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Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 10:04 PM Feb 2017

My modest proposal to right wing Christians.

Trump is installing people to cabinet positions who are hostile to the departments they will be tasked with overseeing. Supposedly this is so they can dismantle them. I hear no outcry from right wing Christians who oddly seem to love Trump, despite him being just about as non Christian a figure as you can get. So I want to make a proposal. Since none of this seems to bother you. I'm assuming you would be ok installing atheists like me to positions of power within your churches. If so I volunteer

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My modest proposal to right wing Christians. (Original Post) Locut0s Feb 2017 OP
Seems reasonable rurallib Feb 2017 #1
Lol a sad truth... Locut0s Feb 2017 #2

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
1. Seems reasonable
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 10:18 PM
Feb 2017

Maybe you could start applying for pastor openings at those evangelical churches.

I don't think knowledge of religion is required from what I have seen.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
2. Lol a sad truth...
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 11:31 PM
Feb 2017

While I would still remain an atheist, as being an atheist is an important component of my world view, I would be much more amenable to level headed discussions if more christian leaders actually espoused the christian ideals of compassion and forgiveness.

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