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dropkickninja

People that believe demons are real do not belong in public office


uxorial

All the demons I believe are real are in elected public office.


Suzuki_Foster

Also see: Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Jim Bakker and the entirety of the Westboro Baptist church. There are lots more, too many to list really.  Those are the "demons."


Standard-Reception90

Have you seen the video of Copeland when he was ambushed by a reporter asking about his multiple jet planes? THAT is the face of evil. Wish I knew how to add it here..


Suzuki_Foster

I have seen that clip. His eyes are...fiery, and he looks like evil personified. 


rnewscates73

He doesn’t fly on commercial planes “because there are demons on them” - if he is so powerful and filled with faith-imbued strength - wouldn’t he be powerful enough to take them on?


ranchwriter

Most of us watched that and realized Kenneth Copeland is in fact a real Demon


warriorforGod

Here you go. https://youtu.be/9LtF34MrsfI?si=E2_J1oh7nzaBOPCG


lingering_POO

Copeland is the true result of being evil. It’s twisted his face so much he looks more like the bad guy from The Mask.


carlitospig

Please don’t; I just ate.


[deleted]

They need to be sent back to hell. Anyone got Sam and Deans phone number? I mean they got all they need to send demons back to hell, gopher dust, salt, cold iron, a grenade launcher.


Suzuki_Foster

If there were truly a hell, it's very apparent who its residents would be. 


yy376

I ain't never met a priest who could tell me about heaven. But they knew every inch of hell. They should, they built it.


United-Big-1114

And a sweet vintage American muscle car!


[deleted]

Can't forget about Baby.


zliplus

I saw this randomly about a week ago, but apparently the popular culture Christian Hell...doesn't actually originally exist. The innocent or saved or whoever goes to Heaven, but the rest don't go to Hell. The scripture or whatever says that fallen angels or demons go to hell, but not people - they simply don't go to Heaven and that's it. Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/s/l7xjDLMFLh


H4mp0

Kenneth is the oddest creature I’ve ever witnessed


Suzuki_Foster

If demons did exist, he'd be a living, breathing example of the worst of them. 


Psychic-Gorilla

Ah the Westboro Baptist Church. What Christian’s look like on the inside, they just put out there for everyone to see


FunChrisDogGuy

You have to include Jerry Falwell in that. He MADE the Jim Bakker scandal, because it let him take over the church's broadcast network. And that's why the Joel Osteens of the world siphon off the cash and leave their ministries close to bankruptcy at all times; no one can oust them and swoop in to take the millions they brought in the way Falwell did to Bakker's "church."


DennenTH

And they're about as unsuspicious as the Edgar suit.


Living_Run2573

Jamie Dimon (Demon) Kenneth Griffin, and all the rest of the criminal bankers that destroy the world one life at a time.


GreyBoyTigger

Hell is empty and all the devils are here


TheWhiteRabbit74

Can’t argue with that. Carry on.


Big-Temporary-6243

Hahaha. That's hysterical... are you religious?


uxorial

Nope.


Satellite_bk

Nailed it in 12 words.


jcooli09

No credible adult believes in demons.


Glad_Possibility7937

Have you seen some of the people in public office?


Odd_Astronaut442

The comment you are replying to did say no credible adults. I don’t believe the people you are speaking of are credible adults.


Nethraz

You misunderstood their joke. They're implying the public office holders are demons.


nameyname12345

Thats the problem we should have specified that only credible adults get into office!


anynamesleft

Funny enough, they're usually the ones who are the demons.


DataCassette

I honestly don't want to become that atheist stereotype and I know that some very smart people are religious but I also can't help but scream internally that public policy is being influenced by stuff that sounds like it's from the middle ages.


Why-not-bi

It’s not from the Middle Ages, don’t be ridiculous. It’s mostly from before that.


Meddling-Kat

I don't know. The most dangerous parts of christianity were developed hundreds of years after "the time of Jesus.


lightweight12

Wait until you learn about the American Evangelical Fundamental Christians and their massive power and influence on the US government and military... There's a terrifying reason the US will never stop sending weapons to Israel...


DataCassette

Trust me I'm well aware.


