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RWW News: Pete Hegseth's Plan To Create A Christian Nationalist 'Educational Insurgency' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 11 hrs ago OP
Turn the US military into onward Christian soldiers. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #1
I imagine the attempt to turn the U.S. into Christian state will be about as successful as any given crusade. Gore1FL 11 hrs ago #2
A pos Christian rapist. And totally inexperienced, what a fitting recruit for a pos rapist "president". Dave Bowman 11 hrs ago #3
His type Traildogbob 11 hrs ago #4
Education here means indoctrination, we all got our education in school Walleye 11 hrs ago #5
The Air Force Academy was doing that years ago. spike jones 10 hrs ago #6
Eventually the pendulum will swing, and we Democrats will be slightlv 10 hrs ago #7

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
1. Turn the US military into onward Christian soldiers.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 02:59 PM
11 hrs ago

I am feeling like I want to disavow being a Christian and having anything to do with it,
we are looking at a christ cult.

Gore1FL

(21,883 posts)
2. I imagine the attempt to turn the U.S. into Christian state will be about as successful as any given crusade.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:00 PM
11 hrs ago

In the end, this will result in less Christians.

Traildogbob

(9,955 posts)
4. His type
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:07 PM
11 hrs ago

Of Christian needs to meet face to face with lions in a stadium. Do it in Jerry’s world, nothing else of quality is happening there.

Walleye

(35,655 posts)
5. Education here means indoctrination, we all got our education in school
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:11 PM
11 hrs ago

This is the language of authoritarian governments

slightlv

(4,325 posts)
7. Eventually the pendulum will swing, and we Democrats will be
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 04:12 PM
10 hrs ago

in charge of the government once again. At that point, if I were part of this xtian nationalist movement... or a member of a charismatic or evangelical sect, I'd get worried. Xtians are destroying Christianity as a valid religious path. They're showing their god to be so weak and ineffective that He must be upheld and "helped" by man; thus, nullifying his omniscience, etc. Further, by embracing trump as their lord and saviour, they are further demeaning christianity (and their own sects) by claiming in deed that one need not to repent his sins and have a conversion experience in order to be "born again." trump is exactly opposite everything that christianity proclaims a christian should be - yet he's held as a role model for the country and the world. God help us! AFAIC, this is the best proof there is no god! /snark.

My upshot is there will come a day soon where christianity is seen as simply one of the religions active in America. It's special status will be no more. Just like the republicans and their political ideology, they will always push the envelope to what is right and accepted in this country. We may have a period of time where Dominionism (the NAR) dictate our theology and beliefs for us, thus launching us into a Theocracy like Iran, Iraq, etc. But it won't last long. First, because people will rebel at being told what to believe, etc. Second, because no matter how hard you try, you cannot legislate morality. Third, belief in a god at the end point of gun leads no one to a conversion experience and whole hearted support for your god. Trying to do any of this will engender our own religious civil war, leading us down the path that encompassed Europe for so many years.

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