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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. *Organized* religion has its roots and current actions in power and control

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:37 PM

Nov 19

A person can be religious without being patriarchal, without being hypocritical, without being so focused on power, without intertwining political action with religious observance, without being sexually abused by "higher ups".

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The conservative Christians supporting Trump don't care about morality, they care about power and money. [View all] lees1975 Nov 19 OP

Anyone That Supports Trump Is A Fascist. Period. There Are Two Types: Machiavellian And Darwin Award Winners MayReasonRule Nov 19 #1

They will end up with neither C_U_L8R Nov 19 #2

...they care about power and money, and zorbasd Nov 19 #3

*Organized* religion has its roots and current actions in power and control Bernardo de La Paz Nov 19 #4

The last time the Christian right cared about morality was comradebillyboy Nov 19 #5

And that's when Dr. Adrian Rogers, prominent Southern Baptist pastor from Memphis, preached his sermon entitled, lees1975 Nov 19 #7

They don't believe in Jesus BigMin28 Nov 19 #6