Archive article: https://archive.is/SyLKE a 2019 GOP strategy meeting in the small town of Rockbridge, Ohio, attended by billionaires and media personalities including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, hedge fund manager Rebekah Mercer, and economist Oren Cass. The attendees formed the “Rockbridge Network,” a GOP strategy network helmed by conservative venture capitalist Chris Buskirk, whose aim is to build a MAGA movement that outlasts Donald Trump by letting business leaders shape American policy.

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    Of course they didn’t, but they’re willing to sacrifice core American values in the name of hate. They want to kill the LGBT population because a book said to (it wouldn’t even be a sin to them) and they might not get into heaven if they don’t, kill immigrants because they’re afraid, and kill minorities because they’re aggrieved (they resent having to have given up their slaves).

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      and they might not get into heaven if they don’t

      That’s it. That’s the entire reasoning. This is why MAGA had that mass-psychosis about the “Rapture” late last September. This is the stated reason our Republican Senators and house Reps echo when supporting Israel. Because the Bible says those who support Israel will be raptured… except the Bible doesn’t actually say that. MAGA just wants to be free of this world.

      Even with their politicians in office, MAGA hates this time as much as the most devout leftist. We’re all suffering, everywhere, unless you have Big money. Republicans just think that suffering under their Dear Leader is how they ascend into the afterlife, so they can finally be free of their pain. Rather than support actual policy changes, they’ll try to unlock some “secret ending” they heard about in their churches.

      It’s actual insanity. You’d have better luck quoting scripture to getting these people to believe different nonsense, than to get them to touch base with reality. Fuck… I can’t really blame them. The last year has made me lose my mind, and I don’t want it back.

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      Where does the Bible say to kill? And let’s say it does it also says a lot about helping people and collecting wealth is wrong. I believe it say rich men won’t get into heaven.

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        Where does the Bible say to kill?

        Leviticus 18:22. The fact that it’s old testament doesn’t matter to them. They find it icky.

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        Odd that there is no mention of how to deal with people who broke the covenant with the lord. Surely no bible would have such information.