See, you can't deny the facts, but instead have to point the obvious danger of MAGA and insist it's different simply cause you agree with it. Your friend isn't entirely wrong, you should always be on guard for tyranny and tyranny can come in any form especially when you agree with the ideology.
"I have sworn upon the alter of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny upon the mind of man."
Every. Form. Of tyranny. While I am grateful for Trump and Q, I do not trust them. A sensible American cleans their guns especially when candidates they support win. No one here has no way of knowing for sure that Trump and MAGA aren't a Trojan Horse meant to install a different flavor of tyranny. Do I think that's the case? At present time, no. Things like Roe v Wade ending are an indicator that they intend to restore the Constitution. And I hope they do. But that doesn't mean they earn my blind faith loyalty. I am a king and I bow to no one except the Servant King, but even that loyalty is of my personal choice NOT because I feel I have to out of misplaced fear of death.
I know it's easy to assume Christians are the default good guys, but of the last year has taught me anything we are individually capable of being Hitler/Stalin/Obama/Bush or Jesus. There is a reason that a piece of paper, not any man is the ruler of this land. Even if you can prove with 100% irrefutable certainty that the Constitution is divinely inspired, that doesn't excuse Christians disrespecting people's right to choose for themselves.
Hitler was also a Christian, a fact you forgot to mention.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler
EDIT: Ah. Faceless downvotes. Because "I concede this discussion" just doesn't quite get the point across.
See, you can't deny the facts, but instead have to point the obvious danger of MAGA and insist it's different simply cause you agree with it. Your friend isn't entirely wrong, you should always be on guard for tyranny and tyranny can come in any form especially when you agree with the ideology.
"I have sworn upon the alter of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny upon the mind of man."
Every. Form. Of tyranny. While I am grateful for Trump and Q, I do not trust them. A sensible American cleans their guns especially when candidates they support win. No one here has no way of knowing for sure that Trump and MAGA aren't a Trojan Horse meant to install a different flavor of tyranny. Do I think that's the case? At present time, no. Things like Roe v Wade ending are an indicator that they intend to restore the Constitution. And I hope they do. But that doesn't mean they earn my blind faith loyalty. I am a king and I bow to no one except the Servant King, but even that loyalty is of my personal choice NOT because I feel I have to out of misplaced fear of death.
I know it's easy to assume Christians are the default good guys, but of the last year has taught me anything we are individually capable of being Hitler/Stalin/Obama/Bush or Jesus. There is a reason that a piece of paper, not any man is the ruler of this land. Even if you can prove with 100% irrefutable certainty that the Constitution is divinely inspired, that doesn't excuse Christians disrespecting people's right to choose for themselves.
Hitler was also a Christian, a fact you forgot to mention.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler