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He cited, as supposed evidence, the decline of national church attendance and the rise of LGBTQ youth — the fact, Johnson lamented, that “one-in-four high school students identifies as something other than straight.”

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[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I remember some YouTubers talking about how SBF was only capable of doing what he did because he had no moral compass and that his philosophy of Effective Altruism was the culprit. The they went on about how Christianity was the way to go. I'm like, you guys never met a Christian that used their God to justify anything? It's absolutely crazy.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Is god's wrath measurable? Like, natural disaster rates or something? The gulf states sure get a lot of floods and hurricanes.

[-] DreBeast@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Just you, Mike. Just you

[-] DannyMac@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Can we start our own country? I wonder if we can terraform the great pacific garbage patch...

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[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ssshh. They're using their imagination.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Talking to pastor Jim Garlow on a broadcast of the World Prayer Network, Johnson spoke ominously of America facing a “civilizational moment.” He said, “The only question is: Is God going to allow our nation to enter a time of judgment for our collective sins?

NAR leaders embrace “dominionism,” the concept that Christians are supposed to rise and rule over “the nations,” in order to bring the globe into a biblical alignment, in preparation for the second coming of Jesus.

In 2008, he played a leading role in promoting the passage of Prop 8 — a California initiative, rooted in anti-gay bigotry that for a time outlawed same-sex marriages in the state.

And with the power of God and the global praying church behind you, you shall recover all that the enemies have stolen.” (Separately, Garlow was dismissing the ideology of the incoming Biden-Harris ticket as “anti-Christ, anti-Biblical to its core.”)

The early-morning event was attended by leading Charismatic figures like the Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn and former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, as well as more than a dozen members of Congress — including then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

The doleful day began with a bleat of a ram’s horn and introductory words from Garlow, who welcomed “Americans repenting for the sins of our nation.” Garlow then presented a stark warning, invoking two biblical kingdoms of Israel that he said squandered heavenly favor only to have God “take them out.” America, he suggested, was on that same path: “Present-day Americans do not consider the possibility that God could…” He stopped dramatically asking the assembly to “finish the sentence.”


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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Whatever happened to all the American leftists who love second amendment and love to quote Marx's 'Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary'?

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

You on the right post? Or are you saying we should commit an insurrection over who got elected into office? Because that didn’t go so well the last time it was tried

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I'm asking why do self proclaimed leftists say those things but do nothing when their country is sliding into fascism?

Don't forget that MAGAt lawmakers in Ohio are ignoring the voters in recent abortion rights amendment and not a single republican as called them out on it.

So please don't equate this to MAGA cultists rejecting results of legitimate elections. GOP is time and again undermining the American democracy.

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