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highplainsdem

(60,939 posts) Tue Nov 14, 2017, 09:02 AM Nov 2017

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Frank Schaeffer: The siege mentality among evangelical Christians has led to self-induced dementia. [View all]

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The siege mentality among evangelical Christians has led to a sort of self-induced dementia. Bit by bit they're literally going out of their minds, sliding from "Values" to Trump, from Trump to Roy Moore. It started with wanting to save babies and ended with support for a rapist

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Frank Schaeffer: The siege mentality among evangelical Christians has led to self-induced dementia. [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2017 OP

No it is not from some one good intention gone wrong. What does saving babies have to do lunasun Nov 2017 #1

Southern Baptists endorsed the War on Iraq Kolesar Nov 2017 #3

Exactly. The "saving babies" think was full of blood and gore Merlot Nov 2017 #8

I thought it referenced the abortion issue. -nt CrispyQ Nov 2017 #15

Projection. AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #17

it starts with racism and sexism. ginnyinWI Nov 2017 #2

that's also the effect NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #6

Hence the decades of phony Clinton "scandals" not fooled Nov 2017 #9

agree. it's not about the 'evangelical' subset of the trump/moore base and i'd say certainot Nov 2017 #11

I have been saying this for 30 YEARS NOW Tumbulu Nov 2017 #22

thanks. i think pushing our universities to get sports out of RW radio could certainot Nov 2017 #23

This is the fruits of the Reagan repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. olegramps Nov 2017 #26

yes. many trolls blame clinton and the tel com act, but it came in 1996, like fox certainot Nov 2017 #29

And now they're trying to Wag The Dog the Roy Moore situation... Initech Nov 2017 #4

It was never about "saving babies" as much as it was anger at women rejecting ehrnst Nov 2017 #5

Very similar to radical Islamic thinking hueymahl Nov 2017 #16

Was never about 'saving babies' it was about oppressing women and gays. SharonClark Nov 2017 #7

Not being able to control women efhmc Nov 2017 #10

We are literally witnessing evolution (de-evolution) in action Roland99 Nov 2017 #12

It didn't start with saving "babies". It started with keeping blacks out of schools and churches. dawg Nov 2017 #13

Exactly!! onlyadream Nov 2017 #33

The anti-abortion whack job meme is more about misogyny than it is about "saving babies" Texin Nov 2017 #14

It didn't start with "wanting to save babies"... JHB Nov 2017 #18

'values' was always a charade. it's always been about money and power. KG Nov 2017 #19

Not that far of a slide, really, as "saving babies" was a euphemism for forced pregnancy paulkienitz Nov 2017 #20

What regulates women's sexual behavior better than a pregnancy? ehrnst Nov 2017 #21

He is discussing the "Moral Majority", along with The Contract on America by Newt/GOP Hestia Nov 2017 #24

"Psychosis" is not spelled that way. No d relayerbob Nov 2017 #25

See Frank's 1st book bobbieinok Nov 2017 #27

Check slacktivist blog at patheos bobbieinok Nov 2017 #28

you mean Falwell's morally corrupt majority mdbl Nov 2017 #31

If Satan created a religion, what would it look like? ThoughtCriminal Nov 2017 #30

Its not dementia, its willful stupidity. milestogo Nov 2017 #32