Geoff
@aljawf.bsky.social
The evangelical Church elected to put itself in a self-induced spiritual coma in Nov 2016 and its life support system is Denial.
"belief in God" is a fantasy: words like Jesus, obedience, love, faith, resurrection, lord are untranslated, harmless, empty.
"belief in God" is a fantasy: words like Jesus, obedience, love, faith, resurrection, lord are untranslated, harmless, empty.
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Geoff
@aljawf.bsky.social
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Cruelty as Citizenship | Manifold@UMinnPress
More than a decade before the election of Donald Trump, vitriolic and dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants was already part of the national conversation. Situating the contemporary debate on immigra...
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Do you want to know who they are, what motivates them, how we got here.
I took 10 secs and jotted down three reading lists...
Tl&Dr, Secular, and White evangelicals.
First TL&DR: the whole book is here for free, it's short & hard
—Cruelty as Citizenship—
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
I took 10 secs and jotted down three reading lists...
Tl&Dr, Secular, and White evangelicals.
First TL&DR: the whole book is here for free, it's short & hard
—Cruelty as Citizenship—
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
The greater the influence a person has; the greater the shun the person receives.
The issue wasn't that I criticized Trump - they have token liberals and Democrats on to criticize him all the time - it's that I criticized him from the self-described point of view of a conservative Republican. THAT could not be allowed, lest it be taken seriously.
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The greater the influence a person has; the greater the shun the person receives.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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They didn't go along....
He made them an offer, a quid pro quo, 'no one does what you want but I'll do it if you back me up in whatever I want to do'
He said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a supporter. They said 'he's one of us'.
He made them an offer, a quid pro quo, 'no one does what you want but I'll do it if you back me up in whatever I want to do'
He said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a supporter. They said 'he's one of us'.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
They didn't go along....
He made them an offer, a quid pro quo, 'no one does what you want but I'll do it if you back me up in whatever I want to do'
He said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a supporter. They said 'he's one of us'.
He made them an offer, a quid pro quo, 'no one does what you want but I'll do it if you back me up in whatever I want to do'
He said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a supporter. They said 'he's one of us'.
The entire expression heard over and over in the old and new testaments is widow, orphan, migrant (or foreigner), and poor; those are God's special people. But you wouldn't know it from listening to MAGA.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The entire expression heard over and over in the old and new testaments is widow, orphan, migrant (or foreigner), and poor; those are God's special people. But you wouldn't know it from listening to MAGA.
I argue (as many of you do) that what a person says and does (if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck) is their identity (it's a duck).
Christian nationalists are not christians just because that's the name that was given to them – every thing they say and do contradicts Jesus.
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Christian nationalists are not christians just because that's the name that was given to them – every thing they say and do contradicts Jesus.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I argue (as many of you do) that what a person says and does (if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck) is their identity (it's a duck).
Christian nationalists are not christians just because that's the name that was given to them – every thing they say and do contradicts Jesus.
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Christian nationalists are not christians just because that's the name that was given to them – every thing they say and do contradicts Jesus.
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If only conservative clergy would do something like this
MAGA doesn't see Jesus (who was targeted, grabbed, beaten and killed as a political criminal) in these targeted men, women, & children being ziptied and hauled off to camps
Their God never said care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor
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MAGA doesn't see Jesus (who was targeted, grabbed, beaten and killed as a political criminal) in these targeted men, women, & children being ziptied and hauled off to camps
Their God never said care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor
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November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If only conservative clergy would do something like this
MAGA doesn't see Jesus (who was targeted, grabbed, beaten and killed as a political criminal) in these targeted men, women, & children being ziptied and hauled off to camps
Their God never said care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor
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MAGA doesn't see Jesus (who was targeted, grabbed, beaten and killed as a political criminal) in these targeted men, women, & children being ziptied and hauled off to camps
Their God never said care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor
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Republicans now adjusting their lines to accept Trump as a pedophile. Reminds me of how they understood him as King David who did despicable things, was forgiven and loved by God.
The doctrine at play is that since God writes the laws, disobedience (sin) is first & foremost against God.
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The doctrine at play is that since God writes the laws, disobedience (sin) is first & foremost against God.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Republicans now adjusting their lines to accept Trump as a pedophile. Reminds me of how they understood him as King David who did despicable things, was forgiven and loved by God.
The doctrine at play is that since God writes the laws, disobedience (sin) is first & foremost against God.
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The doctrine at play is that since God writes the laws, disobedience (sin) is first & foremost against God.
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Megan Kelly SUCKS for making me have to learn the term ephebophilia
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Megan Kelly SUCKS for making me have to learn the term ephebophilia
The GOP really are masters at rhetorical manipulation.
This guy is the advanced guard, most ruthless ideologues denigrating people and defending the president, and here he is hedging his position
Sombrero is his way of saying the base will mock him as traitor.
