The Weaponization of Christianity

 How Charlie Kirk used Christianity to divide America

    In the landscape of American political discourse, few figures embody the marriage of Christian identity and partisan warfare quite like Charlie Kirk.  The founder of Turning Point USA has become a fixture in Republican circles, his influence extending from college campuses to the highest levels of GOP strategy, including close ties to Trump’s campaign operations.  But Kirk’s brand of Christianity, one that frames politics as existential combat and opponents as enemies of God and country, reveals something deeper and more troubling: the transformation of a once-radical faith into a weapon of control, division, and the preservation of power.

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absurdity of it all

https://deadstate.org/christian-televangelist-james-robison-trump-is-ushering-in-the-greatest-spiritual-awakening-in-history/

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“And I believe the willingness of [Trump] to stand up against all the assault and keep trying to do what he believes is best is a miracle of God,” Robison said.
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You can't really believe the Trump puts anything but himself first.

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Robison is one of Trump’s spiritual advisers and has repeatedly claimed that the President is a devout Christian.
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Just considering the things coming out of his mouth, or in his tweets, do you really think this man is a devout Christian? Eye for an eye is old testament.

Church law expands

Alabama Mega-Church To Hire Its Own Police Force
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734591147/new-alabama-law-permits-church-to-hire-its-own-police-force

Wow, this is a very dangerous slope.....

Love me some bible

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/02/22/1486882/-Take-Me-To-Church-10-absurd-Bible-passages-Holy-Rollers-forget-when-attacking-LGBT

more nonesense

https://www.trunews.com/wyoming-school-reverses-private-prayer-ban/

.... but you are still praying on a government run institution which would then go against the separation of church and state.

Don't worry i get it, it is fine to pray in schools as long as it is a Christian prayer. The minute a Muslim rolls out a prayer rug, they will ban all prayers in schools.

Bay pride attack

"Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0Q428N20150730

Heaven is for sale

http://thislandpress.com/07/21/2015/heaven-is-a-place-for-sale/?read=complete&utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email

Far Out

A pastor for America's outsiders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/33377925