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I thought the Handmaids Tale was fiction!!!

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foxie48 Thu 19-Feb-26 09:16:45

"Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon
The self-described “paleo-Confederate” has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground.”

The above was copied from today's Washington Post.

I am being continually shocked on a daily basis by what I read in the American press about the attitudes and behaviour of those integral to and surrounding Trump's presidency. Steve Bannon's long standing links with European far right organisations, his links to Farage and Epstein would seem like the plot for a Bond movie but it is all well documented. With the concerns around the development of AI, the power of the Tech Bro's and the seismic change in world alliances that Trump has initiated, does anyone else feel as worried for the future of their offspring as I do?

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M0nica Mon 23-Feb-26 18:08:19

keepingquiet

I agree that these people are disingenuous in claiming to promote Christianity. They are without doubt purely anti-Islamic.

A lot of people don't know that Islam, Judaism and Christianity are all Abrahamic faiths and so cannot be opposed to each other in this way, rather they should work together to establish common ground they all share, instead of promoting division and intolerence.

Hear, hear.

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Wyllow3 Mon 23-Feb-26 23:09:31

Yes. I am a member of local interfaith groups. we find much commonality.

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Esmay Tue 24-Feb-26 07:18:38

I fully agree with keepingquiet,MOnica and Wyllow3.
We are all worshipping the same God ,but in different ways .

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Chocolatelovinggran Tue 24-Feb-26 08:04:19

I am in agreement with Wyllow, Esmay, M0nica etc al. What we need to do is work together to outlaw the extreme members of each of our faith groups who prefer to promote hatred and discord.

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Maremia Tue 24-Feb-26 12:28:46

'Love thy neighbour as thyself' is a Christian concept/command.

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Summerlove Sun 01-Mar-26 14:14:38

Maremia

'Love thy neighbour as thyself' is a Christian concept/command.

Sure but look at how many self proclaimed Christians fail at that simple command?

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M0nica Sun 01-Mar-26 21:20:09

Maremia

'Love thy neighbour as thyself' is a Christian concept/command.

Just done a uick google search and also used AI and the answer I get is that almost all religions exhort their followers to 'love their neighbour as thyself ' although it is only Jews and Christians who use those exact words.

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