{"id":113382,"date":"2019-10-14T00:18:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=113382"},"modified":"2019-09-11T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T22:13:51","slug":"a-good-compendium-of-every-lie-the-gun-cult-tells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2019\/10\/a-good-compendium-of-every-lie-the-gun-cult-tells.html","title":{"rendered":"A good compendium of every lie the Gun Cult tells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What is always striking about these critiques of the Christianist antichrist lie machine is that the supposed \u201cunbeliever\u201d is, in fact, begging and pleading for self-proclaimed Real Christians[TM] to actually behave like Jesus while the Christianist spits in their face and declares that anything not compatible with Trump Freak Show dogma is worthless. Jesus says \u201cTurn the other cheek\u201d and the Gun Cult says, \u201cStand your ground and blow their head off.\u201d Jesus says, \u201cLove your enemy\u201d and the Cult says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When someone attacks me, I always attack back\u2026except 100x more. This has nothing to do with a tirade but rather, a way of life!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/267626951097868289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 11, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is always striking about these critiques of the Christianist antichrist lie machine is that the supposed \u201cunbeliever\u201d is, in fact, begging and pleading for self-proclaimed Real Christians[TM] to actually behave like Jesus while the Christianist spits in their face and declares that anything not compatible with Trump Freak Show dogma is worthless. 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