Geoff
@aljawf.bsky.social
The evangelical Church elected to put itself in a self-induced spiritual coma in Nov 2016 and its life support system is Denial.
"belief in God" is a fantasy: words like Jesus, obedience, love, faith, resurrection, lord are untranslated, harmless, empty.
"belief in God" is a fantasy: words like Jesus, obedience, love, faith, resurrection, lord are untranslated, harmless, empty.
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Geoff
@aljawf.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Cruelty as Citizenship | Manifold@UMinnPress
More than a decade before the election of Donald Trump, vitriolic and dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants was already part of the national conversation. Situating the contemporary debate on immigra...
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Do you want to know who they are, what motivates them, how we got here.
I took 10 secs and jotted down three reading lists...
Tl&Dr, Secular, and White evangelicals.
First TL&DR: the whole book is here for free, it's short & hard
—Cruelty as Citizenship—
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
I took 10 secs and jotted down three reading lists...
Tl&Dr, Secular, and White evangelicals.
First TL&DR: the whole book is here for free, it's short & hard
—Cruelty as Citizenship—
manifold.umn.edu/projects/cru...
Passed our local KJV only Baptist church, they had a road sign out announcing a live nativity on three nights.
I guess it's a sign of something in me that I thought 'they'll love the pageantry, it will be the only way they ever meet a living Jesus'
I'm not proud of it, it's what they've done to me
I guess it's a sign of something in me that I thought 'they'll love the pageantry, it will be the only way they ever meet a living Jesus'
I'm not proud of it, it's what they've done to me
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Passed our local KJV only Baptist church, they had a road sign out announcing a live nativity on three nights.
I guess it's a sign of something in me that I thought 'they'll love the pageantry, it will be the only way they ever meet a living Jesus'
I'm not proud of it, it's what they've done to me
I guess it's a sign of something in me that I thought 'they'll love the pageantry, it will be the only way they ever meet a living Jesus'
I'm not proud of it, it's what they've done to me
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
As a young person growing up in Chad I got familiar with scorpions, vipers, mamba snakes, and always check the tub before getting in; a senile elephant wandered onto our yard once, and down at the Chari tributary were crown birds.
As a young person growing up in Chad I got familiar with scorpions, vipers, mamba snakes, and always check the tub before getting in; a senile elephant wandered onto our yard once, and down at the Chari tributary were crown birds.
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Black bear (quite a story there!)
Timber rattlesnake (also a good story)
Alligator (deceased)
Bull snake
Manatee
Nothing too exotic, I suppose.
Black bear (quite a story there!)
Timber rattlesnake (also a good story)
Alligator (deceased)
Bull snake
Manatee
Nothing too exotic, I suppose.
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
Row deer
Red deer
Red squirrel
Foxes (urban and country)
Rabbits
Row deer
Red deer
Red squirrel
Foxes (urban and country)
Rabbits
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
As a young person growing up in Chad I got familiar with scorpions, vipers, mamba snakes, and always check the tub before getting in; a senile elephant wandered onto our yard once, and down at the Chari tributary were crown birds.
As a young person growing up in Chad I got familiar with scorpions, vipers, mamba snakes, and always check the tub before getting in; a senile elephant wandered onto our yard once, and down at the Chari tributary were crown birds.
I used to (pre 2016) think 'conservative christians' had two hats: sometimes they were christian, sometimes they were conservative, and sometimes they were stacked.
It was an attempt to understand how they could be both good and cruel.
But there is no 'and' in christian.
It was an attempt to understand how they could be both good and cruel.
But there is no 'and' in christian.
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I used to (pre 2016) think 'conservative christians' had two hats: sometimes they were christian, sometimes they were conservative, and sometimes they were stacked.
It was an attempt to understand how they could be both good and cruel.
But there is no 'and' in christian.
It was an attempt to understand how they could be both good and cruel.
But there is no 'and' in christian.
Overheard today – 'this country has become the type if you're not doing something a little scummy you're not trying...and a little scummy is acceptable to get ahead.'
I said 'it never used to be that way'
'No, buts that's how it is now.'
I said 'it never used to be that way'
'No, buts that's how it is now.'
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Overheard today – 'this country has become the type if you're not doing something a little scummy you're not trying...and a little scummy is acceptable to get ahead.'
I said 'it never used to be that way'
'No, buts that's how it is now.'
I said 'it never used to be that way'
'No, buts that's how it is now.'
If true, this is how those who surrogated for him bow out and are welcomed back into 'good society' without answering for their support.
My takeaway from this story is that it's becoming ok again in Republican circles to express at least mild disgust at Trump's ever-growing crudity. And that's a good thing. www.newsweek.com/republican-t...
Republican to oppose Trump's redistricting due to "derogatory" remark
A Republican Indiana state senator said on Friday he will vote against a redistricting plan supported by the president.
www.newsweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If true, this is how those who surrogated for him bow out and are welcomed back into 'good society' without answering for their support.
