The 100 Evangelicals At Dinner Are Public Enemy #1. Won't Quit Until Get Theocratic Dictatorship.

[TheMastersNemesis]

The evangelical group that met with Trump are every bit as dangerous as ISIS or the Taliban. They fully intend to run the government and the country THEIR way. Now it probably is not really possible that they could take over. But we never thought someone like Trump could ever get elected. Nor did we ever believe that we could face a radical and rogue ultra right wing SCOTUS with a possible 7-2 advantage that could find a lot of their crap constitutional.

When you look at all the religiously based laws being proposed in GOP controlled states it should wake up voters who do NOT want tone told how to worship. Could we go back to the days where Sunday church was mandatory? Doubt it. Then again?

[democratisphere]

1. JESUS CHRIST!

would not be happy with this sham scam!

[Mariana]

4. Maybe Jesus would not be happy (he isn't here to ask),

but a huge number of Christians in the US think it's just wonderful. The reason most of these Evangelical leaders are so rich is because their message is very popular among the faithful.

[democratisphere]

5. Yep. Give money to the hypocritical so-called church and you will be saved.

[pangaia]

20. Whatever christians truly are, they are not it.

[Volaris]

22. That's because most Humans need to feel grounded in, or tethered to,

Something 'greater' than themselves. This problem, I posit, is proportional and directly related to the continued wrecking of the economy by wall street. If the average citizens share of economic value were steady increasing instead of lessening, the NEED for affiliation in these groups would be decreased (I think)..

[2naSalit]

24. That's a valid argument.

One thing I learned in my education in cultural anthropology, not an expert by any measure, is that this form of tribalism is the result of fear and lack of control over one's own fate and recognition that others suffer in the same manner from similar causes. Some argue that a major draw to tribalism is due to insecurity of one form or another. One anthropologist described religion as, paraphrasing - a venue to appeal to a higher entity beyond the natural world to purposely affect the natural world for their benefit to overcome some obstacle or challenge.

[deurbano]

27. The southern Democrats who became Republicans, starting in the 60's, did it purely for racial

reasons. i saw it in my own family. It's definitely tribalism... but began during a booming economy. While it had nothing to do with economic anxiety, it was certainly based on cultural anxiety. (Just look at that piece of filth in the White House; he's not struggling financially, but still seething with cultural resentment.) To me, it was the fear that non-white people were gaining. Maybe they thought they would then lose something, but mainly i think they wanted to maintain their dominant position. They didn't want a "rising tide to lift ALL boats" equally. And then it got tied to all the other cultural changes they felt undermined THEIR way of life: women's rights (including reproductive rights), LGBT rights, respect for other cultures and religions, etc..

The white supremacist, patriarchy-defending, immigrants-of-color bashing, LGBT-bashing, misogynist evangelicals are not even pretending to give a crap about the priorities of their supposed Savior any more... but instead align themselves with people like Putin!

https://religionnews.com/2018/08/07/the-russian-connection-when-franklin-graham-met-putin/

[Locrian]

25. not just wrecking

but the continued and increasing devaluation of *anything* that is not directly tied to profit. The reduction of any type of human-ness (love, art, culture, happiness, science, philosophy, decency, etc) to a dollar figure that determines it's "worth".

[keithbvadu2]

26. Judas was an early modern day conservative disciple. Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once,

Judas was an early modern day conservative disciple.

Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ.

Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and their ilk get millions of dollars repeatedly for selling Christ.

Judas was a fool for doing a one-time sale.

[unitedwethrive]

2. Sounds like a cult to me.

Not a true, compassionate one which respects the beliefs and cultural heritage of all people.

[Girard442]

3. It boggles my mind that they dumped their "closely held beliefs"...

...and their followers didn’t bat an eye. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if the entertainment at dinner was hookers and cocaine.

[rockfordfile]

30. Have they ever

[Democrats_win]

6. Payback is a "b"

The Bible describes religion as a "harlot" sitting on the back of the "beast" which is a symbol of government. The description is apt because religion is relying on government. But later, the beast turns on the harlot! Bye-bye false religion!

