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Here's an idea, let's not have a list of "recognized" religions at all.
And while we are at it, Mormons and Christians and all of the rest should pay taxes, they're disgusting vampires.
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Here’s an idea, let’s not have a list of “recognized” religions at all.
If we don't have a list of legally recognized religions, we won't be able to rationalize pogroms against the illegal ones.
Don't you want to purge the county of Muslims? Don't you want to send all the Jews to Israel?
Don't you want to send all the Jews to Israel?
Nah, I want Israel to not exist
Well, that's just antisemitism.
Mods! MODS! If this was Reddit, you'd be so banned right now.
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No, lets have that list, and tax them appropriately.
You don't need a separate list if everyone is getting taxed the same.
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It doesn't "ban them from a list", they're just not on the list under "Christian".
Ask any Mormon if they're just a flavor of Christian, and they'll be quick to tell you why they're better
They don't have a problem with drawing a line, they just don't like it when they're on the minority side of the line which is what this is about.
They'll call far right Christians "them" all day, but don't like being called "them" by anyone.
Thanks for pointing out that there's no ban on religions in the military. I've heard this blown way out of proportion a few times.
I believe this is mostly about what religious texts the military provides, clergy services and burial services. I think theres some other small things as well but it’s mostly about the military’s obligations
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Anyone who grew up Mormon should have already known the largely evangelical Christian nationalists would like to destroy Mormons in the top ten wish list of people to harm if they ever get power. this isn't confusing at all. it's willfully ignoring reality.
It’s like Mormons don’t even know their own history.
Yeah, I grew up catholic and remain shocked most Catholics don't seem to get that they're in that same boat
It's shocking how little they understand that Evangelicals genuinely think Catholics are closer to Satan than Satan is.
Which is wild, considering they're ideologically aligned. I guess the Mormons are one step too culty.
Ideologically aligned plays second fiddle to culturally homogeneous in fascism. If they're too different, they're an outgroup. How much of an outgroup only matters early on, but they're still a target, ultimately.
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Mike Lee is quite possibly the dumbest Senator alive.
Dumbest Senator Alive, Wednesdays at 8/7 Central time, only on FOX!
Awww, but I’m one of the GOOD ~~minorities~~ fascists!
Leopard doesn’t care. Om nom nom.
everyone with a lick of hindsight knew that eventually being a straight christian wouldnt be enough if youre black, or a white christian not enough if you're gay, or even a straight white christian man if youre not the right type of white or flavor of christian
Eventually these groups cannibalize their own.
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Humans are so silly. Especially in light of how serious religious simpletons are. just the silliest little apes we are. buddy, you're just a pile of poop and water. calm down.
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Hey, senator dumb fuck, maybe dont exclude/include people based on religion.
not MY abortion not MY job not MY religion
not ME!
But I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face...
Look, fuck Trump and Pete from the bottom of my heart; but Mormonism quite literally does not fit within Christian theology because they deny the divinity of Jesus.
This doesn’t need to be a religious claim on my end for it to be accurate. Christians in the US only started thinking of Mormons as part of their club because they couldn’t stomach voting for Obama as the Christian candidate over Mormon Romney.
Mormonism quite literally does not fit within Christian theology
I have it on good authority that it is the only religion that TRULY fits within the Christian theology, and it's all you other guys who are wrong.
You guys should get really mad at each other and start thousands of years of war, pain, and suffering over it. It's the Christian thing to do.
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Mormons are essentially catholicism reboot (or 'Christian 2.0') . They have an entire extra book with all new jesus stories. An extra prophet. Plus there's blessed underwear and freemason style ceremonies. They also essentially have a pope.
Resemblance to Christianity or Catholicism is essentially academic.
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They don't deny the divinity of Jesus. It's more that they have a neo-Arian view of the trinity that the godhead is one in purpose but separate in form, and Jesus is the literal son of God the father (they do NOT game out the repercussions of this in a coherent or sophisticated way, but it's what they believe). Theologically, they're sort of polytheists, but the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is an essential part of their belief system. So, it really comes down to whether you're willing to allow certain belief structures rejected by the Council of Nicaea to continue to call themselves Christian, or at least to nod politely at their self-identification, or whether you make academic theology the hill you will die on in terms of culturally significant labels adopted by ostensibly areligious bureaucracies. It sounds counter-intuitive, but there's more than one way to define a Christian.
The Mormons are absolutely reaping what they sowed by throwing in with MAGA, though, and you know the Romneys and Huntsmans are snickering somewhere with a glass of wine, which they can have because they did double-secret off-the-books Temple shit.
I grew up Mormon and can't believe who they are now. Granted I was in Jersey, so things were a little more "progressive".
But you're right, they are reaping what they showed.
I do have to say though, that the council of Nicea should be used as an example of why Christian religion is bullshit. (I think all organized religions are bullshit. Mm)
Let's get a group of guys together and decide by committee what it means.
Then change that meaning as the overarching world culture evolves over the milennia.
"You know what? I know this has been part of our beliefs for over a thousand years, but God just changed his mind."
Ex-Mo here who grew up in Northern Florida. Where I was, the LDS community itself had to be fairly chill because there's no sense in trying to tell the kids to ignore 99% of the population for friendship and dating, and getting too publicly self-righteous just riles up the evangelicals.
Funnily enough, I also landed on the idea that all organized religion is bullshit. Not that escaping a high-pressure sect (Diet Cult?) is the only way to get there, but I do think the extraordinary truth claims the Church makes means that when we leave, we tend to evaluate all other religions in that same light, plus they were never shy about pointing out what everybody else got wrong, LOL.
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"Your Jesus just isn't good enough to be included with all of our other Jesuses". smh /s
Damn if only that religious minority wasn't racist or easily conned
Unlike those shrewd religious majorities
"But I thought it would be the eastern religions that get targeted."
Tear down that wall....Mormon education at work in that false equivalency
This guy has no decency, being a pedo protector. I dont believe he thinks Kegsbreath ever had some.
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Good fuck Mormons
Good! fuck Mormons!
Good fuck, Mormons.
Good fuck: Mormons.
Is this cringemaxxing?
Ho ho.....it's all smiles till the Fucker In Chief gets around to fucking you.
"tear down that wall", Hegseth has no idea what you're referring to. 😆
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Put all the religious lunatics in a straitjacket and send them to Uranus with spaceX and musk
I like working against the wellbeing of people so long as those people aren't me. For real though Mormonism is just diet scientology.
Recognized? We are so far gone from 1776.
Fuck Mike Lee.
Zero sympathy MAGA fucknut. The Christian Nationalists and Project 2025, that you voted for and support, are a reminder from getting chased out of Illinois, Missouri and almost losing in Utah. Go fly a kite racist loser!
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