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ThoughtCriminal

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30. If Satan created a religion, what would it look like?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Nov 14, 2017, 08:59 PM

Nov 2017

Alters made of human skulls, pentagrams, black robes, witches and bloody sacrifices?

No. It would subvert from within. It would look exactly like right-wing fundamentalism.

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Frank Schaeffer: The siege mentality among evangelical Christians has led to self-induced dementia. [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2017 OP

No it is not from some one good intention gone wrong. What does saving babies have to do lunasun Nov 2017 #1

Southern Baptists endorsed the War on Iraq Kolesar Nov 2017 #3

Exactly. The "saving babies" think was full of blood and gore Merlot Nov 2017 #8

I thought it referenced the abortion issue. -nt CrispyQ Nov 2017 #15

Projection. AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #17

it starts with racism and sexism. ginnyinWI Nov 2017 #2

that's also the effect NewJeffCT Nov 2017 #6

Hence the decades of phony Clinton "scandals" not fooled Nov 2017 #9

agree. it's not about the 'evangelical' subset of the trump/moore base and i'd say certainot Nov 2017 #11

I have been saying this for 30 YEARS NOW Tumbulu Nov 2017 #22

thanks. i think pushing our universities to get sports out of RW radio could certainot Nov 2017 #23

This is the fruits of the Reagan repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. olegramps Nov 2017 #26

yes. many trolls blame clinton and the tel com act, but it came in 1996, like fox certainot Nov 2017 #29

And now they're trying to Wag The Dog the Roy Moore situation... Initech Nov 2017 #4

It was never about "saving babies" as much as it was anger at women rejecting ehrnst Nov 2017 #5

Very similar to radical Islamic thinking hueymahl Nov 2017 #16

Was never about 'saving babies' it was about oppressing women and gays. SharonClark Nov 2017 #7

Not being able to control women efhmc Nov 2017 #10

We are literally witnessing evolution (de-evolution) in action Roland99 Nov 2017 #12

It didn't start with saving "babies". It started with keeping blacks out of schools and churches. dawg Nov 2017 #13

Exactly!! onlyadream Nov 2017 #33

The anti-abortion whack job meme is more about misogyny than it is about "saving babies" Texin Nov 2017 #14

It didn't start with "wanting to save babies"... JHB Nov 2017 #18

'values' was always a charade. it's always been about money and power. KG Nov 2017 #19

Not that far of a slide, really, as "saving babies" was a euphemism for forced pregnancy paulkienitz Nov 2017 #20

What regulates women's sexual behavior better than a pregnancy? ehrnst Nov 2017 #21

He is discussing the "Moral Majority", along with The Contract on America by Newt/GOP Hestia Nov 2017 #24

"Psychosis" is not spelled that way. No d relayerbob Nov 2017 #25

See Frank's 1st book bobbieinok Nov 2017 #27

Check slacktivist blog at patheos bobbieinok Nov 2017 #28

you mean Falwell's morally corrupt majority mdbl Nov 2017 #31

If Satan created a religion, what would it look like? ThoughtCriminal Nov 2017 #30

Its not dementia, its willful stupidity. milestogo Nov 2017 #32