It's sad, religion is working behind the backs of the people, through the broken government, to destroy democracy. Payback will be difficult for religion but everyone should remember that they "broke bread" with satan....uh....Trump.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. This is why Pence

will be removed along with Trump. My best guess is,with Dem House Control,Trump will be hobbled for the remainder of his term.

[tonyt53]

8. Yep. Then they'll kill each other when they try to choose their leader amongst them.

It isn't about the religion, it is about the money.

[2naSalit]

14. And ultimate control over the lives of others.

[TwistOneUp]

15. And the power.

Don't forget the power.

[FakeNoose]

9. In other words, they're Taliban

[TwistOneUp]

18. This is ...

Christian Terrorism.

[Funtatlaguy]

10. Watch The Handmaids Tale on Netflix.

[musette_sf]

16. * Hulu, but yes.

[superpatriotman]

11. Dominionist bedfellows with Putin

Partnering up to form a 21st-century white caliphate.

[ancianita]

21. Yep, all christian racists. I hope both countries' non-racists are majorities, or we're in trouble.

[lunatica]

12. Gilead

[Thekaspervote]

13. News flash for all EVILGELICALS: ain't gonna happen

[TwistOneUp]

17. Thank you.

I've been saying this since 1984 - when RayGuns appointed Ed Meese the Porn Czar and setup an FBI anti-porn department.

[bitterross]

19. Here'a a scary book about it happening. "Christian Nation"

“They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do.”

So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America’s Christian fundamentalists have been consistently clear about their vision for a "Christian Nation" and dead serious about acquiring the political power to achieve it. When President McCain dies and Sarah Palin becomes president, the reader, along with the nation, stumbles down a terrifyingly credible path toward theocracy, realizing too late that the Christian right meant precisely what it said.

In the spirit of Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, one of America’s foremost lawyers lays out in chilling detail what such a future might look like: constitutional protections dismantled; all aspects of life dominated by an authoritarian law called “The Blessing,” enforced by a totally integrated digital world known as the "Purity Web." Readers will find themselves haunted by the questions the narrator struggles to answer in this fictional memoir: "What happened, why did it happen, how could it have happened?"

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Nation-Frederic-C-Rich-ebook/dp/B00A3IZHHK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535480543&sr=8-1&keywords=christian+nation

Don't think it cannot happen here.

[watoos]

23. The Dominionists

believe that rich people are God's chosen and are destined to rule. They believe that people who got wealthy did so because of God's actions.

Even the Mormons have the White Horse Prophesy which is similar. The Mormons were certainly shocked when Romney lost.

[keithbvadu2]

28. "Won't Quit Until Get Theocratic Dictatorship." Which one?

"Won't Quit Until Get Theocratic Dictatorship." Which one?

They all have the idea that their particular religion/faith/sect should be the one in charge.

Whoever wins will enforce their own particular law.

The others..... will they cry 'religious discrimination'?

No 'freedom of religion'?

Ireland was controlled by Christians....... Christians who did not see eye to eye.

[Delmette2.0]

32. How easily they ignore European history.

The new ruler meant a change in religion. And purges with torture and witch burning. Yes, history can repeat it's self.

[stuffmatters]

29. They are as in bed w Putin as The NRA for global White Christian Supremacy/Totalitatianism

[dembotoz]

31. laugh at them and call them hypocrites to their face in public

[Permanut]

33. The drumbeat of the Talibornagains..

goes on. They say they want a theocracy, that the Bible preempts the Constitution because "this is a Christian nation". Day after day, hour after hour, on hundreds of hate radio Bible thumper stations, like KKPZ in Portland, Oregon. Cult demagogues like Bob Dutko out of Detroit, and Barbara Carmack in Denver - who loves to spew verbal vomit about the "deep state" and the "shadow government", while having no clue what she's talking about.

Donald Trump is the savior sent to us by God himself, to repair all the damage done by the Kenyan Muslim.