Managed-Democracy

Demons are real. But real demons are people. Especially those that manipulate others to do evil. 


spaceman_202

most Republicans both believe in demons and think the election was stolen you think they are joking, because of course they are right? right? the scariest part, they don't even know themselves, they're waiting for Fox News and Trump to tell them what they really think remember all these people thought Trump was a joke and a clown and an idiot 10 years ago, now he's the unquestioned leader of the Party (no debates) and the Supreme Court is flirting with the idea that he's immune from the law


kakapo88

My Christian relatives see demons and witches everywhere. Only Lord Jesus protects them, Trump was chosen by god, and everyone else is going to hell. Their minds are truly stuck in the dark ages. There are a lot of those people around, and they vote. Hence stories like this.


Rapalla93

Isn’t that what a demon would say? /s


ExerciseClassAtTheY

Yeah. Certainly if they're the type of people in heaven it's insufferable.


Zuul_Only

I don't have a problem if they keep their beliefs to themselves. That is not what this lady does.


Meddling-Kat

They are incapable of doing that.


dropkickninja

They tend not to do that


DemonShroom87

I beg to differ, sir! 😈


Bitter_Cry_8383

/s ? I hope


[deleted]

I agree. We should have people who believe in Allah instead, or some chicks with dicks! /s


Sariel007

>New Hampshire state Sen. Carrie Gendreau (R), who is also a former town board member in Littleton, claims that recently painted murals of plants funded by an LGBTQ+ organization hold “demonic hidden messages.” >The murals, installed by the nonprofit North Country Pride, are intended to help beautify a neighborhood that faces underdevelopment in comparison to the rest of the town. They include depictions of a dandelion rising out of a book, a birch forest at night, and a rainbow flower rising out of the ground.


Traditional_Key_763

truely horrific, scenes that wouldn't be out of place with the naturalist movement of 100+ years ago


triniman65

Everything you described in your comment is so very clearly of a demonic nature. I can't believe it's not apparent to you. Open your eyes man! Dandelions are a demon flower. Ever tried to kill one!


Sariel007

THe root goes straight to hell!


BadChris666

Dandelion and demon both start with d… coincidence?


greaterthansignmods

To that lady you just said.. murder r*pe pee fuck xxx tifa-is-coming fist blast


Was_It_The_Dave

Such a lovely flow. You're a natural.


greaterthansignmods

Early modern internet abuser here.


thermie88

....... .mpeg.bat file downloaded from napster


CapAccomplished8072

THAT'S what these people call "demonic?"


Meddling-Kat

In most cases "demonic" is loosely translated as "having a minor connection to queer people".


wrongseeds

Not a rainbow flower! Remember when you hoped to find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Now you find out your son is gay. Is this the end of Lucky Charms?


TuaughtHammer

Imagine trying *this* hard to take the "Worst thing to ever happen in a place called Littleton" crown.


[deleted]

She will be getting a few calls from me tomorrow.


Hells_Kitchener

The Catholic Church has a long history of images, but Protestant religion does not. It, like a lot of black-and-white puritanical setups is fixated on the word, not the image. Fundamentalist protestantism - which I assume this drab is an acolyte of - sees demonic stuff in everything imagistic and artistic - as there's no room in their 'word' for it. People who go easy on this kind of 'Christian morality', accommodate it or let it slide because they think it holds some kernel of decency need to keep their eye on what mindset, what habits and religious setup it emanates from. It's utterly phobic, bastshit crazy and completely unconcerned with reality - let alone art, pleasure, freedom, personality and intellect. These people have made themselves mentally ill voluntarily. It's up to the rest of us to not indulge it.


Kryobit

You don't understand, the poor people living in underdeveloped areas are demons, otherwise, why would they be poor? 


AmateurGmMusicWriter

New Hampshire isn't very religious so this lady is particularly nuts. No idea how she got elected.


beepboopsheeppoop

Link to an article with pictures of the murals in question, for reference of how batshit crazy this really is. [Tiny picturesque town Littleton, NH, tears itself apart over 'subversive messaging' in LGBT murals painted on the side of a main street apartments](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13360733/New-Hampshire-town-LGBT-mural-outrage-Carrie-Gendreau.html)


EverythingEverybody

Thanks, the murals are quite beautiful.


beepboopsheeppoop

Agreed. Only someone with a very warped worldview could possibly consider them to contain "subversive messaging" just because one of them contains what looks like an iris (flower) inside of a colour wheel (not a rainbow) and think that is an attempt to promote an "LGBTQ lifestyle".


