#religious-hypocrisy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #religious-hypocrisy, aggregated by home.social.
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Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness
“Why are you calling the church out and making them look so bad?” someone asked me after I preached about the church’s lack of justice. “The people you’re preaching to probably don’t even need to hear that message. You were likely just preaching to the choir and calling out rare extremists.”
I always feel a bit gaslighted when people tell me this. I wish I had screenshotted all of the insane posts I saw from Christians I knew during the pandemic. The “rare” extremists are apparently many of my friends. I grew up with them. I played at their houses. They taught me who Jesus was. And now that they had been socially and politically provoked, I was observing in them an unimaginable behavior I didn’t know they were capable of.
To some extent, I need to speak out on these issues for evangelistic reasons, as the world needs to see a pastor address such behavior. Unbelievers think that the “rare” extremist is what Christianity looks like because they have seen the same posts I have. I also need to speak out to save myself. If I allow this kind of stuff to go on without saying anything, then I become complacent—and I can’t handle that. People need to know that Christians aren’t all like that. They need to know that Jesus looks different than what’s being presented to them.
To represent God wrongly is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and it was such a big deal to God that he made it one of the Ten Commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites bore the name of Yahweh just by being Israelites. Wherever they went and whatever they did, they were to be a specific representation of the name Yahweh. They were to have the character of Yahweh, do justice like Yahweh, farm like Yahweh, party like Yahweh, and take care of the oppressed like Yahweh. They failed over and over and over again until Yahweh eventually divorced his abusive wife, Israel. They had not done a good job of portraying Yahweh to the world, and they had taken his name in vain through their misrepresentation. Christians do the same thing.
So why do I speak about justice to a world that doesn’t always want to hear about it?
I speak because someone has to bear witness to it.
#biblicalJustice #ChristianExtremism #ChristianWitness #Christianity #church #ChurchAccountability #evangelism #faithAndPolitics #injustice #Israel #Jesus #justice #misrepresentingJesus #OldTestament #pastoralMinistry #propheticWitness #religiousHypocrisy #silenceAndComplicity #socialJustice #standInTheBreach #takingTheLordSNameInVain #tenCommandments #TheChurch #Yahweh -
Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness
“Why are you calling the church out and making them look so bad?” someone asked me after I preached about the church’s lack of justice. “The people you’re preaching to probably don’t even need to hear that message. You were likely just preaching to the choir and calling out rare extremists.”
I always feel a bit gaslighted when people tell me this. I wish I had screenshotted all of the insane posts I saw from Christians I knew during the pandemic. The “rare” extremists are apparently many of my friends. I grew up with them. I played at their houses. They taught me who Jesus was. And now that they had been socially and politically provoked, I was observing in them an unimaginable behavior I didn’t know they were capable of.
To some extent, I need to speak out on these issues for evangelistic reasons, as the world needs to see a pastor address such behavior. Unbelievers think that the “rare” extremist is what Christianity looks like because they have seen the same posts I have. I also need to speak out to save myself. If I allow this kind of stuff to go on without saying anything, then I become complacent—and I can’t handle that. People need to know that Christians aren’t all like that. They need to know that Jesus looks different than what’s being presented to them.
To represent God wrongly is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and it was such a big deal to God that he made it one of the Ten Commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites bore the name of Yahweh just by being Israelites. Wherever they went and whatever they did, they were to be a specific representation of the name Yahweh. They were to have the character of Yahweh, do justice like Yahweh, farm like Yahweh, party like Yahweh, and take care of the oppressed like Yahweh. They failed over and over and over again until Yahweh eventually divorced his abusive wife, Israel. They had not done a good job of portraying Yahweh to the world, and they had taken his name in vain through their misrepresentation. Christians do the same thing.
So why do I speak about justice to a world that doesn’t always want to hear about it?
I speak because someone has to bear witness to it.
