American religious fundamentalists fight to establish a theocracy as religion declines in the US

[winetourdriver01]

Abortion illuminates the status of faith in the US. Religious fundamentalists, their political poodles, and a God-fearing Supreme Court want a national ban on the procedure. The majority of Americans support a woman’s right to choose. Hence we have a social civil war — in which the religious/political crusaders have rigged the electoral system to deny the majority of Americans their will.

The bad news for Bible-thumpers is that they are rowing against the tide. Free thinking has grown steadily as more Americans turn their backs on indoctrination. Organized fundamentalists have noticed. As their numbers decline, their noise has increased. Although, it may be their last hurrah — unless they establish an Iran-style theocracy.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/4/2156118/-American-religious-fundamentalists-fight-to-establish-a-theocracy-as-religion-declines-in-the-US

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. The harder they fight, the more they lose.

Nothing has done more to turn Americans from religion than the actions of the Religious Right.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. They can't do it by spreading the gospel and cult tactic conversion.

So they are going to try fascist authoritarianism.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Let's do away with the separation of church and state

Zealots, in an organized fashion, are trying to codify religious beliefs into public (the state) law.
And they are doing it in a tax exempt status? Why? Because the state is fine with holding up it’s end of the deal while giving a pass to the violators? I say TURN THE ASSESSORS LOOSE.

This is in league with many of our fellow Americans not knowing that the second amendment has a first half.

God Bless their decline.

[RKP5637]

4. They are turning more and more people against them with their promotion of

forced religion and crap by laws. If they found something so good for them fine, but stay the fuck out of my life! And most of SCOTUS IMO can go to hell. They're just a political operative of the GOP. GOP AKA "The American Fascist Party."

[keithbvadu2]

5. We have plenty of religious leaders who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America.

We have plenty of religious leaders who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America.

[MayReasonRule]

6. ...fundamentalists fight to establish theocracy / Y'all Qaeda Nat-C GOP Fascists seek "Fourth Reich"

Pam says... They're the same.

[BWdem4life]

7. God-fearing?

They may have a surprise waiting for them in the afterlife.

[mwb970]

10. Yeah. There isn't one. Surprise!

[BWdem4life]

11. Sometimes I wish there could be one just so people like them

can get their just desserts one day.

[mwb970]

12. It seems like wishful thinking to me.

Basically it is another expression of the constant deep-seated fear that conservatives feel toward everyone and everything. In this case it is death.

Their brains are wired for fear. The rest of us have to live with the consequences of this every day.

[roamer65]

8. They will eventually bring that fabled Book of Revelation persecution upon themselves.

When they have pushed normal people to finally do it.

[mwb970]

9. The whole God and Jesus story sounded like hooey to me at age six.

It still does. I'm 73. I guess it just didn't work on me.

[modrepub]

13. Congressional Religious Affiliation Is Not Reflective of the General US Population

https://www.statista.com/chart/16553/religion-congress/

[Hortensis]

14. Thanks. Willing to guess also more religious extremism in congress

compared even just to the districts that elected them, much less the "general public." We live in one of those.