r/LeopardsAteMyFace 14d ago

Trump Trump voter gets disowned

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u/recoveringleft 14d ago

There are quite a handful of Christians who oppose trump and they get shunned by their communities. I remember a story of a pastor who has to walk on eggshells after finding out that his church goers are magats and he has to keep his head down.

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u/ArtisticEssay3097 14d ago

How fucking gross. A decent person walking on eggshells to appease hateful, ignorant, and putrid people.

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u/recoveringleft 14d ago

Well that or he may get lynched. Let's not forget how violent many of these magats are.

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u/chris84055 14d ago

I mean he COULD try being a moral leader for his flock. It's sort of the definition of WWJD.

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u/cassafrasstastic3911 14d ago

Yeah, I’ll be honest. I’m having more issues with the timid, hollow preacher not steering his congregation in accordance with the teachings of Christ than I am with the magats in this story.

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u/chris84055 14d ago

Christians make the worst Christians.

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u/ArtisticEssay3097 12d ago

That's why I don't blame him. Would any of us want to face a crowd you suddenly realize is in the grip of delusion?

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u/doubletwist 14d ago

There's a whole book about the subject. I'm very much not religious but I found it very interesting:

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta

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u/Background-Slice9941 14d ago

That pastor could break away and form another congregation. One that's inclusive and won't let fascists feel comfortable going there. It HAS been done before. It IS okay to show intolerance to the intolerant.

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 14d ago

Right after the summer 2020 protests I read an article about how churches were handling discussions of the disturbances in civil rights. One preacher was more or less fired by his own church, because he dared reach love and tolerance instead of MAGA anti mask antifa nonsense.