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Cyrano

(15,077 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:28 PM Jun 2015

The Jesus freaks are dying off

Last edited Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:57 PM - Edit history (1)

This is not an attack on true Christians. This rant is about those “Christians” who have and still use “Christianity” as a weapon against all of them “Non-Christians. They really did and do give Christianity a bad name.

Want to know what damage they can do ? Unfortunately, we still have one wingnut “Christian” on the Supreme Court, and he has been a major factor in fucking up America. His name is Scalia.

But beyond this one sick/deluded man, there has been a broad swath of Americans who buy/bought into the snake oil salesmen who were selling Jesus as a product rather than … well, whatever you want to think Jesus was.

The poor souls who bought into it, then and now, can’t seem to grasp the larger concept of fucking yourself on health care, having daily access to food, a wealth of good jobs, and a sense of security.

I don’t need to tell you that just about all of these people are hard-core Republican voters. Every time they go to the polls, they are clueless that they are voting for “Fuck me some more.”

As the title of this thread indicates, many of these people are older and dying off. But there are still enough young to middle aged victims to help Republicans win/steal elections.

I use the world “steal,” because it’s one of the few ways the GOP can gain national office. In well-gerrymandered districts, it doesn’t matter. But in districts that Repubs don’t “own,” a sufficient number of Jesus votes can make a stolen vote seem just plausible enough to prevent a massive revolution.

Anyhow, to get back to my original theme, I believe it’s a good thing that the Jesus freaks are dying off. (Along with the “Southern Heritage” hypocrites and so many other ignorant people who buy and guzzle down the snake oil.)

Perhaps I’m looking forward to a more educated, aware American population. But then, I realize that the GOP is doing everything possible to prevent the young from becoming educated. Well, if you can’t turn them into Jesus freaks, “keep ‘em dumb.”

Seems to me that the Republican Party would cease to exist it they didn’t have the opiate of fanatical religion, or a clueless population. Take a look at Ireland. The vast majority of the Irish finally got it and, in addition to throwing out relentless child molesters, they threw out their specifically Irish brand of Jesus freaks.

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The Jesus freaks are dying off (Original Post) Cyrano Jun 2015 OP
The people dying off are the original televangelists Warpy Jun 2015 #1
"True christians?" Hmmmm. Can you elaborate? RadiationTherapy Jun 2015 #2
Gimme a break Cyrano Jun 2015 #4
Sorry if I was too sharp about it. I literally don't know what you mean, RadiationTherapy Jun 2015 #5
Uncle Ruckus is just as bad and just as crazy. hifiguy Jun 2015 #3
Boomers by and large are more conservative than the generations after. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #6

Warpy

(111,476 posts)
1. The people dying off are the original televangelists
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:43 PM
Jun 2015

who managed to translate the rural tent revival into television. Their spawn are poised to take over the media empires but lack the charisma of the old man and will likely piss it all away. While some of them are bravely soldiering on, they're abrasive and off putting. Franklin Graham is an example of this.

Without the really effective media god squad, the religious right is going to have to rely on the wingnut churches and without the televangelists, divisions are going to arise that begin to tear them apart into the factions they always were prior to the 70s.

Cyrano

(15,077 posts)
4. Gimme a break
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:06 PM
Jun 2015

There are those who sincerely believe biblical teachings. And there are the con artists who profit from them and use them to line their own bank accounts.

I use the phrase "true Christians" to differentiate between people who honestly believe and practice their religion, and whores who play believers for profit and power. And that is/was obvious to anyone who has lived on this planet for a while. Which leads me to wonder if you have an agenda of your own.

RadiationTherapy

(5,818 posts)
5. Sorry if I was too sharp about it. I literally don't know what you mean,
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:58 PM
Jun 2015

but we can leave it at that if you prefer.

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