How (And Why) The Right Stole Christianity

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When has the right ever not owned religion?
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?

Hey man are you ever gonna explain your drive by shitpost in that topic where people mentioned that the right can't define what woke is, and you went "Wahhhh you define it liberals!" then you ran away once several people did? Did ya find your backbone?
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?

There's been many times when religion has been associated with radical reformist and even revolutionary left wing or at least populist movements. For example, the Progressive era was heavily associated with dominant strains of protestant Christianity. Before that, many peasant rebellions in Europe were inspired by a Christian socialist tradition.

The almost total capture of the "Christian" identity and political expression by the right is largely a 20th century thing.
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?

Pre-Reagan. Barry Goldwater, a prominent Republican who ran against LBJ in the 60s, would eventually support gay rights, abortion, environmental protections, and legalized marijuana. He saw the rise of the religious right coming and said...

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."

Fast forward 16 years and you get Ronald Reagan and the "moral majority" allying, and this country's never been the same.
Religion, often being vague, or open to interpretation, can and will be co-opted by anyone wishing do so.
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Murphiroth posted...
Hey man are you ever gonna explain your drive by shitpost in that topic where people mentioned that the right can't define what woke is, and you went "Wahhhh you define it liberals!" then you ran away once several people did? Did ya find your backbone?
Are you the same dude who's been following me around with this random bullshit for weeks or are there multiples or you? It's fucking weird and you or someone else got modded for doing it before.
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?

Uhh

You know that small time period from about when Jesus was alive to around I wanna say, oh, the mid 1900's?

Just that small stretch of time.
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itachi15243 posted...
Uhh

You know that small time period from about when Jesus was alive to around I wanna say, oh, the mid 1900's?

Just that small stretch of time.
And for how many of those years was the American political right wing active?
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nekrodev posted...
Religion, often being vague, or open to interpretation, can and will be co-opted by anyone wishing do so.
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There was plenty of religious right-wing crap in our country before the 1900s, as well. And outside of our own country, religious right-wing type stuff has been a pretty big constant in a lot of countries in the last 2000 years.
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specialkid8 posted...
Are you the same dude who's been following me around with this random bullshit for weeks or are there multiples or you? It's fucking weird and you or someone else got modded for doing it before.

I've asked you about it like twice lmao, and haven't been modded.

Don't say shit if you can't back it up. You're the one who posted the random bullshit and then fled the topic. It's not really weird that people happen to remember the dumb shit you've posted.

Someone with a functional memory truly is the worst enemy of people like you.
the right snagged christianity when they figured out how to warp theology and turn it into ideology.
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Murphiroth posted...
Hey man are you ever gonna explain your drive by shitpost in that topic where people mentioned that the right can't define what woke is, and you went "Wahhhh you define it liberals!" then you ran away once several people did? Did ya find your backbone?

The answer is: nope.
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nekrodev posted...
There was plenty of religious right-wing crap in our country before the 1900s, as well. And outside of our own country, religious right-wing type stuff has been a pretty big constant in a lot of countries in the last 2000 years.
Hell, the Puritans who settled in what became the US were kicked out of the UK for being too right-wing (or the equivalent of such a thing back then).
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shit, i forgot to watch this last night.
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nekrodev posted...
shit, i forgot to watch this last night.

Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed.
Haven't watched yet but will say this is a better tactic for atheists to acknowledge Christianity actually teaches people to be good and preach that the Christianity they dislike is perverted form of it. It is also easy to do since Jesus main thing is to love your neighbor, help the poor etc.
itachi15243 posted...
Uhh

You know that small time period from about when Jesus was alive to around I wanna say, oh, the mid 1900's?

Just that small stretch of time.
I'm not sure what you call that time in Europe where Catholicism brutally suppressed practically everyone and freedom of expression then.

America was founded by right wing religious nuts who found the already religiously right wing countries of europe too lax.
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?
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What does my post have to do with Trump and also sweet fucking Christ you're way off mark.
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I don't get why they still want Christianity. I thought Jesus was too "woke" for them.
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Murphiroth posted...
Hey man are you ever gonna explain your drive by shitpost in that topic where people mentioned that the right can't define what woke is, and you went "Wahhhh you define it liberals!" then you ran away once several people did? Did ya find your backbone?
He's a "centrist" from the Carolinas.
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GranAures posted...
I don't get why they still want Christianity. I thought Jesus was too "woke" for them.
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Whiterun_Guard_ posted...
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Oh, I know the reason. Just more a general statement that the party of "good Christian values, " and the people they appeal to, always seem to actively despise the very values of the person their claimed faith is named for.
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On the same topic, I plan on watching this documentary this weekend.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/27/bad-faith-documentary-christian-nationalism

By looking back on the half-century of Christian nationalist belief, organizing and action, the events of January 6 no longer seemed shocking, but the logical endpoint of anti-democratic ideals. It was unmistakable, once you looked in the right place and you listened to what people were saying, and you understood how to decode what they were saying, said Ujlaki. Little would you know that when they talk about recreating the kingdom of God on earth, they werent talking about something spiritual. They were talking about demolishing democracy so that God, ie themselves, could rule. "
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nekrodev posted...
Religion, often being vague, or open to interpretation, can and will be co-opted by anyone wishing do so.

Ultimately why religion should be ditched and replaced with humanism. At best its a waste of time, at worst we get theocracy.
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specialkid8 posted...
When has the right ever not owned religion?

I give you Catholic Liberation theology. There was a chance that Christianity could really do some good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_liberation_theology

The bells haven't stopped ringing yet.
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The why seems obvious. Massive numbers of people who have been heavily indoctrinated since birth to think and act as they are told. Most have show they are fine with bullshit that doesn't make any real sense or have any sort of proof as long as their pastor says that it's true.

It's not a war crime the first time.
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