We're supposed to believe he cares?
This guy is the advanced guard, most ruthless ideologues denigrating people and defending the president, and here he is hedging his position
Sombrero is his way of saying the base will mock him as traitor.
We're supposed to believe he cares?
Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The GOP really are masters at rhetorical manipulation.
This guy is the advanced guard, most ruthless ideologues denigrating people and defending the president, and here he is hedging his position
Sombrero is his way of saying the base will mock him as traitor.
We're supposed to believe he cares?
This guy is the advanced guard, most ruthless ideologues denigrating people and defending the president, and here he is hedging his position
Sombrero is his way of saying the base will mock him as traitor.
We're supposed to believe he cares?
Honestly, it's so tiresome that people still give MAGA the benefit of the doubt, as if it has a platform other than straight up racism (identity) and self enrichment
Those two principles occupy all their energy and policy. Is there a #3 they care about? uh, uh
You think maga has any bottom?
Those two principles occupy all their energy and policy. Is there a #3 they care about? uh, uh
You think maga has any bottom?
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Honestly, it's so tiresome that people still give MAGA the benefit of the doubt, as if it has a platform other than straight up racism (identity) and self enrichment
Those two principles occupy all their energy and policy. Is there a #3 they care about? uh, uh
You think maga has any bottom?
Those two principles occupy all their energy and policy. Is there a #3 they care about? uh, uh
You think maga has any bottom?
Exactly, it's about who has unfettered freedom: of movement: bodily, socially, economically, geographically, politically: Whiteness
My son gave me this book for Christmas in 2019, it's still the best articulation of MAGA in one that I've read.
The End of the Myth
www.pulitzer.org/winners/greg...
My son gave me this book for Christmas in 2019, it's still the best articulation of MAGA in one that I've read.
The End of the Myth
www.pulitzer.org/winners/greg...
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Exactly, it's about who has unfettered freedom: of movement: bodily, socially, economically, geographically, politically: Whiteness
My son gave me this book for Christmas in 2019, it's still the best articulation of MAGA in one that I've read.
The End of the Myth
www.pulitzer.org/winners/greg...
My son gave me this book for Christmas in 2019, it's still the best articulation of MAGA in one that I've read.
The End of the Myth
www.pulitzer.org/winners/greg...
In a recent book I read, "self-government" and ideas of property rights/capitalism are objectives in the various myths America lives by: christian nation, nature's nation, chosen nation, millenial nation, innocent nation
This 'Spirit' has killed before and called it good. find your moral lines now!
This 'Spirit' has killed before and called it good. find your moral lines now!
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is giving us a reality based #CupOfJoe.
“Our job right now is draw moral lines in the sand to show the differences between Democrats - who are fighting to protect American democracy - and Republicans - who are fighting to destroy it.”
“Our job right now is draw moral lines in the sand to show the differences between Democrats - who are fighting to protect American democracy - and Republicans - who are fighting to destroy it.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In a recent book I read, "self-government" and ideas of property rights/capitalism are objectives in the various myths America lives by: christian nation, nature's nation, chosen nation, millenial nation, innocent nation
This 'Spirit' has killed before and called it good. find your moral lines now!
This 'Spirit' has killed before and called it good. find your moral lines now!
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Some things can be done as well as others.
—Sam Patch, celebrated falls jumper
—Sam Patch, celebrated falls jumper
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Some things can be done as well as others.
—Sam Patch, celebrated falls jumper
—Sam Patch, celebrated falls jumper
'christian nationalism' is not new, it's the civic religion of the Doctrine of Discovery, it's the civic religion of racialized slavery, it's the civic religion of manifest destiny which respected no treaty or peoples in its way, it's the civic religion of Jim Crow, it's the civic religion of MAGA.
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
'christian nationalism' is not new, it's the civic religion of the Doctrine of Discovery, it's the civic religion of racialized slavery, it's the civic religion of manifest destiny which respected no treaty or peoples in its way, it's the civic religion of Jim Crow, it's the civic religion of MAGA.
Lol, moral people don't elect pathological narcissistic liars because they know they'll have to explain why...
If you did, did you set any redlines that you wouldn't cross?
If you haven't, think back to who you were in 2016 and what line s/he would have set
He's killing people and you say nothing
If you did, did you set any redlines that you wouldn't cross?
If you haven't, think back to who you were in 2016 and what line s/he would have set
He's killing people and you say nothing
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lol, moral people don't elect pathological narcissistic liars because they know they'll have to explain why...
If you did, did you set any redlines that you wouldn't cross?
If you haven't, think back to who you were in 2016 and what line s/he would have set
He's killing people and you say nothing
If you did, did you set any redlines that you wouldn't cross?
