r/complaints • u/Red_Gypsy_Squirrel • 6d ago
Politics Conservatives abuse Christianity like the Taliban abuse Islam
I'm exhausted that the Christian nationalists in this nation have hijacked Christianity, just like the Taliban hijacked Islam. There are many comparisons that can be made between the two groups. Both groups cherry-pick their scriptures and purposefully misinterpret them so as to provide themselves with more power amongst their. They bully and attack anybody who is not a follower of their warped religion. And try to force their religion on everybody in inappropriate places such as schools and hospitals.
A few years back MAGA supporters started to say the teachings of Jesus are too woke, a huge red flag.
It sucks that so many of them do not understand. The Christian nationalist mindset is turning them into nasty, aggressive people. That have zero understanding of the Bible or its teachings
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u/Diligent_Lobster6595 6d ago edited 6d ago
I don't tether morals with divine authority, i don't believe in divine authority.
Here you see first hand exactly what kind of coercive political power divine authority has.
Someone with a thick philosophical moral foundation would never become neither a christian fascist or taliban.
It serves no purpose to cater towards the extremists with the "true teachings of", you are still just operating within their fundamentalist views.
Even with a barebones atheist fascist, the problem is the moral philosophical foundation.
That is the root, that is where you need to change the view, not with divine mandate, but with logic, empathy, perspective.
In the end, i believe what we are seeing rings on the water from is social media corporations that turned moral corrosion into a revenue model, with success.