Doktor Zoom explains why, in Texas, getting politicans to enact legislation assuring that summer camps for children (many of them church-based) are safe is an uphill climb:
"For a lot of fundagelical Christians, taking care of each other is something people should only do on their own, because God wants government to be very, very limited."
#Texas #evangelicals #floods #ClimateChange
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/sure-texas-could-require-less-drowny
"Following Hurricane Helene last fall, the 'Standing for Freedom Center' explained that the death and destruction of a natural disaster must be understood through 'sound Christian doctrine,' which is why no one should think that the hurricane had anything to do with 'climate change,' which isn’t real, and is in fact 'a fabricated crisis that is weaponized by the global elites.'”
"The main point, says the editorial, is that natural disasters “are a result of living in a fallen and sinful world,” and that humans and the natural world itself are both cursed by original sin, so you’d better focus on getting right with Jesus. Also that extreme weather, like the rain, fall on both 'the just and the unjust,' and God’s will is inscrutable (and of course human activity like burning fossil fuels can’t affect the atmosphere)."
"But most importantly, natural disasters are a reminder to 'repent or perish,' because see point #1 about living in a fallen world."
Then the king will say to those on his right, "come, you who are blessed by my father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world."
For I was an immigrant and you put a mask on your face, threatened me with a gun, smashed my car window, disappeared me to a concentration camp in a swamp, and fed me from dishes on the floor.
#Trump#Republicans#Jesus #evangelicals#Christians #bible #immigrants#ConcentrationCamps#MaskedThugs
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