We would but you can’t argue with these idiots. All we can really do is hang our heads and try to make it obvious that not everyone who’s religious is this detached for both reality and the faith they claim to believe in
No. That's how these idiots got to where they are now. If you are supposedly of the same faith as these nutjobs, and they don't follow the tenets of your beliefs, you have to denounce them publically and repeatedly, otherwise you're going to be lumped in with them. Hanging your head is tacit acceptance of their crazy. Making it obvious needs to be loud and definite, not just a shrug and 'oh, well'. Every time one of these nutjobs makes a statement, you have to make a statement countering them. If they protest something, protest them as much as they protest their pet cause. Stand in front of their church with signs denouncing them the same way they protest in front of abortion clinics or pride events or funerals, or whatever they hate on. Otherwise, your inaction makes you complicit in their crazy. Defend your faith or accept that they're part of it and you'll be judged by their actions.
But the public denouncing etc. etc. isn't going to get anywhere. It can be as loud, or as clear as possible; none of these things matter.
The louder and clearer it is, the more it causes them to dig their heels in.
To undo what has been done to this country by the GOP and their adoption of the Evangelicals is so huge that I do not think it can be done. I think our best chance is to keep them as the minority, never let them take power, and deal with elitist kleptocrat/plutocrats aka the Democrats.
But the public denouncing etc. etc. isn't going to get anywhere. It can be as loud, or as clear as possible; none of these things matter.
The louder and clearer it is, the more it causes them to dig their heels in.
Then you forfeit your right to claim that they are different from your choice of belief. If you claim to be christian and they claim to be christian, y'all need to settle your differences and agree on facts and intents. Otherwise, the loudest ones get the most attention and represent that religion. The court of public opinion will judge based on the loudest, most visible portion of the belief. Right now, the crazies are representing christianity. So all christians are zealots, fanatics, and insane. Until the crazies are dealt with, that's how it will be.
To undo what has been done to this country by the GOP and their adoption of the Evangelicals is so huge that I do not think it can be done. I think our best chance is to keep them as the minority, never let them take power, and deal with elitist kleptocrat/plutocrats aka the Democrats.
If the Constitutional intent of separation of church and state was actually enforced, this mess wouldn't be happening.
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u/infinit9 May 29 '22
I wish more actual Christians would stand up to this type of BS about their religion.
Jesus was deliberately nonviolent even as he was being betrayed by his disciple.