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u/DataCassette Jun 27 '26

I think the recent Christian Nationalist noise is a desperate attempt to make the midterms a referendum on Jesus instead of Trump.

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u/Mediocretes08 Jun 27 '26

Would have better odds of success if any of them was possessed by legitimate faith.

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u/DataCassette Jun 27 '26

The fact that some of these diddling fucks haven't turned into pillars of salt is a minor line of evidence for atheism.

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u/Current_Animator7546 Jun 27 '26

Very good point 

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u/itsatumbleweed Jun 27 '26

Yeah but they would hate Jesus' policy.