#biblicalJustice #ChristianExtremism #ChristianWitness #Christianity #church #ChurchAccountability #evangelism #faithAndPolitics #injustice #Israel #Jesus #justice #misrepresentingJesus #OldTestament #pastoralMinistry #propheticWitness #religiousHypocrisy #silenceAndComplicity #socialJustice #standInTheBreach #takingTheLordSNameInVain #tenCommandments #TheChurch #Yahweh -
Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness
“Why are you calling the church out and making them look so bad?” someone asked me after I preached about the church’s lack of justice. “The people you’re preaching to probably don’t even need to hear that message. You were likely just preaching to the choir and calling out rare extremists.”
I always feel a bit gaslighted when people tell me this. I wish I had screenshotted all of the insane posts I saw from Christians I knew during the pandemic. The “rare” extremists are apparently many of my friends. I grew up with them. I played at their houses. They taught me who Jesus was. And now that they had been socially and politically provoked, I was observing in them an unimaginable behavior I didn’t know they were capable of.
To some extent, I need to speak out on these issues for evangelistic reasons, as the world needs to see a pastor address such behavior. Unbelievers think that the “rare” extremist is what Christianity looks like because they have seen the same posts I have. I also need to speak out to save myself. If I allow this kind of stuff to go on without saying anything, then I become complacent—and I can’t handle that. People need to know that Christians aren’t all like that. They need to know that Jesus looks different than what’s being presented to them.
To represent God wrongly is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and it was such a big deal to God that he made it one of the Ten Commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites bore the name of Yahweh just by being Israelites. Wherever they went and whatever they did, they were to be a specific representation of the name Yahweh. They were to have the character of Yahweh, do justice like Yahweh, farm like Yahweh, party like Yahweh, and take care of the oppressed like Yahweh. They failed over and over and over again until Yahweh eventually divorced his abusive wife, Israel. They had not done a good job of portraying Yahweh to the world, and they had taken his name in vain through their misrepresentation. Christians do the same thing.
So why do I speak about justice to a world that doesn’t always want to hear about it?
I speak because someone has to bear witness to it.
#biblicalJustice #ChristianExtremism #ChristianWitness #Christianity #church #ChurchAccountability #evangelism #faithAndPolitics #injustice #Israel #Jesus #justice #misrepresentingJesus #OldTestament #pastoralMinistry #propheticWitness #religiousHypocrisy #silenceAndComplicity #socialJustice #standInTheBreach #takingTheLordSNameInVain #tenCommandments #TheChurch #Yahweh -
Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness
“Why are you calling the church out and making them look so bad?” someone asked me after I preached about the church’s lack of justice. “The people you’re preaching to probably don’t even need to hear that message. You were likely just preaching to the choir and calling out rare extremists.”
I always feel a bit gaslighted when people tell me this. I wish I had screenshotted all of the insane posts I saw from Christians I knew during the pandemic. The “rare” extremists are apparently many of my friends. I grew up with them. I played at their houses. They taught me who Jesus was. And now that they had been socially and politically provoked, I was observing in them an unimaginable behavior I didn’t know they were capable of.
To some extent, I need to speak out on these issues for evangelistic reasons, as the world needs to see a pastor address such behavior. Unbelievers think that the “rare” extremist is what Christianity looks like because they have seen the same posts I have. I also need to speak out to save myself. If I allow this kind of stuff to go on without saying anything, then I become complacent—and I can’t handle that. People need to know that Christians aren’t all like that. They need to know that Jesus looks different than what’s being presented to them.
To represent God wrongly is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and it was such a big deal to God that he made it one of the Ten Commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites bore the name of Yahweh just by being Israelites. Wherever they went and whatever they did, they were to be a specific representation of the name Yahweh. They were to have the character of Yahweh, do justice like Yahweh, farm like Yahweh, party like Yahweh, and take care of the oppressed like Yahweh. They failed over and over and over again until Yahweh eventually divorced his abusive wife, Israel. They had not done a good job of portraying Yahweh to the world, and they had taken his name in vain through their misrepresentation. Christians do the same thing.
