• Zeppo@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    On X, formerly Twitter, he wrote: “My deepest hope is that Americans of all political persuasions can unite and agree that: 1. Jesus Christ is Lord 2. Satan is evil.”

    Uh, no dork, we’re not going to do that.

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      In a country with religious freedom as a base, not everyone is going to be part of the same religion and not should they be. The first item on his list is just blatantly un-American.

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        the funniest part is that the Founding Fathers, having just created the Constitution, decided to kick things off with a list of 10 Amendments, they called the Bill of Rights. a list of things that should apply to all citizens. the very first thing they put on their list of important shit, was the First Amendment itself, which states:

        Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

        so this shitbag doesn’t even know the First Amendment, written by the Founding Fathers, to the Constitution he swore to uphold on joining the military service.

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      Americans of all political persuasions can unite and agree that: 1. Jesus Christ is Lord

      no dork, we’re not going to do that.

      The next step is to claim that, since you don’t believe that JC is Lord, you’re not an American. And if you’re not an American, they’re fine with persecuting you.

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        Yep. Not even speculation. Look how upset they get when someone is sworn into office on something besides a bible, as if being a Christian is a requirement to hold office. No shame or second thoughts.

        There was a court case I read about decades ago in American Atheist, a publication by Madalyn O’Hair, who was a separation of church and state activist. It involved someone (maybe her?) testifying in a court case in Texas, and they didn’t want to swear on a bible. The judge determined that they couldn’t believe any testimony from someone who wouldn’t swear on a bible because they didn’t ‘believe in a future state of reward or punishment’… as in an afterlife in heaven or hell. Just nuts. That’s seriously the only thing keeping Christians moral? The threat of hell or promise of heaven?

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      1. Jesus Christ is Lord

      He is not, in any christian denomination lol. What a blasphemy!

      1. Satan is evil.

      Satan is a questionable topic, if they even exists in original scriptures. Before fic lit like Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy they didn’t get registered as their own entiity.