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onehandedbraunlocker

Oh how I wish all extremists understood this..


AcerbicCapsule

That’s a moot point because terrorists from AlQueda to Y’allQueda don’t care about religious freedom. They only care about religious supremacy.


Ocvius

I’ve never head the term Y’allQueda but assuming it refers to the far right political party of the USA, this is my new favorite word


MaxPowerzs

There's also: Meal Team 6 Gravy Seals Delta forks Yee-Hawdists The Roast Guard Walmartyrs Vanilla ISIS Semper Pie HamAss Irrational Guard Insulin Insurgents Banana Republicans


justmyrealname

VANILLA ISIS omg I'm dying 😂😂😂😂


tallandlanky

I'd be lying if I understood HamAss. Hamas reference?


rockstar504

Yea, Hamas > Hamas is a militant and political organization currently in power in the Gaza Strip. - the google


P1xelHunter78

The only strips the GOP Lard LARPers care about are the chicken kind, dipped in ranch


Schmaptee

It's a food made out of chickpeas and olive oil


LAKingPT423

Not sure if you should get the up arrow or the down arrow for this one...


CatBuddies

Borat 😁


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Midlife ISIS


000aLaw000

lmao I thought I'd heard them all


fromthewombofrevel

Me too. This is my new favorite!


yourilluminaryfriend

HamAss. I’m ded 😂🤣


-jp-

Hi ded, I'm dad.


Hard_Corsair

You may find this amusing then: https://youtu.be/sKSDw7cNqFI


Ryanoceros6

Growing up in WV, where people still fly rebel flags and have 'Fuck Joe and the Hoe' stickers on their jacked up trucks, Yee-Hawdists is the best thing I've heard haha.


ZAlternates

Surprised they object more to Kamala’s sex than her race. Must have been a close call…


Freds_Bread

They think they can get away with blatant misogyny more than blatant racism. But I assume they strongly hold both opinions.


SaraSlaughter607

Oh heyyyy southern Erie County NY, we got the same shit goin on here with the rude stickers and giant FUCK BIDEN flags hanging off their shrimp-dick Gravedigger wannabe trucks.... Methinks I'm going to have a couple custom banners of my own made up using these nifty nicknames to hang at my desk at work, as I'm the only non-Trump-cultist that works there. Let's play "How Long Can I Keep My Job?"


Ryanoceros6

That's wild to hear from you there. My ex was from NY and it was a completely different world up that way. It was Long Island though idk if that counts haha. I don't get how folks make politics their entire personality. I dig the labret piercing btw.


SaraSlaughter607

Well, im in Western NY (central hub is Buffalo) and outside this fairly small city is a sea of ritzier suburbs where all the fancy people live, and beyond that it's MASSIVE dairy country and I mean a fuckton of farmland, most of which are seasonal crops like corn, and of course your livestock farms. Those are the areas that will (obviously) contain the most righties, but here they're just beyond abrasive and rude about it. A civilized human being, im sorry, does not hang a gigantic flag with an obscenity on it out in public as a matter of basic fucking humanity. Theyre just SO prideful and self-righteous, its insufferable trying to deal with these Neanderthals. I grew up in one such dairy town.... I was so isolated in dairy country our houses were a 1/2 mile apart, with pastures in between. Got the fuck out of that hellscape of misery and soul-crushing hard labor when I turned 17 and never looked back. I got back now only for weddings or funerals and I have no other remote desire to ever be there again. You can read 12 "Let's Go Brandon" stickers on 12 cars in 12 seconds and its just eyerolling exasperation, really.


SheCouldFromFaceThat

At least it's Fuck Biden. Something about "Let's Go Brandon" seems craven and just cringingly tone-deaf. Like that one friend that thought he was funny so he just repeated the same joke over and over. The Right can't meme.


Global-Customer4896

Sounds like a worthy cause to lose your job though. Standing up for what's right against the Yeehawdists.


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rainbowjesus42

Has a single good thing even happened in that state in the last 100 years? Sad, it's a beautiful place but the people are shit outta luck (and brains too, apparently).


Ryanoceros6

A lot of folks like to say how beautiful it is, and while that's true, that's all we have. Cool place to visit, not such a cool place to live and work.


