Exit polls have the far-right AfD leading the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Left Party ahead in Berlin. Merz referred to the outcome as “a disaster”. DW has more.
Exit polls have the far-right AfD leading the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Left Party ahead in Berlin. Merz referred to the outcome as “a disaster”. DW has more.
Fully agreed on all points of substance.
I debated putting the “Christian” in quotes or using some epithet, but settled on calling them by the description they use for themselves in expectation that people here will see the parallel to their US idols, which are equally (un-)christian.
I’d personally call them Cunts Deceiving the Unwary, and their voterbase “Christians for Mammon” because I genuinely get the impression many people vote for them out of the dangerous combination of considering themselves Christian and being entirely uninformed about politics because it’s all so tedious and horrible what’s happening in the world and you can just pray and trust in God to lead you right. At least for those Christians I knew before I fled the faith and torched the ties, the idea of “wolves in sheep’s clothing” apparently didn’t extend to “wolves in shepherds’ clothing”.
I’ll confidently say that my blasphemous ass is still more Christian, because I attempt to be kind to people. Also, the fact that I’m not rich probably disqualifies me from their VIP lounge in hell anyway.
I’d also add another explicit point to your roster of accusation: Immigration. There’s obviously the story of the Good Samaritan making it clear that "your neighbour, whom you ought to love, includes foreigners. More scathingly, there’s Matthew 25:31-46, which mentions not just feeding and clothing the needy, but in v 43 also accuses: “I was a stranger and you did not invite me in”. I don’t know how much more explicit the bible could be about letting in and caring for strangers than Jesus telling people to go to hell because they didn’t.