2026-04-16 14:17 UTC
@Sempf
I imagine a big part of that religion-in-society picture is the neverending jousting between different sects of Christianity, Catholic vs protestant being the most obvious on the large scale.
There's a lot of interesting nuance and implications for organization of society at large--including non-religious aspects--in there.
If you're familiar with the cathedral vs bazaar allegory, same thing. There's a strong analogy between someone doing their own research to find the OT passages to support their priors and someone doing their own research in medicine, both ignoring what experts have to say.
I'd say this isn't so much about a Christian right trend as much as a trend in society as a whole.
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@Sempf@infosec.exchange 2026-04-16 14:23
@volkris @peachfiend That is well put, and gives me something to think about. 🤯 Thanks!
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@_chris_real@kolektiva.social 2026-04-16 15:17
@volkris @Sempf @peachfiend I have often been aware of the amount of power and authority that low-standing christians cloak themselves with, when they decide to pontificate on "what God said". You can be sure that they wouldn't DARE say to their pastor what they say to you. He would dismiss their role in saying "what god said" as being the pride of a sinner. But to you and me, these wanna-be's will be eager to try out whatever clever new sophistry they recently arrived at. It's all a game to some of them. And a matter of ego threat, to the rest.