jamesnollie88

If Satan can steal Christian souls using these murals, then their souls never belonged to god in the first place.


jimrim13

Reading that article made me quite angry. She is bat shit crazy. We don't need these people making decisions for anyone.


vanillabeanlover

Having been raised in a hyper-evangelical home, the only thing I see are the rainbow color wheel (it’s just a color wheel and not specifically Pride themed though?), and the crescent moon which she probably thinks alludes to witchcraft? It reminds me of that monster energy lady finding “evil” in every little detail. Evangelicals are nutbars, and I say that with a lifetime of experience to back me up.


doctorfortoys

Once you allow yourself to believe demons are real an inhabit the earth, you’re just itching to see them. I also grew up with a bunch of people who were constantly talking about demons and things being “demonic”. Even though it doesn’t fit the definition of a paranoid delusion because it’s a religious belief, it still behaves like a mental disorder.


snakebight

Those are the most normal, vanilla ass murals I could have imagined. This lady is a nut job. I didn’t even seen any words/letters in them. Truly off her rocker.


zaldr

Reminds me a lot of Destiny 2 art particularly [this theme](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/EaE54q) Coincidentally I had a friend who thought the game's main villain was gonna become an antichrist archetype because he thought the devs are satanic


beepboopsheeppoop

It must be exhausting to be the type of person who sees boogymen everywhere. There are enough crappy things in reality without having to invent fantastical ones as well


Lemon_Squeezy12

After seeing those pictures, I began speaking Latin backwards and gained the ability to crawl up walls, so all of her claims totally check out /s


beepboopsheeppoop

Hail Satin! 🤟 (The smoothest of all fabrics)


Ratstail91

Wow, those are such demonic flowers! /s These people are just... I try to see things from other people's perspective, even when I don't agree with them. But people like this are just beyond reason.


beepboopsheeppoop

They seem to go out of their way to find things that don't exist, in order to feel simultaneously persecuted and superior. As evidenced by her saying "'I would rather speak out and risk persecution than say nothing and see people end up in hell" The type of person who's not happy unless they're miserable.


MattFromChina

Someone oughta go Leslie Knope on this asshole


Snellyman

Yet somehow this become international news.


Pristine-Pen-9885

Some paranoid people who believe in conspiracy theories and demons could see secret messages everywhere. Who’s crazy?


jcooli09

The only answer to that is 'Once you see the demon you are marked, the demon will get you'. Good luck, Senator.


stevelover

Love it!


RentAdministrative73

Me thinks she might actually be the demon. Lol


Empigee

That...would be hilarious!


Furepubs

Who gives a f*** about GOP outrage? Republicans are s***** people anyway. They're literally about to vote in a criminal And a rapist who is most likely a pedophile (he talks about wanting to f*** his own kid). These people are the bottom of the barrel people. It's hard to imagine anybody with a lower set of morals.


motguss

The problem is the least educated parts of this country have the most disproportionate voice in elections 


Furepubs

Well, the Republican leadership is smart enough to understand that they need to be against education because uneducated people are far easier to manipulate. As people become educated, they stop falling for the dumb s*** that the Republican leadership says. Matter of fact, conservative voters are so stupid they believe colleges indoctrinate people into a leftist mindset because they are so used to being manipulated they can't even imagine the world being any other way. The fact that education itself allows people to see through their lies doesn't even cross their mind.


Estelial

They do the same so they can't imagine people actually educating folks in critical thinking, which tends to create people who realize they're all of bull.


Furepubs

It's hard to have insight into things that you don't understand. If you don't understand critical thinking, you're never going to understand how it changes your thought process.


Hefty_Ad_1692

I don’t think that all of them are complete rubes. There are so many very intelligent people that vote Republican, not because they agree with everything MAGA, but because they want the parts that benefit them financially. We still have lots of well educated suburbanites that will vote for anyone that is not a Democrat, regardless of how many unpalatable options are part of the package.


