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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

RockRaven

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2. For a lot of right wingers, "God wants" is just a substitute for "I want" but with magic words

Reply to TigressDem (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 12:14 AM

Jul 2022

(or a trump card, if the term can be pardoned) acting as coercion or a cudgel to cut off criticism or examination of whatever the want is. They're not genuine. They don't actually believe they know the mind of the deity. They're trying to hack the system and that's the passcode. It's more cynical and manipulative of others than delusional about any special cosmic insight on their part.

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If God, Himself, gave US free will, why does the Reich Wing feel THEY know better what HE wants? [View all] TigressDem Jul 2022 OP

if I was god nobody would rape anyone nt msongs Jul 2022 #1

How? TigressDem Jul 2022 #4

cuz if I was god there just would be no such thing as rape. it would not cross anyone's mind to msongs Jul 2022 #7

Can I live in your world? TigressDem Jul 2022 #8

For a lot of right wingers, "God wants" is just a substitute for "I want" but with magic words RockRaven Jul 2022 #2

Yep TigressDem Jul 2022 #5

Totally agree. The pseudo religion from the right wnylib Oct 2022 #11

I like the way you think, and I'm right there with you. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #3

Cool. TigressDem Jul 2022 #6

I think it may be more subtle than this. Thav Sep 2022 #9

Yeah, and the big difference between Old and New Testaments TigressDem Sep 2022 #10

It's about power and control. It has nothing to do with God. overleft Mar 2023 #12