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CopperCicada · M
It's funny. When JFK ran for office, he was publicly questioned in interviews and debates if he could manage to not be controlled by the Vatican.
And now we have candidates and elected politicians explicitly calling for an erasure of the separation of church and state and the installation of a Christian theocracy.
My question is: whose version of Christianity?
There alot of Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians who aren't going to roll with Kandiss Taylor's theotopia.
I've long said this. The next step is religious war. Soft or hard.
And now we have candidates and elected politicians explicitly calling for an erasure of the separation of church and state and the installation of a Christian theocracy.
My question is: whose version of Christianity?
There alot of Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians who aren't going to roll with Kandiss Taylor's theotopia.
I've long said this. The next step is religious war. Soft or hard.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada 'My question is: whose version of Christianity?' - the smart money has to be on the white evangelicals. The same ones who were at the forefront on Jan 6 and think it's perfectly ok to overturn an election , with God on their side of course.
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RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada Do you think the religious extremists who now hold sway on the SC are likely to be cowed by the majority in the country who want nothing to do with their religious fundamentalism , or is it just full steam ahead ?
CopperCicada · M
@RodionRomanovitch I think the "extremists" on the SC are hardly the worst of the extremism out there.
We have politicians openly talking about killing homosexuals, preventing non Christians from holding public jobs like being teachers. As right skewed as the SCOTUS is, I don't see them upholding any challenges to such things in the event they became law.
I fully expect SCOTUS to continue with a literalist and originalist interpretation of the constitution. I can see Griswold, Obergefeld, and other cases hinging off the right to privacy being overturned. Or not. Time will tell.
Likely the end result is states becoming theotopian dystopias.
We have politicians openly talking about killing homosexuals, preventing non Christians from holding public jobs like being teachers. As right skewed as the SCOTUS is, I don't see them upholding any challenges to such things in the event they became law.
I fully expect SCOTUS to continue with a literalist and originalist interpretation of the constitution. I can see Griswold, Obergefeld, and other cases hinging off the right to privacy being overturned. Or not. Time will tell.
Likely the end result is states becoming theotopian dystopias.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada If it wasn't explicitly defined before then it soon will be. Two countries occupying the same space ; the Disunited States of America.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@CopperCicada I think Americans are in the process of creating their own brand of Christianity. Long on old Testement Values, Short on the Jesus stuff, but still using the brand and heavy on Wealth and Capitalist values.. Conformity is a must.. Once they get it right, the model can go forth and be fruitful. 😷
spjennifer · 56-60, T
@CopperCicada I fully suspect Kandiss won't get far with her "Jesus, guns babies" shtick, she'll be lucky if she gets 5% of the votes...
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@spjennifer Even 5% of the vote means one person in 20 supports her position???? Thats appalling.😷
spjennifer · 56-60, T
@whowasthatmaskedman Oh yes, it certainly is, it also tells us that 5% of our population belongs in a mental institution 😦
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@spjennifer it will depend on who will and can vote, I think. If the majority of people voting hold those opinions, then things could get interesting.