Religion is politics of the unknown ☁️ The things you are liable to read 📖 in the Bible ain’t necessarily so 🔍 It’s a recipe for extremism 🇺🇸 A playbook for tyrants ✝️⚛️ I know we can do better✌️💙☮️ #exChristian #proChoice #woke #atheist ReligionIsPolitics.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mvbx46tp5c24Not one person who voted against Trump is surprised by how his presidency is turning out What was it he used to say? ‘You knew damn well he was a snake before you let him in?’ If anyone didn’t, they had to be the last to know https://static.klipy.com/ii/925f17378dd1893b674a723c07535afe/09/37/jFIY8uiV.gif?hh=480&ww=360&mp4=dC6LOVyb&webm=Z4vjlyVkuni0XEUGaSqy12 Sep 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbx46tp5c24https://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mvbd66qn4c2yThey’re about to be advertising protein content on cigarettes11 Sep 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbd66qn4c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mvafpzmacs2qImagine there was an unspeakable tragedy where the two tallest towers were erased from a nation’s proudest skyline, and the first thing someone from that city said was, now his building was the tallest Imagine voting that guy for president three times afterward and calling yourself a patriot https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/bd/42/qXw8IY10.gif?hh=367&ww=49811 Sep 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvafpzmacs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv7h2uyar225If you don’t want your kids to be addicted to their screens, give them a future they can look forward to Otherwise, from their perspective, you’re just putting them back inside a cage11 Sep 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7h2uyar225https://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv7bowt4ts2tI heard J. K. Rowling intended Hermione to be unlikable I don’t know if that’s a fact, but neither did Rowling know when she said Imane Khelif was a man My generation passed a moral test, for Hermione was always our favorite, even if we identified with Harry or Ron She was their alpha all along https://static.klipy.com/ii/e293a233a303a98e471f78d04e13a1b0/ac/6f/d5KsLMOh.gif?hh=407&ww=498&mp4=yvry8bNO9jAU6eakNx&webm=t1vRgGJjDOwLes11 Sep 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7bowt4ts2thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv7a7p4aqs2tImagine you took a job to investigate all your president’s enemies and in two years of looking you could not find one item more scandalous than Hunter Biden’s laptop Behold the face of someone who took such a job in at least somewhat good faith and everything he found only destroyed it10 Sep 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7a7p4aqs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv6szgqaus2tGot this text message today What do you think? Can any good come from engaging?10 Sep 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6szgqaus2thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv6gxqjxp22tPeople who support abortion rights struggle to understand why anyone opposes them People who oppose them believe God’s eye is on every hair that falls from head They believe every zygote is a direct manifestation of ‘His will’ They need ‘Him’ to make the decision or they’re not going to accept it10 Sep 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6gxqjxp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv647ieqw22tSome people celebrate the untimely death of the wicked Sometimes it’s hard not to join them My closeted gay grandparents would have wanted me to be more like Charlie Kirk They would have been proud if I had made the world even worse than it is for people just like them Rest in pox, Charlie Kirk https://static.klipy.com/ii/e293a233a303a98e471f78d04e13a1b0/2c/3a/d3gyY4IB.gif?hh=329&ww=498&mp4=PCCRsWhAXN7qey7nZ9v&webm=gILq14VEwTHzLYbmOi110 Sep 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv647ieqw22thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv63hk7wtc2tPerhaps the closest thing we will get to an admission from a political advisor that God does not exist10 Sep 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv63hk7wtc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mv4vb2et722mYou love to see it10 Sep 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4vb2et722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3muwftifgc22jI was 11 when 9/11 happened, and I knew the reason something like that could happen was because people felt we deserved it I only thought they were wrong I thought God and his chosen people were on our side I always knew we were the real aggressors and thought we were made for such a time as this07 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwftifgc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mutuflvhzk2fChristian colleges get into trouble because they cover up sexual abuse Victims and advocates say that’s a sin I have some bad news Yes, sexual abuse is a sin, but covering it up is not, and Jesus said to cover it up He said to cover it up 70 x 7 and if you don’t then you’re not going to heaven06 Sep 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutuflvhzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3muswrvg4md2dMy Bible college, Wheaton, is now turning off comments altogether for marketing posts on Facebook Most of the comments and most popular comments they now get are calling them out for covering up sexual abuse I always want to point out that they actually handle it the exact same way Jesus would https://static.klipy.com/ii/8ce8357c78ea940b9c2015daf05ce1a5/a0/03/9o9UFAnt.