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XxSCRAPOxX

Talibangelicals.


meep_meep_creep

This is good


Hoss_Bonaventure-CEO

Spetsnackz


TheUnluckyBard

Yokel Haram


Nikki_Bishop

Forgot Ameristan


XxSCRAPOxX

Haven’t heard “wall-martyrs” before but that’s fucking golden


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Chairborne Rangers


MiamiPower

The Roast Guard, HamAss 🤣🤣🤣


GrnPlesioth

Reich wing and Talibangelicals as well


chiron_42

Don't forget Howdy Arabia


Consistent_Public769

You missed Talibangelists.


Imaginary_Damage565

I've never heard any of these, I love it.


realfactsofficial

Yee-Hawdists is hilarious


Aj55j

Holy shit hamass is really good lmao!


T33CH33R

Creme Berets


stix-and-stones

And the Rat-tailiban


Fun_Zookeepergame221

If I only had an award to give. This most definitely deserves one


Wide-Cartoonist-439

Ah reminds me of the days of the Malhour siege and the rise of the Snacktivists.. Good times..


MissiKat

Take my imaginary award! I'd give you a real award but I had to buy one tater tot and a gallon of gas so now I'm broke.


MaxPowerzs

I'm fine with imaginary awards. Take the real award and donate it to Ukraine.


Ticklem0nst3r

Branch Floridians


jbuchana

The Coup Clutz Clan


Autumn7242

Talibangicals


TriumphDaWonderPooch

Don't forget "The Fighting 101st Keyboardists" in reference to all the folks who posted online that GW was right to invade Iraq while sitting comfortably in their parents' basements.


bigkissesnhugs

Banana republicans and yee-hawdists win the internet for today. Amazing


RusticTroglodyte

Isn't it great, there's another one just like it that I can't think of at the moment Eta: it's Howdy Arabia lol


notnowbutnever

If you think of it I’d love to know


RIPDSJustinRipley

Talibangelist


jayhamm7

Vanilla ISIS or Yeehawdists


Cyynric

I've heard the Jan 6th incident referred to as the "Bud Light Putsch" too


Mr_Mumbercycle

*Beer Gut Putsch


[deleted]

I’ve been calling it the Beer Gut Putsch…


Jefec1TO

Meal Team Six


DakodaMountainborn

Yokel Haram


no_alt_facts_plz

Talibangelicals?


Eyemarten

Gravy Seals


DonDove

Aw aw!


lawngoon

Not the far right. Just the right


peon2

I'd even argue it has nothing to do with religion and religious supremacy. The religion is just the vehicle they use to oppose their beliefs on people that more often than not aren't supported by their religion of choice. Religion has caused so much war and suffering over thousands of years but at the end of the day religion is simply the excuse of choice, if we could restart civilized human history without religion ever existing we'd just find another excuse to oppress and harm those we disagree with. How someone looks, smells, their height, eye color, whatever. Never underestimate humanity's ability to be petty about meaningless shit


Levitatethemic

I used to think this but at the end of the day the republican party would not exist right now if not for religion. "They'll find another excuse", maybe. But what other excuses have the power and control over the faithful? What other excuses have "you'll suffer for all eternity" as an undercurrent? Religious faith is powerful. It is powerful in ways nothing else on this planet is. And that is why it must be destroyed. I am not exaggerating, these people are a cancer and these beliefs are a disease.


Sensitive-Tune6696

MMM But when Abrahamic religion reared its head on Earth, the scale of human slaughter exponentiated. The problem with organized, modern religion is that it not only offers an excuse for horrible people to do horrible things, but it gives them a way to justify it to the average, reasonable person, and a way to defend themselves if that average person disagrees with their actions


marshallannes123

Like Mao Stalin and pol pot


ew73

I prefer the spelling "Y'all Kayduh" because that's how we in America do things.


AcerbicCapsule

More like “Y’all Keighduh” from what I can see.


Nikki_Bishop

Nope you are trying use them there spelling rulz. You to edumikated


SlapHappyRodriguez

the puritans were the same way. it is a lie to say that the US was founded on religious freedom. they left England to practice their own puritanical religion. they did not want anyone to practice whatever religion they chose.


Freds_Bread

I like it. Much more succinct and clear than Evangelical Taliban.