Furepubs

Lol seriously? You're having a hard time understanding why "a lot of well-educated suburbanites will only vote for a Democrat" when the entire history of Republicans is corrupt? Let's look back at history, shall we? From 1933 to 1969, our government was almost entirely ran by democrats. Yes, Eisenhower was president during that time but he is the most unrepublican Republican to have ever existed. In addition to that both The house and the Senate were predominantly Democrat. This is the time that Republicans widely hold as the best time in American history, I do find it funny that their favorite time in history was a time time where they did not control the government. After this, the first Republican president Richard Nixon was voted in because he decided to appeal to the KKK and racists. You can Google this, it's called the southern strategy. In addition to making the Republican party white supremacist friendly Nixon had to step down because he illegally spied on his opponents and so he stepped down instead of being tried for his crimes. Ronald Reagan was the next Republican president in his administration holds the all-time record for the most people. Indicted in the history of America (Trump is working very hard to break that record) in addition to Ronald Reagan's corruption, he dropped the tax rate on the wealthiest people from 73% to 28%. And he repealed The fairness doctrine that required news broadcasters to tell both sides of the story. This gave rise to Rush Limbaugh and the manipulation of millions of Republicans via radio talk shows. They were no longer required to tell the truth or even to explain why their theories could be wrong. They were no longer required to show the other side of the story. So they were allowed to openly lie to their listeners without repercussions. Then there was Bush and his son little Bush. Who started unjustified wars in the Middle East?. And finally there is Trump. Who does not need explaining other than to say his ability to speak directly to redneck racists is unprecedented. So your claim that it's somehow wrong to only vote for Democrats is absolutely ridiculous and misguided and anti-American and anti-democracy. People like you who try to build comparisons between Republican criminals and Democrats who want to help the people is part of the reason that our country is dying. You are making it easier for people to feel there are no good choices even when the conservative choice is over the top evil. This is not a matter of the lesser of two evils. This is a matter of one side is very bad and anti-American people, anti-democrocy and the other side is failing at getting good laws passed because the Republicans block everything. Unfortunately, uneducated people cannot understand how Republican obstruction stops Democrats from being able to help people. Edit : I was blocked by the snowflake who responded. It's crazy that these people are so incapable of defending their point that they will reply and then immediately block the person. That way the person they are replying to will not be able to see the reply. Did I hurt your snowflake feelings? I guess I will never know since I can't see your reply.


Hefty_Ad_1692

Are you finished with your lecture? I’m sure you feel really good about yourself with this extremely hostile and self-assured response. I’ve been down this road with people attitudes like yours and it never ends up going anywhere productive. You don’t even know me and you have no clue regarding any depth that I might have regarding this topic and it is all based upon the brief item that I posted here. I am so sick of assholes that make massive assumptions on social media about people that they don’t know in the least. Go smack somebody else with your big dick somewhere else. EDIT: I’m going to add some comments here for anyone else that might be reading this thread as I have blocked the super bitch that had to completely go on the attack… I think that we need to be aware of the variety of people that vote Republican these days in order to understand them and how to communicate with those that still have some sense of decency and sanity within them. The party has been taken over by the crazed, deluded and fascist. But whether people want to acknowledge it or not, there are still people that are closer to center. It behooves all of us to try to maintain connection with others in some of these circumstances. It’s not easy and it’s not always possible but it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try. And this is not about creating any sorts of equivalence between different political parties. From my perspective there is no equivalence between the Republican party and the Democratic Party these days. And that is because the Republican party doesn’t even really have its own platform and only is an extreme counter response to anything that is Democratic, which is not a platform. But there can still be a difference between a political party and individuals. and to me that is where we make the connections that have meaning. and that is where we hold each other accountable. It doesn't always work to change someone else's perspective, but it certainly doesn't if we don't even try.


totally-hoomon

He is a pedophile, he's openly admitted to liking 13 year olds


ChristianEconOrg

Nearly all of the documented and convicted pedos are Republicans.


doesitevermatter-

Everyone should care. Normalizing insane language like this has a real effect on these communities. It puts us in the lgbtq community in danger. Especially when it comes to ideas based in religion. Because there's literally no argument against that. There is literally nothing you can say about science or facts that will convince these people that their beliefs aren't given to them by a literal God. So we need to call this shit out and make sure it's still being labeled as hateful Insanity for as long as rears its ugly head.


spaceman_202

that is how we got the Supreme Court we got not enough people shamed the Republicans for courting and supporting this, now this runs their party


Danishguy101

Fuck. Shithole. Fuck. Its okay to swear on the internet. No one will blame you.


