In response to Mike Johnson recently becoming the new House speaker, over 12,000 people have signed a Christian petition condemning the congressman as a “false prophet” among other Republican Party members.
Faithful America, an online Christian group that supports social justice causes, released their second-annual “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign featuring a list of top Christian-nationalist leaders in both church and politics along with a petition on Tuesday. The list, which in addition to Johnson, identifies former President Donald Trump, pastor Mark Burns, self-proclaimed prophet affiliated with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Julie Green, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk, pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Archbishop Carlo Viganò, self-proclaimed prophet affiliated with NAR Lance Wallnau, and co-founder of Moms for Liberty and school board chair in Sarasota, Florida, Bridget Ziegler as “false prophets.”
That’s likely to be true. There’s an article in our local Tribune today about how much people say they are religious vs. how much they really practice religious beliefs or go to church, and it turns out, most people think it’s important to SAY they are actively religious (I’m not sure why) but they don’t really go to church or do anything in any religious capacity. For myself (an atheist) I don’t see what the attraction of religion is, or pretending to be religious. If there is any god or “son of god,” I doubt he/she/it/they care what you do in your life at all.
Because Atheism has a hell of a stigma attached. The loudest Atheists are frankly just as insufferable as the hyper religious and people don’t want to be associated with them. I myself agree with Sagan’s version of Agnostcism but I just don’t care enough to try and wrangle with what exact word describes my situation which I would argue is a similar boat to most people
It does indeed have a huge stigma attached, and again I’m not sure why. I’m not advocating for Satan by being an atheist. I’m as sure of my convictions about atheism as anyone who is religious-minded. I might lean more toward agnosticism - because I’ve always felt there is something bigger (and very unknowable to us humans) out there - but I feel obligated to identity as atheist because many of my friends scoff at the idea of anyone being agnostic - they think it means i’m on the fence about my beliefs, even though I’m really not.