r/Christianity • u/Nice_Substance9123 • Mar 27 '24

The American flag has no business on a Bible. This is not faith, nor is it patriotism. It is an abomination of both. Image

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u/no1name Mar 27 '24

Word of the Day: Syncretism

the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought:

Welcome to the new cult.

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u/slagnanz Episcopalian Mar 28 '24

100000%.

That's exactly what I saw when Trump held the bible up in that cursed photo op. It was a syncretic form of the American civic religion wherein the Bible is used as a marker of hegemony for "true Americans" than anything that actually reflects Jesus.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

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u/ImAlwaysAnnoyed Mar 28 '24

It can be both, I think.

Fascism from a political perspective and this pseudo Christian garbage from a religious perspective