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ihaveaquestion

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:27 AM Thursday

John Fugelsang - "Separation of Church and Hate" The Daily Show



“Jesus’s movement was about humility, it was about service to others, it was about uplifting the marginalized, not about total right-wing domination.”
John Fugelsang, host of "Tell Me Everything" on SiriusXM Progress and author of the New York Times Bestseller "Separation of Church and Hate," talks to Jordan Klepper about how MAGA and the far-right have wrongly co-opted Christianity as a cloak for authoritarianism and bigotry – the opposite of Jesus's call for individuals and states to "take care of the poor, take care of the sick, welcome the stranger, and be kind to those in prison.” Fugelsang traces back a long history of non-violent Christian activism, from the Crusades through the Civil Rights Movement, and urges all those on the left to engage with Christianity, even if only to combat the narrow version of the bible that Trump and MAGA are trying to impose.
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John Fugelsang - "Separation of Church and Hate" The Daily Show (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Thursday OP
That was an excellent interview underpants Thursday #1
I want that book. Where can I get it? efhmc Thursday #2
Here: Ocelot II Thursday #4
Thank you. efhmc Thursday #8
I read his book - there's some interesting scholarship that's not too dense. Ocelot II Thursday #3
Amen BComplex Thursday #5
Fascinating interview KT2000 Thursday #6
I've always loved John Fugelsang! Will have to pick up his book. Wiz Imp Thursday #7

Ocelot II

(127,429 posts)
3. I read his book - there's some interesting scholarship that's not too dense.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:52 AM
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Sometimes it's a bit superficial and he tries too hard to be clever in spots, but that's OK; what he's trying to do is provide material to refute a lot of what the fundamentalist haters claim Christianity means. So if you have obnoxious fundie relatives or acquaintances who spout Bible verses as support for their hateful politics, you have some weapons.

KT2000

(21,727 posts)
6. Fascinating interview
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 02:09 PM
Thursday

and the story of his parents is great!
Wish more Christians would speak up too.

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