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There are always so many theological puzzles with these things.
Why should fundy Christians be ruling the country and passing the laws and re-enslaving women?
Why, because they’re right, of course.
How do they know they’re right?
God said so! It’s all in the bible!
But other bible-readers and god-obeyers have different views.
They’re wrong!
How do you know they’re wrong?
God said so! It’s all in the bible!
Then why doesn’t god do something about them? Why doesn’t god put a stop to the wrong believers – or convince them that they’re wrong? God can do anything, so why doesn’t he (you do consider him a he, right?) just impose his will? Why allow all this error to flourish? Why stand idly by while so many humans are led astray?
Because free will!
Oh is that it? Then why try to impose a fundy Christian government on all of us?
Return to start.
And of course when their guy wins, it’s god’s will. When the other guy wins, it’s the devil’s work.
I may be a lapsed Catholic, but I distinctly remember passes of Jesus saying “My Kingdom is not of this world.”
I just wish they would rapture already and leave us alone. And I want one of their Teslas. Preferably a Roadster.
Mike: They don’t drive Teslas. They drive Ram trucks modified to blow coal at evil UnAmerican Cyclists and pedestrians.
That may be a generational/cultural thing… I know a lot of young male right wingers who think Teslas and solar power are stylish and cool (and at least one who’s a prepper).
As to the rest: that’s the core problem with free will, namely it doesn’t exist but we’re powerless to stop pretending it does.
It’s probably more Prius = Bad, Tesla = Cool. The same logic applied to Prius vs. CR-Z, one’s more sports car like than the other. For my tastes I dislike the lack of a grill on the front of Teslas; it looks like shite.