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no_hypocrisy

(52,423 posts)
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 05:11 AM Wednesday

TFG's EO of encouraging federal employees to proselytize "religion"

(and we all understand that means Protestant/Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christianity) at the workplace.

And we can foresee potential problems with this new edict.

1. It will disrupt the workplace. Not everyone wants to be a Christian and/or to convert, especially when they came to work -- to do work. That's why they have Church.

2. If you disagree or become contentious about the irksome proselytizing, you risk job security. (I've been fired for less.)

3. Further, if you vociferously disagree or become contentious about the irksome proselytizing -- or you simply invoke The Constitution/First Amendment's Establishment Clause, and/or inconvenient facts (The Treaty of Tripoli), you risk a lawsuit, claiming that you were persecuting a humble Christian who was simply "sharing The Word".

This too will end up in Court. I'm sure that Roy Torcaso's USSC case will be cited. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/373

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TFG's EO of encouraging federal employees to proselytize "religion" (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Wednesday OP
One can make the case that religion is a major problem, gab13by13 Wednesday #1
This dosen't say specific belief WmChris Wednesday #2

gab13by13

(29,090 posts)
1. One can make the case that religion is a major problem,
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:09 AM
Wednesday

Religion controls people by making them feel guilty for not acting as their leaders want them to act. Religions are mainly based on faith and not fact.

Many gods who are the one true god and going to wars over that god.

Why should I worship a god who supposedly told Joshua to go into Jerico and kill every man, woman, and child with the sword? Maybe I'm not remembering my Old Testament right?

WmChris

(370 posts)
2. This dosen't say specific belief
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 08:53 AM
Wednesday

While we all know that evangelicals are where this is pointed. I wouldn’t have to yell or get hysterical in order to state " I'm glad that works for you but I'm not interested, but maybe you'd like to here about Yaqui Indian belief systems", smile and move on.😉

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