god, god, god, god, god, god, god ........................................

[SamKnause]

I am so sick of these fake Christian fascists fucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is no situation that they don't bring god into.

The government is not suppose to be in the business of preaching.

Flame away.

[Tobin S.]

1. Why would anyone here flame you on that one?

[anneboleyn]

33. Um, I don't get that comment either. This isn't a site that "flames" for people pointing out

hypocrisy and the overuse and misuse of religion in politics.

[C_U_L8R]

2. God told me that they're phonies

Are they gonna argue with God?

[Initech]

3. I utterly despise these people.

They are absolutely horrible and serve no purpose other than hate. When mass shootings or tragedies happen, they tell the victims to go fuck themselves, because Jesus. They say LGBT people are God's abomination because Jesus. They say women who are victims of rape or harassment deserved it because, Jesus. Jesus would hate these people! I want no part of this pathetic excuse for religion, and you would have to kill me before I join.

[RKP5637]

4. I have absolutely nothing to do with religion. It's just all politics, money and cruelty.

And I'm so F'en fed up with these christians that wear their demented faith like an armband.

[lindysalsagal]

44. Yup. How any thinking person can still be fooled by the b.s. is beyond me.

[cwydro]

50. Does this go for all religions?

Or just Christianity?

[RKP5637]

51. For me, across the board. n/t

[wryter2000]

5. This Christian agrees with you

They make all of us look stupid.

[hamsterjill]

7. +1

Another Christian in agreement. These fake Christians have hijacked the faith in my opinion. Where is the mercy, compassion and comfort?

[keithbvadu2]

36. "fake Christians"... Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

They support Trump who says he is so perfect that he does not need Christ or his forgiveness.

Like today's evangelical/religious right supporters, Trump is a Political Christian, not a Christian of faith.

Evangelicals/religious right are easily able to spin their beliefs for political expediency.

The Donald who does not have to ask Jesus for forgiveness.

Trump: Drink my little wine, have my little cracker

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/13/donald-trump-religion-serfaty-dnt-erin.cnn

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[Hortensis]

14. Nice of you to speak up and remind people that millions of

Christians are liberals, and those either Democrats or Democratic voters.

(More of this from more people, and maybe we can raise our standards of manners and acceptance of others around here.)

[KY_EnviroGuy]

47. K&R. Wisdom. n/t

[Kleveland]

19. Yup.... they have Hijacked this "faith"...

Just like the Fundamentalist Muslims have, to further their own evil and narrow minded lack of compassion for humanity.

To me, these so called fundamentalist Christians are no different, and I expect acts of domestic terrorism... be it mental cruelty, or any other lack of respect for an individual's right to freedom and life in this country.

In the case of LGBT, I suspect their terrorism could in fact become violent.

I have little hope that anything can fix these sick minds.

[wryter2000]

22. I go over and over in my mind about how we can fight them in the media

We don't have mega bucks, and we don't buy politicians. We're not particularly interesting, I'm afraid. If anyone comes up with anything, I'd be happy to listen.

[Tanuki]

31. Same here. I identify as Christian and couldn't agree more with the OP.

[trotsky]

53. This Scotsman agrees too.

Unless he isn't a True Scotsman, I guess.

[packman]

6. They are con men - plain and simple

and have figured out a way to make a living. Someone said religion was born when the first idiot met the first con man.

[world wide wally]

12. I think religious con men are called charlatans

[yuiyoshida]

8. it makes me very happy

to be Buddhist...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. Me too. 👍🏾

http://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-inspirational-quotes-nichiren-daishonin/

[Honeycombe8]

21. I love your chunky Buddha. I have a wood carved large chunky Buddha. I love it. nt

[yuiyoshida]

42. its actually a Chinese style Buddha

Japanese style is like this..

[Honeycombe8]

43. Oh, so that's the difference. Someone told me Buddha is supposed to be thin...

but I've more often seen them chunky. So that explains...the Japanese Buddha is thin?

Thanks!

[yuiyoshida]

45. buddha is viewed differently

by different Asian cultures.. Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese are all different looking as is Indian.

Indian


Thai


Vietnamese

[lark]

9. I'm right with you!

Non Christian fucks is what they truly are, they do nothing that Christ commanded and literally represent the money changers at the temple, the type of people Jesus railed against.

