Roffino

“they worship a deity made in their own image: white, American, Republican, male—and perpetually terrified of Muslims, immigrants, science, gay children, special counsel reports, mandalas, Harry Potter, Starbucks holiday cups, yoga, wind turbines—everything. While they declare this God’s staggering might at every opportunity, their defensive posture belies this confidence. They seem to feel the need to be armed to the teeth and to build impenetrable walls for protection, certain that others mean them harm and want to take what is theirs. They want to change gay couples and transgender teenagers themselves, because they don’t trust God to work within people as God desires. They seem burdened to hoard wealth, health insurance, and opportunity—because they subconsciously suspect the God they claim turned water into wine and fed thousands with a few fish and some leftover bread might not make enough for everyone.”
― John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans