What Would an Evangelical Christian Country Be Like
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but why does Giliad have a procreation issue?
Under His Eye.
does this sound familiar to anyone?
After a staged attack that killed the President of the United States and most of Congress, a radical political group called the "Sons of Jacob" uses theonomic ideology to launch a revolution.[7] The United States Constitution is suspended, newspapers are censored, and what was formerly the United States of America is changed into a military dictatorship known as the Republic of Gilead. The new regime moves quickly to consolidate its power, overtaking all other religious groups, including traditional Christian denominations. In addition, the regime reorganizes society using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. Above all, the biggest change is the severe limitation of people's rights, especially those of women, who are not allowed to read, write, own property, or handle money. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions.
The story is told in first-person narration by a woman named Offred. In this era of environmental pollution and radiation, she is one of the few remaining fertile women.
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smokinrav
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My grandparents have lived in Wheaton for 40 years. Its a wonderful, very rich, very white town.
FYI, you forgot an r in the thread title. Thus my unnoticed snark.
printer
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Two-thirds of churches heard at least one sermon mentioning 2020 election: survey
About two-thirds of surveyed churches had at least one sermon that mentioned the 2020 election between late August and November 2020, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center published on Thursday.
The organization conducted an analysis in the fall of 2020 of close to 13,000 sermons, homilies or full services made to over 2,000 churches. Pew found that Evangelical Protestant churches had the highest percentage of churches that heard at least one sermon discussing the then-upcoming election at 71 percent. Historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants tied at 63 percent while 41 percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon.
Pew noted that the language used during sermons regarding the election were different.
The organization said that historically Black Protestant churches were more likely to encourage voting behavior in their sermons noting that, “43% of historically Black Protestant sermons mentioning the election either explicitly encouraged voting or discussed the election in a manner that assumed listeners would vote, roughly double the share of any other group.”
Over 80 percent of churches analyzed heard at least one sermon on the COVID-19 pandemic. Between sermons that mentioned COVID-19, racism and the 2020 election at least once, the pandemic was the topic most likely to be brought up in sermons at least once.
Sixty-nine percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon about the pandemic, 82 percent of Evangelical Protestants heard at least one sermon and 85 percent of both historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants heard at least one sermon.
About 44 percent of congregations heard racism referenced at least once during a sermon.
Pew found that historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants were more likely to use direct terms to talk about racism in America, such as “anti-racism” and “White supremacist.”
Pew noted that Evangelical pastors were more likely to use terms like “racial tension” and other less direct phrases when talking about racism.
Of the churches that discussed racism, 32 percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon, 41 percent of Evangelical Protestants churches, 50 percent of mainline Protestant churches and 52 percent historical Black Protestant churches.
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About two-thirds of surveyed churches had at least one sermon that mentioned the 2020 election between late August and November 2020, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center published on Thursday.
The organization conducted an analysis in the fall of 2020 of close to 13,000 sermons, homilies or full services made to over 2,000 churches. Pew found that Evangelical Protestant churches had the highest percentage of churches that heard at least one sermon discussing the then-upcoming election at 71 percent. Historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants tied at 63 percent while 41 percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon.
Pew noted that the language used during sermons regarding the election were different.
The organization said that historically Black Protestant churches were more likely to encourage voting behavior in their sermons noting that, “43% of historically Black Protestant sermons mentioning the election either explicitly encouraged voting or discussed the election in a manner that assumed listeners would vote, roughly double the share of any other group.”
Over 80 percent of churches analyzed heard at least one sermon on the COVID-19 pandemic. Between sermons that mentioned COVID-19, racism and the 2020 election at least once, the pandemic was the topic most likely to be brought up in sermons at least once.
Sixty-nine percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon about the pandemic, 82 percent of Evangelical Protestants heard at least one sermon and 85 percent of both historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants heard at least one sermon.
About 44 percent of congregations heard racism referenced at least once during a sermon.
Pew found that historically Black Protestant and mainline Protestants were more likely to use direct terms to talk about racism in America, such as “anti-racism” and “White supremacist.”
Pew noted that Evangelical pastors were more likely to use terms like “racial tension” and other less direct phrases when talking about racism.
Of the churches that discussed racism, 32 percent of Catholic churches heard at least one sermon, 41 percent of Evangelical Protestants churches, 50 percent of mainline Protestant churches and 52 percent historical Black Protestant churches.
Two-thirds of churches heard at least one sermon mentioning 2020 election: survey
About two-thirds of surveyed churches had at least one sermon that mentioned the 2020 election between late August and November 2020, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center pu…
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CunningCanuk
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All the advancements made regarding the legalization of cannabis will be reversed. Next they will be going after alcohol.
What kind of way is that to live?
What kind of way is that to live?
Unclebaldrick
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Yeah, probably. But they sure did jump on the bandwagon for CBD oil. Maybe if was just that these folks are so very susceptible to multi-level marketing ponzi schemes. Ever been to one of these presentations? Pure "you too can get rich" pitch if only you are willing to take advantage of everyone you know while not recognizing that whoever is pitching you is already taking advantage of you. The perfect grift for these folks.
If I had a dollar for every Trumper i have seen pimping CBD oil, I would hit that sad double-wide-in-a-gravel-parking-lot strip club a couple towns over and make it rain for some fallen Amish chick.
CunningCanuk
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I wasn’t aware trumpers were humping CBD oil. Hilarious.
smokinrav
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Haha yep! My gf parents had a bottle of cbd oil where I could see it. I pointed it out to her and we laughed
hanimmal
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lmao, I would love to hate on CBD oil too. But I had a dog that developed cancer in her leg that was painful for her. We started giving her it and she felt so much better. It didn't cure her or anything like that, but as a pain medicine it was clear that it helped her feel better for those last few months.
She did eat an entire bag of pot cookies once though too, lol.
She did eat an entire bag of pot cookies once though too, lol.
Unclebaldrick
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It already is. My question is what would happen if they actually gained power?
rkymtnman
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Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
rkymtnman
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i made some oil of some really fire shit for our dog when we found out he had late stage cancer. his last few days were stoned as f*ck. i'll try the cbd stuff next time.
rkymtnman
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our local mega pastor has said in public that his students/followers at our local bible college should take over the local gov't and school board. i think i'm gonna be in the middle of a bible banger takeover just a few miles down the road
CunningCanuk
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I’m some ways they already have. Trump was prepared to do their bidding.
Unclebaldrick
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Not hating on it at all. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of Trumpers.
Unclebaldrick
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But things are changing. Every election they ramp up the rhetoric. Now this is a fight over good (them) versus evil (everybody else). SAVE AMERICA! There are no societal norm they will not violate next time. If an election goes against them they will have already set up ways where individual states can just void their state's outcome. The next several years will probably see the end of democracy as we know it.
