The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
Gotta wonder what part of “thou shalt not kill” is so difficult to understand for these people.
Trump presidential pardon incoming in 3, 2, 1…
Alas, it’s the right religion and the right skin color so at this time we’re ruling out that this was anything but the misguided actions of a deeply unwell individual.
I can’t believe sleepy joe personally trained and planned this. The bumbling idiot super evil genius. And then the cops didn’t stop him at the house. Trump would have thrown a dirty diaper at the shooter and he would have exploded.
Don’t forget Obama sold him the guns and Hillary cleaned them.
And all the ammo and weapons were brought here by undocumented immigrants.
Religion should be classified as a mental disorder. It’s delusional and often results in erratic, even dangerous, behavior.
If someone had shot the top MAGA leader in Minnesota you wouldn’t be blaming religion, even if they were as overtly religious as this guy.
That’s true, we’d be thanking religion.
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The murder-to-save-babies community is entirely faith-based
Duh.
Christian conservatives are scary people prone to violence. They are ticking timebombs and it’s safest to avoid them as much as possible.
That’s because Jesus famously said: go forth and kill the people you disagree with.
Seriously, I can’t reconcile how those Christians can go to church every week and just completely ignore the teachings of the woke, antifascism, anticapitalism dude, you know… Christ himself.
Can somebody explain this to me? I genuinely can’t wrap my head around it.
Having grown up catholic in rural Illinois, it’s just a case of mixed messaging and infiltration. Think of it like this:
You inherited a chili recipe—representing your morality and culture—from your parents. Growing up, you helped make it every week, so you know the flavors well. In your family’s version of chili, beans—symbolizing religion—were always the most important ingredient. Peppers—representing politics—were known, but they were more of a background note, never central.
Fast forward a generation, and a certain group starts promoting the idea that chili must be spicy. They want to sell their own particular kind of pepper—a harsh, punishing version of God—and they push this idea aggressively. They use people your parents trust, who already like spicier chili, to reinforce the message.
Suddenly, everyone around you starts loading their chili with these peppers because they’re told it’s the only way to avoid bland chili—blandness, in this case, representing hell. The fear of tasteless chili becomes a powerful motivator.
The most important thing for people, and by people I mean all of us at times, is in-group belonging. None of us are immune to that. We look to our peers for cues on how to behave and what to believe.
Some people consider like scientists and experts in-group, and trust them. Some don’t.
This need for in-group cohesion is more important than facts and figures. It’s more important than the text of some book.
So when all your friends and family are saying that Christianity means one thing, it’s unlikely you’re going to disagree.
Abortion is wrong but assassination is fine?
because it’s not about being “pro-life”, it’s about controlling women’s bodies
I think the logic is “babies are innocent, these people have a choice and they made the wrong one.”
Religious conservative nuts feel the same way about people who are in favour of abortion as many people in the US feel about health insurance CEOs.
From certain standpoints, assassinations appear acceptable.
The difference being that one side has some reasonable arguments for their point of view.
The problem with that is that every side believes they have reasonable arguments to kill.
Ah yes, what with all those bombings of maternity clinics by radical pro choice activists.
Never a day passes without one
“Reasonable”, unfortunately, is subjective. Just ask Rupert Murdoch.
No it is not. The unreasonable people like to claim that but that doesn’t make it true.
The fuck is this sitting at even votes for? Reason is not subjective. That line of thinking is how we lost our consensus reality.
Of course! Because Jesus loves you!
And he needs money! He just can’t handle it so he needs more.
– Abbreviated George Carlin
shocker right?
If a man says he values life, then he better value all life. Otherwise he’s a liar
Christians have never had a problem with lying or murder. History shows this.
I’d say people in general.
Nazis lives don’t matter, otherwise you’re right
There’s stereotypes for a reason
