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RamblingRose

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9. I recently moved my 92 y/o mom to an independent residence full of evangelicals & Salvation Army members. They were

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 11:49 AM

Apr 21

constantly pressuring her to go to bible study. They said if she went she'd go to heaven. It got so bad I went to speak to the resident that kept pressuring her & told him he was being disrespectful & No means No.

I showed her a t-shirt that said "Jesus was a liberal" w/ a picture of Jesus on it and asked if she wanted it for her birthday. She was thrilled and wears it proudly.

They no longer invite her to bible study or talk politics.

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So I pointed out to several evangelicals that their thought processes is wrong when it comes to the LGBTQ community. [View all] Duncanpup Apr 21 OP

I love the way you keep poking your neighbors Marthe48 Apr 21 #1

I don't know you... TrueBlueNV Apr 21 #2

You are one smart man, I love how you tie their pea brains into knots. MLAA Apr 21 #3

Good one. I hope you have a wonderful day. onecaliberal Apr 21 #4

Bless your righteous soul! Easterncedar Apr 21 #5

i belive christ is real, but i love your methodolgy of blowing the wind out of these jerks sail. AllaN01Bear Apr 21 #6

I hope they didn't fire the barber catrose Apr 21 #7

Evangelicals were pro-choice up until 1980 when Jerry Falwell, et al. needed a campaign issue to run on and oust Carter dlk Apr 21 #8

As Lee Atwater said, "We started out yelling Nword, Nword, Nword. After 1970 that starts to hurt. We had to be more Marcuse Apr 21 #14

Misogyny is universal dlk Apr 21 #19

Yes.The evangelical meme that abortion is murder is a pretext They think forced births will increase their birth rate. Marcuse Apr 21 #21

Yet intentionally causing the deaths of mothers doesn't even register on their radar dlk Apr 22 #22

Acceptable collateral damage. Marcuse Apr 22 #23

In service to their misogyny dlk Apr 22 #24

In service to their misogy dlk Apr 22 #25

I recently moved my 92 y/o mom to an independent residence full of evangelicals & Salvation Army members. They were RamblingRose Apr 21 #9

Sorry about your Mom in this place, but some of them are pretty decent, I suspect from the sound of it, it is. And SWBTATTReg Apr 21 #11

Way to slay LuvLoogie Apr 21 #10

Jesus was certanly "woke" IbogaProject Apr 21 #12

The religious leaders of the day criticized him. ChazInAz Apr 21 #13

The cruelty of the God of the Bible always astounded me Farmer-Rick Apr 21 #15

One perspective I've often pointed out... Pluvious Apr 21 #16

As soon as I read this part, i knew this was going to be great story! ShazzieB Apr 21 #17

It's OBVIOUS! They are afraid that when the gay barber touches their hair, DemocraticPatriot Apr 22 #26

But of course! ShazzieB Apr 22 #29

Well done, sir! Aristus Apr 21 #18

Scaring the unwashed with a vengeful god MOMFUDSKI Apr 21 #20

Keep up the good poking, Duncanpup! Diamond_Dog Apr 22 #27

I always wonder, too, about "Judge not." snot Apr 22 #28

"I'm left handed. I get seven times the ink and seven times the sin in the Bible that being gay does." Torchlight Apr 22 #30

Waste of time to even entertain the possibility they think or attempt integrity. lindysalsagal Apr 22 #31