I'm exhausted and ready to give up...

[uriel1972]

replying to posts that say the Trumpards and other nasty Christians are "Fake" Christians.
It is so disheartening to watch all that privilege in action.

[Skittles]

1. not sure what you are trying to say

details?

[uriel1972]

3. Frequently in GD and elsewhere...

Trump, his supporters and the Right-Leaning Religionists are referred to as "Fake Christians" or "Not True Christians" as if their behaviour and policies disqualify them from being Christian. It implies that Christians are by definition "Good People" and that only non-Christians can be evil, greedy, etc.

[Skittles]

4. well yes, that's a given all over America, isn't it?

the idea that you need religion to be a good person is absolutely ridiculous

[Docreed2003]

2. Keep your chin up

Choose your battles there, make your points, and understand that nothing said will change most "hearts and minds"

[mountain grammy]

5. They're real Christians all right..

probably the most "real" Christians. Christians can be very bad people.

[Duppers]

6. I agree.

My mother made me attend the most uppy church, where snobs pretended to be Christians. Most all churches have those.

- atheist here

[Eko]

7. Its just the "no true scotsman defense".

Use that, I did recently on a religious friend and they immediately understood why what they were saying was idiotic.

[Ohio Dem]

9. This.

I was going to say just that, but you did before I could, Eko. You're on the mark.

[Voltaire2]

8. It's normal here.

Either ignore it or patiently explain to the clueless theists that there is no objective standard for “real christians”.

[edhopper]

10. I hear you

It's all no true Scotsman bullshit.