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GiqueCee

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16. These people...

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:07 PM

12 hrs ago

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... like all religious fanatics – the Jim Joneses of the world – cannot be content living their own lives in accordance with whatever twisted interpretations of Scripture get them speaking in tongues. No, they crave, indeed, demand, total dominion over the lives of others. The imposition of such a diseased belief system never ends well for anyone, including the perpetrators. Just ask David Koresh. Oh wait... you can't.

They are the total antithesis of everything they purport to represent. They are the spawn of Sauron, and most assuredly not Gawd's Sanctity Squads.

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A briefing about the dangerous evangelical religious cult now coming into power in the United States [View all] lees1975 15 hrs ago OP

Absolutely - have been watching this in Texas for years TBF 15 hrs ago #1

My school board got taken over by MAGA nutjobs in 2020. Initech 12 hrs ago #13

"Dominionist" from doG saying "Man shall have dominion over the earth and the plants and creatures" Bernardo de La Paz 14 hrs ago #2

From Sinclair Lewis to Robert Heinlein, we've been warned roscoeroscoe 13 hrs ago #3

I've been thinking about that one while reading this story. Otto_Harper 13 hrs ago #4

The Fostorites are here among us. I will not bend the knee. flashman13 12 hrs ago #11

Frank Zappa saw it coming! Initech 12 hrs ago #14

"Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned-- Abolishinist 11 hrs ago #19

Sinclair Lewis: "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." ancianita 13 hrs ago #5

All this time and energy wasted Farmer-Rick 13 hrs ago #6

It's just a comic, Rick! some earthly, silly version of the God beyond the trillions of universes.That's why it's ancianita 12 hrs ago #18

from my late mom. " they always wanted a religious, non constitutional theocracy. me here we are. AllaN01Bear 13 hrs ago #7

Well, it won't be a theocracy. lees1975 12 hrs ago #9

Those so-called christians might want it but they're not going to get it. Even SCOTUS wouldn't allow it. ancianita 11 hrs ago #20

Holy mother of Pearl, it's coming. StarryNite 13 hrs ago #8

From that right wing radical Barry Goldwater, mountain grammy 12 hrs ago #10

They are so "moral" that they supported and voted for an amoral guy...hypocrisy at its best. Escurumbele 12 hrs ago #12

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Blue Full Moon 12 hrs ago #15

These people... GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #16

"then God will judge this country and remove its prosperity as a blessing." paleotn 12 hrs ago #17

While Christianity has been a pervasive influence in American society and culture, it was often a negative influence. lees1975 6 hrs ago #21