Furepubs

I understand that but my voice to text that's built into my keyboard automatically censors them. I'm okay with saying the word fuck on the internet, it's just not worth it to me to go back and edit the censored text. You understood what I was trying to say and that's what communication is about. I do find it quite funny though that you felt I was not being offensive enough and needed to call me out. Somehow in your brain it made complete sense that I would be willing to use offensive language, but only if it was censored. Do you think I walk around in the real world and say beep instead of fuck? Maybe you just don't understand new technology and are not used to voice to text yet.


Danishguy101

Yea you got me there. I did not consider speech to text being why it was censored.


Estelial

Well they tend to have the power to pass terrible laws, remove good ones and give instructions to police and supporters to have free reign to abuse minorities and anyone they target like hungry children. Ignoring them is like ignoring an infection or gut wound.


Furepubs

That is a good point


nickthedicktv

He is a pedophile. He’s named in a lawsuit with Epstein for raping a 13 year old.


Fitz911

Why do I see these stupid * everywhere. Aren't we allowed to write piss, fuck, cunt, asshole anymore?


Furepubs

Voice to text automatically sensors bad words. My guess is nobody is actually typing words like that but I don't feel the need to go back and change them.


grundlefuck

I would bet money he paid Epstein a lot of money to have a 12 year old girl cut up look like Ivanka so he could rape her.


Furepubs

That's very disturbing


TankRatz

I’ll take a charge to slap that bitch on her hateful mouth


DaveP0953

So, “Jesus” wandered the desert with 12 MEN, for years. And she worships that guy?


alexamerling100

These people are deranged.


bowens44

The GOP's only values are hatred and ignorance


Pumpkin_Spic_latte

> The town manager, Jim Gleason, has a late gay son and quit his role after the comments made by Gendreau. She had tried to oppose a play that featured a gay couple, calling him “weak” after Gleason refused to change the play to appease her views. She then insulted his son, saying “I hope you’re happy he’s in hell.” Gotta love those kind christian values.


reorocket

Ah yes, the communist plot. I can't tell you how many times I've equated the basic human dignity of gay people with the workers control of the means of production. I mean, is there even a difference?


Nuremborger

Gosh. Some republican cunt is outraged about some fantasy bullshit. Oh, wait - that's every fuckin day. Hope they all die of aneurysms with all their outrage.


Zuul_Only

>“Sen. Gendreau speaks for those stakeholders who are afraid to speak out, to stop this ‘liberal-progressive-socialist-communist-bully-ism,’” said Nick DeMayo, chairman of the Northern Grafton County Republican Committee. Nick DeMayo, you're a disgusting, hate-filled, ignorant scumbag. Imagine supporting someone who mocks another person's deceased son.


SaintUlvemann

"I know your son is in hell, right now." "Oh, when were you there? Cool to hear you two connected."


Why-not-bi

LGBTQ + outlasted the Nazis, communists and every other attempt to kill us off. We are still here, still queer, and will never go away. Feel free to piss on this peice of shits grave though.


solowsoloist

Ain’t no hate like Christian love.


ecstaticthicket

People have really gotten too comfortable saying ignorant shit without repercussions


Sad-Set-5817

These people would rather destroy their own religion than not be homophobic for 5 minutes. Organized religion is an archaic and outdated system that gives people a justification to spread hate and be terrible people. No wonder people keep leaving the church.


Jawkurt

It’d be nice to see a photo of the mural instead of a boring photo of some elderly people


totally-hoomon

Republicans: sexually assaulting and killing kids is moral and good Also Republicans: everything is filled with hidden satanic messages that only we realize.


Rental_Car

It would have been nice to have a link to these Murals so people can actually see what's being talked about.


