SOH Mike Johnson and the five red heifers transported to Israel to be sacrificed in celebration of the End times

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80. TY to those like LMSP who took the time to give a detailed reply to the disturbed. It is important to know...

…who these nutballs are and what their plans for America are. I was raised to “respect other people’s religions” — but in the last 25 years I’ve made a mature decision that some are not in that category, and here’s why.

Very short version: they are dangerous now, and in the halls of power now, and we have to recognize and understand them. Skip the rest if you don’t want to know the history.

When I was a child, certain Christian sects (and in the 1950s this was a largely Christian country; also largely white, but that is a different tale) were on the fringe — the far fringe — but as long as they stayed away from the rest of us sinners, it was live and let live. Sure, I knew some adults who made snide remarks about Holy Rollers and Snake Handlers, but no one was trying to hunt them down, for pete’s sake. It was like being an anti-vaxxer — nearly everybody else knew that polio, whooping cough, and all the other killers were not “God’s will” but the products of microbes and viruses, so the vast majority of parents made sure to hold their babies tight while the doc gave them a jab.

Here’s the difference today: those religious fringe groups are now in the centers of power. Speaker of the House Johnson is absolutely one of them. People like Trump don’t believe in anything holy, but they certainly find the religious fanatics (or as some here have always called them, the religiously insane) useful in their quest for ultimate worldly power, and vice versa. Same with Musk.

Hegseth, for instance has found a “god” who affirms his lust for dominance. I do think he is sincere, in his drug and alcohol soaked mind, but he is also extremely dangerous. He is purging women, LGBTQ+ , and I suspect anybody Black or brown from the military hierarchy. He believes women and trans people have no business being in the US military. He, like Trump, has a caveman image of a “war fighter” — a male all bulked up and ready to kill with his bare hands. The fact that wars are now fought with brains and electronics escapes him. He also believes women have no business being able to vote. He is a White Christian Nationalist.

The federal government and military are now run by (pay attention) White Christian Nationalists and those who find them useful. Just for fun, explore Christian Dominionism (Hegseth, Johnson, et al) and its ties to home schooling, politics, the End Times, and all that. Because of the many conversations around Dominionism in the early years of DU, I took a dive into research from reliable liberal sources, and went down a rabbit hole to where I felt I was staring into the Abyss, the Heart of Darkness. I remember it pretty vividly, but I’ve never been able to return because it made me sick. You all, however, should take a look.

Our Supreme Court, after decades of GOP maneuvering, has a majority of Roman Catholics. I have no problem with Roman Catholics per se, since all 4 of my grandparents were, but several if not most of the conservatives on our High Court are Opus Dei, and that is a cult. Opus Dei, if I recall correctly, skirts the Pope. Not everything called “Catholic” is kosher (oops, wrong culture, LOL) . As far as anyone can tell Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas for sure…

We need to talk about them sometimes so we can see them coming — and they are here now.