[RKP5637]

29. Exactly!!! n/t

[Plucketeer]

11. ANY religion

is dumb and ANY who "practice" it are idiots. EOM

[yuiyoshida]

46. in your opinion

...

[Plucketeer]

48. You are correct

That is MY opinion - my humble, insignificant opinion, but I'm not alone in holding fast to it. I just don't see the worth of carefully making one's way thru this world in the hopes of being granted passage to a better one.

[kairos12]

13. Flame this post, no way. You are right on. I didn't serve in the Army for a theocracy.

[RedSpartan]

15. They're not fake Christians. They are Christians.

This is what mainstream Christianity looks like now. The real "fake Christians" are the ones that actually try to follow the teachings of Christ.

[WinkyDink]

26. A majority (a disputable claim in itself) can still be in the

wrong.

The tenets remain unaltered.

[anneboleyn]

35. I agree, and I'm agnostic -- pushing for the rich & worshipping $$ while destroying the poor is NOT

something that Christ would approve of -- as demonstrated by the people he spoke about repeatedly and reminded his followers to treat with generosity.

[NastyRiffraff]

16. They are dangerous and frightening

They've been pushing for a theocracy for years; with Dump they've found their lackey. Dump is no more Christian than I am, but he needs the religious right and does their bidding.

[RKP5637]

30. Yep, he uses them to his advantage. This is all very dangerous. n/t

[workinclasszero]

18. I'm a Christian

I believe in strict separation of church and state just like the people that set up this government in the first place.

Government by religion has been and always will be a complete fascist horror show. You either tow the line of the religion in charge or you are an agent of evil and a rebel to 'god' and must be wiped off the face of the earth.

It has been like that in every theocracy in history as far as I know and it will be like that here soon if the religious right/reich is not stopped.

[keithbvadu2]

34. Do you want the king/prez running your church?

Do you want the king/prez running your church?

http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2003/07/13

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/?no-ist=;

Madison also made a point that any believer of any religion should understand: that the government sanction of a religion was, in essence, a threat to religion. "Who does not see," he wrote, "that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?" Madison was writing from his memory of Baptist ministers being arrested in his native Virginia.

[workinclasszero]

38. Of course not

I think sadly that the vast majority of so-called christian churches in America are nothing but republican political headquarters and scam centers to separate people from their money for "Jesus". IOW the local preacher building his fabulous mansion on the hill and private jet kinda "Jesus" of course.

I think they should be taxed to the max or get out of partisan politics.

This country was set up by a bunch of non-Christians and it was made clear that was their intention. All of this 'the USA is a christian nation' is a right wing republican lie.

Jesus said My kingdom is not of this world and I believe him over Pat Robinson and all the other fake Christians that back Trump.

[keithbvadu2]

39. Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ. Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and thei

Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ.

Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and their ilk get millions of dollars repeatedly for selling Christ.

Judas was a fool for doing a one-time sale.

[workinclasszero]

49. Sad but true

[sarge43]

20. No flames here. I loath and fear them.

They're potential tyrants using their 'religion' as a club.

Woody Allen, "If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in his name, he'd throw up."

/on edit/The novel Dune: When religion and government ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.

[roamer65]

24. Hed do a LOT more than throw up.

He’d make throwing the money changers off the temple steps look like a Sunday walk in the park.

[sarge43]

25. He'd start by throwing up, then get real :)

This agnostic would cheer him on.

[90-percent]

23. chris hitchesns pov

https://www.facebook.com/SkepticusOfficial/videos/703754233160502/?hc_ref=ARSu6KaCA99sPedXO1qEiMvU11GHL994FRFoVTTrIonjAundkimoI4bjkyFIZwtnTbA


why on earth any american christian would want a religious theocracy is beyond my ken.

organized religion main source of tax free income is selling fucking afterlife insurance and christians i know are giddy about the Apocalypse happening in their lifetime. well, they elected the right guy to bring the end of the world in a few more months. 20 centuries and still no armageddon? sounds ike the mother of all "great disappointments" to me!

90% jimmy

[YOHABLO]

27. They really are Christian Fascists. They want to shove their phony beliefs on all of us.

[Matthew28]

28. They use their religon

To limit freedom of millions of people and to be cruel. Pretty evil.