Scare-Crow87

I wish stochastic terrorism carried a prison sentence


paulanntyler

Hell sure sounds like a better place than to spend eternity with hate filled Christians


Brosenheim

Once again, "demons" is code for " we don't like it but can't admit the real reason" lol


EnormousChord

Sadly, I don’t think that’s right. They actually believe that these are demonic symbols and that the person that painted them is an envoy from Satan that has infiltrated, nay, taken over the liberal hive mind. Like they really actually believe that. And instead of having their driver’s licenses taken away and being committed to long term care, they are elected as state senators. 


powercow

Just remember to not be an ass and respect her beliefs, cause otherwise you are being rude. And you definitely dont want further the extreme problem we have in this country over anti christian and anti white racism. which is left over after we t totally destroyed all other bigotries. /s


calladus

Beliefs do not deserve respect. They deserve to be examined, and accepted - or refused - based on if they are true and useful. A person deserves some initial respect, which can be lost due to that persons beliefs. A person who believes that he can make a bus fly through the air by whistling a merry tune maybe deserves some compassion. But doesn’t deserve respect. And should be disqualified from ever driving a school bus.


Hanginon

> *"...the extreme problem we have in this country over anti christian and anti white racism."* **"When you're used to privlege equality feels like oppression."** **-_-**


Late_Bluebird_3338

SHE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY IF HELL EVEN LETS HER IN.....MOM


Electr_O_Purist

I’m not saying she’s old, but if the construction of hell required permission from a zoning committee, she was probably one of its members.


RentAdministrative73

LGBTQ people are everywhere and not going anywhere, anytime soon. Keep pushing your christian bullshit and we will have another Stonewall uprising.


RightLifeguard1

I do believe that if there was a hell - which I believe does not exist and is a Christian construct- she would be one of the first assigned a hot seat there … you are entitled to your faith lady but your stupidity of forcing it on others you are not entitled to


spaceman_202

these people are one election away from having near total power over your life project 25, loyalty to Trump equals power, disloyalty to Trump equals political irrelevance


BusStopKnifeFight

The rainbow is one of Christianity's oldest symbols right up there with the cross. These old lead poisoned boomers should not be in any elected positions.


Low_Celebration_9957

Carrie Gendreau is an absolutely horrible human being and had no business being involved in governing people.


Freebird_1957

Make this place and those bigots famous.


artful_todger_502

Sorry. Not sorry. Republicans have totally changed my views on eugenics. I cannot see any downside to eradicating violent, single-purpose chimera/skinwalker hate genomes.


LiliBuns117

Conservatism is not genetic you fucking monster


artful_todger_502

No. It really is. It's a DNA-borne psychological disorder based on obsession with violence, sociopathy and inadequacy. Not seeing any downside to less violence-crazed ghouls making sane and civil society suffer their obsession with cruelty, chaos and violence


LiliBuns117

You are truly an evil and despicable individual. So is everyone using nazi junk science.


artful_todger_502

Says the cult trying to bring back polio and smallpox, because *"tEh fReEd0Ms"* Got it 🤡👌


LiliBuns117

...What? Lmao what the actual fuck? I've gotten every vaccine that I could and I emphatically encourage everyone else to as well. Being against literal nazi science doesn't make me anti vax


artful_todger_502

Whatever let's you sleep at night 🤡👌


PralineIndividual926

Her overactive imagination speaks volumes... about her.


shadowvtx66

From the article: Gendreau had occasionally used her faith in her politics, telling former town manager Jim Gleason when he was hard that 'God wants you in Littleton.' Someone like Gendreau could never make me hard. I'm desperately hoping that there's a typo in there!


EnormousChord

Littleton was her code for “in my ass.”  God wants you in my ass.  She’s like Ann Coulter. She has simply never found a man that can fuck her ass the way she needs it fucked. 


1stltwill

Dont worry, if he is in hell I am sure he is just there saving you a place by the fire.


MangOrion2

Least evil GOPer


dreamweavinghippie

Yet people keep voting them into office


Downtown-Ad5724

Any reason to hate


coloradoemtb

If you told me that you would be picking yourself off the ground. What in the fuck is going on with these fucking lunatics?


Lawmonger

In case you need another reason not to live in a small town, read this article.


Cheap-Praline

That's where witches live.


MelancholyArtichoke

She should be publicly mocked at every opportunity. Go back to practicing your bigotry and hate religion in private.


