Thread: Far too often, progressive or moderate Christians find it hard to take far-right Christianity seriously because they don't see it in their own congregations. That's a mistake because extremist Christianity actively seeks to tear down/cancel its intra-religious rivals.
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Some fundamentalist Christians have the brains not to feel threatened by people who disagree in their denominations, but many/most seek to de-fund and fire preachers who say things that go against their dogma. I'll summarize this article next https://archive.ph/iQyca
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The link is to an essay at RedState, the preferred blog of Republican Capitol Hill insiders. All the "R" staffers and many of the congressmembers read it and court the writers.
In the piece, the author promotes a Twitter account that's trying to LibsOfTikTokify religion.
This behavior is even more outrageous than LTT though because: 1) These are private, vonluntary religious services. 2) Supposedly the writer believes the targets are fellow Christian brothers and sisters.
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In the post, Brandon Morse, the RedState blogger, emphatically claims that Christians who refuse to hate LGBT civil rights are under the influence of Satan.
Extremist Christians are deliberately seeking to destroy and tear down the faith of other Christians.
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Christians who oppose Christianist oppression need to call out the hate on a routine basis. And point out the absurdity of their doctrinal claims.
If they don't, then the loudest voices win.
Languages belong to the people who speak them. So do religions.
Also, understand that the Christian Right is at war with all other forms of Christianity. And they fight like it daily. What are you doing?
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Fascimentalism, maybe. Not just a purity test that shuns the individual apostate, but using the power of (what they consider) The Church to purify all the churches is a lot like fascism.
Not to mention creating their own Stasi, complete with channels for reporting the backsliders and apostates and the wafflers and the turncoats
@mattsheffield My view is that the greatest threat to #Christianity is its own members. I posted a video commentary on this matter 13 years ago. Your reference to #Unitarianism shows that there is a different path than the dogma.
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