It's not complicated, at least not for me who is inside the normie evangelical heart and mind: our choices define our beliefs(values); what other identity *should* respect 'Love your neighbor as yourself" but moralizes evil?
Evangelicals then stand doubly contemptable, for defying God and humanity.
Evangelicals then stand doubly contemptable, for defying God and humanity.
Just waking up and glancing at the news...its possible you haven't held the people who voted for this with enough contempt.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's not complicated, at least not for me who is inside the normie evangelical heart and mind: our choices define our beliefs(values); what other identity *should* respect 'Love your neighbor as yourself" but moralizes evil?
Evangelicals then stand doubly contemptable, for defying God and humanity.
Evangelicals then stand doubly contemptable, for defying God and humanity.
Desegregation broke Whiteness's detente. In response they setup alternate schools, alternate media sources to get the news from their perspective. Set up a parallel universe where separate but equal is normal & good.
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
Elon Musk's Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
theintercept.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Desegregation broke Whiteness's detente. In response they setup alternate schools, alternate media sources to get the news from their perspective. Set up a parallel universe where separate but equal is normal & good.
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
Reposted by Geoff
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"If you've got the dough you don't have to go."
This is the morality of the republican party; money opens doors and sets people free.
This is the morality of the republican party; money opens doors and sets people free.
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"If you've got the dough you don't have to go."
This is the morality of the republican party; money opens doors and sets people free.
This is the morality of the republican party; money opens doors and sets people free.
Borrowing the meme to illustrate the problem.
Bonhoeffer's theology of what it means to be in-christ is: 'Christians must only relate to each other through and in Jesus (in what he has done [for them]); if they relate directly, hierarchies will be created, self interest, power, class, intimidation.
Bonhoeffer's theology of what it means to be in-christ is: 'Christians must only relate to each other through and in Jesus (in what he has done [for them]); if they relate directly, hierarchies will be created, self interest, power, class, intimidation.
#MorningVibe
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Borrowing the meme to illustrate the problem.
Bonhoeffer's theology of what it means to be in-christ is: 'Christians must only relate to each other through and in Jesus (in what he has done [for them]); if they relate directly, hierarchies will be created, self interest, power, class, intimidation.
Bonhoeffer's theology of what it means to be in-christ is: 'Christians must only relate to each other through and in Jesus (in what he has done [for them]); if they relate directly, hierarchies will be created, self interest, power, class, intimidation.
There's a protocol to propaganda; I've noticed it since 2016 – different actors step up to defend the most vile events; it's never the same person twice in a row. They push the boundary out; insiders breathe a little easier {our beliefs are not *that* extreme}
Week after week, month after month...
Week after week, month after month...
Stephen Miller’s wife Katie Miller: “We are removing every single illegal alien… a majority of those removed have had serious violent crimes.” 🤥
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “That’s FALSE.”
Abby Phillip: “Based on DHS’s own data, a majority have NOT had violent criminal records.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “That’s FALSE.”
Abby Phillip: “Based on DHS’s own data, a majority have NOT had violent criminal records.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There's a protocol to propaganda; I've noticed it since 2016 – different actors step up to defend the most vile events; it's never the same person twice in a row. They push the boundary out; insiders breathe a little easier {our beliefs are not *that* extreme}
Week after week, month after month...
Week after week, month after month...
The last myth to fall will be American exceptionalism, that mirage of self made men who conquered earth sea and space by their own boot straps. Strongly anti government for Self government is true; strongly anti pluralist for white men earned it is true.
Cruelty a necessary evil to save the myth.
Cruelty a necessary evil to save the myth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The last myth to fall will be American exceptionalism, that mirage of self made men who conquered earth sea and space by their own boot straps. Strongly anti government for Self government is true; strongly anti pluralist for white men earned it is true.
Cruelty a necessary evil to save the myth.
Cruelty a necessary evil to save the myth.
Is it my inference or does the 'kind of' in there suggest that they were okay with deportations up to but not inluding their loved ones.
US Marine Staff Sergeant’s wife was grabbed by ICE at her green card interview
The same thing happened to the wife of a Navy vet
They served their country, brought their spouses over legally and were going through the process
Instead they watched the loves of their life be taken away in handcuffs
The same thing happened to the wife of a Navy vet
They served their country, brought their spouses over legally and were going through the process
Instead they watched the loves of their life be taken away in handcuffs
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Is it my inference or does the 'kind of' in there suggest that they were okay with deportations up to but not inluding their loved ones.
I never thought he knew better; I did think 85% of white evangelicals knew better.
There is intentionality in MAGA, they have a goal and purpose that cannot be altered. White supremacy takes many forms its all rooted in self-importance plus power
There is intentionality in MAGA, they have a goal and purpose that cannot be altered. White supremacy takes many forms its all rooted in self-importance plus power
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I never thought he knew better; I did think 85% of white evangelicals knew better.