So why do I speak about justice to a world that doesn’t always want to hear about it?
I speak because someone has to bear witness to it.
#biblicalJustice #ChristianExtremism #ChristianWitness #Christianity #church #ChurchAccountability #evangelism #faithAndPolitics #injustice #Israel #Jesus #justice #misrepresentingJesus #OldTestament #pastoralMinistry #propheticWitness #religiousHypocrisy #silenceAndComplicity #socialJustice #standInTheBreach #takingTheLordSNameInVain #tenCommandments #TheChurch #Yahweh -
Calling Out the Church Is an Act of Witness
“Why are you calling the church out and making them look so bad?” someone asked me after I preached about the church’s lack of justice. “The people you’re preaching to probably don’t even need to hear that message. You were likely just preaching to the choir and calling out rare extremists.”
I always feel a bit gaslighted when people tell me this. I wish I had screenshotted all of the insane posts I saw from Christians I knew during the pandemic. The “rare” extremists are apparently many of my friends. I grew up with them. I played at their houses. They taught me who Jesus was. And now that they had been socially and politically provoked, I was observing in them an unimaginable behavior I didn’t know they were capable of.
To some extent, I need to speak out on these issues for evangelistic reasons, as the world needs to see a pastor address such behavior. Unbelievers think that the “rare” extremist is what Christianity looks like because they have seen the same posts I have. I also need to speak out to save myself. If I allow this kind of stuff to go on without saying anything, then I become complacent—and I can’t handle that. People need to know that Christians aren’t all like that. They need to know that Jesus looks different than what’s being presented to them.
To represent God wrongly is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain, and it was such a big deal to God that he made it one of the Ten Commandments. In the Old Testament, the Israelites bore the name of Yahweh just by being Israelites. Wherever they went and whatever they did, they were to be a specific representation of the name Yahweh. They were to have the character of Yahweh, do justice like Yahweh, farm like Yahweh, party like Yahweh, and take care of the oppressed like Yahweh. They failed over and over and over again until Yahweh eventually divorced his abusive wife, Israel. They had not done a good job of portraying Yahweh to the world, and they had taken his name in vain through their misrepresentation. Christians do the same thing.
So why do I speak about justice to a world that doesn’t always want to hear about it?
I speak because someone has to bear witness to it.
#biblicalJustice #ChristianExtremism #ChristianWitness #Christianity #church #ChurchAccountability #evangelism #faithAndPolitics #injustice #Israel #Jesus #justice #misrepresentingJesus #OldTestament #pastoralMinistry #propheticWitness #religiousHypocrisy #silenceAndComplicity #socialJustice #standInTheBreach #takingTheLordSNameInVain #tenCommandments #TheChurch #Yahweh -
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations #ReligiousHypocrisy
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/quiet-collapse-southern-baptist-convention/ -
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations #ReligiousHypocrisy
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/quiet-collapse-southern-baptist-convention/ -
He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations #ReligiousHypocrisy
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/quiet-collapse-southern-baptist-convention/ -
🧵2/3 An Eternal, Unforgivable Sin II
#ReligiousHypocrisy #USAID #SaveForeignAid
https://x.com/ablueview/status/1888717023150051512?s=61 -
🧵2/3 An Eternal, Unforgivable Sin II
#ReligiousHypocrisy #USAID #SaveForeignAid
https://x.com/ablueview/status/1888717023150051512?s=61 -
🧵2/3 An Eternal, Unforgivable Sin II
#ReligiousHypocrisy #USAID #SaveForeignAid
https://x.com/ablueview/status/1888717023150051512?s=61 -
🧵2/3 An Eternal, Unforgivable Sin II
#ReligiousHypocrisy #USAID #SaveForeignAid
https://x.com/ablueview/status/1888717023150051512?s=61 -
🧵2/3 An Eternal, Unforgivable Sin II
#ReligiousHypocrisy #USAID #SaveForeignAid
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The Religious Right's Freedom of Religion:
All religions are equal but some are more equal than others.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ABlueView
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The Religious Right's Freedom of Religion:
All religions are equal but some are more equal than others.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ABlueView
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The Religious Right's Freedom of Religion:
All religions are equal but some are more equal than others.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ABlueView
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The Religious Right's Freedom of Religion:
All religions are equal but some are more equal than others.
