#ChristoFascism

[theconcealedweapon]

Parents think it's a sin for their children to disobey them. Parents think it's okay to assault their children in order to instill the fear of God in them.

Those parents are prime examples of using the lord's name in vain. But they don't want their children to know that. So they instead invent some bullshit definition.

[liberalsarecool]

Republican theology is multi-level marketing for truly disgusting people.

Attacking a bishop defending the vulnerable to protect Trump's fragile fetid ego?

Trump is an abuser. Calling the Bishop nasty is his go-to move he learned as a toddler.

You follow Trump? You deserve his blackheart.

[creature-wizard]

Something I want people to keep in mind going forward - the Republican party has been empowered by a certain strain of Evangelical Christianity, and this strain of Evangelical Christianity uses a number of myths to perpetuate itself, including:

Christianity is uniquely capable of providing freedom, peace, and security.

Without Christianity, society would fall into into chaos and ruin.

Jesus was clearly and unambiguously prophesied in the Old Testament hundreds of times, therefore Christianity is the only valid religion.

The gospels are inerrant eyewitness accounts.

And like... none of these are true. Some of them, you can see for yourself just by reading the Bible and paying close enough attention. (There's some notable discrepancies and contradictions in the Gospels that rule out the possibility of eyewitness accounts, and if you read the passages allegedly prophesying Jesus in context, you can see that Christians ripped them out of context and frequently ignored material that would preclude Jesus as the Messiah, like prophecies of temple sacrifices in the Messianic Age.)

Some of them, you can see for yourself just by looking around the world?? Like there's numerous countries that aren't heavily Christian, and like, they aren't necessarily perfect, but they aren't really doing worse than us, either??

Anyway, this strain of religion is used to keep people mindlessly obedient to the Christofascist party line, so it's important to challenge the myths - and if you're already Christian, be willing to open yourself up to hearing some things that might make you question your own beliefs.

[mckitterick]

Christofascist Republican calls LGBTQ people "filth" during public forum

The culture of hate among Christofascists recently led to the violent beating and subsequent death of Choctaw two-spirit teenager Nex Benedict in Oklahoma.

When questioned about how 50+ anti-LGBTQ bills might have affected this case, State Senator Tom Woods said,

“We are a Republican state - supermajority - in the House and Senate. I represent a constituency that doesn’t want that filth in Oklahoma.”

Several audience members clapped at his statement, while others appeared shocked.

“We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state - we are a moral state,” Woods said. “We want to ... let people be able to go to the faith they choose. We are a Republican state and I’m going to vote my district, and I’m going to vote my values, and we don’t want that in the state of Oklahoma.”

State Representative David Hardin added, “How you live your life personally, that’s between you and God... but what goes through our public schools - I will fall back on my faith. I want to make sure that at least the children in our public schools have that faith... what I want to make sure of is that our young children have the right to grow up with that faith."

After the forum, Woods reiterated his stance on the matter: "I support my constituency, and like I said, we’re a Christian state, and we are tired of having that shoved down our throat at every turn... I stand behind my statement, and I stand behind the Republican Party values."

When asked what he thought of Woods’ characterization of LGBTQ people as “filth,” State Senator Dewayne Pemberton said, “No comment.”

Again and again, today's christofascist Republicans (any other sort doesn't get elected these days) reveal that they want to indoctrinate public school kids into their own bigoted hatred, forcing children to hate anyone who doesn't subscribe to their narrow interpretation of their religious texts. Christofascists seek to impose their personal, misguided religious biases on the general public, including creating laws codifying hate and authoritarian control over the lives and bodies of everyone, not just others in their own religion.

Make no mistake, Nex Benedict's death was caused by christofascist indoctrination of the three girls who brutally beat Nex in that school bathroom. Nex Benedict's death was caused by the school failing to take their injuries seriously, by hate codified in Oklahoma state laws designed to harass LGBTQ folks and normalize bigotry against them, by Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters appointing hate-speech villain Chaya Raichik (responsible for "Libs of TikTok") to the Oklahoma Department of Education's Library Media Advisory Committee even though she doesn't live in the state (but he likes that she used Benedict's school and teacher for targeted hate). And on and on - it's a systematic attack on personal freedom and human rights - and the lives of queer folks.

Nex Benedict's death is exactly what christofascists seek through indoctrinating children into their hate that perpetuates bigotry into the future and forcing their religious fanaticism into the public sphere through unconstitutional laws built on hate and control.

Do you want to live in a theocracy dictated by those who narrowly interpret their personal religious texts to promote hate? Because as long as citizens fail to speak out against these harbingers of civilizational collapse, they'll only feel more and more emboldened to turn hate crimes into victories.

We must not let another of our people become victim of systemic bigotry. To protect children and end generational indoctrination, we must fire all public officials who subscribe to christofascist hatred and, when appropriate, prosecute them for the violence they incite.

If we fail to end the careers of hateful christofascists, we fail our children.

[elektroskopik]

[ex-catholic-in-new-england]

[theconcealedweapon]

That's because they believe suffering is what makes someone a good person. They believe the only way to get to heaven is to suffer on earth. That's why they get angry whenever someone tries to reduce suffering.

[liberalsarecool]

'Certain people deserve to die' says the fascist.

[ysabelmystic]

Not to be supporting Amazon, but if you have prime, you need to watch the Shiny Happy People documentary. It’s not just about the duggars. It offers essential details in understanding the rise of christofascism.

Please watch it. This is the kind of work that we need to support.

[elektroskopik]

[fuckyeahreligionpigeon]

[theconcealedweapon]

You'll notice that when Elon Musk misrepresents the autistic community by saying that his Nazi salute was an autistic stim, autistic people everywhere are openly outraged by the misrepresentation.

So when Christians are anti-LGBT and pretend that Jesus agrees with them, why is there so little outrage from most Christians? When a cop murders someone and acts like they were just doing their job, why is there so little outrage from the good cops and their supporters? Supposedly, they're being misrepresented. So why isn't there anywhere near as much outrage from them as there is from the autistic community when they're misrepresented?

Could it be because it's not a misrepresentation?

[liberalsarecool]

Dismantling white supremacy offends conservative Christians.

[miiishcambion]

My Republican father talks about how when Trump was president, the world respected us. He whined about how Biden made us weak, how other countries laughed at us because Biden wasn’t a real man and they weren’t afraid of him.

He is convinced that with Trump back in power, the world will respect and fear America because we have a real leader who doesn’t take shit. He thinks this makes us strong again.

I don’t know to talk to someone who is that deeply deluded.

[theozgnomian]

[victusinveritas]

Indiana...where Nazis can't be portrayed as "low moral character." Fucking Christ Goddamnitall.