How did evangelists take hold of this country? What can be done?
Posted on 2009 under Government | 3 Comments2 Feb
I am starting to really hate this country because I feel like our government has become just a tool for radical religious groups to create their ideal society. Since many of these christian and other religious groups are not made up of free-thinking people…but rather hordes of brainwashed, bible thumpers… the christian leaders blackmail the politicians and manipulate their congregations of tens of thousands to vote for whoever will give them the most power. It totally eliminates the possibility for any candidate with logical sense to gain control because they have to bend over backwards for these religious nuts. It also totally dismisses any possibility of non-christian based reform that a libertarian, or agnostic/athiest might have. I find it disturbing that a non-christian can’t be voted into office. This isn’t a democracy… its a puppet show for the churches to play with.
PS..I know there are free-thinking christians in the world… but those aren’t the ones i’m worried about
Also, I believe that most of these “mega-church” leaders are a load of crap, as most of them are incredibly independently wealthy. Look at famous televangelists such as Benny Hinn, who preaches for all his members to tithe, yet he owns several huge villas, a private 36 million dollar jet, several million dollars worth of cars, and a number of other luxuries that he clearly could have used the money to donate to charity. Not to mention all of the money these guys are making comes from donations to their tax-exempt ministries. America is under the control of scam artists who manipulate the less intelligent majorities of the country.
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by Mo Fayed, on February 3 2009 @ 6:38 pm
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Make all churches accepting donations publish their political beliefs, and have them registered as political parties.
by Wulfgang, on February 6 2009 @ 2:50 am
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You mean muslims? thats radical for you.
by RoVale, on February 6 2009 @ 8:19 am
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It was a deal they worked out with the Republican Party in the early 1980s. If they could join forces with that party to gain political power, then in return, they would mobilize their followers to vote for Republican candidates. This started when Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. Before that, the party was much more moderate. Its 1976 party platform supported abortion rights but only marginally. In fact, Vice President George H. W. Bush was pro-choice until 1980.