Once the fabric of American society really starts to tear, the billionaires and the church will be the first to feel the brunt. The French Revolution was the the guide for Democracy in America. The fallacy is that Christianity was hated before the French Revolution. It wasn’t. - ThreadSky

spockresists.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Once the fabric of American society really starts to tear, the billionaires and the church will be the first to feel the brunt.
The French Revolution was the the guide for Democracy in America.
The fallacy is that Christianity was hated before the French Revolution. It wasn’t.

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morgansomali.bsky.social•2 days ago

The times that proceeded the French Revolution was know as The Terror for good reason. They also had their King back twice and an Emperor before they found their democratic feet. Like most revolutions a blood soaked path that bought misery to the masses.

nx1brd.bsky.social•2 days ago

bookworm604.bsky.social•1 day ago

Spanish Inquisition didn’t create a hated of Christianity???

spockresists.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was the church that had aligned itself with the powerful. A quid pro quo with the monarchs and greedy. It was a time when the economic disparity between the rich and the poor was high. As Tocqueville explained, the church was “hated as a political institution.” Its place of

spockresists.bsky.social•2 days ago

privilege. It was this situation of the wealthy aligned with the church that cracked the pent up hostilities of its people. There is a significant danger of involving religion too deeply in government, dangerous not necessarily for the people but for the religion itself.

sorceressann.bsky.social•2 days ago

#ThankYou for beginning again Mr. Spock. You are such a jewel in the crown of Democracy with your commentary. Wealth.....it is seen here by Watcher Me: for those of us overwhelmed like I am in the United States and Texas, here is quid pro quo: https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=427&q=define+quid+pro+quo&cvid=facfe45fcd124ba2a848b2f91089f5f7&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhAAGEAyBggDEAAYQDIGCAQQABhA0gEINTkwMmowajGoAgCwAgA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=DCTS

spockresists.bsky.social•2 days ago

Inevitably, any system of rule will crumble. Here’s the issue. When those paradigms are removed, the loser will be Christianity. Because theories and ideas are thrown out with governments. Christianity aligning itself with the US government is why the founders assured that for

spockresists.bsky.social•2 days ago

religion to remain a stable, it must be separated from government.

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