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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. Interesting.

Reply to California_Republic (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2019, 02:57 PM

Dec 2019

"The true motivator for Christian nationalists is not actually their religious beliefs but the preservation of a certain kind of social order, one that is threatened by racial minorities, immigrants, and Muslims." If that's the case, pointing out their hypocrisy - their political positions and support for Trump vs. the actual teachings of Jesus - won't have any impact, because they care more about their social order than they do about their faith. Evidently they don't really care much about Jesus.

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Trump's Evangelicals: what they are thinking? [View all] California_Republic Dec 2019 OP

I've always thought this. You can't be a real Christian and support his policies. tinrobot Dec 2019 #1

Was listening to podcast of Chris Farley's brother, Kevin. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #8

Interesting. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #2

Bingo VO, You drilled right to the heart of it California_Republic Dec 2019 #3

The 7 Mountains of Influence mandate, explains some of their thinking, dewsgirl Dec 2019 #5

They're scumbags rockfordfile Dec 2019 #4

They aren't thinking. They've decided to let made for tv preachers Arkansas Granny Dec 2019 #6

The football analogy didn't work out so well for Joe Paterno Poiuyt Dec 2019 #7

What reich-wing Christians fail to realize is that once their John Fante Dec 2019 #9

I hope you're right but they're good at voter suppression raccoon Dec 2019 #15

About themselves ? OnDoutside Dec 2019 #10

Always. ooky Dec 2019 #13

They let TV and AM radio do their thinking for them. Initech Dec 2019 #11

If they were actually thinking CanonRay Dec 2019 #12

They think? Well, sheep do think, so I guess they do. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #14