Anonymous landtrust 21w

Because it gives them purpose to “fight back”

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Anonymous landtrust 21w

Like every year around this time they get so angry about what, ppl who don’t participate? I mean damn man

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Anonymous OP 21w

The Christians I know get a lot happier this time of year

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Anonymous #3 21w

-mainstream media

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Anonymous #3 21w

Is this a bit

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Anonymous #3 21w

i mean jesus was 100% a brown man, but that's a fact not some woke thing lmao you sound crazy

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Anonymous #5 21w

The endless debates about his ethnicity are rly something. Ppl actually seem to think he was white, and not that this image was adopted for cultural purposes

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Anonymous #6 21w

I didn’t know anything. I was a young kid. All I knew was there were rainbow flags and open support for some kids, and yet when I would voice something religiously based I was told I was anti-science, and ridiculed by my peers. My teachers never did anything to help. I’m not saying I’m indicative of a larger trend, I’m just one example, but being discriminated against because of your religion is still common.

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I grew up in the LA suburbs, but yeah while most of the nation is “Christian” I feel like a lot of it is performative and they don’t actually follow Christ they just go through the motions of it, or say they’re Christian but only go to church for easter. Most of the churches I’ve been to around here though have seen declining membership over the decades

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For me personally, I don’t really see how believing in evolution or how you think the world was created is relevant in daily life. For most Americans outside of a few hard science fields it doesn’t matter what theory you subscribe too. I personally have no issue with evolutionary theory but I’ve always found it a silly thing to fight over.

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The main things I’ve taken issue with though are in my history classes. I had a class once where they repeatedly listed Christian atrocities like the Crusades or the Inquisition for example. But when it came to Islam we only mentioned the golden age of Islam, where we credited them for significant scientific advancements. I am not seeking to erase history but at least be fair. Islamic states also saw massive amounts of slavery, while Christian states were not defined only by the crusades

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I have no idea where in the Bible it says the earth is flat. But let’s be serious here I mean are most Americans really denying care because of evolutionary beliefs? It’s really not that significant, and for the ones who do it is their religious prerogative to do so. The Supreme Court has affirmed that several times. I know like some people take it further and they’ll refuse things like blood but that really isn’t a lot of people.

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More people are probably persuaded by whatever RFK says veiled in whatever “science” he cites than religious texts. Those people probably tend to be more religious but there is an attempt to use “science” as a reasoning tool

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That said, I personally don’t really have major disagreements with science though. There’s no reason why an all-powerful God couldn’t have made the earth through phenomenon we observe in Space, or that humanity couldn’t have been shaped through evolutionary processes we see here

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My background is political science and it’s amazing generally speaking how performative many Americans are with everything. My favorite example is all those people with “we the people” merch. I doubt most of them have read the Constitution. Unfortunately that trend is in the Church too. I know many who claim to be Christian but refuse to act Christlike.

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I belong to the more traditional conservative wing of my party and one of the standard bearers of that movement, Barry Goldwater said, among other things in the matter, “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 think the political world of today has shown that to be a prudent statement.

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Unfortunately my wing of the party is rapidly deteriorating. I’ve been cancelled by my county party for not being “ideologically pure”… it was my understanding that cancel culture was something we were against as a party but I guess not. I was at TPUSAs AMFEST and I was troubled by what I saw there. We are quickly becoming populist, abandoning actual conservative foundations. I doubt anyone in there read Burke for example.

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I fear we are rapidly eroding the constitution in this age of populist dogma. It seeks an easy outlook on the world rather than a principled policy approach. I mean Heritage Foundation, which was supposed to be a conservative bulwark, has called for the expansion of the Executive branch and weakening legislative primacy. There is nothing conservative in my view about eroding constitutional norms and the seperation of powers

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Anonymous #4 21w

lol he was white

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Anonymous #3 21w

when did straight up denying facts become a thing

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It sucks because it almost feels like watching Rome burn. I mean I’m only 19 and there’s a sort of desperation among the other interns and staffers in my wing. We have little institutional power and in almost every realm actual conservative leadership has been snubbed by the populist right. At the same time I do feel the nation is in deep crisis. I do feel a return to Constitutional norms and prudent economic policy could fix many issues we see today, but there is little political will to do so

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