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Right-Wing Christians Must Indoctrinate Other People’s Children Into a Biblical Worldview, Says FRC’s George Barna | Right Wing Watch (www.rightwingwatch.org)
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While right-wing groups are mobilizing angry mobs to yell at school board members that parents have the right to control what their children are taught, evangelical pollster George Barna told religious-right activists at the Family Research Council’s “Pray Vote Stand” summit Thursday that it is their duty to try to indoctrinate other people’s children into a “biblical worldview.”

Barna, one of the first senior fellows at FRC’s recently established Center for Biblical Worldview, specializes in studying what he calls “SAGE Cons”—Spiritually Active Governance Engaged Conservative Christians. What is most striking about FRC and Barna’s “worldview” project is how few people—and how few conservative evangelicals—measure up to their right-wing “biblical worldview” standard.

When the Center for Biblical Worldview launched in May, FRC President Tony Perkins said that a biblical worldview “is only achieved when a person believes that the Bible is true, authoritative, and then taught how it is applicable to every area of life, which enables them to live out those beliefs.”

Barna told “Pray Vote Stand” attendees that only 6 percent of American adults measure up to that standard of a biblical worldview—and only one out of five people who attend an evangelical church.

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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Their entire ideology is projection. They’re grooming kids, so they assume everyone is grooming kids.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Projection with a heaping portion of hypocrisy.

[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

So, now they support indoctrination? Of course, they always have, but that's another matter.

[–] darq@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

Every conservative accusation, is a confession.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just the right bible chapters though. If you actually read the thing, Jesus teaches the complete opposite of what conservatism is today.

Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Jesus is very anti-capitalist all over the bible.

[–] NotBadAndYou@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 years ago

I believe the term they prefer for this kind of behavior is "grooming." He's advocating for the grooming of children, by their definition.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

George Barna told religious-right activists at the Family Research Council’s “Pray Vote Stand” summit Thursday that it is their duty to try to ~~indoctrinate other people's children into a "biblical worldview."~~ fuck all the way off and mind their own business.

Minor correction there, Georgie.

Or do you not think you should treat people the way you'd like to be treated?

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Sad little cowards.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I hope he catches ebola.

[–] Lucz1848@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

What a wretched scumbag.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Stop it. Get some help.

Seriously, though. This is like cult-level shit.

[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Religion is a mental illness and should be treated as such. Indoctrination of a child into religion is abuse and the state should intervene to bring these children into a safe environment.

[–] transigence@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Evangelicals are, at best, annoying. I say this as a Christian conservative. There are other (and better) ways of fulfilling the Great Commission besides arsing people into your favorite flavor of dogma.

[–] MedicatedMaybe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

....Or here's an idea all religious people can be free to practice their religion as long as it hurts no one and doesn't infringe on other people's rights. It's simple really. It's a huge world out there and not everybody's going to believe in the same things you do and you just have to get over it. Don't push your shit on other people. We don't believe in it and stop trying to make us. Mind your own business and stop fucking up the world for the rest of us who just want to live peacefully with our families and friends.

It isn't annoying at best evangelicals are mentally ill

[–] transigence@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago

What you described as ideal is what the US is supposed to be, and what you described evangelicals as doing is what evangelicals are actually doing, and doesn't really rise above the level of annoying. Maybe they are mentally ill, but that doesn't make them anything beyond annoying.

But people do have a first amendment right to preach. They don't have a claim to a captive audience, though.