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ck4829

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12. The religious right is a vampire

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Tue Jul 25, 2017, 06:39 AM

Jul 2017

It's really tragic for me to see this faction suck everything mystical, spiritual, and liberation and justice-related out of religion and turn it into a cold machine of profits and supporting the status quo and dominant narratives.

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Conservative "Christians" [View all] Proud liberal 80 Jul 2017 OP

They are a bunch of greedy fucked up The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #1

My fav KentuckyWoman Jul 2017 #2

Go to "Right Wing Watch," you'll see plenty of those phony "Christians." Archae Jul 2017 #3

Just figured that out, didja? PJMcK Jul 2017 #4

Can those two words exist in the same sentence ? jaysunb Jul 2017 #5

Turn on "Christian" radio and wait for the "news"... Moostache Jul 2017 #6

I stuck up for the evangelicals for many years. Girard442 Jul 2017 #7

Heh gratuitous Jul 2017 #8

Most are selective bible readers..... lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #9

I'm sorry but that is an oxymoron. Those are two things that do not go together. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #10

Their sins are forgiven, yours are not jberryhill Jul 2017 #11

The religious right is a vampire ck4829 Jul 2017 #12

Jesus preached a message of love and forgiveness milestogo Jul 2017 #13

Many are saying, The last Christian died on the cross HAB911 Jul 2017 #14

Great bumper sticker ... lord, save me from your followers bedazzled Jul 2017 #15

They're Christians, not "Christians." Iggo Jul 2017 #16

It's all about the quality, isn't it. Lars39 Jul 2017 #17

Yep. They're really really bad ones, but they are ones. Iggo Jul 2017 #18