Conservative organizers of the “Million Women” worship rally billed the event — and the November election — as “a last stand moment” to save the nation from satanic forces.

Conservative organizers of the “Million Women” worship rally billed the event — and the November election — as “a last stand moment” to save the nation from satanic forces.

Tens of thousands of evangelical Christians gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to pray for America’s atonement and for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Organizers of the event, billed “A Million Women,” described the gathering — and next month’s presidential election — as “a last stand moment” to save the nation from forces of darkness. For hours, the gathered masses sang worship songs, waved flags symbolizing their belief that America was founded as an explicitly Christian nation and prayed aloud for Jesus to intercede on behalf of Trump in November.

“If we don’t stand now,” said Grace Lin, who traveled from Los Angeles for the rally and came wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, “then the enemy will take over our country. If that happens, that’s the end.”

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  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
    73·
    2 months ago

    Just gonna point out the obvious here but…

    It’s so bizarre to me that someone could possibly look at Trump and think “yep, this is a godly man who is going to save us from the forces of evil”.

    • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      17·
      2 months ago

      Self-serving bigoted religious teachings will still offer value to self-serving bigots, and they still exist.

      Research has shown an increase in spiritual beliefs in millennials (my generation), so I don’t think that the wider idea of religion will die. But I hope very few will miss churches that teach hate.

      • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        Religion is the perfect excuse for everything you don’t have a valid reason for.
        Ethics could exist without magical folklore. For social affiliation you could also participate in a sports club. And for moral high ground you should be better judged by your actions instead of membership in a belief system.

        • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          13·
          2 months ago

          Religion is the perfect excuse for everything you don’t have a valid reason for.

          No, ideology is. Like how your ideology can cause you to make falsified claims so confidently.

          The problem is humans. Humans made religion. Humans made ideology. Humans can hate. Humans can rationalise that hate with or without religion. This is historical fact. Grow up.

          • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            Grow up

            And for moral high ground you should be better judged by your actions instead of membership in a belief system.

            Good example.

  • barsquid@lemmy.world
    60·
    2 months ago

    Jesus himself could float down on a crucifix to tell these numbskulls they are dead wrong, and they would abandon Jesus instead of abandoning their own bigotry.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      33·
      2 months ago

      Jesus would be hated by all of them, forgiving people, helping people who are different than you, giving up all wealth to those in need… The biblical descriptions of him are very much socialistic, not greed. For how long did Christianity not allow interest on loans… making it so Jewish people were the ones who had to open the banks.

      Jesus didn’t change his mind, money mattered more to people, so they just changed it and said it was fine.

  • RotatingParts@lemmy.mlEnglish
    34·
    2 months ago

    So why would you have to go to a particular place to pray to a god? Can that god “hear” you better in certain places? I wish people would examine their beliefs to see if they make any sense. What’s with them holding their hands up? Are they like antennas?

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      33·
      2 months ago

      I think they have to do it there because Matthew 6:5 says to:

      And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

      Hey, wait a minute…

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Before I looked this place up (I didn’t really know this famous complex is called that), it made perfect sense these weirdos in MAGA merch went to pray in a shopping mall of all places. Eating a fruit of knowledge made me a little less agitated about it.

  • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 months ago

    I will not allow a woman to teach or hold authority over a man. She is to remain silent. ~ Timothy 2:12ish

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      16·
      2 months ago

      With a Matthew 6:5 combo:

      And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.

      • YippieKyeAy@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Exactly. These “Christians” are hypocrites. I’ll probably be down voted I don’t care. I haven’t hid my faith, I’m a Christian, yet progressive and these people are hiding their own desires behind a religion. It happens with all religions for sure, we just see it with Christianity predominantly here in the US. This verse is saying their reward is that others see them praying and that’s it. God isn’t rewarding them. The next verse teaches us we should pray in private and God rewards those people.

        Also we just talked about Timothy 2 and our pastor made a good point the word for quiet was used in a previous verse Tim 2:2 that meant peaceful, quiet/calm life’s. Timothy calls out men and women. It doesn’t mean muzzled. Women of the time were dressing in such a way to bring attention to them at church instead of the teachings.

    • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      But it still doesn’t make sense. If they want this to happen and believe he will usher in their revelations, then they also understand they will be damned and will never get into heaven.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    181·
    2 months ago

    Religions are delusions, and basing your political views on religion, means your political views are based on delusions.
    But as a Christian to support Trump is crazy. There is no doubt that Jesus would oppose Trump strongly, for his inhumane denial to help the poor and the sick. For instance being against raising minimum wage, and against healthcare for all.

    • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 months ago

      They absolutely don’t follow the teachings of Bible Jesus. None of them believe in true charity and tolerance which was all I learned from being raised on the stuff.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      And don’t forget the grand irony of Zionism. The people currently being genocided out of Palestine actually have a much closer genetic relationship to the actual Biblical Hebrews that the people genociding them. The people who formed modern Zionism were mostly the descendants of people who converted to Judaism during its more evangelical phases. The historical events like Rome conquering Judea didn’t actually expel the vast majority of the population, mainly just some of its leaders and intellectuals. Most of the historical Hebrews remained in Palestine, and they mostly converted to Islam over the centuries. Zionism can largely be approximated as the destruction and displacement of the actual descendants of historical Israel by people who later converted to Judaism. The Palestinians have a much, much closer genetic relationship to the people that Jesus would have been interacting with regularly than the average IDF soldier does today.