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She has always lied, about many things. But then she started to deny the genocide she had previously condemned. And she denied that Israel has always been as misogynistic as any other #MiddleEastern state,and that under #Netanyahu #Israel has become a #religious #fundamentalist #dictatorship like others.Dictatorship is of course also something that #Merz strives for, like #Trump.
But to the article:
us18.campaign-archive.com/?e=3

us18.campaign-archive.comScolding, mocking, smothering: Trump is giving Netanyahu the whiplash of his life

What do #VanceBoelter and #ErikPrince have in common? Quite a bit! But Prince prefers to farm out #Assassinations to his minions!

#Theocratic #Mercenary Erik Prince and the #ChristianRight

by Mike Kuhlenbeck • 19 June 2018

"Erik Dean Prince was born in Holland, Michigan, on June 6, 1969, the youngest child and only son of Edgar and Elsa Prince, who also had daughters Betsy, Emilie, and Eileen. As documented by author Suzanne Simons in her 2009 book Master of War: #Blackwater USA’s Erik Prince and the Business of War, Prince grew up in a religious household and attended Christian schools; the Princes were members of the Reformed Church in America, a conservative Christian sect that follows the philosophical template of theologian John Calvin.

"Edgar Prince worked as a die caster and then chief engineer for the die cast machine manufacturing outfit Buss Machine Works after serving in the US Air Force. In 1965 he and two co-workers struck out on their own to establish Prince Manufacturing. By the 1970s the company expanded its operations and became financially successful, as did the Prince family. Edgar Prince died of heart failure in 1995, and the company was sold to Johnson Controls for over $1 billion.

"Surrounded by those who share their belief in Christian-based politics, the Prince family has used its fortune to help build the #ConservativeChristian movement. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and Richard Nixon’s disgraced former special counsel Charles Colson (who became a born-again Christian after serving seven months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal) were family friends. Edgar and Elsa Prince were major contributors to the Family Research Council and founded the nonprofit Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation in 1979, substantial funds from which have gone toward the effort to abolish the legal wall separating church and state. The Prince family also has deep ties to the Council for National Policy (#CNP) which, according to its vision statement, supports “a united conservative movement to assure, by 2020, policy leadership and governance that restores religious and economic freedom, a strong national defense, and #JudeoChristian values under the Constitution.”

"From Reverend #BillyGraham’s “spiritual counsel” to twelve US presidents, to Reverend #JerryFalwell’s #MoralMajority movement of the 1970s and ’80s, to Marion Gordon #PatRobertson’s #ChristianCoalition (now the #ChristianCoalitionOfAmerica), the movement to push a #fundamentalist “Judeo-Christian” agenda into the public sphere has been an ongoing crusade. Keeping with family tradition, Erik Prince’s sister Betsy married fellow Christian right figure Dick DeVos, whose father is the founder of Amway and the past president of the CNP from 1990-1993. Betsy DeVos served as the chair of the Michigan Republican Party and now serves as US Secretary of Education under Donald Trump. The DeVos dynasty, labelled a “family of extremists” by the Center for American Progress, is undoubtedly having an influence on the Trump White House."

Read more:
thehumanist.com/magazine/july-

TheHumanist.com · Theocratic Mercenary Erik Prince and the Christian Right - TheHumanist.comPresident Donald Trump’s election allowed the Christian right to achieve a new level of domination in the US government. Since the 1960s, the Christian right has become the loudest voice in the Republican Party, moving their message from the revival tents and into the political arena. Continuing this tradition, Erik Dean Prince, founder of the […]

It seems #Israel #Iran have started making the 'slapping' serious...
it was a clash that 'seething' by at least 60 years
and the only thing that had brought it under control
was the 'American's Authority'
> Authority that with #trump it's in the toilet <
it was, therefore, to expect something to happen.
Anyway...
in my opinion, if Israel eliminates the #Fundamentalist Dictatorial Fanatical Iranian Governament ...
they'll do a big favor even to the #Iranian people.

In my first teen journal post, there was a journal entry I included which read, “Why are there nicer non-Christian women than Christian women? Or at least it seems that way to me. If you ask me, something ain’t right.” And instead of expounding upon that, because I kind of felt like it spoke for itself, I added, “There are no notes.” In a way, it does speak for itself, as it was an observation and critique that I was making at the tender age of 15 years. And it was truly a question — I didn’t have the answer then. But after I posted that newsletter, I immediately started thinking about how it wasn’t as simple as it was written. And so, this is my contextual note on that journal entry. Buckle up…

Keep reading on my newsletter, here —
weaversdeepthoughts.com/newsle

Weaver's Deep Thoughts#NotAllChristians™ — Weaver's Deep ThoughtsIn February’s letter, I add some context to one of my teenage journal entries about “Christian” women.
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I would say that the term child marriage is not quite accurate - it will mainly be girls who are married there. So young girl marriage would fit better.
How sick in the head parents must be who hand over their little girl to be raped by an adult man.
These are the effects of a religiously fundamentalist society.

#US#USA#religious

Why #Deconstructing From #Evangelical #Christianity Is SO Important and SO Difficult

youtube.com/watch?v=ltuEEsqgU0
#deconstructingchristianity #exvangelical #exchristian

This is a short clip from a full episode of The Kayse Melone Show. Here, I talk about why I think #Deconstruction from Evangelical #Fundamentalist Christianity is so important. Also, what happens after we go through Deconstruction?

With many #muslims and #ArabAmericans realizing their support for #trump was in error, now is an opportunity for #socialists and other #leftists to do what #liberals failed to do.

Rather than just assume "well who else would they vote for, the racist #republicans?," recognize that they hold the same #conservative values as your #fundamentalist uncle and that you will need to work on deconstructing those prejudices.

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No wonder Trump has demanded the Bishop of Washington be sacked for her #Trump #inauguration sermon at Washington Cathedral

Speaking truth to power as plainly as Bishop Budde did is never easy and especially brave when faced with the Orange #fascist and his #fundamentalist bigots

But bearing witness, truth-telling and challenge are all acts of #resistence that people of honour will increasingly need to embrace across what used to laughably be known as the “free world” [sic]

“The incoming ‘Islamic State’ of Syria”

by A Cradle Correspondent

“After decades of secular authoritarianism, Syria now teeters on the edge of an even graver threat: a fundamentalist state led by the Islamist victors of the ‘revolution,’ threatening to replace one dictatorship with another and plunge the country into a new era of oppression and religious intolerance.”

thecradle.co/articles/the-inco

thecradle.coThe incoming ‘Islamic State’ of SyriaAfter decades of secular authoritarianism, Syria now teeters on the edge of an even graver threat: a fundamentalist state led by the Islamist victors of the ‘revolution,’ threatening to replace one dictatorship with another and plunge the country into a new era of oppression and religious intolerance.
#Press#Syria#HTS

cathypagano.substack.com/p/the

Remembering Our Collective Back Story
Cathy Pagano

..."The #American #Christian #fundamentalist version of the #EndTimes has a very powerful influence on American #politics today. Besides a literal belief in the events described in the Book of Revelation, these fundamentalists believe in a doctrine called dispensationalism, formulated by two 19th Century American preachers. This doctrine states that #Israel must exist as "...

The Cosmic Storyteller Substack · The Cosmic Storyteller: Mercury Retrograde in SagittariusBy The Cosmic Storyteller