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This is actually one area where a lot of the “mega churches” seem to be a better fit. They are less oriented on church community and specific denominational biases, which is designed to create a less intimidating environment for curious people to attend and learn.

I have been in different churches for most of my life outside of about 6 years where I decided I knew better. I’ve never heard anything close to what angry Reddit culture seems to think is preached.

The issue is more that the Republican Party tries to paint itself as Christian to appeal to voters. Somehow this has created a lot of Democratic policy and talking points among their base which seem to take aim at hurting churches or labeling churches as a threat somehow...which naturally causes people to become more defensive.

The issue is that so many policies being pushed by Democrats over the last decade exist around the idea of controlling what people are allowed to do or say, going to far as to target all things Christian as something that should be disallowed.

It’s scary not just from a religious perspective but from the idea that people support such controlling policies at all.

The mindset it takes to believe that you know what’s best for other people is terrifying.