There is intentionality in MAGA, they have a goal and purpose that cannot be altered. White supremacy takes many forms its all rooted in self-importance plus power
There is intentionality in MAGA, they have a goal and purpose that cannot be altered. White supremacy takes many forms its all rooted in self-importance plus power
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My feed is just one piece of bad news after another. Daca college student deported, "Biden filth" to be removed from Mall reflecting pool, libraries in TN prepping for new round of book bannings, DoD Secretary "kill them all", Miller bemoans mass migrations from non western nations
What Racism does
What Racism does
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My feed is just one piece of bad news after another. Daca college student deported, "Biden filth" to be removed from Mall reflecting pool, libraries in TN prepping for new round of book bannings, DoD Secretary "kill them all", Miller bemoans mass migrations from non western nations
What Racism does
What Racism does
Reposted by Geoff
'Driving home...' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
'Driving home...' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt
You're tired of me, but I'll write it out again. In America, Whiteness runs on tracks laid down by Christianity. It's the antithesis of Christ, and each generation hones their 'gospel' to defend white supremacy.
I suggest we fight it by holding up the Gospels as a definition of Christianity
Or at+
I suggest we fight it by holding up the Gospels as a definition of Christianity
Or at+
“Merit based and colorblind” is when you determine who is good and bad purely by the coincidence of where a person or their ancestors were born
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You're tired of me, but I'll write it out again. In America, Whiteness runs on tracks laid down by Christianity. It's the antithesis of Christ, and each generation hones their 'gospel' to defend white supremacy.
I suggest we fight it by holding up the Gospels as a definition of Christianity
Or at+
I suggest we fight it by holding up the Gospels as a definition of Christianity
Or at+
This is encouraging in a twisted way.
White conservatives voted for an amoral racist president to punch Liberality's nose, hard.
Will the blatant racism be answered; never before, whites were the majority and expediency forgave the hatred for nonwhites.
Maybe the reckoning is coming.
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White conservatives voted for an amoral racist president to punch Liberality's nose, hard.
Will the blatant racism be answered; never before, whites were the majority and expediency forgave the hatred for nonwhites.
Maybe the reckoning is coming.
+
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is encouraging in a twisted way.
White conservatives voted for an amoral racist president to punch Liberality's nose, hard.
Will the blatant racism be answered; never before, whites were the majority and expediency forgave the hatred for nonwhites.
Maybe the reckoning is coming.
+
White conservatives voted for an amoral racist president to punch Liberality's nose, hard.
Will the blatant racism be answered; never before, whites were the majority and expediency forgave the hatred for nonwhites.
Maybe the reckoning is coming.
+
Reposted by Geoff
Ivan Marchuk (Ukrainian, b. 1936). Moon in the steppe.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ivan Marchuk (Ukrainian, b. 1936). Moon in the steppe.
Reposted by Geoff
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
Before 2016, I was questioning our definition of religion in America. Why does "Christianity" give some people rights to have liberties and restrict other peoples' liberties?
I began to use 'deeply held beliefs' as an umbrella term for 'religion'.
My identity is no greater or less than yours.
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I began to use 'deeply held beliefs' as an umbrella term for 'religion'.
My identity is no greater or less than yours.
+
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Before 2016, I was questioning our definition of religion in America. Why does "Christianity" give some people rights to have liberties and restrict other peoples' liberties?
I began to use 'deeply held beliefs' as an umbrella term for 'religion'.
My identity is no greater or less than yours.
+
I began to use 'deeply held beliefs' as an umbrella term for 'religion'.
My identity is no greater or less than yours.
+
Trump is a unicorn
Clinicians have a pathological explanation
Mine is spiritual, born with a silver spoon and choosing silk sheets over character: incompetent: moving from one failure to another: cheating, lying, defrauding, exploiting his way to indecent power, he incarnates Might makes Right.
Clinicians have a pathological explanation
Mine is spiritual, born with a silver spoon and choosing silk sheets over character: incompetent: moving from one failure to another: cheating, lying, defrauding, exploiting his way to indecent power, he incarnates Might makes Right.
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump is a unicorn
Clinicians have a pathological explanation
Mine is spiritual, born with a silver spoon and choosing silk sheets over character: incompetent: moving from one failure to another: cheating, lying, defrauding, exploiting his way to indecent power, he incarnates Might makes Right.
Clinicians have a pathological explanation
Mine is spiritual, born with a silver spoon and choosing silk sheets over character: incompetent: moving from one failure to another: cheating, lying, defrauding, exploiting his way to indecent power, he incarnates Might makes Right.
The president literally stains every thing he touches by his amorality – his commitment to inflate his self worth at the expense of everyone else tempered only by what others can do for him.
There is not a morsel of good in him...yet, *this* is what white evangelicals sing praises.
There is not a morsel of good in him...yet, *this* is what white evangelicals sing praises.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The president literally stains every thing he touches by his amorality – his commitment to inflate his self worth at the expense of everyone else tempered only by what others can do for him.
There is not a morsel of good in him...yet, *this* is what white evangelicals sing praises.
There is not a morsel of good in him...yet, *this* is what white evangelicals sing praises.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
— Colossians 3:15
— Colossians 3:15
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
— Colossians 3:15
— Colossians 3:15