@timewarp @MyOpinion

Correction: No establishment Democrats will support a policy that actually benefit the working people of America.

@FistingEnthusiast @ThefuzzyFurryComrade
Definitely not that way in New England. Although if you bring up that you are an atheist, some people do seem a little nonplussed.

@themaninblack

Not dead enough!

@PanaX @GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson Chris Hedges has written and said some very good stuff, but he is an ordained minister and definitely a Christian.

@harrys_balzac @IronBird

Reminds me of my uncle for some reason. He belonged to a tiny little church and dragged his wife into it as well. I used to say that he believed that he and the minister and possibly his wife were the only people who would be allowed into Heaven - and he wasn't too sure about his wife and the minister.

At his funeral his minister got up and gave quite a speech. In his southern drawl he invited us all to rush up to him, get on our knees, and accept Christ as our personal Lord and Savior.

I grabbed my father and my son fiercely to make sure they didn't go up in a spirit of comedy (my family has a strange sense of humor). Luckily I didn't have to struggle too hard. But everyone just sat there looking at the guy. My people are polite, but they aren't going to give up their own beliefs for ANYONE. Not when an entire nation tried to exterminate us for our religion!

(Although I should note that I'm a long-time atheist. But that was MY decision, no one else's.)

#Religion
#Churches

@supersquirrel @LovableSidekick

Yup. Once you've seen the reality of what the Democrats are, you can never go back to believing in the two-party system.

@KentNavalesi @fuckcars

I spent a week in mostly-walkable and mostly car-free parts of England. It was a much, much better way to live.

@timewarp

Let me know if you find a country that will take American political refugees!

@ArgumentativeMonotheist @parricc sounds like you've either been reading Thomas Aquinas, or should read him.

@ArgumentativeMonotheist I first encountered it in "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1". It was used by the Science Fiction Writers of America to honor science fiction stories which predated the Hugo and Nebula.

Boucher was an outstanding critic, science fiction author, and mystery writer. In fact, the first major mystery convention, BoucherCon, is named after him.

He was also quite a religious man.

You might also like "The Devil's Day" (1980) by James Blish. He was another devout science fiction author who wrote some brilliant works that included aspects of religion.

@ArgumentativeMonotheist You might also enjoy "The Quest For Saint Aquin" (1951), a classic science fiction story by Anthony Boucher. It's available free online.

https://sdfo.org/gj/stories/thequestforsaintaquin.pdf

@movies @ThefuzzyFurryComrade ALL Democrats are a waste of space. Just like all Republicans and all oligarchs.

Both parties are fascist. Both parties should be ended.

@IronBird @harrys_balzac

I can't help but wonder how those churches survive!

@CannonFodder

By your logic if I had voted for Harris, I would be complicit in her agenda: the genocide of children in Gaza.

Besides, do you really think she wanted to win? She knew that supporting genocide was losing her the support of her base, but she stuck to it like glue anyway. I don't know why she had such a hard-on for dead and maimed children, but that was HER decision.

@CannonFodder @bearboiblake
What does "not voting effectively against Trump" mean?

@GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson Oh yes, he frequently mentions his time at the seminary.

@snooggums @IrateAnteater

This seems apropos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1-axqBZdNk