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Climate Is Now a US Culture War Issue (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

America is God's vessel.

Seriously, that's what "Under God" meant to them.

[–] cassetti@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, "under god" was not added to currency or the pledge until 1954, in response to the civil rights movement of the era. The founding fathers would have be rolling in their grave if they could.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/14/the-gripping-sermon-that-got-under-god-added-to-the-pledge-of-allegiance-on-flag-day/

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's their entire Middle East policy, fulfilling the end times prophecies

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

If Jesus came back without all the jews penned in Israel so he could nuke them all at once, how can Christianity live with itself?