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ABlueView
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How Long Before Gaetz Runs For Governor Of FL? #ABlueView
#ThePartyOfFamilyValuesWhenItsConvenient #GOPHypocrisy #ReligiousHypocrisy
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How Long Before Gaetz Runs For Governor Of FL? #ABlueView
#ThePartyOfFamilyValuesWhenItsConvenient #GOPHypocrisy #ReligiousHypocrisy
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How Long Before Gaetz Runs For Governor Of FL? #ABlueView
#ThePartyOfFamilyValuesWhenItsConvenient #GOPHypocrisy #ReligiousHypocrisy
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How Long Before Gaetz Runs For Governor Of FL? #ABlueView
#ThePartyOfFamilyValuesWhenItsConvenient #GOPHypocrisy #ReligiousHypocrisy
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Speaker Mike Johnson just vowed "massive health care changes" if Trump wins, with “No ObamaCare”!
Vote #HarrisWalz2024
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Speaker Mike Johnson just vowed "massive health care changes" if Trump wins, with “No ObamaCare”!
Vote #HarrisWalz2024
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Speaker Mike Johnson just vowed "massive health care changes" if Trump wins, with “No ObamaCare”!
Vote #HarrisWalz2024
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Speaker Mike Johnson just vowed "massive health care changes" if Trump wins, with “No ObamaCare”!
Vote #HarrisWalz2024
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Who is more dangerous to children, clergy or drag queens?
Based on this free NYTimes story, I think its quite clear it’s not the queens: https://tinyurl.com/5fbpu5k6
#ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #Projection #DragHysteria #GayRights #TransRights #ABlueView
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Who is more dangerous to children, clergy or drag queens?
Based on this free NYTimes story, I think its quite clear it’s not the queens: https://tinyurl.com/5fbpu5k6
#ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #Projection #DragHysteria #GayRights #TransRights #ABlueView
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Who is more dangerous to children, clergy or drag queens?
Based on this free NYTimes story, I think its quite clear it’s not the queens: https://tinyurl.com/5fbpu5k6
#ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #Projection #DragHysteria #GayRights #TransRights #ABlueView
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Who is more dangerous to children, clergy or drag queens?
Based on this free NYTimes story, I think its quite clear it’s not the queens: https://tinyurl.com/5fbpu5k6
#ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #Projection #DragHysteria #GayRights #TransRights #ABlueView
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Who is more dangerous to children, clergy or drag queens?
Based on this free NYTimes story, I think its quite clear it’s not the queens: https://tinyurl.com/5fbpu5k6
#ReligiousHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #Projection #DragHysteria #GayRights #TransRights #ABlueView
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Unhappy with the state of the border today? Blame Donald Trump who killed a strong border bill because it would give a win to the Democrats.
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #ABlueView
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Unhappy with the state of the border today? Blame Donald Trump who killed a strong border bill because it would give a win to the Democrats.
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #ABlueView
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Unhappy with the state of the border today? Blame Donald Trump who killed a strong border bill because it would give a win to the Democrats.
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #ABlueView
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Unhappy with the state of the border today? Blame Donald Trump who killed a strong border bill because it would give a win to the Democrats.
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #ABlueView
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Unhappy with the state of the border today? Blame Donald Trump who killed a strong border bill because it would give a win to the Democrats.
