• chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    I’m not arguing that secular people (or, indeed, nations) can’t be evil. While you bring up China, though, it’s a bit of a myth that they’re not religious; approximately 80% of the Chinese population practise cults of gods and ancestors or belong to folk religious movements.

    My point was that it’s a bit odd to pick the US as your example of a secular country when it is at the moment de facto Christian.

    With regards to Bush being ‘as religious as Trump’, that’s just simply not true. He’s a pretty devout Christian, and has put it in a prominent position in all his campaign rhetoric, more than any other president of this generation. If you just Google George W Bush religion you’ll find plenty of news articles from a variety of sources saying that (e.g. this or this).

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      10 months ago

      “God chose him” huh.

      Titus 1:16

      They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.