Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact
Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact
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Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact
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Then kids go to college realize the lies of the adults around them. Blah blah blah lib college ruined my kids.
I used to hear that from my dad all the time.
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hahaha so accurate. I was born without fingers and grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. They'd tell me I'd have fingers once the "new system" comes along with all this other made up garbage. Parent's divorced around age 13, mom got dis-fellowshipped and shunned. Once I was old enough to take Earth Science and learn about the universe and age of everything. Something finally clicked like, "oh they're all full of shit."
Never looked back. I guess the unfortunate side effect is, I don't believe in anything at all anymore.
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That last side effect isn't unfortunate, welcome to atheism. That is, I still believe in things, I believe in science because it's right there, I still believe in some people because I see what they are capable of. I still believe, just not in fairytales
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Oh I've been there for 30 or so years now. It is and isn't unfortunate I guess. Just sometimes I feel like a contrarian asshole around people. I usually just have to keep my mouth shut and opinions to myself.
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Preach, brother. Or sister.
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If you're ok with it, Could you elaborate on the "new system" they described was?
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I don't know a ton about the religion. I always kinda rejected it when we were forced to go. From my understanding without doing any research right now... Basically it's their version of the rapture. 150k or so of their "chosen" disciples will get into heaven and the rest are said to have heaven on earth. Which the "worldly" people (as my grandmother referred to them, people outside of Jdub's) would be wiped off the planet. So not far from other crazy Christian fantasies, just with the added flair of shunning your own family members if they leave the organization.
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This fantasy of "I'm one of the good ones and all the people worse than me need to be killed" seems common to religious fanatics and authoritarians. Maybe it's why nationalism and religious fanaticism often go together. Their followers share an inability to accept how complex and messy the world is, and how they're not special.
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the rapture is evangelical creation i believe. they are obssesed with it. in many shows its called ascending, sg1-sga was famous for this ascending into angelic beings with immense powers.
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