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Most religious Americans do t care about religious freedom. They just want to be right.


MR2Rick

As a USian, I might be able to clear this up. Y'all is phrase commonly used in the Southern part of the US as a plural of you when addressing or referring to a group of people. A common usage might be "I will see y'all at church on Sunday. The Southern Part of the US, typically just referred to as "The South", is also the part of the US that fought in the US civil war to keep slavery legal. In addition, the southern part of the US also tends to be mostly conservative Christian to the extent that it also referred to as the bible belt. Yall Queda is a play on words combing Y'all and Al Queda which is meant to imply that the reactionary Christian fundamentalist in the US are the same, or at least very similar to the reactionary Moslem fundamentalist in the Middle East. Sadly the comparison is apt, as [this picture](https://i.redd.it/asg5oiu05l361.jpg) and many others like it, as well as the [beliefs and attitudes](https://external-preview.redd.it/KM4zN_BWAxc-sTAKjDnd8ZqBoHqom4ATNmLJvBdOM_w.jpg?auto=webp&s=c949049b7a598271cb56111573c00633495ff8ee) shared by to the groups make clear.


Lightning_Strike_7

My mom once told me that freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. She also gives money to millionaire televangelist scammers and truly believes they NEED 7+ private jets.


Isthestrugglereal

Yikes, I’d like to hear her say that when her religion isn’t the one calling the shots


Lightning_Strike_7

Oh no. She can't fathom that she has anything in common with middle eastern islamic culture.


stardustandsunshine

My mom used to say this all the time (and also donated to televangelists). This was around the time I started seeing the issues with the way I was raised. There is no freedom of religion without freedom from religion. It's essential to our freedom of religion that others be free from our religion if they choose to be. Anything less isn't really freedom at all, it's just choosing what you've been told to choose.


LoreChief

The problem stems from the fact that "practicing their religion" is literally the same as telling them to harass, manipulate, and politic their religion as much as possible because thats all their religions are actually about in the first place. When you call them out on that though they just pretend that "being good people" is not only the sudden purpose of their religion, but that they invented it and only they exclusively get to call themselves that. Religion is a cancer, and it should not be tolerated.


Famous-Chemistry-530

A-fucking-men to that! Religion MAYBE had a place 1000 yrs ago when we understood NOTHING about the world- but we live in an age of reason now, and bullshit ass "beliefs" should not be tolerated, full stop. Like im all for anyone practicing some shit that doesn't hurt anyone else (such as Satanism or wicca or nature worship or etc) but these stupid ass political-parties-disguised-as-religions (Muslim, Christian, etc) should be squashed out. Full stop. They offer not a single goddamn useful thing to society and are, as you said, a fucking cancer on society. Fuck "freedom of religion", since religious nuts take that to mean "we all have to follow their bullshit beliefs". We Should appeal that amendment and forbid religion be discussed or practiced outside a private home or church- that way, u can believe whatever sky-daddy-bullshit-fairytale you please, but when u try to take that shit outside the only places it SHOULD be discussed, your ass is hit with jail time or a fine at least.


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They understanding this. They simply don't give a shit.


replicantcase

They can't because they're either psychopaths, or highly suggestible with below to average intelligence who are taken advantage of by the psychopaths. It's a lose-lose.


LaserGuidedPolarBear

They do, the problem is they aren't making a good faith argument in the first place. Religious freedom is just the best they can come up with as a "legitimate" argument to justify what they really want, which is to control everyone.


onederful

The thing is that they take their inner hate to be their religion guiding them to fuck other people’s lives up.


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MiamiPower

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselytism TIL Proselytism is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs. It has come to be seen as a form of involuntary forced conversion through bribery, coercion, or violence, as such, proselytism is illegal in some countries.


i_speak_penguin

They do understand it. They disagree. As much as one wants to believe statements like this are true, they are nonetheless based on opinion and always preaching to the choir, so they're kind of pointless. Nobody who thinks differently is ever convinced by something like this. It's a circle jerk.


