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ChicagoTeamster

(390 posts)
8. That's part of the reason why the Evangelicals are trying to take over. They're losing members and money.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 11:23 AM
6 hrs ago

They want to make Christianity the national religion and people not having a church affiliation will be legally discriminated against to force them to join a church where they will have to tithe "donate". Turning Point was supposed to generate Christian Nationalist youth.

That's also why they want to pass all these laws forcing Xtian indoctrination in schools and defunding public schools and enacting voucher programs to give the money to private Xtian schools. Same with Moms for liberty. They want to avoid teaching the truth about American history especially in relation to the treatment of slaves and native Americans.

Kids aren't going to feel bad about themselves for what they learn in school about what other people did. They're going to point out that they were lied to when they learn the truth in school. These racist parents don't want their kids learning the truth and realizing that they were lied to at home and in school.

A perfect example is the Topeka Kansas Baptist church. Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps church. Fred became a minister after being disbarred as an attorney for attacking the character of a female witness in one of his cases by calling her a jezebel and other insinuations. The little kids who they dragged off to their protests holding their disgusting signs depicting images of sodomy eventually reached college age and stopped going to church. That meant that their parents were no longer considered elders in the church because their adult children weren't baptized members. So they also quit since they had no say in the finances of the church. Fred's grandkids left, his kids quit. He was out and some other grifter took over the church ministry of trying to incite a response with their disgusting protests so that they could sue.

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Not surprising Mz Pip 7 hrs ago #1
Republicans and Catholic priests have ruined Christianity. milestogo 6 hrs ago #2
It actually started in 1980 synni 6 hrs ago #6
I was about to add that Sanity Claws 6 hrs ago #7
That's true. milestogo 5 hrs ago #13
My favorite meme about the Moral Majority is that it was neither. Martin68 5 hrs ago #15
When i lived in the Pacific Northwest mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #18
James Dobson UpInArms 3 hrs ago #41
Have you seen the movie Spotlight? Sector 001 5 hrs ago #17
Yes milestogo 5 hrs ago #19
On Netflix but 'currently not available in your country' Attilatheblond 4 hrs ago #27
It's on TubiTV Sector 001 4 hrs ago #38
Never again will I step into Dawson Leery 4 hrs ago #36
Swear to god?! ybbor 6 hrs ago #3
You done good, dad. Mawspam2 6 hrs ago #10
❤️ ybbor 4 hrs ago #35
Conservative Christians embracing Trump has consequences surfered 6 hrs ago #4
There is NOTHING Christian nor Conservative about following TACO Don. ProudMNDemocrat 6 hrs ago #11
And Jesus said milestogo 5 hrs ago #14
Donnie is merely a means to and end for them to get back on top. Really, they don't give a shit what he does... paleotn 4 hrs ago #33
It's a start - be nice when those numbers are reversed and more rurallib 6 hrs ago #5
That's part of the reason why the Evangelicals are trying to take over. They're losing members and money. ChicagoTeamster 6 hrs ago #8
Maybe religious leaders shouldn't support evil people kerouac2 6 hrs ago #9
People seeing examples like trump, Bayard 5 hrs ago #12
Grifters All 2na fisherman 5 hrs ago #16
Did you know that the Catholic Church is one of the largest land owners in the world? Sector 001 5 hrs ago #22
That Much? 2na fisherman 4 hrs ago #37
The Progressives of 125 years ago were spearheaded by the religious Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #20
I feel like the world is full of proof tonekat 5 hrs ago #21
"religiously unaffiliated" J_William_Ryan 5 hrs ago #23
Me and a drinking buddy created the Liquidian religion. Dr. T 4 hrs ago #29
Not necessarily. A lot of people don't care. Agnostic or just don't give a shit about religion. erronis 4 hrs ago #31
I haven't rejected religion, ... JustABozoOnThisBus 5 hrs ago #24
I wrote this on my Facebook page the other day. Sector 001 5 hrs ago #25
As a lifelong atheist/agnostic, I think what people are rejecting TexasBushwhacker 5 hrs ago #26
Many people are turned off by the sheer hypocrisy of rightwing"Christians" Martin Eden 4 hrs ago #28
Here's To The Ongoing Restoration Of Our Freedoms Through Our Nation's Dissaption Of Delusion And Embrace Of Reason MayReasonRule 4 hrs ago #30
New Pledge of Allegiance 2na fisherman 4 hrs ago #39
Thank you, Jesus. Now if you could make it 100% non-believers by 2027 ---- or maybe, 3Hotdogs 4 hrs ago #32
Mainstream Religion Deep State Witch 4 hrs ago #34
As a Jew Bluestocking 4 hrs ago #40
The buildings are nice, and they are all over the place. Missed buying a nice church building a few years ago. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #42
Good travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #43
The headline is misleading. J_William_Ryan 2 hrs ago #44
This guy just spoke to me yesterday wolfie001 2 hrs ago #46
Country's in trouble because of religious kooks wolfie001 2 hrs ago #45
Religion is a scam angrychair 2 hrs ago #47
At this point, religion is the root of all evil and it doesn't matter which one you're talking about. Vinca 2 hrs ago #48
Didn't they talk to the Pastafarians? mdbl 2 hrs ago #49
I think hypocritical zealots might be a deterrent. Buddyzbuddy 1 hr ago #50
And yet True Dough 1 hr ago #51
Excellent news duckworth969 1 hr ago #52
I would posit that it is organized religion in America that is driving away members. pecosbob 1 hr ago #53
Yes I agree FakeNoose 1 hr ago #57
2000 years ago religion had some reason about morality, but humanity has learned much since then in understanding NowsTheTime 1 hr ago #54
Most civilizations have had their religions and deities. bucolic_frolic 1 hr ago #55
28%? Maninacan 1 hr ago #56
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