They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the MAGA evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
The mainlines could have fought over the image of Jesus but they would have lost. The religion is just a costume to those this article talks about. What they truly actually believe though few will say it is that they like hierarchies and authority. They’ll defend that hierarchy not because they wish to climb but out of fear of falling or those below them rising. In short their core principle is anti-egalitarianism.
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how does someone read the beatitudes and come away thinking “jesus wants me to vote against healthcare and own the libs” like literally read what your savior actually said please.
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The mainlines could have fought over the image of Jesus but they would have lost. The religion is just a costume to those this article talks about. What they truly actually believe though few will say it is that they like hierarchies and authority. They’ll defend that hierarchy not because they wish to climb but out of fear of falling or those below them rising. In short their core principle is anti-egalitarianism.
how does someone read the beatitudes and come away thinking “jesus wants me to vote against healthcare and own the libs” like literally read what your savior actually said please.