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  • 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re definitely right, and I kindof lumped those together - it’s hard to write a complete response during a poop break at work.

    I was not aware of ‘athiest christian nationalists’ being a thing. Fascinating.

    I also didn’t adequately explain that I feel ‘modern’ Christianity has very little to do with the teachings of Christ, much less the content of the Bible even as a whole. It seems it’s much more a justification of their targeted hatred.

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      I also didn’t adequately explain that I feel ‘modern’ Christianity has very little to do with the teachings of Christ, much less the content of the Bible even as a whole. It seems it’s much more a justification of their targeted hatred.

      Definitely agree there. I think the union of conservative politics and christianity has made both worse.

      It’s that bigotry and hatred that is the core of christian nationalism and nationalism in general. Having a target to hate is just how these fascist operate. Religion helps to have outgroups to hate, and nationalism exploits that to try and radicalize.