Many people don’t know that the Nazi party took many an inspiration from the American south. Even the Nazi’s were taken aback in some cases by how harshly white Americans treated blacks and wrote segregation into their laws.
Nazis respected the confederacy, even looked up to it. “Where did all these fascists come from?” Well, they were always here because we didn’t punish them enough. And project paperclip welcomed in Nazi members, even SS members, and gave them land.
Moved to Alabama when I was around 30 to work for army.
It’s quite the culture shock. All the evangelical christians act like they are high on Heroin. They spend all day Sunday at church, and yet are complete oblivious to how they trample the teachings of christ in they daily lives. Pointing it out to them is fruitless.
I grew up in Alabama (Tuscaloosa). These people are literal Pharisees. I lost religion by observing them, and reading the bible. I grew up as a racist conservative Xbox kid, but over time morphed into an atheist liberal.
Some people are fine with contradictions. I am not.
A baptist friend of mine said if Jesus ever came back, the “Christians“ would be the first ones to put him back up on the cross.
They aren’t interested in what he said.
It’s absolutely true. They’d call him a woke commie socialist translover, and ICE would deport him to CECOT. A lot of people that aren’t southern, or haven’t interacted with this flavor of white Christian nationalism, think this is an exaggeration that is a product of our division.
It absolutely isn’t. If they think you’re “safe” (one of them) then they’ll tell you how they really feel, and a lot of the time it’s worse than what far-left people are accusing them of.
Huntsville Area / the Arsenal? I grew up in Mississippi and know first-hand how blatant the hypocrisy is among that crowd, especially since I also currently have family in North AL and New Orleans.
For most, they don’t even think it’s hypocritical because they grew up using excuses to justify their hatred. Using biblical passages to point out their hypocrisy just results in most of them thinking you’re the one twisting the Word of God.
It’s funny since they would say this to the fricking pope as well. Christianity in the US is so fucking strange man
Wow, good guess. Yup, worked on the arsenal.
The evangelicals are easily one of, if not the least Christ-like flavor. If you’re not one of them then you’re treated like the devil incarnate a lot of the time.
The other big extreme flavor, Mormons, have some batshit crazy beliefs but at least they have a strong family focus and generally overall positive demeanor to others. Yeah they may be one of the richest organizations on the planet and use a laughably small percentage of that wealth for anything resembling humanitarian issues, but they’re not openly hostile to anyone that thinks differently than them.
Mormons rape their daughters and expect them to submit to any man. Before you downvote, I help people who have escaped the cult, so I hear it from the source.
That shot happens everywhere. Fucking Alabama is known for that shit, and there are a very small number of Mormons there. That is by no means a Mormon thing.
The Catholic Church is known for the same with choir boys. My neighbor’s youngest daughter was raped by a “friend” from church at a local general Christian congregation.
These aren’t related to the fucking Mormon Church they’re related to shitty human beings taking advantage of a system. Look at the current US Government administration for all the evidence you need that the religion itself has no bearing on being a child molester.
Sounds like Utah