When We Are Certain "God Is On Our Side": Abe Lincoln Spotlights A Bedrock Error Commonplace Among "Conservative" "Christians" (Who Are Neither)

 

It's not about self-certain - and often self-righteous - validation.

It's about aspiration.

To be convinced that God is on your side tends to result in a subtle form of self-apotheosis that makes these "true believers" feel automatically authorized to say - and to do - anything they want because their inviolable righteousness has the pre-approval of God "himself." 

Fr. Thomas Merton Explains -- In 16 Words -- Why "Christian" "Conservatives" Are Always Wrong

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/fr-thomas-merton-explains-in-16-words.html

Christianity: A Compendium Of "What Went Wrong" And Current Worship Of The Wrongness

https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/christianity-compendium-of-what-went.html Trump And His "Conservative" "Christian" Cultists Deserve To Be Called Out For Their Anti-Christ Destructiveness https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/trump-and-his-conservative-christian.html John Pavlovitz: "The Miserable People" And "The Kind Of Christian I Refuse To Be" https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/john-pavlovitz-miserable-people-and.html Why "Conservative" "Christians" Are All Going To Hell (If There Is A Hell... Which I Don't Believe) https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/why-conservative-christians-are-all.html

"The Moral Confusion Of Trump Christians," John Pavlovitz

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-moral-confusion-of-trump-christians.html

"Conservative" "Christians" Refuse To Distinguish Between Punishment And Compassion

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/conservative-christians-dont-understand.html

Jimmy Carter On The Separation Of Church And State And The Danger Of Religious Superiority

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/jimmy-carter-on-separation-of-church.html

Facebook Dialogue With Christian Fundamentalist Friend Who Asks: "How Does Morality Work?"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/facebook-dialogue-with-christian_4.html

Aquinas Discovers That "Divine Truth" Cannot Contradict Nature And "The Natural Light"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/aquinas-discovers-that-divine-truth.html

How We Have Ended Up With 2 Totally Divided Camps, Both Convinced They're Absolutely Right

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/02/how-we-have-ended-up-with-2-totally.html

"Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/are-highly-religious-people-less.html

Multiple Studies Show That Money Makes People Less Compassionate, More Selfish

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/multiple-studies-show-that-money-makes.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: What I Think About Christianity

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-what-i.html

"My Gripe With Christianity"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-gripe-with-christianity.html

"The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-and-hard-central-truth-of.html

Eric Hoffer: "Absolute Faith Corrupts As Absolutely As Absolute Power"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/eric-hoffer-absolute-faith-corrupts-as.html

Miguel De Unamuno And The Bakery Of Life

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/miguel-de-unamuno-and-bakery-of-life.html