It came sadly at the hands of my own Family,who bought into the whole self-loathing that was heaped on us for being”Dirty Little Indians”.Their staunch Christian Dominionist beliefs led to me having to be on the run for 10 years with my children,losing everything I owned,a great job,a great House,as well as us almost losing our Lives.All because I refused to Indoctrinate My kids into Their Religion&accepted Gays without question.They have attempted more than once to take my children away using CPS,telling them Every manner of Lie in order to swipe my kids&”raise them the way they should be”,in their warped view.My Ex,who was also a member of their Church got HUGE support from them to try&track me down,even though He beat me while I was pregnant&threw me off a 4 foot Front Porch at 6 months in an effort to make me lose the Baby.They supported him taking my son&giving him to his Aunt because He didn’t want to pay child support,even though he is a Multi-Millionaire.

Why?Because she would raise him The Dominionist way.My children were robbed of a happy Childhood because I had to work wherever I could for Cash,live in places I didn’t have to give my Name while constantly being hunted by members of my own Family&suffering being stabbed,assaulted&brutalized by my ex who found me&attempted to kill me more than once,once again,NO help from LE.This did NOT end well,as His Father found us once&Kidnapped him.The Local Police,also members of the Dominionist Doctrine,REFUSED to help,even though I HAD Court papers giving me Sole Custody with NO visitation based on his prior behavior.I ended up having to take matters into my own hands&literally with a Gun to his Head,take my Son back.He backed off,but it was only temporary.My kids are traumatized from it all&have permanent PTSD.The last conversation I had with my Family when My Mother died(who ran with us),was that they would actually rather see my Children DEAD than raised outside their beliefs&that they wanted me dead for not “obeying”.

They blame me for my Daughter being Bi-Sexual,even though 3 other members of my Family are Gay(they too have been run off by them&I’ve buried 2 of them,BECAUSE of My Familys Tactics that resulted in their Deaths).It’s been 10 years now&my kids are adults,no longer in danger from them,but now,I have a Grandchild&the process is starting all over.People have GOT to understand the REAL threat these people are instead of just dismissing them as a wacky Religion that can’t harm anyone,thinking The Constitution will save them.It won’t&can’t,as long as they are allowed to retain their Power in Politics&The Courts.They steeplejacked the GOP years ago&our Foriegn&Domestic Policy CLEARLY reflects their Beliefs&Intentions.

The climate here now scares me&only folks like you that have went against them understand just how perilous this situation is.Judges here are actually still allowing kids to be taken from perfectly good Parents&given to those who follow these Beliefs.The spread of Dominionism is a Cancer that MUST be cut out of our Society&the sooner the better.They MUST be exposed for what they are,A political Cabal who’s sole intent is to destroy this Nation&Install a Fascist Theocracy,a real&true threat to Peoples safety&National Security.

I am in FULL agreement with you that other Christians who don’t wish to be lumped in with them MUST stand up to them.There are a few,but they aren’t being forceful enough.Until that happens,not one can be trusted.I hope you&yours stay safe.We have to band together to beat them back&only by Voting out all GOP’ers,using the Courts to uphold the Constitution&have ALL Laws stricken that are based on THEIR beliefs&demanding our Law Enforcement DO their JOB can we even begin to hope for sanity&reason to be restored here in America.Until it is,we’re keeping our bags packed&Passports current.Sorry so lengthy,but others need to REALLY understand what they are doing&only by folks like us speaking up,so they can see what they are up against, will they see the clear&present danger these VERY Un-Christian Christians really are.

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Or let me put it this way… “Good Christians” burned down my workshop (because I supported teaching evolution in school and opposed teaching creationism as “science”) – destroyed tens of thousands of dollars with of fine electronics test and lab equipment I’d bought as junk over a 20 year period and rebuilt, along with devices (inventions) I’d been working on that could have made a big difference in my chosen field. They poisoned several of our kitties, blocked me from getting a decent job at least a few times, and spraypainted hate graffiti in front of our mailbox (all because I didn’t agree with them). When these things are mentioned to mainstream Christians, I got hit with either “Ho-hum, so what?” or an in-your-face denial that it happened (in spite of the evidence we have). Sometimes those “Good Christians” demand of us: “What did you do to bring these things on yourself?” Oh, and here’s something else those “God’s Loving People” did – they threw us out of a (Episcopal) church because we’re American Indian. In the last mainstream church we entered, a “God’s Loving People” lay leader advocated stoning all LGBT people, and another told me I couldn’t be Christian and accept evolution as fact (which it is). One of those “Good Christians” told me I had to cut my hair, wear a suit and tie, and assimilate if I wanted to be accepted as a Christian (a lay minister said that).

Do you have any concept of what it’s like to experience injustice piled on injustice, and the people who claim to be “Loving” show a total lack of caring or concern? To have NOTHING DONE about the things the “Good Christians” have committed? (I’m not the only ones with this complaint, BTW.)

If those “God’s Loving People” really care, maybe they can start fighting back against the people who do such horrific harm to Christianity. Maybe they can work for justice… REAL justice. Maybe they could stop spewing platitudes and get real. Maybe they could get off their damned asses and get out and start resisting the ones who have caused so much misery in this world… the ones who proclaim Christ with a fist.

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You don’t like being painted with the same brush, well, figure out how we must feel. My wife and I have been Christian all of our lives, but we’ve been driven from the mainstream churches and will never return. I really don’t know what keeps me Christian, maybe I’m masochistic or something. But I will say that Christianity has not fulfilled the teachings or example of the One the “God’s Loving People” claim to follow.

What I’ve just related to you is the reality of “God’s Loving People”.

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The correct, nonjudgmental way to express the opinion I believe was behind the intent is this:

“Ethnocentrism informs the current state of America’s religious right, and they will not be satisfied until every person in America gives deference to THEIR VIEW OF the Christian bible’s morality and THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON its description of right and wrong.”

Please don’t lump all of God’s loving people with those who very much do NOT represent the vast majority of us. Otherwise, you fall into the same category of hate mongering on Christians that you place on the religious right – who do so purely for political reasons and under the assumption that there is only one point of view that can be 100% correct, 100% of the time.

As we all know, that would be ignorant.

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These modern-day Pharisees are making the same mistakes as their age-old counterparts. Didn’t Jesus Himself “pal around” with prostitutes, adulterers and
“sinners”? If these self-righteous folks want to cast the first stone, then let them answer to their own Boss.

And by the way, to whom did Christ say these words in His last day on Earth (as man): “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise…”

Not to a pastor, not to a priest, not to a holy person. But to a criminal.

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