• yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What people forget is that separation of church and state is meant to protect both from each other. The mixture of Christianity with conservative politics creates an unsolvable contradiction between community and individualism that, I believe, has contributed more to the decline of Christianity in the US than the oft cited bigotry and child abuse.

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      2 months ago

      When’s the last time Trump even actually got near a church? Was it the photo op during his last term where he held up the bible upside down?