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And surprisingly the most religious people tend to vote for the elephant...
This isn’t surprising at all, if you look at their rhetoric.
They need the world to self-destruct so Jesus will come back and give them their paradise. Nearly all Christian sects are doomsday cults, because Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher.
Nuclear war? Good, that brings Jesus back. Climate apocalypse? Awesome, because Jesus will come back, as prophesied. Israel implodes? Best case scenario, because this is exactly how Jesus comes back.
They want all of us to burn for the sake of their doomsday fantasies.
I saw an interesting video a few days ago that touched on this. It proposes that most liberals think of problems and how to solve them. Teenage pregnancy is up? How do we increase sex education and access to contraception?
Where most conservatives think of problems and how to punish the people that cause them. Mostly stemming from the idea that living a just and moral life - like they do - means you won't have those problems, so it's your own fault if you do. Teenage pregnancy is up? Quit being a slut and instead raise this baby that was a result of your own slutty behavior.
I've been looking at things through this lense the past few days and see this way of thinking popping up over and over again.
As a former conservative, the "fuck them they deserve it" attitude is very accurate. Sometimes they shun each other over that stuff too. Other times they compartmentalize. Depends on how much they like that person.
watch the entire series, it's pretty good, and unfortunately still relevant.
of course, gives them an excuse to hate, it's not them hating you, it's gawd!
The ones who respond with excitement whenever there is bloodlust and retribution and suffering in the Bible. They enjoy those parts.
The elephant may never forget but they do.
https://newrepublic.com/post/174950/christianity-today-editor-evangelicals-call-jesus-liberal-weak
Catholics and Jews predominantly support Democrats. Idk if I'd describe Southern Baptists and Mormons as "more religious" than Unitarians or Muslims or Wiccans. That seems to suggest religious liberals are... What? Just phoning it in because they're not reactionary in their beliefs?