After several years outside of their circles, I went to my parents' church over my vacation. Here's my rundown of the ~30min sermon:
--Pre-emptive strike at science and philosophy to discredit any opposition before it starts.
--Sexism (with vague swipe at feminism)
--Homophobia
--Transphobia
--An endorsement of capitalism
--Worm theology; it is actually part of their Statement of Faith -- a core, binding document -- that humans live under God's condemnation by default!
This stuff is shockingly mainstream in #Christian circles.
I felt compelled to take notes to remind myself of all these elements that I am actively rejecting from how I was indoctrinated for the first 30+ years of my life.
Propaganda works by dehumanising people. Many church folks are so propagandised that they cannot even feel it anymore.
They're conditioned to feel *really* lucky to be in their in-group. It works by accepting, and saying, any insult about any out-group, for any reasons.
@sumpnlikefaith The worm theology part is especially abusive and denigrating. It denies self care while perpetuating dehumanization. Perfect cult like behavior. I’m glad that many Christians are NOT like this! 👍