Christian Radicals More Dangerous Than Terrorists. Determined To MAKE US A Christian Nation.

[TheMastersNemesis]

There are elements in the US who are determined to make this country a nation run on Christian principles. They like Trump because he appears to be willing to help them in their cause. The have an insatiable thirst to make this a nation run on biblical principles with a Christian styled constitution.

They hide behind freedom of religion as they connive to take over institutions of government. The passage of aso many anti women reproductive laws is just on part of their entire agenda. The openly anti LGBT agenda becomes more clear with the new military ban for LGBT which was written by them. They want the country purged of these people in reality.

They believe that religion should be government. That there should be a marriage of religion and government just like there is in Islamic states like Iran. The citizenry must live by the dictums of the 10 Commandments and not the Bill of Rights.

[gratuitous]

1. Christian principles?

Principles like serve one another in love, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless, and take care of the sick, the widow and the orphan? Build a society where those who have much do not have too much and those who have little do not have too little? A place where lenders lend without worrying about whether they can be repaid, and where if someone sues you for your coat, you give them your shirt as well?

Those Christian principles? Or are you talking about naked oppression with a thin veneer of godly overtones that don't stand up to the least scrutiny? Because one of those things is not like the other.

[workinclasszero]

5. Thank you

Yes the religious right republican evangelicals want to force a theocracy on America but it has absolutely NOTHING to do with Jesus Christ as you so clearly spelled out in your post.

The fake Republican Jesus they worship is a fraud and a cover for power and money mad ravenous creatures that want an American Inquisition and dictatorship in this country.

[brooklynite]

7. Christian Principles? Absolutely...

You picked the elements that appealed to you, and ignored the others; just like they did.

[gratuitous]

9. There's a major difference

While others would really like to try to force me to subscribe to their belief system under pain of ostracism (at least) or death, I make no such demands on them.

And that's a very big difference. Too bad so many people can't quite make that out, having eyes but unable to see.

[brooklynite]

10. Actually, yes you do...

If you believe in the social welfare principles you espoused AS A MATTER OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, and advocate for taxes to pay for them, you're imposing your religious principles on those opposed to them.

I, for one, am happy to advocate for them, just not because "god says so".

[gratuitous]

11. So, it's okay if you force your beliefs on others

But you'll oppose anyone who agrees with you if it's done for the "wrong" reason.

That's an almost comically high purity test right there.

[brooklynite]

12. "Forcing your beliefs on others" is the essence of representative Democracy...

The problem with forcing beliefs based on religion is that "god says so" doesn't allow for a thoughtful debate of the pros and cons.

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. There Is A Dominionist & Christian Deconstructionist Element That Has Clearly Stated Its Agenda.

This radical element is clearly determined. Under Trump radical Christian inroads have already been made. And he encourages them every day. Pence was placed as VP for a reason. And he secretly advances their agenda.

The anti LGBTQ agenda clearly wants these people either in jail or out of the US or in a position where they have no say politically. These radical Christians really have pogrom in mind if they ever get real power.

Belief for them is not a matter of choice. It is a requirement for political participation in their kind of country.

[MichMary]

4. They are so few in number

as to be completely insignificant and totally powerless.

[MichMary]

3. Correcting misinformation:

The ban is not on all LGBT in the military. It's on transgendered people who

may require substantial medical treatment, including medications and surgery

and it does not apply to

people who have been "stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex prior to accession," servicemembers who "do not require a change of gender" and troops who started serving under the Obama administration's policy prior to the new memo.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/23/politics/transgender-white-house/index.html

[TheMastersNemesis]

13. True Enough However They Do Not Want Gays Either.

[Initech]

6. And that's why so many of them are in the White House right now.

They simply think the White House is theirs (it isn't) and that is fucking scary.

[Iggo]

8. "Christian radical" and "terrorist" are not mutually exclusive terms.

There's some real easy overlap there.