/townhall/ - Townhall

>>15111
Ever hear the story of the boy who cried wolf?

>>15111

It's less a Republican license and more a rich-person license. In addition, I found the following information:

"Matt Gaetz, 42, was brought up Christian and has said that he is an "active member" of First Baptist Church in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Moreover, he said that he was 'saved' as a teenager, and he believes in using the Bible as a roadmap to life, expressing support for 'Judeo-Christian values.'"

He's therefore more likely to be excused if people otherwise generally like the guy.

It's not about giving Trump money - it's about having the money to give. You also can't enjoy anything you want if you do unless you're a well-liked member of a traditional, well-established conservative Christian church. (And if you asked Jesus for forgiveness and repented, then people are far less likely to care too much. If you keep doing it, then people will start to question if you're a real Christian. So, if something else comes out later about the guy after this (that happened after this stuff came out), then people might start disliking him more.)

>>15112
>>15113
It's like... is there a way to not have my personal life controlled by obsessively nannying religious fanatics who nose into what's being done by anyone everywhere other than either a)not living in America or b)dying? I'm really interested in a way out! I really don't think I'm going to be able to take all sex being evil, all heavy metal music being evil, all video games being evil, and all the rest of this BS that I'm expected to just obey without any choice on my part!

At what point in my life am I going to be free without somebody needing to keep me from "sinning" against my will?

Should I like fake marrying somebody and fake going to church a lot while faking donating to certain political organizations... or what has to happen before I'm able to just be left alone?

>>15116

>At what point in my life am I going to be free without somebody needing to keep me from "sinning" against my will?

Join a liberal religion that accepts everyone, like Unitarianism, Unitarian Universalism, some denominations of liberal Christianity (United Church of Christ, some (non-conservative conference) Congregationalist Churches, meditation groups, etc. ...

>Should I like fake marrying somebody and fake going to church a lot while faking donating to certain political organizations... or what has to happen before I'm able to just be left alone?

Nah, don't do that. Christian fundamentalists are only fighting so hard because their influence is waning.

>>15116
In the case of the tale in OP, I guess the way would be to get the media to constantly lie and attack you, to the point where nobody believes them and nobody cares even if the claims were to be true.

>>15117
>Christian fundamentalists are only fighting so hard because their influence is waning.
HUH?

They're stronger than they've been in years. They've literally gotten to control both Congress and the Supreme Court. They're also now about to control the U.S. Presidency again.

If anything, I'm trying hard to figure out how to fake being one myself, lately.