Reply #283: Here's the difference between conservative and progressive messages:

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The conservative will have shit like:

Only Christians go to Heaven, so you better become Christian
If you are a sinner, you go to hell, so you better love Jesus
Abortion and homosexuality are wrong
Roe V. Wade is a holocaust on children
Sex outside of marriage is evil
Abstinence is the only sex education a child needs
Homosexuals have an agenda to make America communist and Christianity illegal
I prayed to Jesus, and the next day I received $1 million!
America was founded to be a Christian nation
Waving the American flag or displaying the cross are basically the same thing, because America is Jesus' special nation!
The Pope is the anti-Christ
The NRA is good!
The ACLU is EVIL!!! (scary chord included)
Not being allowed to pray over the public loudspeaker system at a high school football game is "Denial of my right to freedom of religion and a sign that liberals want to make Christianity illegal" while at the same time, preventing the Buddhist students from gathering at a table during lunch hour is "protecting American values"
America is fighting God's war in Iraq
George Bush is a good Christian man, and Obama is a secret Muslim (or atheist, depending on the conservative church, I suppose)
Only Republicans are good Christians; and only good Christians are Republicans

What you will find a progressive tract:

Jesus loves you. Unconditionally.
Go do good works for people. Help out. Be kind. Be loving.
Be forgiving.
Be merciful.
Be tolerant.
Jesus said, "Let the children come to me!"
You don't have to leave your brain at the door when you come into our church
Everyone is welcome in the kingdom of heaven!
Gays are A-okay with Jesus
Abortion is unfortunate, but that's between a woman and God, not the state
Other countries are cool, too!
Foreigners are human beings.
Feeding people is important and good, but we also need to change the social and political structures that lead people into poverty


And so on.

What you WILL NOT find in the conservative tract is anything about Jesus' teachings, except his few words on hell and the end times, nor you will find anything about a generous God, a God of abundance, or a God that wants an end to poverty, injustice, war, and all those other bad things.

What you will not find in the progressive tract is an equating of America with God/Jesus, no triumphalism, no nationalism, and no condemnation of "the other".