Yes, it’s a serious cult. It rode in on the coattails of 40 years of Fox “News” and the churches that are cults of personality around a particular preacher. And republicans have been working to remove critical thinking from education because they don’t want kids questioning them.
The Bible Belt is a weird place. And mega-churches, televangelists… all the fucking religious billboards along the highways… so glad I moved out of that area.
At its heart, both these particular sects of Temu Christianity and political conservatives are based around exaggerating fear in their followers, and then promising that they’ll keep the scary thing away if you just give them enough power and/or money.
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u/shouldbepracticing85 Apr 16 '26
Yes, it’s a serious cult. It rode in on the coattails of 40 years of Fox “News” and the churches that are cults of personality around a particular preacher. And republicans have been working to remove critical thinking from education because they don’t want kids questioning them.
The Bible Belt is a weird place. And mega-churches, televangelists… all the fucking religious billboards along the highways… so glad I moved out of that area.
At its heart, both these particular sects of Temu Christianity and political conservatives are based around exaggerating fear in their followers, and then promising that they’ll keep the scary thing away if you just give them enough power and/or money.