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it's part of Christian identity to claim victimhood and persecution and claim bravery for standing publicly to say they're christians and i for one as a kid from a midwestern town where 'what church do you go to?' didn't mean 'are you jewish Christian Muslim or whatever?' but 'which christian sect do you adhere to.' there was, though, a tiny beleaguered jewish community, and if anyone it's they who would have been persecuted. christians run everything in this country. they're hypocrites. differently than fifty years ago--stores no longer close early on good friday--but the fundamentalists now want to drown us in septic miscarriage blood.

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100 percent, I don't believe in transubstantiation of the wafer into flesh with magic words nor transubstantiation of the flesh through magic words, both beliefs are allowed because America

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Well said. I agree. I'd like to add that the U.S. is perilously close to the edge of a cliff with regard to the blending of church and state. Our governmental proceedings are often opened with a prayer. The concept of God has been crowbarred into statements of national belief that are all but impossible to avoid; (the pledge of allegiance) Churches are not expected to pay taxes, refrain from political persuasion or even be accountable for their financial dealings.

The rules and practices regarding the separation of church and state have been bent so badly in this country that they can hardly be said to be part of the American collective psyche at all.

As an immigrant from a secular society I was shocked to discover the widespread social practice of regular church attendance in what I assumed was a contemporary, civil society. It has been suggested to me on more than one occasion that I consider attending a local congregational church in order to cement my good standing in my community. The people who have said this to me know perfectly well that I am not Christian and would find most of the service misguided at best and offensive at its peak.

So I am feeling like the chances of curbing the tendency to blend the trans religion into the acceptable practice of the Democratic party in much the same way as the Evangelicals have mixed seamlessly into Republican activism are pretty slim. We're already there. The Democrats want a pack of religious zealots loyal to the cause that can be relied upon to bully people and vote blue no matter who, to match the red hoardes that carry the dead guy on a stick into bloody battle (literally) at the slightest provocation.

The rest of the world doesn't march to the beat of military Jesus's army band, the rest of the world has some sense of religion as personal and mystical. Too many Americans don't seem to understand any of this. I can't explain why but I find it alarming.

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Mar 5, 2023·edited Mar 5, 2023

That’s what gets me about Matt Walsh. He’s probably indoctrinating his 6 kids into his Catholic religion every day, making then scared of a God and Hell and trusting them with a church that has a terrible reputation with children and babies and gay people. Yet otherwise he seems mostly basic and sensible, which is more proof indoctrinating children works.

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Replacing "Gender Queer" with "Jesus Saves" and placing it on a pedestal in public school libraries and replacing Rainbow Flags with Crucifixion Crosses and pictures of Mary and Jesus on walls in classrooms may peak some of the "just be nice" crowd. Trans ideology should be treated like the religion it is. Well said.

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This is a powerful, succinct and persuasive essay. Thank you.

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This is a well-reasoned post! Brava! There’s gender identity ideology, and then there’s the institutionalization of it.

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brilliant.

Pragmatism combined with tolerance is what has made western democratic systems the places everybody wants to live.

May I cross-post this? You haven't provided the necessary button.

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I agree as well, what is the legislative alternative? Age? Parental control? Physician consequences for interference? It seems to me to be activist intervention. We all want the best for our children.

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I have lost most of my family members over this subject and the friends I had. Now alone saying to myself, "What happened?"

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Thank you, Exulansic.

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