…as their Lord and Savior devotedly all the days of their lives—and never catching up with Him. The various factions and sects make no secrets of their issues of racism, bigotry, misogyny, science denial, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and hatred of the Constitution. I am assuming that readers here on DK don’t have these issues themselves, but would like assistance in confronting them.
The essence of this koan is the usual mix of fear, hatred, and delusion
like the man in the ancient joke who hated spinach and was glad.
When they asked him why he was glad he hated spinach, he replied,
Well, if I liked it, I would eat it, and it's terrible!
We know how to deal with cultists and even Klansmen.
Grokking Trumpists: Converting KKK Members
Accidental Courtesy, Abridged
Grokking Trumpists: The Trump Death Cult
Steven Hassan, the author of The Cult of Trump, was a cultist himself, a Moonie (Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church). After being rescued by his family, he set himself to understand the thousands of cults that plague us, and to find the most effective methods of protecting ourselves from them, and rescuing other victims. He has written a densely packed book, with far too much genuine information for me to summarize here. Please get this book and read it, and take time to absorb and apply it.
He now works with Meidas Touch.
I Was Tired of Paying My Therapist to Learn About Cults
What cult survivors wish their therapist knew—before trying to help!
The Varieties of Religious Paskudnyakery
I can’t possibly go into all of these, but you should know something of what they each think they are up to, and the threats they pose to the US and the world.
- Christian Nationalists invested in Project 2025 to turn the US into a theocracy
- Armageddonists seeking war between Israel and all Muslim countries
- Dominionists who think they should rule all of the nations
- Theonomists who hold that all law should be straight from the Bible
- Young-Earth Creationists
- Christian Global Warming Denialists
and more.
Added Note:
Oh, dear.
Franklin Graham demands Americans pray for Trump to overcome his "enemies"