia law good. duncang May 2017 #1
Bwahahaha! Trump is about as secular as one can be! His God is Mammon! WinkyDink May 2017 #2
Verily I say unto thee... trusty elf May 2017 #4
Perfect. dalton99a May 2017 #14
They don't care. They're using each other. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #5
The Tali-bornagain. JNelson6563 May 2017 #3
They're trying. Trump becoming president... WePurrsevere May 2017 #7
they've commandeered your religion JNelson6563 May 2017 #8
FWIW it's not 'my' religion... WePurrsevere May 2017 #10
Fair enough. JNelson6563 May 2017 #11
Pity we can't start a program to pack them all off to a theocracy Warpy May 2017 #6
I've been wondering if the thumpers think Trump is the second coming. Seriously. Vinca May 2017 #9
The thing about religions is you can twist anything to fit what you want Lee-Lee May 2017 #12
ain't that the truth...there skin is even thinner than trump when i point out the hypocracy dembotoz May 2017 #13

duncang

(1,907 posts)
1. Their thoughts. Sharia law evil, their brand of sharia law good.
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:25 AM
May 2017

Both are reasons religions need to stay out of government. But I'm not sure I would call them radicals since that is a accepted part of the repub party as a whole. It's their mainstream.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
7. They're trying. Trump becoming president...
Mon May 1, 2017, 06:44 AM
May 2017

shocked many but, like many others, it has encouraged more Progressive Christians (and other progressive spiritual paths) to find their voice and take action.

IMO Progressive Christians, who I think are more true to the Gospel teachings of Jesus, aren't normally super loud and aggressive (think Jimmy Carter) but I've seen an increasing number speaking out about Trump and the GOP on social media using the words of Jesus to make their points.

FWIW...
This is one of the ones I started following around a year ago...
http://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/04/30/the-faith-crisis-epidemic-in-america/
and I just recently learned of this minister...
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a54573/reverend-william-barber-progressive-christianity/

IMO (and IME) using the Gospels, calling people out on their biblical misinterpretation of what he would want his followers to do, is a very good way to reach those people who truly want to follow what Jesus would want them to do.

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
8. they've commandeered your religion
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:14 AM
May 2017

I'm hoping you all step it soon. As an atheist I won't be joining the effort.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
10. FWIW it's not 'my' religion...
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:43 AM
May 2017

Due to my rather 'odd' beliefs formed over the decades I'd fit much better in a Unitarian Universalist church than a Presbyterian, Methodist or Catholic one.

Warpy

(110,903 posts)
6. Pity we can't start a program to pack them all off to a theocracy
Mon May 1, 2017, 03:49 AM
May 2017

so they'd see first hand why it's such a bad idea. Unfortunately, most Catholic theocracies are crumbling and even Eire is getting out from under the church, so they'd have to change religions. I doubt that would trouble them much when they realize they could get all the oppressive laws they say they want already in force.

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
9. I've been wondering if the thumpers think Trump is the second coming. Seriously.
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:22 AM
May 2017

Why else would they latch onto a philandering, greedy, uneducated con man like this?

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
12. The thing about religions is you can twist anything to fit what you want
Mon May 1, 2017, 08:30 AM
May 2017

The excuse I see from many is "God often uses imperfect people as vessels to do his work."

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