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WTF?!? A huge reason why people are turning away from organized religion.

  Someone posted this on their wall- I know...the ones who SHOULD read it, won't. An open letter to white evangelicals from North Carolina Pastor John Pavlovitz We’re done with you. Dear White Evangelicals, I need to tell you something: People have had it with you. They’re done. They want nothing to do with you any longer, and here’s why: They see your hypocrisy, your inconsistency, your incredibly selective mercy, and your thinly veiled supremacy. For eight years they watched you relentlessly demonize a Black President; a man faithfully married for 26 years; a doting father and husband without a hint of moral scandal or the slightest whiff of infidelity. They watched you deny his personal faith convictions, argue his birthplace, and assail his character—all without cause or evidence. They saw you brandish Scriptures to malign him and use the laziest of racial stereotypes in criticizing him. And through it all, White Evangelicals—you never once suggested that God placed him where h...

A mean-spirited religion

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The Holland Sentinel Opinion Henry Idema: A mean-spirited religion Henry Idema Tue, July 11, 2023 at 3:30 AM EDT · 4 min read 183 Somewhere along the way, the Republican Party "got religion." I am not sure when this happened. The party of Eisenhower was a party of fiscal discipline, e.g., balanced budgets. Ike warned us about the power of the military industrial complex. Religion was not part of his administration. Contrast Ike's GOP to the party of Trump. He added about $7.8 trillion to the national debt and upped military spending at the expense of education and health care, among other items affected by all this spending. Maybe the GOP discovered religion when Pat Robertson and the "moral majority" became strong political forces, and the Republicans saw here an opportunity to build a religious base. White Evangelicals are now the heart of Donald Trump's support, justified in their eyes by his three Supreme Court judges and their decisions on abortion, gay...

JT Chick Parodies And Satires--Part Five

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  fingering this Chick now.  Jack Chick Tracts, Only For Twitter Jack Chick Goofed in honor of Chick’s death, by  Gretchen Koch .