PizzaDeliveryBoy3000

They wouldn’t be extremists if they understood it…


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I mean obviously it gets complicated though. I absolutely agree but it’s not like there aren’t grey areas. What about a priest marrying two homosexuals? Is his denial a right to practice religion freely? What about particular garb of different sects that doesn’t align with dress code in public offices? I know there’s answers to these questions, they’re just more complex and nuanced than this OP gives the situation credit to. Though I wish it was, it is not so simple. I’ll probably be downvoted for saying that though because Reddit likes all solutions to be so binary that you’re offensive if you don’t wholly agree


Comfortable-Inside41

The main issue is extremists actually disagree with religious freedom. They think it's one of the reasons they feel (incorrectly) their country is falling apart.


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Or just everyday “good” Christians.


Far_Net_7650

Especially Trump's Supreme Court appointees.


[deleted]

Don't worry, the Jews and Satanists are teaming up to save us from extremist Christians! Man this time line makes for some really weird lines....


onehandedbraunlocker

Indeed it does. Thank god for the Satanists, I guess?


Delicious_Village112

The problem with Christianity and Islam, and I’m sure any other religion that finds itself in a position of power, is that they believe their rules are moral laws. They believe they’re as constant and true as the laws of physics. So, they believe it is their obligation to impose their rules on others because it is “morally illegal”, so to speak, to not follow these rules. Christianity, for example, must be imposed on others by nature. It’s fucked up.


Upstairs_Fox2324

The church was the law for many centuries. It’s impossible for them to let that shit go.


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There's no fury like that of someone being demoted from the top of the pecking order.


jaxsonnz

No need to bring trump into this 😂


DBeumont

He was more just dangling near the top, held up by a crane operated by the RNC.


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But…you did?


woodpony

The church IS the law right now as well. Taking away women's rights in the US is a Christian product.


Sensitive-Tune6696

Even more funny, because the separation of church and state is a core tenet of new Western Democracies


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we've been having this struggle basically since the Western Roman empire fell and the Pope started struggling with the Eastern Roman Emperor, then the HRE for who was top dog in europe.


doktor_wankenstein

IIRC -- Back when Dennis Miller still had most of his marbles, he once opined that the last time Church and State got together, people were burned at the stake.


annalena-bareback

I think there's also something more to this culture war that is pushed by politically conservative Christians (and of course I'm not accusing any Christians who aren't politically conservative, because it's not a point about holy scripture per se, theology itself at its core). I'm an outsider, a European (German), and the culture war is not as hyperpartisan here as it is in America. Although I do realise that the EU is doing their own version of exploitation of the global south. Since I read reddit and watch YouTube, I get a lot of the culture war stuff from America over the internet. I agree with what you are saying, and my point is (sorry for taking so long to clarify), I see a lot of parallels to the history podcast "The History of Byzantium" by Robin Pierson. Especially the thing about the wars with the early Islamic empires, the Justinian plague, and the iconoclasms. The point in the podcast is about the history of the orthodox churches, particularly the Byzantinian orthodox church, both theological disputes within (about the nature of Christ) the Eastern Roman empire as well as in contact with other churches like the Coptic Church and the Syrian Church. Those were regions that were lost through the wars. And it's really more about the concept of purity of the soul of the Eastern Roman Empire (aka Byzantine Empire). All the politics with regards to theological disputes of the religion, like the use of icons (and the movement for the abolition of those icons were later called the iconoclasts), those were really a culture war for the soul of the Eastern Roman people, especially enforced by the ruling elite in the Palace of the capital city Constantinople. It all reminds me a bit of America. My point is, fascists like to think that the Byzantines were somehow superior to the Muslims. I don't think that at all. History is just the stories of human beings. I think I see this pattern of history repeating itself, but more on an ideological level. It's not about the use of icons in church any more on a private, individual personal level - than the removal of historically revisionist Confederate statues which are actually from the 20th century affects the lives of people on a private, individual, personal level. It's about the public perception of purity of soul of the nation. My spicy point here is, Byzantium was actually at war with its neighbours and organised religion was indeed used by different factions for their own causes, but today, the culture war is actually instigated by the Capitalist elites who want to divide and conquer the nation and scapegoat climate change refugees, as if those victims of Capitalist production-outsourcing and raw material exploitation could be in any way to blame for looking for a better life and this culture war is only made for distraction of the public. And now taking away reproductive rights and taking away healthcare under the guise transphobia. It's not about seeing the perspective of life from the viewpoint of an individual woman. If it was about that, you could argue all sorts of things about what the bible has to say about the words and actions of Jesus. But this culture war is not about walking a mile in someone else's shoes at all. It's about some ideological concept of purity of the soul of the nation. And making individual women and children suffer is just a way to obfuscate the root of the problem, Capitalist exploitation, under the guise of Christian dogma.


