There is not a millimeter of space between the world belief system of millions of Americans and a peasant from the Middle Ages, and I don’t know if we have a political solve for that. - ThreadSky

johnrogers.bsky.social • 39 days ago

There is not a millimeter of space between the world belief system of millions of Americans and a peasant from the Middle Ages, and I don’t know if we have a political solve for that.

Reposted from Robert Downen

At the Texas Capitol, Christian worshippers are blessing the walls of a hearing room to protect lawmakers from spiritual forces and the “Jezebel” spirit.

“Pray for the fear of the Lord to come into this place,” says MercyCulture pastor Landon Schott.

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slayerofunicorns.bsky.social•39 days ago

My problem is that I see something like that an have to fight the urge to shout "HAIL SATAN!" and throw the hand-horns sign... Then bite into an Alka-Seltzer tablet to start foaming from the mouth.

twelfth.bsky.social•39 days ago

Tax churches. Grifters go elsewhere to make their profits.

joelhanes.bsky.social•39 days ago

Jesus of Nazareth:
Performative public prayer is a spiritual nullity, and those who engage in it do not do so for spiritual reasons.
Matthew 6:1-8

bexone.bsky.social•39 days ago

You can’t possibly expect them to actually read the words printed in red in their bibles, everyone knows red is the devil’s color

twelfth.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is exactly the fucking magical thinking I have come to expect from fundies.

rembrandtswife.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think the medieval peasants had better theology, but then I'm a Episcopalian, not an Evangelical.

elkmovie.bsky.social•39 days ago

Peasants in the Middle Ages actually had a much more joyous attitude towards church than these assholes

elkmovie.bsky.social•39 days ago

Even later on - one of the big reasons that the English put Queen Mary on the throne ahead of Jane Grey is that Catholics were fun and Protestants were a bunch of boring scolds

onkelbob.bsky.social•39 days ago

America - founded by people who were driven from every place they occupied, all because they were... boring scolds. Yeah, that works, but they were more than that, they had murderous intent too; witch hunting as a pastime.

majeff.bsky.social•39 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o-5RyYAl50

octopodig.bsky.social•39 days ago

Well, for one thing, the word is 'solution,' not 'solve.'

mulvihill.bsky.social•39 days ago

Legislative Dissonance?

bexone.bsky.social•39 days ago

Non-zero chance the peasant was actually closer to a modern world vision than these people tbh

challahchic.bsky.social•39 days ago

I feel like @lollardfish.bsky.social would disagree

lollardfish.bsky.social•39 days ago

I'm not arguing with John Rogers on the internet. :) but off the cuff I think the key is that humans remain humans and this kind of religious belief remains remarkably consistent, so the systems we design have to perform despite that truism.

lollardfish.bsky.social•39 days ago

so it's not particularly medieval, but it's not not-medieval.

challahchic.bsky.social•39 days ago

Legit

johnrogers.bsky.social•39 days ago

Basically. My argument is that the Gibson quote “The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed” also applies to *the present*.

btravern.bsky.social•36 days ago

And the past, pace Faulkner.

digitaldiscipline.bsky.social•39 days ago

"the fear of the lord"

I am not afraid of your invisible friend, Landon.

mwscript.bsky.social•39 days ago

The mudsill 70% of the nation that doesn’t own a passport or posses any frame of reference outside the 20km context they were born into

helpingfriendly.bsky.social•39 days ago

I didn't escape this kind of abusive "church" to be stuck in a country made up of the same practices.

hevyweponsguy.bsky.social•39 days ago

📌

danamulder.bsky.social•39 days ago

I was born and raised in Texas, and there are apparently no limits to how fucking embarrassing it is.

lacarlos.bsky.social•39 days ago

100%

https://bsky.app/profile/lacarlos.bsky.social/post/3lfqfw65fls2r

the-themiscyran.bsky.social•39 days ago

I once read a study that said a higher percentage of the population take the Bible literally now than people did in the Middle Ages and I just had to put my head down on my desk for a minute.

mnewman.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is why federalism is a necessary evil

athenae.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is my thing.

odin032402.bsky.social•39 days ago

IIRC, peasants from the middle ages actually had more complicated beliefs and relationships with god than the average American does.

bocckob.bsky.social•39 days ago

Identify the leaders and have the Feds check their hard drives. I will bet you a dollar most have things on there requiring mandatory prison sentences.