âMy administration will never stop fighting for Americans of faith,â Trump said at the conclusion of an often freewheeling 75-minute speech. âWe will restore the faith as the true foundation of American life.â
âMy administration will never stop fighting for Americans of faith,â Trump said at the conclusion of an often freewheeling 75-minute speech. âWe will restore the faith as the true foundation of American life.â
The greatest moral failing of the liberal Christian church was its refusal, justified in the name of tolerance and dialogue, to denounce the followers of the Christian right as heretics. By tolerating the intolerant it ceded religious legitimacy to an array of con artists, charlatans and demagogues and their cultish supporters. It stood by as the core Gospel message—concern for the poor and the oppressed—was perverted into a magical world where God and Jesus showered believers with material wealth and power. The white race, especially in the United States, became God’s chosen agent. Imperialism and war became divine instruments for purging the world of infidels and barbarians, evil itself. Capitalism, because God blessed the righteous with wealth and power and condemned the immoral to poverty and suffering, became shorn of its inherent cruelty and exploitation. The iconography and symbols of American nationalism became intertwined with the iconography and symbols of the Christian faith. The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the mounting despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. These believers find in Donald Trump a reflection of themselves, a champion of the unfettered greed, cult of masculinity, lust for violence, white supremacy, bigotry, American chauvinism, religious intolerance, anger, racism and conspiracy theories that define the central beliefs of the Christian right. When I wrote “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America” I was deadly serious about the term “fascists.”
The evangelical magazine Christianity Today, by stating the obvious about Trump, that he is immoral and should be removed from office, became the latest recipient of the Christian right’s vicious and hypocritical backlash. (...)
And don't forget the letting and drinking of babies blood. I am not a Christian myself, but I seen em. Perhaps we could all learn from our Muslim friends in the middle east about tolerance and societal progression.
The greatest moral failing of the liberal Christian church
was its refusal, justified in the name of tolerance and dialogue, to
denounce the followers of the Christian right as heretics. By tolerating
the intolerant it ceded religious legitimacy to an array of con
artists, charlatans and demagogues and their cultish supporters. It
stood by as the core Gospel messageâconcern for the poor and the
oppressedâwas perverted into a magical world where God and Jesus
showered believers with material wealth and power. The white race,
especially in the United States, became Godâs chosen agent. Imperialism
and war became divine instruments for purging the world of infidels and
barbarians, evil itself. Capitalism, because God blessed the righteous
with wealth and power and condemned the immoral to poverty and
suffering, became shorn of its inherent cruelty and exploitation. The
iconography and symbols of American nationalism became intertwined with
the iconography and symbols of the Christian faith. The mega-pastors,
narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of
dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the mounting
despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization.
These believers find in Donald Trump a reflection of themselves, a
champion of the unfettered greed, cult of masculinity, lust for
violence, white supremacy, bigotry, American chauvinism, religious
intolerance, anger, racism and conspiracy theories that define the
central beliefs of the Christian right. When I wrote âAmerican Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on Americaâ I was deadly serious about the term âfascists.â
The evangelical magazine Christianity Today, by stating the obvious about Trump, that he is immoral and should be removed from office, became the latest recipient of the Christian rightâs vicious and hypocritical backlash. (...)
President Donald Trump's personal pastor and spiritual advisor Paula White is asking followers to give her $229 in order to receive "prophetic instruction" on how to defeat the enemies in their lives this November.
In an email to her newsletter subscribers Thursday, White said she has "prayerfully focused on November as a month for a victory over enemies" and said dark spiritual forces are stopping her believers from achieving a "complete breakthrough in every area of your life."
The request for money in exchange for this so-called prophetic instruction comes just two weeks after the Trump administration appointed White to head up the White House's new Faith & Opportunity Initiative, which was founded by executive order last year.
"I decree a prophetic instruction for a SUDDEN DEFEAT OVER YOUR ENEMIES! Victory is yours," said the email sent to White's followers on Thursday.
The priestsâ airborne assault on alcoholism in Tver fell on Russiaâs Sobriety Day, a non-official holiday on Sept. 11 with roots dating back to Tsarist times a century ago.
The priests have been flying over Tver on Sobriety Day every year since 2006. Previously, theyâve limited their aerial interventions to prayer. This year, they added holy water bombardment for extra firepower.
