re: If the Authoritarian Marxists are defeated it will be people of faith who lead the charge.

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Honestly, it’s going to be immigrants both legal and otherwise leading the charge. We have millions here who have fled those types of regimes and they are some of the most vocal people you’ll meet when it comes to how they feel about what’s going on. From my interactions with them I hear a lot of stories about fleeing Cuba or fleeing Venezuela and they are pissed that it’s popping up here

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Many of the illegal immigrants coming into the US across the southern border are Catholic/Christian….you would hope they would help oppose the current authoritarian regime but if history is any indication they will lay low politically speaking and when they’re able to vote (legally or illegally) in their new homeland they will vote at a +70% clip for the American Marxist party.

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Disagree with that guy. If you don’t see a correlation to people leaving the church and the moral degradation of our society you are blind. I’m not religious either

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I agree, religion left me I didn’t leave religion.

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Orthodoxy is the best counterpoint though, and it suggests that our current weakness wasn’t inevitable.

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Honest question, do you think the Eastern Orthodox Church is the only church that preaches that? It’s pretty mainstream in conservative churches of various labels.

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Religious beliefs are not the answer to defeat other religious beliefs, another handicap of the American right.

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All values are “religious.” Keep asking “why” enough times and you can’t support your values any more than a Christian or a Hindu. You’ll end up at “just because” every single time.

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Real Christianity isn't the milqetoaste version you get from most pulpits.

Christianity and the Catholic Church no longer confronts evil. Its all, "love your neighbor" and "don't judge" nonsense

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As much as I personally reject religious dogma, I can't wait to see some of my Christian friends go Old Testament on these Marxists.

Dang. You frickin nailed it.

Happy to have y’all on board, but it will be freedom loving people who who reclaim our rights. Generally, if they had their way, “people of faith” would oppress us as well - just with a different set of rules.

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There is no division in Christ.

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True, for Believers; but there is great contention as to the 'fine details' of the interpretation of Judeo Christian Theology. Whether to employ the 'sword', is one of those. We all know the story of Peter in the Garden with Jesus, and the 'severed ear' of one of Jesus' attackers. And Jesus response to Peter as well. IRL, was the World better off by trading Jesus for the Pharisees and Pilate, et al.?

The whole of Jesus' Gospel is for supposed Spiritual advancement toward a Human (Perceptive) state of mind ("Heaven") which 'explains' the mystery of Death, and therein negates the negative psychological effects of 'Death'. And it is the Natural and innate fear of death, which is a prime impetus for Darwinian competition and "wailing and gnashing of teeth". The Gospel argues that an Individual's current perceptive Reality is but a temporal and transitory place, on an eternal path to perceptive glory. I.e., "Heaven"; said 'Heaven' being a perceived Feeling and scenario of total Love, Unity and Peace. Of course - as Perceived Reality - is ultimately Subjective and a product of Free Will, it is left to the Individual to validate and totally COMMIT to the values of Love, and the Mercy of Jesus' Offer therein. Such a 'commitment' (IMO) would be the "saved" of Evangelical Christian dogma.

Of course, a rejection and invalidation of the Idea of Love (and Jesus' Offer), would have obvious perceptual paradigm consequences. They can have my share of that.

In this particular 'Perceptive Paradigm'/Time, we witness all manner of potential Beliefs, actions, consequences and 'feelings'...as a 'buffet' of potential choice. As such, a Paradigm of this nature will NEVER reflect "no division in Christ"...nor should it. 'Adam' left the 'Garden' to educate himself as to ALL potential scenarios; in order to make an educated and valid choice. The Gospel says that once an individual has enough info to make that educated choice, it is simply a matter of Commitment (being "saved", via Jesus' Mercy) for said individual to wake up in much better perceptive Reality in the next life. Being relieved of Karmic consequences which would otherwise negatively apply.

I remember some Preacher from Baton Rouge saying that when he gets to the 'Pearly Gate'...he don't want Justice, but Mercy. When I heard that, I laughed, and wholeheartedly agreed. There is nothing to be proud of when one becomes a true Christian. We are on 'welfare', as it were. That said, we are also "bought with a price". So the issue then becomes the subject of this Thread. Do we fight and shed Earthly blood of many who (mistakenly) oppose us/our Beliefs/Actions as "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" Actors...or do we 'cut off ears'?

Bottom line (IMO): There is no common rule for action. It could be sin ( sin being belief/action which negatively affects the forward progress toward Love) for one person to shed blood in a particular scenario...and sin for that same person not to shed blood for Love and Truth, in another scenario. I would never 'judge' another person's action; as I could not know where they stand in the 'education process'.

One thing is for sure, the (Marxist) Idea of all people being equal (real equity) is neither true or just in Mother Nature, or God's paradigm of Individuals who 'go to Heaven' being rewarded "according to their works". There will never be coerced equality on Earth...or in Heaven. Nor should there be. Even, and especially 'Lucifer', would agree with that.

Can ramble forever.

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The consequences of Marxism and socialism can be tracked and the damage measured; no legend, myths, or dogma necessary.

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Your problem here lies in the word "damage". You are assuming some moral standard when you use that term.

Where in the natural plane of existence does morality exist and where is it spelled out what is objectively moral and immoral? Where can I look to know that Marxism is objectively evil regardless of personal feelings and preferences?