Ambitious_Coffee551

When it comes to preaches, never take them seriously, not even with a grain of salt. They know less than nothing.


otter111a

Party of haters gonna hate. To me her complaints about the murals sound like the ravings of a lunatic similar to the woman claiming monster energy is a tool of the devil


Ratstail91

I got to reading some of the other articles on that site... it's absolutely terrifying what's happening in the US. One article about a hate-filled person highlighted that in one social media post, they likened LGBT+ people to pedos, and in another claimed that pedos deserved a bullet. It reminds me of someone a couple weeks ago claiming that there's no threat to LGBT+ people, that "connecting the dots" was silly. Enjoy the relative peace right now yanks, because the elections at the end of the year are going to ignite the powder keg.


Bitter_Cry_8383

This is nothing new. I passed a group in front of a school that was burning books, software games and had a huge cross over the schoolyard and parents were bringing music CD's in boxes. Satan and Lucifer were the big names and this was northeast not a southern state. It was the era when Dungeons and Dragons and music was communicating with our kids straight from Satan and making them rebel against their good Christian parents. The concept of Separation of Church and State has been a joke for decades and they were encouraged to to enter politics and school boards. I had teenagers who played Dungeons and Dragons and read all their banned and burned books and definitely listened to rock n roll "and black music" and they turned out fantastic, great grades, scholarships and advanced degrees from some of the best colleges and we are still close. Now that I'm older they call me regularly and never forget a holiday...in fact they pay for me to fly to their states so I can see my grandchild. I help them, they help me. So I guess Satan is chatting with me too. I believe a bipartisan mental health professional should examine these crazies before they are qualified to run for public office OR we acknowledge Separation of Church and State again. From a historical point of view, the 1st Amendment is meant to counter the British monarcy's position tht the there is an official religion and the King or Queen is the head of the Church of England, which makes it a state church of sorts. The Founders of America, the ,USA wanted to prevent that and leave religon to the choice of the individual citizen. To support this idea Ben Franklin paid for pews and membership in every church in the colonies including synagogues but he attended none of them. He simply voted when the issue was donating time and money to helping the poor, offering health care (like providing small pox inoculations to all citizens at no cost), providing clothing and places to get a free meal) but like George Washington, he would not attend a religious service. Since these products of the Englightenment were "free thinkers" and it was very likely that morality is was independent of religion but it could not be proven there was no grand creator so it was impossible at that time to claim there wasn't. Science was very new and they admitted there was a possibility of the existence of some form of define creator but leaned toward believing that [moral](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral) truths can be adequately discerned through reason, [conscience](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscience), or moral [intuition](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intuition). It was the 18th century and it was expected you'd have some religious belief, and he was a politician and a humanist, he identified publicly as a Diest ,but privately as agnostic. (Religion to Ben Franklin and many of the founding fathers, was a matter of practical reason that was concerned with what people ought to do, rather than of [theoretical](https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/theoretical) reason "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  (Thomas Jefferson wrote that he though Unitarianism was probably going to become the major religions of the colonies (Non trinitarian) no multiple gods and that the bible was a group of stories written by men but he admired the wisdom of the teachings of monotheism or Jesus as a wiseman and a teacher but not supernatural in any way). The majority of our founders were followers of the second enlightenment and the opposite of these new televangelist inspired legislators rejected as cultists by traditional Christianity. But they are part of a movement of Donald Tump.


Bitter_Cry_8383

The Jefferson Bible is a unique book written by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. It is also known as “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth” and was created in 1820. Jefferson’s goal was to extract the moral teachings of Jesus, separating them from the supernatural aspects of the New Testament. The direct opposite of Prosperity Gospel and televangelists who claim Jesus rewards those who give and vote for conservatives with money, power, health and revenge against one's enemies. Jefferson's book is a compilation of excerpts from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John/ Jefferson removed sections that he considered to be magical or supernatural or added by the Four Evangelists which was never part of the oldest edition of the bible. The result is a narrative that focuses on Jesus as a moral teacher, without the miracles, the story of the crucifixion which is hardly mentioned at all; the resurrection, or ascension to heaven. No miracles just a wise teacher who accepted that over centuries men had rewritten and added their own stores for political reasons. The Jefferson Bible is written in a unique style, with Jefferson using his own words to rephrase the original texts. The Jefferson Bible is now housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, where it is considered a significant artifact of American history and a testament to Jefferson’s intellectual curiosity and philosophical views and support of Separation of Church and state.


DementedDon

For some reason, AC/DC's Evil Walks just popped into my head.