[samnsara]

32. what about 'false prophets' don't they understand?

....and they call Dems sheeple...hahahahaha

[keithbvadu2]

37. Some of our 'Christians' say they want America to be a Christian run country.

Some of our 'Christians' say they want America to be a Christian run country.

Which version of Christianity?

What will they say/do when it is not their version of Christianity in charge?

Many Catholics/Protestants feel that the other is not a true Christian.

Christians in Ireland fought each other using terrorism.

We already have radical Christian terrorists in America.

A theocracy will not change that.

[left-of-center2012]

40. Whose god are you referring to?

[SamKnause]

41. The one Trump, Pence, Sarah Huckabee, the pastors, and the preachers,

who support this administration bring up in every other sentence, no matter what

topic is being discussed.

[trotsky]

52. They're real Christians.

Calling them "fake" doesn't do a thing. They think you're fake too. Do you follow EVERYTHING in the bible, or do you reject some of it like they do?

[SamKnause]

54. I am an Atheist.

I recognize hypocrisy when I see it in action.

That is why I referred to them as fake.

I don't refer to my 93 year old mother that way, because I don't see that kind of behavior coming from her.

[trotsky]

55. Great!

But they're still real Christians. There are quite a few things in the bible that conservative Christians ignore, or rationalize away. There are also quite a few things that liberal Christians ignore, or rationalize away. No one follows the bible 100%, do they?

[SamKnause]

56. No one follows the bible 100%, do they ?

I think that would be impossible.

It seems today many don't even try.

They just state as fact they are Christian, as if their actions carry no weight.

They have flipped the script on what being a Christian is.

They are hateful and arrogant in their blatant hypocrisy.

[trotsky]

57. Right, exactly my point!

Exactly who "flipped the script" is a matter of perspective, is it not?

Right-wing Christians think liberal Christians are incredible hypocrites because they don't support the so-called "right to life". From their perspective, it's liberals who are "hateful and arrogant in their blatant hypocrisy."

[SamKnause]

58. Point taken.

I don't see liberal Christians calling for gays to be killed, those with HIV to be quarantined,

blaming natural disasters on gays and abortions, trying to outlaw birth control, supporting Nazis,

denigrating the poor, etc.

Trump and his supporters seem to have started a new sect of Christians.

Lying Christians.

Even their political agendas are based on lies.

[trotsky]

59. Instead, conservative Christians see...

liberal Christians calling for the world to accept sin, to allow sex outside marriage, to allow the "abomination" of homosexuality, allow the murder of unborn babies, to mandate government steal from people to give money to others when they think churches would do a better job of using donations as Jesus taught, etc. (Note, I don't believe any of this shit, I'm just describing their point of view.)

Trump and his supporters just have a different perspective on Christianity.

It really does no good for both "sides" to simply scream that the others are "fake Christians."

[SamKnause]

60. I am sick of their blatant lies.

Calling them out is better then pulling my hair out.

Do you truly believe that Trump is a Christian ???

Any kind of Christian ???

Different perspective ???

I am not buying the con mans lies.

[trotsky]

61. In his mind, he's a Christian.

That's really the only place ANYONE is truly a Christian, because there will always be someone else who thinks that person isn't one.

The other side of this is really dark, too. What you're saying is that bad people can never be Christians. They must be something else (non-believers, one assumes), because Christians are always good people. You don't believe that, do you?

[SamKnause]

62. Then his mind is diseased.

I don't believe the lying pussy grabber believes he is a Christian.

He is an opportunist.

He always has been, he always will be an opportunist.

He is pretending to be religious because he has the support of right wing Christians.

He does what will benefit Donald Trump.

Aren't Christians suppose to be good people ???

If not, is their religion for bad people ???

[trotsky]

63. And right-wing Christians might say the same thing about liberal Christians.

Donny can be both an opportunist AND a Christian.

I have no idea if he is, but I also am in no position to say he's not. And neither are you, if you're honest. He might not be a Christian according to your chosen definition of the term, but there are just about as many definitions of the word Christian as there are Christians.

How about we just say he's a horrible human being no matter what he believes?

[SamKnause]

64. He's a horrible human being no matter what he believes.

I agree with that statement.