“THE GOP (God’s Only Party)”
Not only is that theologically abhorrent, but it aged like milk.

Well done sir. Even though I am more of a minarchism proponent, I do try to be principled and consistent regardless what political team is in charge. I have enjoyed our discussions and enjoy standing with you on in other posts and forums.

I am so sorry.

I am against abortion and my favorite use of my tax dollars is supporting needy people, especially children. I’m glad to make it easier for those kids to be taken care of. (Also, WTF is with the migrant kids in cages? How can someone who opposes abortion for rape/incest possibly support this brutality against innocent children?)

There are others like me, but we are sadly too sparse.

He’s still regularly posting back at Patheos, on a wide range of evangelical platitudes (such as “will our pets be in heaven”).

Agree. This is how I feel about climate change too. The science is 100% clear, and, even if it weren’t, what are the consequences of trying to reduce greenhouse emissions? Less polluted air? Like, how could it be a bad thing even if scientists were being alarmist?

Eventually, I realized that because Democrats are “for it”, Republicans must be “against it”. The well is so thoroughly poisoned that many Republicans feel like anything a Democrats supports must be evil. Even if it doesn’t seem evil, it must be a trick. Then the “logic” works backwards from there. Like, “Why do they want cars to be more efficient? I know, they must be trying to destroy the auto industry!!! And since some car companies are American, that must also mean they hate America.”

I don’t know how you solve this problem, especially since they live in a bubble which tells them to only trust information from inside the bubble.