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=Zt4P4a07E16A2AOGT&webm=Fug4sAtzgWbBd6h1806 Sep 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3muswrvg4md2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3musrnuahf32dIn my highlights from The Ghosts there are two Easter eggs in the Slav Cycle paintings by Alphonse Mucha These paintings are from the early 1900s, and there are 20 of them One Easter egg is a United States motherfucking flag The other is a man with a selfie stick [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3musrnuahf32dhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3muqhyfrdbk2r🧵 Highlights from ‘The Ghosts’ A speech by Robert G. Ingersoll in 1877 It was his most popular speech during his career It was also the last year with an El Niño comparable to the present Climate disruption combined with Christian colonialism were then causing the largest famines yet in history05 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqhyfrdbk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mupcr4s7cc2rA woman was tried for killing her kids in the US It’s happened before Christians tell their kids no Christian parent would ever do that Then they give their kids a Bible, in which they can read not only stories where God-fearing parents killed their kids, but situations where God commanded it04 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcr4s7cc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mumctp2ygc23My Bible college is getting in trouble for its long history of hiding and promoting sexual predators You have to understand, in their minds, all sins can be forgiven as soon as they’re fully admitted The only sins they can’t forgive are those of the victims if they themselves don’t forgive as well03 Sep 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumctp2ygc23https://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mumbkc62bk23My grandma used to call my mom a monkey when she was in a good mood She was telling herself she was smarter than her husband who didn’t believe in evolution He didn’t believe in homosexuality either Both were closeted And they spent their lives punching down to keep from being punched down upon03 Sep 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumbkc62bk23https://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mul6jqnudk2rAmerican Christianity wrecked the families of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents It was kinder to me But not because I was kind or they were Because I’m straight, white and male And because the truth set me free Faith and learning disintegrate one another even at Bible college03 Sep 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul6jqnudk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mujsb3ajfc2lThe reason for the crusades was just as stupid as the modern-day war First, preachers convinced peasants God would help them liberate Canaan from professional armies if ✝️ was true They all died trying Then professional Christian armies had to try or else it would have been the end of ✝️02 Sep 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujsb3ajfc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mujrrx6ye22lAll of the Christian schools in Jerusalem have been shut down by Isreal I think of my late grandmother who supported Isreal with all her heart, soul, mind and strength I wonder if any Christians who supported Isreal ever saw this coming? Because once I did then I wasn’t a Christian anymore02 Sep 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujrrx6ye22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3muia5fvmec2uIf you vote for a r*pist, you get what you voted for01 Sep 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3muia5fvmec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mucuuqn7bk2kWhen I was a child and I sincerely believed Christianity was true, I felt confused every time I saw the children’s Bible illustrations that had both lions and tigers on Noah’s Ark Every child who thinks the answers are in Genesis knows this breaks canon because lions and tigers are the same kind30 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucuuqn7bk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3muc2u32ebc2yI opened a fresh browser and got fresh Christian propaganda from conservative media The headline said new Bible analysis finds thousands of clues it was written by God I wonder why they used this familiar graphic of Bible contradictions? No wonder if after 2,000 years a new analysis was necessary30 Aug 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc2u32ebc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mubsntprmc2mTrump ran for office on a pledge of no new wars but he also ran on the pledge of taking other countries’ oil at gunpoint Everyone who voted for him seems to have missed the obvious contradiction Or maybe, like religion, the gaslighting was the whole point all along30 Aug 2026 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubsntprmc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mub36msqs223Some people are asking if there really is an affordability crisis Yes, and it’s been going on for longer and is much worse than they are apparently prepared to acknowledge29 Aug 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub36msqs223https://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mu727xiekk2xSomeone asked the other day if the US was ever a real democracy Just for me personally, it was real until Bush v Gore That was the first election I saw obviously stolen Bush actually was supported by a foreign power And he went on to fight wars for them But even he was too smart to fight Iran https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/a4/53/U2srPEBU.gif?hh=180&ww=320&mp4=c9sPqW489u4BakA&webm=kiHUZP5U2cokSGBp29 Aug 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu727xiekk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mu6heksrkc2aThe stories of Jesus and Buddha are about the same Two young men refused to work, gathered followers who felt the same way and became influencers They gave working people the best advice they could Working conditions were so bad, their advice was followed by billions And it still is to this day28 Aug 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6heksrkc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/religionispolitics.bsky.social/post/3mu53wo3vcc2fI just learned one of my ancestors had the legal authority and the police force that would have allowed him to hang the Klan in Tennessee after the Civil War and instead he disbanded the police force We are the country that executed John Brown and let Nathan Bedford Forrest do whatever he wanted28 Aug 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:ojmpggiaj2so7cygiikkd4ny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu53wo3vcc2f