They're using this to provoke challenges against the wall of separation between church and state. They feel confident, with good reason, that the christofascist majority on the Supreme Court will reinterpret our Constitution to eliminate that law.
I have no idea why anyone would come here and think it's okay to defend any religion.
I've read them, and I used to preach from them. When you read them critically rather than reverentially, Jesus was a dick.
Would you like to see some examples?
The canonical gospels, where thought crime is first introduced into the religion? Where the founder of the religion declares that everyone who doesn't agree with him is doomed to eternal torture? Are you sure that's an argument you want to make?
They passed separate aid packages for Ukraine and Israel. They could have done all the aid packages in one lump, but House Republicans voted it down on Trump's orders.
The speculation is that with Trump's criminal trial in session in New York, he doesn't have the capacity to micromanage Republicans on the Hill. So this was Magic Mike's first opportunity to pass the bill unobstructed, even if it required Democrats to assist.
And they'll kill to get it.
MAGA is disgusting, yes. But sacrilege, like blasphemy, is a victimless crime. So what's the problem?
That verse is too vague. Every Christian thinks it applies to them, especially conservatives.
I don't agree with that statement, because both on paper and in practice, Christianity is no better or worse than Islam. The only reason Christians aren't slaughtering homosexuals and transgender people the same way is because they've been leashed by secularism. It's not that they haven't or don't want to again. It's that they know they can't get away with it -- yet.
Look at organizations like Seven Mountains and other Dominionist groups promoting Christian Nationalism. It's not a coincidence that Kevin Swanson regularly sees Republican office holders at his "Kill the Gays" rallies. They don't hate Islamic theocracies because of the theocracy part. It's that they're jealous of their religious power and want to surpass it.
The real tragedy is that we have some real world examples of exactly this attitude.
Do you think they’ll go away if Trump fails to take the White House?