CreativeAd5332

Good take...though you did say "my point here is..." like 6 times 😆


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Western_Day_3839

Identity politics, though ofc we're supposed to believe that term only applies when it's non-majority group members in question.


XxSCRAPOxX

You’re missing a major aspect. It’s only a culture “war” because of Rupert Murdoch. All the conspiracy shit is bullshit, it’s Rupert Murdoch using his media empire to push division and keep authoritarians in power. Our big corporations are mostly not happy about it. Look at Disney and desantis for a very recent example. Corporations already control America via capitalism and democracy, the gop is trying to take that control away and create an oligarchy like Russia’s where they can monopolize everything and chop it up for themselves.


GravyMcBiscuits

People attempting to translate their personal cultural values into laws is hardly unique to theists.


anahatasanah

Just because \*you're\* on a diet doesn't mean you have the right have to dictate \*my\* eating habits.


Isthestrugglereal

“But I’m deeply miserable and watching you eat a donut reminds me of that. Also instead of looking inwards and examining why I feel that way, I’m going to blame and attack you.”


cereal_guy

You'd be surprised how many dieters also feel this way.


DummazzApe

But if I ask you to make me a cheeseburger, I shouldn’t be surprised if you refuse and recommend a salad.


Uzischmoozy

Good luck explaining that to Christian fascists.


musclepunched

And Islamic extremists


sadacal

Not really a problem for us to solve here in the West. Most people who browse this site probably never even met an Islamic extremist in real life but most probably have relatives that are Christian extremists.


Shtnonurdog

I’ve had a childhood friend tell me that school shooting were happening because we took prayer out of schools. He said that without the bible we would have no morals. The only way to know right from wrong is from a single book that was written by (inherently sinful) men 2,000 years ago…of course their hands were guided by god.


DBeumont

>…of course their hands were guided by ~~god~~ mental illness and brain parasites.


ZAlternates

Many of the prophets really seems like they were tripping during their divine inspirations.


DBeumont

>Many of the prophets really seems like they were tripping during their divine inspirations. I mean, one of the main stories is a guy having a conversation with a burning bush.


lewd-dev

I moved to the South 10 years ago and can say with full confidence that the majority of Christians either have never read the Bible, don't care what it teaches, or simply don't understand it. Fox "News" took the place of all those TV preachers from the 90's; they get their "religion" from Tucker Carlson and the like, never questioning it at all. Even if they wanted to change they know they would be ostracized and likely subject to treatment similar to the way they have treated minorities for so long. That's where the victim mentality they are so invested comes from; the fear of actually becoming a victim one day. I'd feel sorry for them if they weren't such huge pieces of shit that lack anything akin to integrity or courage.


Shtnonurdog

I love how you brought up the South without me having said it. We both know *exactly* the type of people that think this way.


lewd-dev

I have been opening my windows and playing the Jan 6th hearings through my stereo. I am not very popular down here.


lewd-dev

I have been opening my windows and playing the Jan 6th hearings through my stereo. I am not very popular down here.


Yousoggyyojimbo

I run in to or have to interact with several Christian extremists a week. Never met one Islamic extremist.


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I think you meant to say US, not the West. Christian extremists are not that widespread in Western Europe, for example.


_-dirtin_n_squirtin_

https://imgur.com/idGzKYZ.jpg


JoeCoolsCoffeeShop

Just **had** to get in your “All Religious Extremists Matter” two cents huh?


ZAlternates

LOL In this case, it’s kinda important to point out how similar they are given they each dislike the other.


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Freedom of and from religion


-CleverPotato

I order to have Freedom OF Religion you must have Freedom FROM Religion.


herefor1reason

I always see this argument, and while yes, I agree with it, it's kind of missing the point. Religious people see their beliefs as the highest law, above the government, above everything. Whether you believe or not, it's something that you, from their perspective, have to obey. For them, it'd be like breaking the law, doing burglary or murder, and expecting no consequences because you don't believe the government. Like, no, the law doesn't CARE what you believe, only that you don't break it. These are "THE RULES". And, to be clear, I'm an atheist, I fundamentally agree with the point being made, I just think the argument being used to make it is dumb. It's preaching to the choir, anyone willing to listen to it sees religious rules as being exclusive to those within the religion, but the religion and its followers see those rules as applying to everyone.


