Christian Nationalists: lying is good, if it’s to win elections

[solarbird]

Lying is good, and enjoying lying is good:

I’ve written about this so many times I’ve lost track of it. It’s core to the fundamentalist movement, now to the Christian Fascists and Nationalists.

If it serves them, then it serves the agenda. If it serves the agenda, then it serves God, which means it is serving – by definition – Good, which means it is also good.

Most of them then carry it step further, like so:

And since God is also truth, then if it serves God, it is also true, regardless of how false the mere physical world might say it is. It is Godly, so it is truth, as God is definitionally the truth.

So for one of them to just come out and say “yeah, we’re lying, but that’s good,” leaving out the last step of declaring lies to be truth – that’s an interesting new layer of cynicism and power politics.

I hope it’s a sign that this particular layered sophistry is starting to break down.

But that’s just a hope.

45 days remain.

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Comments

[ckd]

"That 'no bearing false witness' commandment was just a suggestion, right?"

[solarbird]

The Bible isn't manly enough and salvation through Christ isn't enough impunity. They love doing all this because they aren't punished for it, and because impunity is power, and they love power.

[conuly]

Something, something, new covenant, something something.

[ckd]

That's always a fun excuse. They love keeping the parts of Leviticus they can use to attack LGBTQ+ folks, without keeping the bans on mixed fibers and shellfish. In this case, Leviticus 19:33-34 (which is IMO right in line with the New Testament "love thy neighbor as thyself" message that they skip over) also gets the boot good and hard.

[jessie_c]

An oldie, but a goodie.

[jessie_c]

If it weren't for hypocrisy, they'd have no values at all.