If you haven't, think back to who you were in 2016 and what line s/he would have set
He's killing people and you say nothing
My most woke opinion from a secular pov is no white person understands our racial predicaments; a black woman would be the ideal fixer.
from a christian pov it's that there is a *mandate* in any covenant with God to care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor generously.
from a christian pov it's that there is a *mandate* in any covenant with God to care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor generously.
My most woke opinion, probably: society needs to decide on a wealth cap, and income tax becomes 120% after that amount. Confiscate all hoarded wealth beyond that amount. And all those little tax loopholes need to be sealed up tight.
Save the billionaires’ souls by making them not-billionaires.
Save the billionaires’ souls by making them not-billionaires.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My most woke opinion from a secular pov is no white person understands our racial predicaments; a black woman would be the ideal fixer.
from a christian pov it's that there is a *mandate* in any covenant with God to care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor generously.
from a christian pov it's that there is a *mandate* in any covenant with God to care for the widow, orphan, migrant, poor generously.
When you call them "christian" you hand over to them a basis they can manipulate to invert what's good and evil.
He is the lesser of two evils by what standard?
He is the lesser of two evils by what standard?
Jasmine Crockett: "If people decide that they want to continue to support person who may be a pedophile themselves or a person who obviously is covering on pedophiles, that's on them. But they should at least know the devil they decided to pick."
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you call them "christian" you hand over to them a basis they can manipulate to invert what's good and evil.
He is the lesser of two evils by what standard?
He is the lesser of two evils by what standard?
I went to college in Westchester county during the late 80s, and all my college friends, eventually even the ones I was sure were on my side said 'let it go, he can fix this' in 2016.
So yes, we all knew him as the worst example of humanity; they overlooked it.
So yes, we all knew him as the worst example of humanity; they overlooked it.
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I went to college in Westchester county during the late 80s, and all my college friends, eventually even the ones I was sure were on my side said 'let it go, he can fix this' in 2016.
So yes, we all knew him as the worst example of humanity; they overlooked it.
So yes, we all knew him as the worst example of humanity; they overlooked it.
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Sainte-Adresse, Fishing Boats on the Shore - 1867
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6805
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6805
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sainte-Adresse, Fishing Boats on the Shore - 1867
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6805
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/6805
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November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For 2000 yrs, christians have recognized two moral standards. The Life: ways and truth of Jesus and everyone else.
So I have little tolerance for people who identify with Jesus and actively reject his life, ways and truth.
I mean, you are what you say and do, not that favorite verse you quote.
So I have little tolerance for people who identify with Jesus and actively reject his life, ways and truth.
I mean, you are what you say and do, not that favorite verse you quote.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For 2000 yrs, christians have recognized two moral standards. The Life: ways and truth of Jesus and everyone else.
So I have little tolerance for people who identify with Jesus and actively reject his life, ways and truth.
I mean, you are what you say and do, not that favorite verse you quote.
So I have little tolerance for people who identify with Jesus and actively reject his life, ways and truth.
I mean, you are what you say and do, not that favorite verse you quote.
White America's 'hired gun' entire life is one long lie to conceal his carnal depravity.
Of course he's profiting off every situation, the point is he does what White America wants.
Of course he's profiting off every situation, the point is he does what White America wants.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
White America's 'hired gun' entire life is one long lie to conceal his carnal depravity.
Of course he's profiting off every situation, the point is he does what White America wants.
Of course he's profiting off every situation, the point is he does what White America wants.
Hate to break it to you but Heritage and other "christian values" political activists have been doing this since before the Christian Coalition folks.
Losing 'separate but equal' the impetus.
Losing 'separate but equal' the impetus.
A Fort Worth megachurch is teaching Christians how to run for office — and may soon take the program national.
Go inside “Campaign University,” where faith meets political ambition: txst.us/x0lfoi
Go inside “Campaign University,” where faith meets political ambition: txst.us/x0lfoi
A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national
Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.
txst.us
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hate to break it to you but Heritage and other "christian values" political activists have been doing this since before the Christian Coalition folks.
Losing 'separate but equal' the impetus.
Losing 'separate but equal' the impetus.
After 20 years and over sixty books I have a pretty good idea of christian nationalism which infects primarily white America.
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
After 20 years and over sixty books I have a pretty good idea of christian nationalism which infects primarily white America.
Yesterday I read a book of letters civil war soldiers wrote home. Each side to a fault said their love was unbreakable, but they knew this cause was greater. And if they died {in upcoming battle} they wanted her to know they would come back to them in spirit.
'their cause'... human rights
'their cause'... human rights
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yesterday I read a book of letters civil war soldiers wrote home. Each side to a fault said their love was unbreakable, but they knew this cause was greater. And if they died {in upcoming battle} they wanted her to know they would come back to them in spirit.
'their cause'... human rights
'their cause'... human rights