Trump warns ‘godless communists’ will turn cities into slums as Dems fail to fight socialist surge

ThatRobGuy · Saturday at 9:28 PM

Gene2memE said:
Godless communists? Yawn, how pathetic.

Like the prominently Muslim Zohran Mandani?
Or the Jewish Bernie Sanders?
Or the Catholic AOC?

Really scraping the bottom of the barrel, rethoric wise, aren't they?

What's next, warning about the evils of communist plots like civil rights, unions, equal representation and miscegenation?

And just to clarify, those 3 follow the rules and practices of those religions laid about by the respective religious authority figures within those religions?

If Mamdani is pro-gay rights and pro women's equality?, then he's not following Islam
Pretty sure I've seen Bernie working after sundown on Friday nights, and he's even acknowledged that he's not actively involved in Judaism (never seen him wear the kippah, and married a Catholic woman)
If AOC is pro gay marriage and pro abortion and favors tax payer funding of contraception?, then she's operating in contrast to what her religious authorities say.

Can we stop this "pretending to be part of a religion in order to get "cred" when deflecting against religious criticism" routine?

It's foolish.

My lineage is predominately Southern Baptist (with a little Irish Catholic and Jewish sprinkled in). I drink, I "cuss", I enjoy the occasional cigar, believe in evolution, and have sex with my live-in partner of several years out of wedlock (hopefully in about 30 minutes). If I ran for office and tried to use my lineage as some sort of defense against criticism from religious voters, people would be wise to rightfully call it out as a shameless pandering attempt or defense mechanism.

While it may be inconvenient for them that a lot people in the country are religious, it doesn't do them any favor to use the approach of
"Well, yeah, I'm a <insert religion here>, but I practice the special version of it...y'know, the kind where I put a spotlight on the specific cherry picked passages I like, and ignore the other 80%"

Postvieww · Saturday at 9:35 PM

comana said:
You know if Republicans could just present policies that have broad appeal

Do you mean like the “Save America Act”?

Servus · Saturday at 9:51 PM

ThatRobGuy said:
Atheism being a requirement of Communism is sort of a soviet era thing, not really applicable to the modern incarnation.

Much of that was largely instilled in places where communist leaders saw churches and religion as being a potential rival to "the state" which is the thing they want people to worship above all else.

Nowadays, it's not as major of a concern for the Socialists/Communists as churches don't have the same level of political power and influence they once had.

Case in point, Hugo Chavez was openly Catholic.

It's okay with atheist communists if you're a Christian, just as long as you're a liberal Christian who's in agreement with them.

comana · Saturday at 10:00 PM

Postvieww said:
Do you mean like the “Save America Act”?

No, people think it’s only about voter ID, it’s not. What’s actually in it is not that popular.

Tuur · Saturday at 10:03 PM

Richard T said:
Does Trump have no faith in 1st amendment and the judicial branch?

An odd question. The 1st Amendment isn't predicated on people always choosing the right thing; it's preventing government from squelching unpopular speech. As a case in point, note what happened under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, not even a decade after the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Also note that many here firmly believe that many made the wrong decision in choosing Trump over Harris, so it's not an alien concept.

As for the courts, as a lawyer once said to a family member, "What is right is one thing; what is the law is another." Ideally the judicial branch bases decisions solely on the law - ideally - but beware making a judge unhappy, because when the judge is unhappy, nobody is happy. And some judges have higher positions in mind as well as those who choose them. But let's stick with decisions made solely on the law. It's not against the law to make bad decisions, and a person can do so quite easily without violating the law at all.

Bottom line is that there is nothing in the 1st Amendment or the law that precludes cities from becoming socialist cesspools. If that's what people want, I for one think they should have it. I'll make popcorn and watch.

GoldenBoy89 · Sunday at 12:30 AM

ThatRobGuy said:
"Well, yeah, I'm a <insert religion here>, but I practice the special version of it...y'know, the kind where I put a spotlight on the specific cherry picked passages I like, and ignore the other 80%"

I don’t see why only the evangelicals should get to do this.

Nithavela · Sunday at 12:51 AM

GoldenBoy89 said:
I don’t see why only the evangelicals should get to do this.

Only people on the left and non christians have to pass the arbitrary purity test.

You know. "We elect a president, not a pastor". But for people on the left, political adherence to their claimed faith is very important.

Servus · Sunday at 1:17 AM

Evangelicals are disliked for not giving in to atheists and secularism.

Postvieww · Sunday at 6:37 AM

Nithavela said:
Yeah, government handouts are for the rich. That is god's way.

Matthew 13:12

Matthew 13:12 is in no way a command for corrupt politicians to steal from the rich!

Postvieww · Sunday at 6:43 AM

essentialsaltes said:
None of these people are communists either.

