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First, watch this video.
She said the quiet part out loud.
This is a long one. Buckle up. We have much to talk about.
Evangelical Republican are extremists, and they’re are treasonous towards the United States. They are gushing, praising, and admiring Putin’s “Christian values” and “his Christian nation” that he's established in Russia because as we already know, evangelicals thrive on forcing other people to comply with their religion and the rules of their religion- even if your own religion and beliefs are nowhere near their particular brand of Christianity. They want to force you to comply. That’s why we have extremist laws, such as forcing women to remain pregnant and give birth against their will in states like Texas.
Evangelical Christians are romanticizing Putin.
The United States is at risk of moving into authoritarianism because of Evangelical Republicans' extremist ideologies.
Evangelical Christians in the U.S., in particular, want to destroy our democracy and force an authoritarian theocracy. Progressive Christians in the United States don’t share this view, but hear our words when we say that if you don’t get off your asses and hold the Evangelical Christians accountable for what they’re doing, we’ll lose this country. It’s only a matter of time. Progressive Christians, you will not be allowed to be progressive in an evangelical, authoritarian theocracy.
Lauren Witzke, who you just watched on video, is now recorded for time immemorial that she adores and admires Putin as she gushed about his “Christian Nationalist nation.” This so-called “Christian woman” has publicly acknowledged her unwavering devotion to Christian nationalism and said out loud that her “Christian values” align with an authoritarian, terroristic dictator and not with Joe Biden, (who is a practicing Catholic and who is a Christian- he’s just not her extremist flavor.)
This is so messed up.
We should all be terrified.
It's hilarious that she thinks Putin is a Christian. Does she not know what the KGB has done to Christians? Is it "Christian" to invade another country with the intent of asserting a dictarorship? Yet here she is, confident in her ignorance as she praises him.
Here's what we need everyone to understand: Christian nationalism is the opposite of democracy.
The insurrection and ALL the people tht held those Christian signs as they stormed the capitol is an example of Christian nationalism. They want to rule with power and brute control. Christian nationalists want to give America to the God they claim to follow. They would eradicate ALL teachings from public schools that don’t “glorify God” (as evidenced with their attempts to pass laws in various states to make it illegal to teach ANYTHING that conflicts with Christianity.)
Christian nationalists demand that the U.S. is a Christian nation, and that they MUST take the country back and give it to their God. Christian nationalism is not biblical and is in fact the antithesis of the Jesus that evangelicals claim to follow.
According to the Christian bible they claim to read, Jesus came to break people free from the bondage of the religious laws of that time. He didn’t come to force people to comply- especially not to force people to believe in his religion. Jesus, in fact, was not a Christian. He was Jewish. And he was a terrible evangelical… meaning the beliefs evangelicals espouse today are not congruent with Jesus’ teachings.
Christian nationalism means the federal government would declare the United States as a Christian nation and advocate for and enforce Christian values and laws. The separation of Church and State would be abolished. The lines are already blurred with evangelical churches being enmeshed with right wing, extremist politics and preaching these politics from the pulpit- in violation of federal law- specifically the Johnson Amendment of 1954.
If you’re a Christian and you’re one of the many screaming that “not all Christians are like this," if you’re not holding these evangelicals accountable, you are a large part of the problem.
SILENCE IS COMPLIANCE. You are allowing these people to rise in politics and pass extremist laws, and this shows that you DO support this. I’ve seen countless social media posts from Evangelical Christians over the past few days saying, “I’d side with Putin before I ever side with a Democrat.”
This flagrant show of love for authoritarianism is nauseating. If you side with Russia over Ukraine, you’re on the wrong side of history.
These evangelical republicans are no patriots. The fake-triots are cowards who would just as soon see this country fall than to unite with Democrats to save it.
We must remove Evangelical Republicans' power away by voting them out.
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