Will religion ever tire of their quest for power? For all our sakes, I wish they would. It’s not enough that they benefit from our largess by paying no taxes. Some of these organizations own property in key locations, depriving municipalities of much needed income. Their clergy constantly lobbies the government for more money. Even the Supreme Court has allowed loopholes that churches exploit to get the state to pay for vouchers so they get public money for teaching utter nonsense to their followers. Need I even mention the attack on women’s bodies? The fight is endless.
TGA recently reported on Louisiana mandating the 10 commandments in classrooms. This is merely the opening act, for now Texas wants in on the shenanigans. The Republicans lead house is passing a massive bill that includes over 50 insane provisions. Some include rules to further gerrymander their districts to avoid any hope of Democrats making headway. However, others are far more radical, like forcing public schools to teach the Bible.
The platform also takes a step further some of the party’s previous calls for more Christianity in public life. The 2022 platform proclaimed that the United States was “founded on Judeo-Christian principles,” for instance, and demanded the repeal of federal prohibitions on political activity by churches.
The 2024 platform goes significantly further: It urges lawmakers and the State Board of Education to “require instruction on the Bible, servant leadership and Christian self-governance,” and supports the use of religious chaplains in schools — which was made legal under a law passed by the state Legislature last year.
This is just the beginning for these guys. The right has become more radicalized, and the rule of law, the Constitution, and anything that does not serve the unification of the church with the state is an obstacle that they plan on destroying.
I think it’s getting clear that the fight is going to get tougher moving forward. The church’s overstepping it’s boundaries has alienated people, which is why the percentage of religiously affiliated people continue to drop, but atheism stagnates. The people are disassociating religiously, but they are not actively fighting or rejecting the rise of Christo-fascism. They are simply disengaging politically, and this has opened the door wide open for the next generation of extremists that wish to transform their country into a “Christian Nation”.
It’s also terrifyingly vague just what kind of Christianity this is at the end of the day. Let us remember that there are thousands of denominations and variations, and that the conflicts that often punctuated these schisms were only finally put to bed when the state became neutral on the subject of all religions. All religious states are constantly engrossed in miniature Inquisitions, with religious minorities often being harassed, isolated, and even killed. The situation in Gaza is the perfect example: religious states are the most unstable, dangerous states on earth. For the world’s largest superpower, with the most powerful military in the history of mankind, to become a Christian nation would unleash generations of never ending conflict and strife. All of this danger, just so they can try and further shove this so-called loving God in our faces.
It’s frustrating, and exhausting fighting these guys with endless money, legions of unthinking drones, and increasingly more political power. What do we have? A bunch of podcasts and blogs. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic.