2 questions that just kind of hit me as I was in the Blue Ridge/Shenandoah Valley area of VA*
1) Am I wrong to think that one of America's biggest threats are right wing Evangelical Christians.
South of Winchester, VA off of I-81 there are three huge crosses that are just plain creepy and on the side
a barn in the country somebody has a painting of Trump and Jesus with their arms around each other
along with a bunch of American, confederate, and Trump flags. Another "Trump Country" place had all the
Christian shit, rebel flags, American flags, Trump and anti-Biden stuff but he also had something about the
problems in Cuba are Joe Biden's fault.
2) And this got me thinking is Trump still working for Putin? Because by Trump's continuation of stirring
up shit weakens America by dividing us and that is what Putin wanted. I wonder if Trump is still in contact
with Russia/Putin and is getting his marching orders from them. (Trump does owe them tons of money.)
Or did the heat just get to me?
* Mt. Jackson/Woodstock area
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nationwide effort. Or at near West Virginia.
Coffindaffer's Crosses
Coffindaffer's Crosses in a pasture near Pluto, West Virginia in Raleigh County.
Crosses, crosses everywhere! Or so it would seem traveling through West Virginia.
Every few miles, groups of three crosses stand like sentinels along its roadways — a high gold cross flanked by two smaller light blue crosses. Most travelers recognize them as monuments to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, a central event in Christianity. But have you ever wondered where these crosses come from? Why they were raised? And who is responsible?
Bernard Coffindaffer, a Marine veteran and a native of Craigsville, West Virginia, was the man behind the crosses. It was his desire to remind people that Jesus had been crucified at Calvary to forgive their sins and that he’d be coming back again.
After leaving the military and earning a business degree from the University of Charleston, Coffindaffer worked in the oil industry. though he made his fortune founding a coal-washing business. After undergoing two heart by-pass operations, he liquidated his business.
Two years later he had a vision that sparked the building of the groups of crosses and spent the remainder of his life and money erecting 1,864 sets in 29 states, in the District of Columbia, and in Zambia and the Philippines. Land owners donated the sites, and Coffindaffer funded the construction. West Virginia was home to 352 sets of crosses — more than any other state. Most are visible from major highways, though some are tucked away in remote locations. He established the first set outside his hometown in Nicholas County.
All the crosses are made of Douglas Fir and weigh 400 pounds. At the height of his ministry, nine full-time employees were helping erect the crosses. His non-profit organization, "Crosses of Mercy – Cast Thy Bread Inc.," was run from the basement of his home.
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Author Jackie Carman Blankenship, a West Virginia native, presently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her two daughters and several furbabies.
As for the rest, it's the First Amendment at work. There's a famous barn next to I-5 near Centralia, Washington.
Rt. 42 south from Woodstock, VA close to the W.V.
Systems that have comforted Americans aren't necessarily threats unless those systems make it mandatory for you to join. (Their members think our side is manipulating them to join the smartypants sciency side). If they're live and let live systems, and don't get their members to see you as a threat, don't see them as a threat.
Re Putin, he's gonna do well in the money department with or without dirtydonnie. If you think you should give Putin/Trump another minute of your valuable life, dump some creek water on your head 'til no more questions hit you.
Enjoy the outdoors! 
when exacerbated, are causing some to become grave threats to civilization.
Religion can draw, organize and augment them, but it doesn't create. Our most pernicious influences are external, and those who gather influence and mold it. Plus, not all nazi types belong to a religion. And not all evangelicals are nazi types. And there aren't enough evangelicals to win national elections. They're a minority, even on the right. So, they've become awful, but they're not the explanation.
You can't get more basic than looking to geography, which strongly influences the forms societies and religions take. Just look at a political map of the world for confirmation that around the planet societies, and religions, in hot climates tend to develop and remain more conservative than ones in temperate climates. Then check that huge factor against a political map of the U.S.
Then maybe wonder about what global warming might have to do with the rise of RW extremism and nihilistic behaviors around the planet.
