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One of the best protest signs ever (Original Post) Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP
That and... 2naSalit Aug 2019 #1
K&R for visibility lunamagica Aug 2019 #2
K and R. Stuart G Aug 2019 #3
I picture someone on the other side holding up a sign, "Too Long. Didn't Read." n/t zackymilly Aug 2019 #4
My image is similar. kag Aug 2019 #9
Obviously, not Supply Side Jesus... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #5
Great sign Gothmog Aug 2019 #6
Yep. Matthew 25. BOOM. calimary Aug 2019 #7
Yes it is DownriverDem Aug 2019 #8
Why do right wingers call themselves Christians when they do not follow any of Christ's teachings? SunSeeker Aug 2019 #10
It's their pseudo-respectable persona that they hide behind! pazzyanne Aug 2019 #12
Research sources homegirl Aug 2019 #17
Dominionism is in direct conflict with the teachings of Christ, not to mention the US Constitution. SunSeeker Aug 2019 #19
Too many words in the Bible they never read. CaptYossarian Aug 2019 #25
went to a church like that once. Those people believed all they had to do demigoddess Aug 2019 #30
K & R pazzyanne Aug 2019 #11
I've read that some Christian sects are reinterpreting Jesus Hortensis Aug 2019 #13
I've heard it called "victory" teaching. KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #15
A fusion of (corrupt) prosperity gospel and corrupted very, very old Hortensis Aug 2019 #16
Trump is not wealthy. Mr.Bill Aug 2019 #21
I know KentuckyWoman Aug 2019 #26
that smugness is them thinking that it only applies to the "right" kind of people Locrian Aug 2019 #27
Well, too much truth too often in the old saying that Hortensis Aug 2019 #29
And how many of the "Trump Christians" MyOwnPeace Aug 2019 #14
White Jesus says "hell yeah!" Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #18
The MAGA version of the sign. amb123 Aug 2019 #20
Too good not to tweet..... Historic NY Aug 2019 #22
K&R zentrum Aug 2019 #23
The 2nd last point is wrong; Spanky is getting a cut ! donkeypoofed Aug 2019 #24
This gave me a good idea for puke xmas gifts. The teachings of Jesus need to be refreshed for my UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #28
"I was thirsty . . . colorado_ufo Aug 2019 #31
Yep. There is that, too. calimary Aug 2019 #32

homegirl

(1,436 posts)
17. Research sources
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 12:58 PM
Aug 2019
on what they really are....

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Dominion theology - Wikipedia
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Dominion theology (also known as dominionism) is a group of Christian political ideologies that seek to institute a nation governed by Christians based on their ...
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Aug 18, 2016 ... That is, dominionism: a dynamic ideology that arose from the swirls and eddies of American evangelicalism to animate the Christian Right, and ...
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SunSeeker

(51,794 posts)
19. Dominionism is in direct conflict with the teachings of Christ, not to mention the US Constitution.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 01:12 PM
Aug 2019

"Conservative Christian" is an oxymoron.

demigoddess

(6,645 posts)
30. went to a church like that once. Those people believed all they had to do
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 09:05 PM
Aug 2019

was show up at church once a week and it made them superior to everyone else. And they talked of killing atheists and old women. Not my kind. I left.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. I've read that some Christian sects are reinterpreting Jesus
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:31 AM
Aug 2019

and his teachings so he's no longer liberal, but that he actually taught the need for expressing love and teaching God's will through all these actions.

I saw it when I asked a pair of neighbor women curiously and very courteously how something fit Jesus's teachings (they brought the subject up by invoking his name). What I got in return was an ostentatiously smug exchange of smiles and glances between two, indicating that my very question meant I would not be able to understand Jesus's moral teachings even if they tried to explain. Which they didn't.

Of course they couldn't. BUT, they knew they're right and so was Jesus "right."

Great sign anyway for all those who haven't corrupted a lifetime of religious belief to further political passions.

KentuckyWoman

(6,697 posts)
15. I've heard it called "victory" teaching.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 12:04 PM
Aug 2019

Basically, before his death, mankind needed to be the light in the world. Now that Jesus is risen, if we put enough faith in him, and claim victory, then we'll be skinny, rich and healthy. Anyone in need is seen as not faithful enough.

Joel Osteen is the perfect example of who that sort worship.


Trump is ostentatiously wealthy. They think that means he's anointed by Jesus.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
16. A fusion of (corrupt) prosperity gospel and corrupted very, very old
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 12:24 PM
Aug 2019

conservative beliefs (old as in included in virtually every old religion) about how the worthy are rewarded and the unworthy punished. That's very interesting, Kentucky. Thanks.

Of course there's real truth that behaviors tend to benefit or hurt depending, but a sensible observation of general causes and effects has been developed into the very un-sensible and immoral political ideology you describe that insists progressive government leads to spiritual and national degradation.

Add in God's grace, and you have the anointed among us. All courtesy of corruption of beliefs by anti-government/anti-taxation interests allied with corrupt religious leaders over decades, of course.

I'm going to look up victory teaching.




Mr.Bill

(24,358 posts)
21. Trump is not wealthy.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 03:00 PM
Aug 2019

He has offered not one shred of evidence or documentation that his net worth is a number above zero.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
27. that smugness is them thinking that it only applies to the "right" kind of people
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 04:21 PM
Aug 2019

And TBH a lot of the bible was written that way: It doesn't really mind when you're slaughtering in the name of god, etc. Just be nice to your *christian* brother.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
29. Well, too much truth too often in the old saying that
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 08:53 PM
Aug 2019

religion makes good people better and bad people worse.

MyOwnPeace

(16,951 posts)
14. And how many of the "Trump Christians"
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 11:56 AM
Aug 2019

don't even recognize the source of it (Matthew 25)? I'd be willing to bet that if you cited chapter and verses to many of them all you'd get is a blank stare....

amb123

(1,581 posts)
20. The MAGA version of the sign.
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 02:59 PM
Aug 2019
I was hungry - Starve!
I was thirsty - Drown!
I was a stranger - GTFO My Country!
I needed clothing and shelter - You don't deserve them!
I was sick - God hates you! Die!
I was in prison - You're an Enemy of the People!

Whatever you do to the White Race, you do to ME!

~ Trump.


I wish this was satire, but it unfortunately isn't.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
24. The 2nd last point is wrong; Spanky is getting a cut !
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 04:05 PM
Aug 2019

NO ONE makes money off a Trump decision without the Trumps profiting, too. That is well known.

I hope a journalist like Ronan Farrow is looking into exactly who's profiting now from them. They'd win a Pulitzer.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
28. This gave me a good idea for puke xmas gifts. The teachings of Jesus need to be refreshed for my
Sun Aug 11, 2019, 04:25 PM
Aug 2019

deplorable family members. Me the Atheist follows Jesus teachings more than they do!

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