At least a few liberal politicians and liberal talking heads realize they are not good for the Democrat party and the American people. Fetterman and Carvel just to name two.

Stopped_lurking · Sunday at 7:10 AM

ThatRobGuy said:
And just to clarify, those 3 follow the rules and practices of those religions laid about by the respective religious authority figures within those religions?

If Mamdani is pro-gay rights and pro women's equality?, then he's not following Islam

There is no central authority for muslims. There are variants that support womens equality, and I was at muslim marriage of a same-sex couple in 2014.

ThatRobGuy said:
Pretty sure I've seen Bernie working after sundown on Friday nights, and he's even acknowledged that he's not actively involved in Judaism (never seen him wear the kippah, and married a Catholic woman)

I know very little about Sanders, but there is no central authority in judaism either.

ThatRobGuy said:
If AOC is pro gay marriage and pro abortion and favors tax payer funding of contraception?, then she's operating in contrast to what her religious authorities say.

Is she excommunicated? You can be catholic without doing everything according to the Vatican.

Isn't it better to let the voters (of the different faiths) judge, if they think it is problematic or not.

ThatRobGuy said:
Can we stop this "pretending to be part of a religion in order to get "cred" when deflecting against religious criticism" routine?

It's foolish.

My lineage is predominately Southern Baptist (with a little Irish Catholic and Jewish sprinkled in). I drink, I "cuss", I enjoy the occasional cigar, believe in evolution, and have sex with my live-in partner of several years out of wedlock (hopefully in about 30 minutes). If I ran for office and tried to use my lineage as some sort of defense against criticism from religious voters, people would be wise to rightfully call it out as a shameless pandering attempt or defense mechanism.

While it may be inconvenient for them that a lot people in the country are religious, it doesn't do them any favor to use the approach of
"Well, yeah, I'm a <insert religion here>, but I practice the special version of it...y'know, the kind where I put a spotlight on the specific cherry picked passages I like, and ignore the other 80%"

iluvatar5150 · Sunday at 8:16 AM

Servus said:
Evangelicals are disliked for not giving in to atheists and secularism.

Funny how devout practitioners of other religions don’t get the same reaction. It’s almost like there’s something else going on.

A never ending quest for power is about as secular as one can get, and evangelicals have raced head first down that path.

Servus · Sunday at 9:39 AM

It should be pretty easy for a Christian to understand why Christianity gets attacked and false religions don't. And why Christianity that sticks to the whole gospel and speaks against worldliness and secularism, gets attacked the most.

durangodawood · Sunday at 9:54 AM

Servus said:
It should be pretty easy for a Christian to understand why Christianity gets attacked and false religions don't. And why Christianity that sticks to the whole gospel and speaks against worldliness and secularism, gets attacked the most.

Yes because American Christianity is a partisan political project, successful at its goal of worldly power.

If Islam or another religion achieves anything like that here I will be attacking it as well. I really am against religion expressed as politics everywhere. But here its political Christianity thats far and away the threat.

iluvatar5150 · Sunday at 10:01 AM

Servus said:
It should be pretty easy for a Christian to understand why Christianity gets attacked and false religions don't. And why Christianity that sticks to the whole gospel and speaks against worldliness and secularism, gets attacked the most.

Where are all the attacks on Buddhism? Buddhists aren’t exactly fans of wordliness and secularism.

Desk trauma · Sunday at 10:04 AM

Postvieww said:
Matthew 13:12 is in no way a command for corrupt politicians to steal from the rich!

Won’t someone think of the poor oppressed millionaires and billionaires?

Nithavela · Sunday at 10:16 AM

iluvatar5150 said:
Where are all the attacks on Buddhism? Buddhists aren’t exactly fans of wordliness and secularism.

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iluvatar5150 · Sunday at 10:24 AM

Nithavela said:
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lol

The woman in the Pats hat looked asian, so I suspect this one is coming from inside the house.

Servus · Sunday at 10:50 AM

iluvatar5150 said:
Where are all the attacks on Buddhism? Buddhists aren’t exactly fans of wordliness and secularism.

Because Jesus said His followers would be hated, not Buddhists. Because Buddhists don't preach a gospel of Christ and repentance and obedience to the one true God. Satan who guides atheism false religions worldliness and secularism isn't at war with the lie of Buddhism. He'd rather see it flourish.

iluvatar5150 · Sunday at 10:56 AM

Servus said:
Because Jesus said His followers would be hated, not Buddhists. Because Buddhists don't preach a gospel of Christ and repentance and obedience to the one true God. Satan who guides atheism false religions worldliness and secularism isn't at war with the lie of Buddhism. He'd rather see it flourish.

Buddhism calls for many of the same behavior patterns that traditional Christianity does, often going quite a bit farther in its asceticism.

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