(04-20-2021, 03:11 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(04-20-2021, 02:44 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: You don't have to be religious to understand what he's saying, and why. Or to understand his beliefs. My dad is a staunch conservative Republican and is most definitely not religious or spiritual to any degree. You go down the list of what conservatives are for and against and he's checking off a majority of them.

It grinds my gears that religious beliefs (or lack of) and politics have become so intermingled that they're indistinguishable. I know plenty of conservatives who are not religious and plenty of democrats who are. But that's a whole different conversation.

Politics is the new religion of the masses.

Sadly. 

I saw a lot of people I've known for a decade, some for many decades, go completely nuts on the Trump bandwagon. Christian folks who melded their faith with their politics hardcore and turned into some weird version of themselves. Like in a parallel universe. 

My SIL works with a couple in our church who went Full Metal Jacket on people who didn't agree with them. They still do to a degree. Example; If you don't believe the vaccine has a tracker that will eventually control your life (or kill you) and some other crazy run foil hat stuff, then you're an idiot. I mean, they go full [BLEEP] with the disparaging comments on what's wrong with you. I have known this couple almost my whole life and I was shocked. This last year has pulled the cover off of a lot of people and it showed their true colors. The woman got pretty upset with her nearly 80 year old mother for getting the vaccine. Her mother told her what she could do with her conspiracy theories.

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