97Graham

Who the fuck writes an article about a Mural without including an image of the mural????? Journalism is dead these days. Glad they got rid of her though.


Harrydean-standoff

Great! Another round of Satanic Panic! Will Proctor and Gamble have to change their company logo again? (Remember moon + stars =Satan) Can Geraldo Rivera come out of retirement? If we keep electing Republicans can we get back to that Scarlet Letter thing? Maybe eventually some witchcraft trials? Church Lady from SNL for the senate? Wait ! We already have Bobert! We should give her a hand! Almost forgot.....she's the one who's skilled with her hands!


Tang42O

The book she quoted sounds like a ripoff of American Gods


Sariel007

The Wish version of American Gods. American Gods is a great novel.


UncommonHouseSpider

The fucking book they all use has an allegory for this very thing, praying to false idols and all that. Also, the most prominent allegory of all, a wolf in sheep's clothing, is so fitting it's not funny, but people are so desperate to believe in something. These grifters tell them all the truths they want to hear, and then start tugging the strings this way and that and they all dance along like little puppets.


Btankersly66

Their level of outrage is equal to their level of fear (of losing the power they once had with religion). It's just gonna get worse.


Snellyman

Even if you believe in demons why to they care if the demonic messages are hidden? I mean what if I thought that a submarine was hidden in the my yard, it's hidden so I don't need to bother with it.


MerelyMortalModeling

So I love iconography, and having googled the murals im struggling to get any "demonic" messaging. Aboit the closest I get is that the one with birch trees and the moon seem similer to the cover of a stupid old *Time Life* Book of the occult from the 1980s which popped up in an image search. Other then that we have some Dandilions popping up from a book in different phases of bloom which is associated with *Christianity" and a Day Lily which is strongly associated with *Christianity* although it does have a rainbow which :gasp: is *strongly associated with Christianity*. Honestly i think we are dealing with a little "c" christian who doesnt even have a fricken clue about her own chosen faith.


pistoffcynic

These evangelicals are just another cult… non Christian Christians.


Away_Wolverine_6734

Half the population is almost too dumb to be classified as human …


Charming-Farm

These relics need to fuck off


thenewbigR

And them he punched her in the mouth?


Huntanz

How is it that all these religious zealots and brain dead morons are in the GOP.


According_Wing_3204

And these freaks wonder why people are leaving religion behind. Being a hateful douchebag just isn't appealing to most people


testedonsheep

Sounds like cultural revolution without publicly beating the crap out of you….. yet


BGI-YYZ

Now I want to see this mural.


Ethelenedreams

As you can plainly see, every turn they take and every stand their feet are planted upon are rooted in deep hatred. Hate seeds their thoughts.


subetenoinochi

Why do we keep electing lawmakers who look like they've escaped their assisted living nursing homes? Hell is likely preferable to Heaven given the types that claim to be going to Heaven.


catalin66

I don't understand how 'Muricans can be so gun ho and violent sometimes and utterly passive other times. Good or bad, if this happened in The Balkans, someone would've gotten out with a broken nose


Straight_Tumbleweed9

Um this article has no pictures of the actual mural? What the heck?


BadgerElemental

We should honestly stand up to these freaks by throwing the religion back in their faces. Tell them they are demonic entities sent to earth to sow destruction and that God would be disgusted with them. Tell them they should get some decorations ready before they go to hell so they can at least make their new home somewhat familiar. Tell them that you’ll hide your children from their presence. The only language these fools understand is the same language they spout to others.


Pansy_Neurosi

I saw a video where a woman actually brought a big stone to a city council meeting. She handed it to the city council member and said, "Your bible says you're supposed to stone me. Here's a stone. Do it!" The council woman didn't follow through on her directions from god.


GetHighandCuddle

Carrie Gendreau is a twat


ParcialScar

Watching this shit as an outsider is bonkers af, please for your own fucking life, for whoever you love, VOTE AND GET THESE SYCHOS OUT OF YOUR GOVERMENT.


Contentpolicesuck

Why is she such an expert at seeing hidden demonic messages? Is she possessed? 


SLSF1522

God wasn't the only one who wanted her to leave. Bye Felicia!


NiNj4_C0W5L4Pr

No hate like Christian "love".


Funny_Clue5413

Drug test her ass. Meth isn't something to take lightly.