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Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by jackmott42 on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:03AM (#49739557)
While vacationing in Colorado I was approached by a young man and woman who wanted to tell me about Christianity, towards the end I told them that I do no view Christians in America as good people as group, and gave them various reasons why, the support of Trump being a main reason. Supporting someone so overtly evil while pretending to be righteous and godly was clearly contradictory to me, the whole situation caused me to view religious people not as misinformed but actively disingenuous (those smart enough to know better anyway). He snapped back with "OBAMA BOMBED A SCHOOL"

Which, at the time I thought, yes its bad that US presidents almost all are willing to do war when it isn't a good idea, but Obama isn't the president right now and I think you can expect Trump to bomb some schools too man.

and here we are.

As an side, fuck every single person here that supported or made excuses for the GOP in the last two decades, I will never forgive you.

Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by zzgo on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:11AM (#49739657)
> "OBAMA BOMBED A SCHOOL"

Obama the Christian?

Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by toasty228 on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:14AM (#49739687)
That's his half brother Obamna, Trump made the same mistake
Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by tokai on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:56AM (#49740040)
the classic gotcha that doesn't work on outsiders that don't care about the partisan devide. All US presidents going back for quite a while are war criminals.
Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by _menelaus on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:13AM (#49741092)
Christians aren't bad people. Its just that the older ones (and a few young ones) get their information from terrible sources. They watch Fox News, where every day Trump is presented as the hero fighting against the evil democrats. They don't notice the propaganda like a fish doesn't notice water. Bad inputs bad outputs.
Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by krapp on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:26AM (#49741275)
Christians aren't bad people, but it's undeniable that the one demographic that supports Trump more than any other are Christians. Trump is the face, heart and soul of American Christianity. Where else are Christians arguing that genocide on behalf of Israel is a moral imperative, or that empathy is a sin?

If so many Christians were so easily swayed by hateful propaganda then that's still a fault and failure of the religion, as is the utter failure of the "good" Christians to do anything about it. People aren't machines that blindly process inputs into outputs, at least not in any useful sense that takes morality and ethics into account. People have agency, they're responsible for their own decisions. And these people have a Bible probably at arms reach at all times and they know what it says.

Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by ramesh31 on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:16AM (#49742076)
>"Christians aren't bad people, but it's undeniable that the one demographic that supports Trump more than any other are Christians."

Christianity itself really has little to do with it. I think it's more so that "Christian" is just the default cultural identity and worldview of native born Americans who have zero self awareness, thoughtfulness, or perspective on the world. Almost none of them actually believe anything really when you start to ask questions about it. It's just the in-group that they latch on to because they've never had an independent thought in their lives.

Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by SV_BubbleTime on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:27AM (#49742264)
> "Christian" is just the default cultural identity and worldview of native born Americans who have zero self awareness

You people are excellent for irony.

Re:Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atr... by dang on Thursday September 17, 2026 @12:42PM (#49743321)
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