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Showing Original Post only (View all)Leave it to our ex president Carter to say [View all]
With more concision and eloquence I can muster about this:
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Half the so called Xtians in this country walk right past Jesus's "brethren" starving on the street to go "drink duh little grape juice and eat duh little cracker" in thousand dollar suits, Gucci bags and pumps.
Often the fall into homelessness starts simply falling through the cracks, or by banishment from religious pretentiousness, like in my case, RayGun Era.
No, I didn't drink or "do dwugs". I made solid 3.6 in school. But I got outed as gay in my redneck hometown and "run off" by the same ilk it nauseates me to realize they're cranking up the Nazi shit again.
I've yet to ever have even one single POSITIVE experience from the churchy ilk in over half a century now, other than singing gig in a gay men's chorus.
So before playing the "probably ruined his/her life with drugs" attitude, which may be true now...
It's the excesses and the locked doors at "God's houses" all over the country, the jonesed up extravagances so many parishioners believe they divinely deserve, and token donations only to "help" organizations that only pennies ever reach their intent, while the reality of that person walked past briskly as not to smell the balance of excess is trying to just get through another insanely miserable day.
Otherwise, "Xtians" when anyone is sleeping on that church's doorstep, you've failed the test, you've bamboozled yourself, cloaked yourself in fears, and created an embarrassment to the world that giving a dollar to some homeless person does not come close to a solution.
TFG, like a stopped clock, tangented onto the right idea for the wrong reason, of course, about the homelessness issue. It's everyone's responsibility and it's long past time minimal shelter, voluntary rehab, outreach services (real soup ktchens, not preachy shit) were revived by these jet set church bastards who purport their "goodness and mercy".
And of course Fox News ilk like Tucker have some boogersome karma coming.
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That's excellent. I know there are good people left, but are overshadowed by the mob
Walleye
Aug 2022
#18
Carter is the only politician who behaved the way I expected. He had his flubs, but somehow I knew
allegorical oracle
Aug 2022
#9
Am sure I'll catch heck, I luerve CARTER. I can date the onset of Fundie takeover: 1969
UTUSN
Aug 2022
#12
Thanks for your memories, and for your analysis of how we strayed even back to the 1970s.
erronis
Aug 2022
#16
The fact that he was mostly able to contain the "lust in his heart" has been rewarded
Backseat Driver
Aug 2022
#24