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I'm surprised that you're surprised. Southern Christianity has always reached deep into secular politics and government. The entire Southern Baptist religion w
by smt88 3y ago
I'm surprised that you're surprised.
Southern Christianity has always reached deep into secular politics and government. The entire Southern Baptist religion was founded to protect slavery, which certainly isn't an imperative from scripture.
I believe you that things are changing and perhaps becoming less subtle, but there never was a strong connection between Christian scripture and the behavior of Southern Christians.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoYeah, but its so... secular now. And blunt. I can't believe how direct some of my family+acquaintances are now in their mixed up religious/political talk, it's totally out of character. Instead of being introduced as a pretense, its like the fundamental religious pretense is getting thrown out, along with the tendency to use euphemisms.