From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism

“But I also think the stereotypes of Republicans being pro-faith are bullshit too. We’re seeing a current administration bastardise faith almost every day. They used the Lord’s Prayer in a propaganda video for what they’re now calling the Department of War. That should have had every single evangelical’s bells and whistles and alarms going off in their head: this is sacrilegious.”

White clergy are deciding to run for office, Ryerse believes, in part as a response to the rise of Christian nationalism and the reality that, according to a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey, Trump won 85% of the white evangelical vote in last year’s presidential election.

Ryerse said: “We realise, hey, our churches and the people in our churches have been duped by this guy and so rather than hope someone else will clean up the problem, what we’ve seen is a lot of pastors respond with, you know what, I’m going to jump in and I’m going to be a part of the solution.

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[–] 8 points 11 months ago (6 children)

They think their imaginary friend can make their wishes come true, but chooses not to. They aren’t smart.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (5 children)

    As much as I’d like to agree, there are rational reasons to have religion.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Can we really call it rational reasoning when making decisions about survival and safety under coercion or threat of violence?

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