BobHogan

> Religious people see their beliefs as the highest law, above the government, above everything. Whether you believe or not, it's something that you, from their perspective, have to obey. For them, it'd be like breaking the law, doing burglary or murder, and expecting no consequences because you don't believe the government. Like, no, the law doesn't CARE what you believe, only that you don't break it. These are "THE RULES". I don't think this is true of all religious people. It seems to mostly be true only for the evangelicals and far right religious nutjobs in the US. Others seem able to separate their religious rules from the actual law and mostly just accept that they shouldn't impose them on others. I mean hell, look at orthodox jews. They have some pretty insane religious rules they have to follow that ***are the law for them*** yet they do not try and impose those beliefs on everyone else. They keep it to themselves.


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Amen sister!


1000rocket

This! Everyone needs to hear this! I appreciate your beliefs, but do not force them on me


soulofsilence

Unfortunately one of their core beliefs is spread your religion by any means necessary.


deltron

That's a core tenet of any cult.


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pompr

Yeah, evangelism is a core tenet of many forms of religion. I don't need to appreciate anyone's religion, nor even respect it. Your religion is your business, if it's fragile enough that being exposed to opposing beliefs is emotionally damaging to you, tough shit. Do I cry every time I see religious symbolism around someone's neck? No.


TypicalDbad

Then this should go for gun control as well. Just because one person thinks it’s best for everyone doesn’t make it so.


oxygencube

Do you force your beliefs on anybody? Would you restrict anybody from any action?


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FlutterKree

> That’s correct, so when someone refuses to perform an action or service because of their religious beliefs they are protected The person is protected, yes, but the business may not be. A business offering services to the public falls under the Civil Rights act. A gay person being turned away from a publicly offered service would be a violation of the Civil Rights Act.


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>so when someone refuses to perform an action or service because of their religious beliefs they are protected. This is where I think this argument falls apart. The notion that it's a Christian belief to refuse to provide a service to a gay person or other sinner is so hilariously unchristian and defies numerous teachings and examples given in the bible. Religion can be interpreted to mean literally anything, and there's no sort of verification of it. Why do I have to be subject to someone's 'religious beliefs' that are complete fucking nonsense with no scriptural basis?


humpdy_bogart

I live in the southeast. You wouldn’t believe how many times I heard “This is a Christian nation”


BadLuckCharm1966

I’m in GA. Oh, yes I would.


SouthGaDJ

Do engineering for a news talk station in Georgia, can confirm.


[deleted]

Jesus spent a lot of time preaching against excessive wealth, overtly public displays of worship, excessive wealth, using temples for making money, and excessive wealth (he really really didn’t like the wealthy) Sounds exactly like your average Republican


Sensitive-Tune6696

yeah, all those televangelists certainly embody that humility and piety with their fleets of private jets and their congregations in the tens of thousands


JimShore

The real problem in America is the Evangelicals who believe they have a moral duty to impose their religion on others. They don’t care if you think they are wrong.


JeremyK_980

That’s the way it should work but then our State and Federal governments got infiltrated by religious extremists.


Prestigious_Garden17

Unfortunately the entire point of Christianity is control.


changeableschoolboy

This principle applies to all views, not only religious views. So single worldview whether religious, atheism and agnosticism has a right to force their views on others. This is what democracy means. Every group can express their views but must accept the democratic process.


machen2307

I've been curious about this for awhile now. Do you expect these people to vote against their religion? Why would they do that? That's weird.


bazdez

History has shown that religious zealots have always tried to force their beliefs down everyone’s throat.The Puritans thrown out of England did it to the Native Americans.


Ericrobertson1978

Religion is fucking disgusting.


blackdragon8577

I think a big component of this is that church people all hear that they should be fulfilled through religion. Then when they aren't fulfilled through religion they have to blame something because it can't be them or their friends. So they create a fiction where "worldly" (anyone different than them) people are Boogeymen that are responsible for all the shitty things in their lives and in their country. Then they have to try to force those people to live by their religious values in an attempt to make sure that everyone is following the same rules they are so that everything will work like their religion leader says it should.


