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[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 112 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

As a white boy deep in the south region of the US where evangelical Christian is the only Christianity I suggest to you, as a person who has lived in this shithole, that my brothers and sisters in Great Britain nuke this shit from orbit and pour gasoline on the smoking embers. We thought this would not happen here but we let the fucking nuts congregate and feed off each other. It all started when Eisenhower let Billy Graham in the White House because, " what can a little prayer breakfast hurt?" And no one said a thing because why offend " good Christian" people. Stop it now while the chickens are still in the hen house.

[–] X@piefed.world 67 points 6 days ago (8 children)

As someone raised in evangelical Christianity and fought my way out, this guy’s not fucking kidding, and neither is he being overly dramatic. I suggest you act with frightening speed and ruthless efficiency, leaving no blade of grass untouched nor smallest nook or cranny overlooked. As you act, do not waver in your fortitude, and do not for even a moment to allow yourselves to consider that you may be acting “a bit rash.” It is imperative that you cease immediately the spread of this pestilence.

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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can not upvote this enough. This man speaks the truth, and reason. He is not crazy. I've had a similar experience, and if anything, I think this isn't raising the warning flag high enough for what could happen in the UK here.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Too bad there's no "new world" to ship all the fundies off to this time.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 12 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the Tolerance paradox, tolerate these toxic shit stains and this is how you end up

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 8 points 6 days ago

As a white boy from Idaho, I second this. We ran their first wave out in the early 00s, but the next wave trying to create a white nationalist haven was far worse than the old ones who contented themselves with cosplay Conderacy/Nazism and only left their compounds once a year for a parade. There’s no shame anymore, no edgelord “I’m a Nazi” attitude. They’ve normalized the doctrine by being average neighbors rather than radical weirdos in a bunker. They’re invading our local offices, school boards, city councils, and other minor offices. One challenged our governor (a Regan-esque pos but not total MAGA) and while he lost, still got 30% of the vote. They’re buying up our remote farming communities and turning them into ideological enclaves. They’re well educated, and many are former cops or military. Out here it’s creating a strange bedfellow situation. We’ve got urban leftists and libs, east state Mormons who are starting to recognize MAGA evangelicals aren’t their ally, and the 2A an-cap libertarians who hate the Feds. Fun times. But seriously, don’t let these people get a foot in the door at any level.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

It all started when Eisenhower let Billy Graham in the White House because, " what can a little prayer breakfast hurt?"

Also, he changed the official national motto from "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many, one) to "In God We Trust".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust

The first postage stamps with the motto appeared in 1954. A law passed in July 1955 by a joint resolution of the 84th Congress (Pub. L. 84–140) and approved by President Dwight Eisenhower requires that "In God We Trust" appear on all American currency.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

i'm fascinated by the how and why of the fall of christianity in the UK after the 2nd world war. btw the war itself probably contributed but the collapse was steady over the 30 years after it

so the uk is already reacting to the new religious groups like islam and the evangelican african churches and these new idiots will be dealt with in a similar fashion

we are scientist atheists that must protect our democracy and that is not going to change

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago
[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit. You lot need to nip these assholes in the bud.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Thats exactly what they did last time, ship all the fundy religious nuts overseas, the Massachusetts bay colony was full of religious exiles deemed too "extra" for post-reformation Europe... And look where we are now.

[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am SO tired of these religious fundie/extremist nutjobs.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are only hypocrite religious. Nothing of what they are doing is even close to Jesus's core teaching "Love your neighbor as yourself." (Mark 12:31). They are giving Christians a bad reputation.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Christians gave themselves a bad reputation, then as now. Their faith never recovered from the Black Death, which finally broke the back of the church, and ended their stranglehold over almost all of Europe.

They later tried to break the peasants with their various Inquisitions, killing thousands more, but no matter how many people the Christians tortured to death, they were never able to achieve their former glory and power; they have diminished every year since.

They've lost half of their faithful in the USA over the past 20 years. PRAISE GOD

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Aaaand of course its through Reform MPs. Why did I expect otherwise

[–] treehugger6@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

How much do you want to bet they don't even go to church? I'm an atheist and I'm more christian than them

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago

Its an export from England, not an import.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Britain has been Christian Nationalist for centuries

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These cretins were kicked out of England because they tried so valiantly to tell everyone how to act as a Christian. Then, they came to the new world claiming persecution. All these butthurt babies are now gonna do a repeat. 400 years later here we are.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where you gonna send em this time? Mars?

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They love god so much -- why not arrange the meeting?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

ahh OceanGate cruise

[–] la508@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

This is literally just their normal Islamophobia gussied up in an attempt to make it sound like something more socially acceptable. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's already tried pretending to have been reborn in prison and is spamming his Nazi rallies with prayer. It's the Victimhood step of the fascists' playbook. "We're just simple God-fearing Christians and them there scary towel heads are coming to exterminate us!"

[–] ccunix@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (12 children)

As an actual bible believing Christian, I would like to officially distance myself from all this nonsense.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Of course you would. That would keep you from having to fix it.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

TBF, I don't think they can fix it any more than we can.

Religion is a business plan wrapped up in propaganda.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (8 children)

None of them follows Jesus's teachings, they just abuse his name.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Bible Believing Christian? Gross.

[–] ruekk@fedinsfw.app 9 points 6 days ago

No, your kind should take responsibility

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

I wish your religious leaders had years ago.

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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder how harsh their stance on this foreign refugee will be

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[–] magnue@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that isn't gonna work here

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

Yup. People don’t like religion at the best of times.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Good thing there aren't many Christians in Britain, and that their numbers are declining.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Didn't Christian nationalism literally come from Britain? It didn't spontaneously form from the ether in America. A bunch of brits sailed to America to slaughter native Americans because God "wanted them to", a few generations pass and then here we are. And no I'm obviously not saying it is actually this simple ("Americans = brits + time"), but the headline seems dumb to me too.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The Great Awakening, which is where most US Christian nationalism stems from, is a pretty American homegrown phenomenon not happening in any comparable way in Europe at the time.

So no, Christian nationalism did not literally come from Britain. It is capable of appearing anywhere where Christian fanatics congregate to a great extend, and they have never congregated so much as they have and are currently doing in the US.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Gen Z has actually become more religious than previous generation.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Like we need any more imported American ideas. Religion and politics needs to FO

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Consider also that some US Christian Nationalists are descended from people who left Britain for freedom from the national religion.

Europe dumped all their assholes and prudes in North America, and then they're surprised that it turns to shit.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

evangelicals being birthed from america, has started to interfere with african politics for quite a while too, they are behind the very harsh anti-gay laws in africa.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

These guys priestly look like the characters that portray a racist, secret Nazi agent in a lot of movies

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