@DZGrizzle If one removes the “weak” teachings of Jesus from “Christianity” the rest is:
“The mightiest being has chosen you and your tribe to be special. Other tribes are not special. You are immortal and you will get everything you ever want if only you make other people do what you (want to) remember from the rest of the big book you never read yourself.”
This explains a lot to me.
What do my fellow #Exvangelical antifascists think about this tactic?
I think it could be surprisingly effective, for those of us who grew up in it. Providing you've dealth with any #ReligiousTrauma enough for it not to trigger you.
In 2006, …Donald #Trump met the adult-film star #StormyDaniels. According to Daniels, things got intimate. (“The sex was nothing crazy,” she would go on to say.) A decade later, Trump was running for President, as a kind of #Republican uber-family man, drawing crucial support from #conservative, #evangelical voters. Daniels decided to go public: her encounter w/ Trump had taken place while he was already married to his third wife, Melania.
A day earlier, the Washington Post had posted the “#AccessHollywood” tape on its Web site. #Trump could be heard talking about grabbing women by the genitals. The #Republican Party was freaking out. Paul Ryan, then the House Speaker, told his colleagues that it was O.K. to “abandon” Trump, to save their own electoral skins in November. There was talk of replacing him on the Presidential ticket.
The case has become known as the “Stormy Daniels hush-money case,” which has made it easier for the public to dismiss, because it seems like small potatoes. In fact, the argument that the prosecutors have made in court filings is focussed on something closer to #ElectionInterference. The case is about #Trump lying his way into office.
Wenhold led the class through a lesson that discussed how the country was abandoning the #FoundingFathers’ egalitarian vision— initially limited to #WhiteMales —of a govt that existed to protect #Americans’ “inalienable rights” as individuals. Instead, the govt was providing special rights & benefits to groups based on their race, class, sexual orientation & countless other categories.