I didn't think it would be possible for me to feel worse about everything... but then, yesterday's hearing. Omigod. What a horrible path are we on as a nation.
Can we talk for a moment about the radicalization in Christian churches? I'm so grateful you've had people on the pod, like Tim Alberta, who've talked about it. But so many other people have acted if this radicalization - this cult-like worship of guns, whiteness, and Trump - is an exception. Something over the past 30-40 years set the stage for this, where all of these "good people" view Trump as their "imperfect vessel" who will fulfill their bizarre end times nonsense. Why are these folks such fertile ground for this awfulness? Maybe there's something terribly wrong and terribly dark in the church and the people there.
Evangelical "Christian' churches more often than not no longer discuss service in Christ. Rather, Sunday is reserved for sermons, aka rabid diatribes, promoting Trump, guns, and white male patriarchal dominance. Evangelicalism has become a "political religion" hell bent on destroying American democracy.
Mark Shea had an article a couple of days ago on his blog "Stumbling toward Heaven" about the MAGA takeover of some rad-con Catholic groups. He had a cartoon near the end of it that chilled and terrified me - a blonde boy holding a gun wanting to die - his savior, Hitler. 1945 Germany is a study of mine, and it's beginnings. I see it everyday now with the MAGAs.
Roughly half of Mark's articles are on the MAGA takeover of many conservative religious groups. He has the stomach for reading and finding their horrors. And he calls them out in sometimes angry language.
I didn't think it would be possible for me to feel worse about everything... but then, yesterday's hearing. Omigod. What a horrible path are we on as a nation.
Can we talk for a moment about the radicalization in Christian churches? I'm so grateful you've had people on the pod, like Tim Alberta, who've talked about it. But so many other people have acted if this radicalization - this cult-like worship of guns, whiteness, and Trump - is an exception. Something over the past 30-40 years set the stage for this, where all of these "good people" view Trump as their "imperfect vessel" who will fulfill their bizarre end times nonsense. Why are these folks such fertile ground for this awfulness? Maybe there's something terribly wrong and terribly dark in the church and the people there.
Evangelical "Christian' churches more often than not no longer discuss service in Christ. Rather, Sunday is reserved for sermons, aka rabid diatribes, promoting Trump, guns, and white male patriarchal dominance. Evangelicalism has become a "political religion" hell bent on destroying American democracy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/evangelical-church-pastors-political-radicalization/629631/
Mark Shea had an article a couple of days ago on his blog "Stumbling toward Heaven" about the MAGA takeover of some rad-con Catholic groups. He had a cartoon near the end of it that chilled and terrified me - a blonde boy holding a gun wanting to die - his savior, Hitler. 1945 Germany is a study of mine, and it's beginnings. I see it everyday now with the MAGAs.
Wow! That's a powerful and horrible image. Thanks for the recommendation; I'll check it out.
Roughly half of Mark's articles are on the MAGA takeover of many conservative religious groups. He has the stomach for reading and finding their horrors. And he calls them out in sometimes angry language.