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40. that really doesn't explain much but I'll have to read the whole piece

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BuzzFeed People Are Genuinely Confused How MAGA Christians Justify Their Behavior, And This New Term Explains Everything [View all] applegrove Oct 2025 OP

Too lazy to think for oneself. Too spineless to take responsibility for one's choices. RockRaven Oct 2025 #1

Thankfully it is not all over the place in Canada. Though there does seem to be money for evangelical applegrove Oct 2025 #3

It isn't 'laziness' or 'spinelessness' Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #31

My question WmChris Oct 2025 #33

"and author of A Well-Trained Wife" chouchou Oct 2025 #2

my dear friend's mother gave her a set of cast iron pans for her wedding. mopinko Oct 2025 #7

Nice heavy, well oiled cast-iron pans work beautifully chouchou Oct 2025 #9

My MIL would agree with you... she had one, and managed to find a way to use it slightlv Oct 2025 #18

Not an idiot. She wrote about her escape from abusive Christian fundamentalism Scrivener7 Oct 2025 #36

I understand. chouchou Oct 2025 #43

In other words white supremacist Theocracy malaise Oct 2025 #4

Precisely. File under B.See Oct 2025 #44

All fundamentalists are nuts Henry203 Oct 2025 #5

You can't spell "fundamentalist" without "mental". nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #11

The people are not all nuts. Some of them walk the walk. applegrove Oct 2025 #12

Those who aren't nuts walk the walk of Christianity and Christ. slightlv Oct 2025 #19

I use the 80/20 rule a lot in life (Pareto or ABC Analysis) FHRRK Oct 2025 #42

Good read. Thanks. mobeau69 Oct 2025 #6

i make do with patriarchy Tetrachloride Oct 2025 #8

The morality of a concentration camp guard DBoon Oct 2025 #10

There's no such thing as a MAGA Christian, full stop. flvegan Oct 2025 #13

It's been suggested that the God of the Old Testament is the Devil of the New ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #14

The Bible... especially the Old Testament... slightlv Oct 2025 #22

The look of shock when I tell people that King James may have been gay.... Xolodno Oct 2025 #41

Whatever it takes... ultralite001 Oct 2025 #15

So they don't see Jesus in that role? dobleremolque Oct 2025 #16

Vertical morality? I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2025 #38

Ah, the Fuhrer Prinzip by yet another name...'vertical morality.' n/t PatrickforB Oct 2025 #17

I noticed long ago and left religion because they keep increasing the list of who and what is unacceptable. nt ShazamIam Oct 2025 #20

May explain a lot, but not everything... Fil1957 Oct 2025 #21

Those who do not understand need to read a little history Raven123 Oct 2025 #23

A vertical, up and down MAGA motherfucker with mush mouthed morality. Piss on those fucking turds. SoFlaBro Oct 2025 #24

"Horizontal morality prioritizes the well-being of our neighbors, communities and personal relationships," Ajoy explaine BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #25

In other words, they have boundaries that don't allow morality in bucolic_frolic Oct 2025 #26

Don't you think mgardener Oct 2025 #27

External locus of control people in extremis JCMach1 Oct 2025 #28

In other words, CINOs al bupp Oct 2025 #29

Their Christianity is a political identity. Their doctrine has no basis in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #30

Which is why MAGA can be seen as the secular arm of the Southern Evangelicals Metaphorical Oct 2025 #34

There are two major groups of 'Christians' in our country; Christians of faith and Political Christians Norrrm Oct 2025 #32

The Problem hildegaard28 Oct 2025 #35

So does that mean the Catholics among them will be obeying Pope Leo? Scrivener7 Oct 2025 #37

He's generally liked by the US Bishops. For Now ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #39

I'm convinced Dolan has someone chained in a basement somewhere. He gives me the willies. Scrivener7 Oct 2025 #45

I wonder if it's possible to check with the church or local PD in parishes he's worked if he's had complaints ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #47

Apparently when Dolan was archbishop of Milwaukee, he hid $57 million of diocesan money so it wouldn't Scrivener7 Oct 2025 #48

The Vatican Bank has a long history of shady transactions going all the way back to the Medici family. ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #49

that really doesn't explain much but I'll have to read the whole piece LymphocyteLover Oct 2025 #40

Like slaves. They know their place. Kid Berwyn Oct 2025 #46