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #EvangelicalHypocrisy #ABlueView
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"The busy Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz ... has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century." https://laloalcaraz.com
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #GOPracism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #GOPExtremism #ABlueView
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"The busy Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz ... has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century." https://laloalcaraz.com
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #GOPracism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #GOPExtremism #ABlueView
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"The busy Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz ... has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century." https://laloalcaraz.com
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #GOPracism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #GOPExtremism #ABlueView
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"The busy Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz ... has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century." https://laloalcaraz.com
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #GOPracism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #GOPExtremism #ABlueView
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"The busy Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz ... has been chronicling the ascendancy of Latinos in the U.S. for over a quarter-century." https://laloalcaraz.com
#Immigration #Migrants #WhiteNationalism #GOPracism #ReligiousHypocrisy #GOPHypocrisy #GOPExtremism #ABlueView
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Funny how all the "smart" media pundits keep insisting that Trump's immigration strategy is his best way to win even though:
* It failed in '18, '20 & '22: caravans are coming!
* Now, 2/3 of voters disapprove & think he's fear mongering
#TrumpIsRacist #GOPRacists #ReligiousHypocrisy #ABlueView -
Funny how all the "smart" media pundits keep insisting that Trump's immigration strategy is his best way to win even though:
* It failed in '18, '20 & '22: caravans are coming!
* Now, 2/3 of voters disapprove & think he's fear mongering
#TrumpIsRacist #GOPRacists #ReligiousHypocrisy #ABlueView -
Funny how all the "smart" media pundits keep insisting that Trump's immigration strategy is his best way to win even though:
* It failed in '18, '20 & '22: caravans are coming!
* Now, 2/3 of voters disapprove & think he's fear mongering
#TrumpIsRacist #GOPRacists #ReligiousHypocrisy #ABlueView -
Funny how all the "smart" media pundits keep insisting that Trump's immigration strategy is his best way to win even though:
* It failed in '18, '20 & '22: caravans are coming!
* Now, 2/3 of voters disapprove & think he's fear mongering
#TrumpIsRacist #GOPRacists #ReligiousHypocrisy #ABlueView -
Funny how all the "smart" media pundits keep insisting that Trump's immigration strategy is his best way to win even though:
* It failed in '18, '20 & '22: caravans are coming!
* Now, 2/3 of voters disapprove & think he's fear mongering
#TrumpIsRacist #GOPRacists #ReligiousHypocrisy #ABlueView -
The GOP cult, I mean convention, ends tonight. Sorry there isn't enough lipstick in the world to make their "pig" appear moderate.
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #MAGARepublicans #ConspiracyTheories #WeaponizingStupidity #TrumpCult #ABlueView
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The GOP cult, I mean convention, ends tonight. Sorry there isn't enough lipstick in the world to make their "pig" appear moderate.
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #MAGARepublicans #ConspiracyTheories #WeaponizingStupidity #TrumpCult #ABlueView
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The GOP cult, I mean convention, ends tonight. Sorry there isn't enough lipstick in the world to make their "pig" appear moderate.
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #MAGARepublicans #ConspiracyTheories #WeaponizingStupidity #TrumpCult #ABlueView
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The GOP cult, I mean convention, ends tonight. Sorry there isn't enough lipstick in the world to make their "pig" appear moderate.
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #MAGARepublicans #ConspiracyTheories #WeaponizingStupidity #TrumpCult #ABlueView
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The Separation between Church & State is becoming smaller & smaller. Do you think the fact it's happening in the poorest, least educated states is just a coincidence?
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #ABlueView
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The Separation between Church & State is becoming smaller & smaller. Do you think the fact it's happening in the poorest, least educated states is just a coincidence?
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #ABlueView
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The Separation between Church & State is becoming smaller & smaller. Do you think the fact it's happening in the poorest, least educated states is just a coincidence?
#ChristianNationalism #ReligiousHypocrisy #SeparationOfChurchAndState #AmericanTaliban #Theocracy #ABlueView
