In response to Mike Johnson recently becoming the new House speaker, over 12,000 people have signed a Christian petition condemning the congressman as a “false prophet” among other Republican Party members.

Faithful America, an online Christian group that supports social justice causes, released their second-annual “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign featuring a list of top Christian-nationalist leaders in both church and politics along with a petition on Tuesday. The list, which in addition to Johnson, identifies former President Donald Trump, pastor Mark Burns, self-proclaimed prophet affiliated with the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Julie Green, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Ohio Representative Jim Jordan, conservative activist and radio talk show host Charlie Kirk, pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, Texas’ Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Archbishop Carlo Viganò, self-proclaimed prophet affiliated with NAR Lance Wallnau, and co-founder of Moms for Liberty and school board chair in Sarasota, Florida, Bridget Ziegler as “false prophets.”

    • @CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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      1011 months ago

      I’m convinced that most of that 63% identify as Christian solely out of momentum. If you ask most of them probably would say they haven’t been to church in months and only really go for Christmas and Easter out of some misplaced guilt. If I were to wager I’d say only about a third of that population is the ones causing trouble because it’s always the bottom third that are assholes

        • @CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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          311 months ago

          Because Atheism has a hell of a stigma attached. The loudest Atheists are frankly just as insufferable as the hyper religious and people don’t want to be associated with them. I myself agree with Sagan’s version of Agnostcism but I just don’t care enough to try and wrangle with what exact word describes my situation which I would argue is a similar boat to most people

    • Uranium3006
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      111 months ago

      that number has been dropping consistently since the 90’s, at a rate of about 1%/year. a quick estimate for % of America that’s christian is 85% - years since 2000. less than half of Americans are a member of a religious congregation today