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  • asante [comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    death to televangelism/evangelical megachurches. genuinely. i hate them with every fiber of my being.

    wait why? (CW: mentions of islamophobia, isntreal, queerphobia, SA)
    • are run like cults
    • already socially conservative but become more fascist and white supremacist as their church grows (anti-immigrant, islamophobia, pro-isntrael, extreme queerphobia)
    • have a lot of political power; they regularly participate in rallies to endorse political candidates (with bribes) and slander other political candidates (with bribes)
    • all are grifters (eg. "investing" money to God by giving the church money with a "guaranteed" return, "miracle"/"holy" versions of normal things like water, crypto scams, etc.) that get away with stealing millions from their followers while church members put their unconditional trust in them (putting your trust in God =/= putting your trust in a person)
    • run their own mafia forces to silence whistleblowers and those that oppose them (stealing, harming and sometimes killing them)
    • higher-ups almost always (sexually) abuse other church members, very often children with little repercussions
    • churchgoers blindly follow everything they do (even if that includes their pastors slandering other pastors for the same stuff they do, lol. megachurch drama is funny that way)
    • church gets let off the hook with most of the church members, the police and the government and very few involved will even be arrested let alone convicted of their crimes. and it doesn't help that those same church members will do everything in their power to keep them out of prison as if the pastor is Jesus 2.0
    • are allowed to air their antivax, racist, queerphobic rhetoric - regularly suggesting violence against minorities - without being taken off air
    • not to mention that most of their influences come from American televangelists amerikkka-clap

    disclaimer: i'm not personally affected by any of these points, though i have family that have been conned as well as family that continues to engage in this type of content. it's more that i see myself as somewhat knowledgeable about what actually happens, especially from a Western perspective

    maybe i'll effortpost on this sometime

    edit: added more points

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      in global south

      Good news! We have them here in the imperial core, too! They even have their own TV networks and appearances on public access channels. And they do all the same kinds of shit (embezzlement, sexual abusing children, having political connections, etc.).

      Mega churches were one of the main forces pushing to ban abortion and antivax campaigns.

      • asante [comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        They even have their own TV networks and appearances on public access channels. And they do all the same kinds of shit (embezzlement, sexual abusing children, having political connections, etc.).

        yeah, they still have satellite TV channels, large YT channels and access to social media that gives them such a huge audience

        Mega churches were one of the main forces pushing to ban abortion and antivax campaigns.

        yeah, i've seen a lot of anti-abortion and antivax rhetoric that is interpreted by them as being supported by the Bible

        COVID-19 included; many pastors claimed/implied that the COVID-19 vaccine was the "mark of the beast" (Christian endtime thing where non-believers are unknowingly pressured to sign their soul to the devil and never go to heaven), of course after suggesting that Barack Obama was a false prophet lol

        and to stoke fear and opposion to progressivism into churches, evangelical pastors have and still continue to present the endtimes as immiment with absurd Bible interpretations.

    • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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      4 months ago

      Good minieffort post, you got my eyes if you do make a longer post. I been to one megachurch growing up and the shear size still baffles me, easily biggest non government building I ever been in

      • asante [comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        Good minieffort post, you got my eyes if you do make a longer post.

        thanks, i'll take a look at it in my free time

        I been to one megachurch growing up and the shear size still baffles me, easily biggest non government building I ever been in

        yeah it's crazy how large they can get! then televangelists will have a larger online audience too