Remigration for all! Get them the fuck out!
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I don't give that metaphor any credence. "The pendulum" doesn't exist. It is always about the state of society. That can get better or worse, but there are no "Better" or "Worse" parties. Socialism is always a disaster, be it national or international, fascist or communist. Corruption is always a disaster, be it political, economic, or cultural. Christianity, Constitutionalism, and Capitalism have always been our saving graces. How far could Trump go? Maybe to restore us to the nation we had near the beginning. That doesn't seem like a bad place to be, in my eyes.
Sadly (I think), most people are maybe aware of the symptoms of the problem, but the source of the problem is still unclear to many. That's where the rest of us must fill in the gaps. If all goes well, the length of Trump's term will pull out all the squealing rats from beneath their rocks for all the world to admire.
Do you think its impossible to push Christianity to extreme and create a toxic society?
This is a good question. Jesus' form of Christianity, no. Any other warped version -yes. If we took Jesus words to their extreme, it would vastly improve our world, especially the Sermon on the Mount.
Smart answer! But it would also require people to read the Gospels themselves and really understand what Jesus was teaching us. The number of Christians who actually attribute Old Testament teachings to Jesus is quite alarming.
Much of the problem is that they understand neither the Old Testament nor the New. Too many have a complete misunderstanding of the difference between 'You have heard it said" and "It Is Written!" : Jesus actually took the law seriously - so seriously that He connected anger with murder, and connected needing to make a vow with general dishonesty:
https://www.knowableword.com/2018/07/27/context-matters-you-have-heard-that-it-was-said-but-i-say-to-you/
https://search.brave.com/search?q=you+have+heard+it+said+vs+it+is+written&summary=1&conversation=25cff616b76369d68d6470
https://www.blueletterbible.org/nasb95/mat/22/36-40/s_951036
It is possible for a priesthood to imagine they are the arbiters of Christ and impose a dictatorship. That is why the Reformation emerged as a reaction against the Catholic Church. I don't recall that happening in the Orthodox or Coptic churches.
Nothing in Christ is toxic to society. Quite the opposite. Absence of Christ is toxic.