“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.
The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.
The department, according to a copy of an internal cable obtained by POLITICO, will work with an administration-wide task force to collect information “involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration” and will collect examples of anti-Christian bias through anonymous employee report forms.
The cable was sent out to embassies around the world under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name. The instructions also were released in a department-wide notice.
Do they mean like when their leadership is revoking student visas, going Leviticus 19:34 states: “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself”.
Leviticus is from the Jewish part, though, and is therefore inherently less valuable to Christians unless there’s anything in there about murdering gays or treating women like property.
And what about the book of James which says the same thing in different words?
Bible says everything if you look hard enough. There’s no point in argumenting this way.
so which part did jesus read then?
Authors don’t read their own books.
I dunno about that, but there is a bit in there about burning bulls testicles to appease the lord god
I tried that, it works every time. The only problem is getting the bull’s testicles. They object to it surprisingly strongly. Quite challenging. The Good Book offers no warnings or advice about that part.
Protip: Remove them from the bull before burning them.
That’s a good tip, I’ll give that a try.
the bull might not like that either though
Imagine being a supreme being, creator or the entire universe and everything in it, all life, the fusion in the stars, supermassive black holes sucking matter into them, dust clouds across the cosmos, and yet still for some reason being impressed by someone burning bovine gonads.
Musk has how much money and influence, but rages when people say a mean thing online. I see God as no different.
Well, they also don’t like the natives, or themselves, so honestly good work keeping true to the book. 🙃
and you shall love him as yourself
Wait, does this mean I’ll have to jack off strangers?
Do you hate Donna in accounting for wishing you a “happy holidays” in 2021? Now you finally have the opportunity to get back at that god-hating bitch! Rat her out to HR and send her ass to El Salvador!
/s
Goddamn.
I don’t think the /s is appropriate. That’s like…gonna happen.
I didn’t want to get flamed by anyone that couldn’t immediately see it was a joke lol
Yeah but like… it’s not a joke
I don’t think this person actually thinks Donna is a bitch though. Or is actually encouraging people to do that.
Oh Donna’s sweet. This administration however - evil AF.
Donna fucking rules dude
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Fuck religion, brain dead morons
We are cursed to live in a society where most grown ass adults still believe in magic.
I’m an atheist, but I don’t think we should hate on other people based on their religion, tbh. The problem is the institutions and persons that take advantage of people’s faith.
People are free to believe whatever they want to believe, that’s none of our business, imho; but… to whoever exploits people’s beliefs and vulnerabilities, fuck them worthless pieces of bloody shit to the infinity. Again, imho.
You know, I totally agree people are free to believe whatever they want and obviously I know and am friends with/family with people who are religious and I don’t necessarily think poorly of them on an individual basis.
However, my belief on a personal level is religion is fucking stupid and an artifact of humans from a bygone age when we were significantly dumber, unintelligent, and didn’t know anything about the world and universe. I hate religion and wish I could live long enough to see it die. It makes me so happy knowing that overall religious individuals, at least in the US, are declining year over year.
I’m aggressive about it here because this is the internet and those are my true feelings. But ya irl it would be pretty scummy to be so hostile and rude to someone based purely on their religious beliefs
Hear hear. People are trying to live their lives and grapple with the universe in a way that they can cope with. But the institutions themselves are evil, barbaric relics that belong in history books.
100%, I’ve made my distaste for religion clear but I’m honestly jealous of them sometimes. How nice would it be to truly believe there is a heaven or after life of some kind, that would be a nice feeling indeed.
You could always choose to believe in a scientifically plausible religion! Here’s one of my favorites:
Imagine a far future utopian society. Something Star Trek or better. No one wants for anything, even aging is cured.
However, utopia has a problem. How do you raise children in paradise? In a world where your every whim can be conjured up for free, how do you raise children without them turning out to be a bunch of spoiled sociopaths?
Simple. Don’t even try. Raise them in a simulation. Choose the environment carefully. Raise them in a simulation of an earlier historical era. Far enough back that they will experience some struggle, but not so far back that they’ll be living as slave in ancient Rome or something. You want to educate people, not torture them. And ideally in a period that has a concept that the future can be far more advanced than the present. Ancient societies didn’t really grok the concept of technological advancement. The 21st century is a great era to build an ancestor simulation around.
And, just like that, there’s your religion. When you ‘die’ in this life, you just wake up in the real world. Maybe there’s even a judgment component there. Maybe you have to go through several lifetimes if you don’t live a good enough life in the simulation. Are you a sociopathic billionaire in this life? Back in the tank with you, you’re going around the wheel again until you learn not to be an asshole. When you’ve shown you can live a just, noble, and compassionate life, only then are you allowed to graduate from school and enter into the real world. You’re biologically immortal, so you can just keep spinning on the wheel as long as necessary. Oh, and you’ll be reunited with all your departed family and friends, once they graduate as well.
There. A completely scientifically plausible religion that requires zero supernatural forces or entities. It rewards the virtuous, punishes the wicked, provides for the resurrection of the dead, and promises eternal paradise. No God or gods required. It’s a hybrid of Christianity and Buddhism packaged in a techno utopian wrapper. I call it “The Church of Graduation.”
The institutions are shaped by people too. Hear hear, there are nice people and scumbags.
I’m an atheist, but I don’t think we should hate on other people based on their religion, tbh. The problem is the institutions and persons that take advantage of people’s faith.
I’m not particularly anti-religious, but this is essentially the “not all men” argument in clerical robes.
Sorry, maybe I did a bad job at explaining myself - I think all of the religious institutions are bad because they take advantage of the people, not just some of them. I just wanted to extend that to other non-religious ones that do the same.
If that’s not what you meant, do you mind explaining why this is a “not all men” argument?
There is no place for religious believes in a workplace or anwhere outside basically. You have a job to do that should be defined. Where does god come into this? If you believe god forbids to do xy on the job then the job is not for you. Just quit.
It has limits though - people can believe whatever, but they still shouldn’t harm others.
Just embedding your linked image quick
At least now I have something to yell if a member of the US government attempts to grab me off the street—“This is religious persecution! I’m a Christian!”
It should take them a while to sort that out.
“God in heaven! No, I won’t join your satanic sex cult!”
how very constitutional
That’s rich coming from a bunch of fucks who would pay money to line up to waterboard their own savior.
Took them a while, but the south finally rose again.
And fucked us all without lube.
How’s that first amendment working? No? How about the second, then?
Should report trump for being an Antichrist
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Alright bet.
So…
The entire fucking GOP, all of project 2025?
Let’s ask the fuckin Pope, shall we?? Put up or STFU. This administration is such a pathetic display of cowardice.
So in case you didn’t get the memo, lots of evangelicals don’t like the pope because he’s too tolerant.
Yea, that’s all well and good.
That’s not how Catholicism works.
I don’t like Trump. Doesn’t mean dick.
You have a point in here somewhere if we can just tease it out I’m curious
Christian is not the same as Catholic though. Catholics are a minority in the US.
I was just recently having an internal debate on whether to refer to the US government as extremist Christians or not. I guess this solves that dilemma.
Ah shit here we go again
and I thought all the previous reporting/tip lines were ripe for abuse. brava, you dipshits have really outdone yourselves.
State
I would abuse the shit out of this.