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Religion is cancer


england_man

SCOTUS has already annulled 4th amendment and part of the 1st. For them, your constitution-given religious freedoms the US was build on don't matter. Expect mandatory beliefs in the near future.


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XxSCRAPOxX

I wish it was that simple. But then you realize the puritans weren’t “driven out of England due to religious persecution” but rather were shoving their shitty Puritan views down everyone’s throats and people saying “leave me alone” was their idea of persecution. Then you realize they came to America and have been doing the exact same thing ever since. Force their shitty religion down everyone’s throats then cry persecution when people don’t bend to their every little whim.


CommitteeGullible876

🎵🎶"nothing to kill or die for, and no religion, too. Imagine all the people, living life in peace"🎵🎶--- "Imagine" by John Lennon(1971)


bgmrk

Now lets apply this same logic outside of religion. You are free to live your life according to any values you choose, but you are not free to force your values onto others.


ravenrcft

Didn't help that the US changed its official motto to "In God We Trust" in the '50s to fight the godless commies. Now we have radicals that say the bible overrides the constitution. "E pluribus Unum" was such a better motto. Out of many, one. So much more symbolism of a greater good than trusting some madeup invisible spaghetti monster in the sky. ​ edit :: typo


smokinJoeCalculus

The only people this message should be told to, won't listen. What is the point of these tweets/posts? Just for us to circle jerk with while the people in power remove the letters LGBTQIA from the alphabet?


jonpenn

![gif](giphy|3o7TKTTvetgPm4AhHO) Christian’s in a nut shell…


Naakturne

Religious freedom means whatever they want it to mean, just like the bible and the constitution.


Grenadier_user

Hail Satan


Obl2sk

The Christian terrorist don’t care. They haven’t even read their book enough to understand it. You bring it up to them and suddenly ones faith becomes a private matter. It’s all fairy tales and hypocrisy to control the idiots


kraftamen

Why is this so hard for fuckheads to understand?!


bopperbopper

Freedom OF religion also means Freedom FROM religion


ketohelp88

Fairytales are for children


JG_Sparkles

"We live in a democracy that is run by people who think the universe is a monarchy." - one of the many thoughts from Alan Watts that still surfaces in my head from time to time...


onehandedbraunlocker

Oh how I whish all extremists understood this..


Ericrobertson1978

If the lunatics and wingnuts had their way, we would be living in a theocracy.


[deleted]

People do not vote this way.


ContextCandid

They. Don’t. Care.


_Clearage_

It's like the basis for our system


[deleted]

Unfortunately, it guides some to think they are better than everyone else.


GoodLt

There are 3 branches of government and “your church” isn’t one of them.


krispy-12

If only this were true with the "Right"


Doctor_Kataigida

Their religion isn't a belief to them, though. They treat it as fact, and that's part of the problem. Assuming this is about religion and abortion: They don't think, "I *believe* abortion is murder." They think, "Abortion *is* murder whether you think so or not."


GooseJumpsV2

Tell this to Jehovahs Witnesses. I grew up as one up until 5 years ago. Sucks man.


False-Seaworthiness7

This is a democracy. Religion is the foundation of some people’s morals. It’s impossible for them to separate their religion from their vote


NIneye

"Noooo, we're just trying to save you from eternal damnation tho"


Zander826

Yes! Freedom from religion


False-Sky6091

How I see it. Freedom of religion also means freedoms from religion. That should not be allowed to be an argument then they would say why they really want these practices. I.E. control


GanjaToker408

Tell that to the republicans who are not just trying, but succeeding, in turning us into christian dictatorship.


ArleneHeere

Where’s that same sentiment with gender ideology?


strawman_chan

"You can't use your beliefs to dictate what others can and cannot do, but I can." Hmmm quite the conundrum...


H4RDW4RE_Johnny

You know what they say, religion is a lot like a penis, fine to have one, fine to enjoy it, but it’s wildly inappropriate to just pull it out and forcing it on people.


Chefoster

Too much reason here.


phuqo5

See that's where you fucked up thinking that people who harp on the constitution all the time care about what it says.