(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
We are paying the price. [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']
Date: 2025-02-05
While I certainly didn't agree with him on many things (well most things) and he had that unfortunate resemblance to Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars, he's right here. "...the fusion of faith with political power always comes at a price: faith becomes the servant of power and must bend to its criteria".
As an amateur historian I can attest that whatever faith one follows, if you marry it to political power you WILL end up serving that power’s goals and suffocating whatever that faith held true.
In my early 20’s my wife and I got involved with Reagan and the Moral Majority. I recall an older preacher warning that if we did this, we would compromise the Gospel. Unfortunately I don’t recall his name but thought he was an old fuddy duddy that didn’t know what he was talking about.
I honestly hope he’s dead, because if he’s not the current crop of so called christian MAGAs must just absolutely horrify him.
Just check the response to Bishop Budde’s call for mercy is all you need to prove this curdled pudding of faith and MAGA politics. :(
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/5/2301644/-We-are-paying-the-price?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
