• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Like we should listen to this asshole.

    Yeah, let’s just ignore the First fucking Amendment and basically any freedom that actually matters. Go fuck yourself.

  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.world
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    Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday establishing a “religious liberty commission” at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and present strategies to eliminate “threats to domestic religious liberty.” During his comments on the order, Trump said that he doesn’t know if there’s a separation of church and state and that we should “forget about that for one time.”

    Words alone simply fail to adequately describe my disgust and rage at this travesty.

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      “Religious liberty commission”

      For some reason as a Jewish person I get the strong feeling that this commission wont help me freely practice my religion.

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          Also, even though the deluded right wing like to claim that “secularism is a religion”, and same for liberalism or any other ism they are skeered of, they won’t be letting anyone practice those, either.

          Meaning: free thought will be a thoughtcrime.

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          Religion can also be a WEAPONIZED moral code. And America has had a history of weaponizing it’s idea of morality. So nothing new here, just more extreme.

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          Religion is a control mechanism draped in fake moral superiority. People don’t need to believe in fairy tales to distinguish right from wrong. The evidence of those that do believe in fairy tales and can’t tell right from wrong is overwhelming.

          ETA: In fact, I would argue that anyone that thinks they need some holy book or religious leader to tell them what’s right and what’s wrong has a serious problem.

          • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Seriously. Anyone who says that without religion society would be rampant crime such as rape and murder is immediately suspect. They’re especially claiming that they’d be out there raping and murdering except their religion keeps them in check. When’s the last time you heard of an atheist committing horrible crimes? Stalin and Mao? We know that morality exists outside of a religious cage.

            And for all Stalin did, Putin has more power than ever, partially because he brought religion back.

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    2 months ago

    Something I’m confused about: if Republicans believe government policy should be based on Christian values, why are they against government programs helping the poor?

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      They just believe in the most hateful parts they can cherrypick to fit their ideology. Putting women, gays, blacks and the non-believers in their place.

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      They believe in the bible/Christianity insofar that it affirms their preconceived notions.

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    What the ever loving fuck!!!

    If your god loving right now punch your balls for me. You did this. And for what? I don’t see me believing in your fucking Jesus anytime soon when you keep fucking around with my science. I much rather you not take advantage of any science so you can be pure to your stupid fucking retarded ways:

    Drop this phone carefully so others can use it.
    Cancel every single subscription.
    No LEDs, LCDS, chips of any kind for you
    No refrigeration for you.
    No cars for you.
    No glass for you.
    No insulation for you.
    No plastics or fuel for you… You may burn animals or wood.
    So take off your clothes fucker, you’re wearing animal skins wool or silk and you’re paying for that shit.
    No elevators for you, you asshole!
    No metal parts of any kind, all those use science.
    Prescription glasses? Not for you fucker. Taken off…
    No aspirin or meds of any kind. Make some tea you asshole, maybe Jesus will heal you. Cement? Asphalt, nope, you’re gonna go chop wood by hand using a piece of flint to cut it and you’ll live happy because that’s what Jesus did for a living.

    No electricity or batteries, those things are based on science… No motors or lights, no compass or GPS. No.mosquito repellent or shark repellent or bear repellent or sun screen or bicycles or telescopes or microscopes. And here’s your covid back asks Jesus if he wants you dead a little to the left or a little to the right.

    I’m totally fine if you want all that for yourself.

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    I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

    -President Trump, just this year.

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      He didn’t even touch the Bible when he swore in this time. I doubt that means anything “legally speaking”, but I’m sure it meant something to him

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      He never meant it. And all of the cons hate ACTUAL freedom. Meaning, the kind of freedom that includes freedom FROM religion. Not just the “freedom” to select from a set of talibangelical cults.

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    I am a religious person even and this is insane. Do these people not read the Good Book? Trump is clearly the antichrist. And still all these chodes have… simp-pathy for the devil (because they simp so hard. I tried really hard to make that joke work this is the best I can do.)

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    Nah, first Amendment trump’s Trump, regardless of his bullshit, he’s a citizen. He can hold an opinion, just like that can be a dead fucking wrong opinion.

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    …to investigate and present strategies to eliminate “threats to domestic religious liberty.”

    Right, so this will be a group who will make sure that any other religious will disappear, and soon. Atheisrs will as soon as possible be persecuted

    Tell me I’m wrong and why.