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Christian Right Propaganda Posters

How the Christian Right Might Promote their Agenda, Beliefs

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As outrageous as the Christian Right's overall agenda is, their specific arguments and beliefs can be worse. I have written many articles exploring the arguments and beliefs advocated the Christian Right in order to reveal just how awful, and awfully absurd, they can be. Mere words, though, cannot always convey the true absurdity of a position. Even the most carefully reasoned argument will not carry the emotional impact of the original ideas being dissected.

Visual imagery, though, can often communicate ideas more quickly than words and convey emotions more immediately than any argument. For that reason I have created propaganda posters which promote some of the beliefs of the Christian Right. The intention is satirical, not sympathetic, but even so I believe that both the images and the words accurately reflect what some on the Christian Right belief and advocate. The original posters were produced as government propaganda, mostly during the first and second world wars.

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Thank God for George W. Bush: Christian Nationalists Believe Bush Was Chosen by God, not the PeopleChristian Nationalists Believe Bush Was Chosen by God, not by the PeopleWWJD: The Prince of Peace as a Symbol for War on Muslims, Islamic Extremism, IslamofascismWhat Would Jesus Do? Strike Down the Islamofascists!America as a Christian Nation, America as a White Nation: Racism, White Supremacy in ChristianityAmerica as a Christian Nation, America as a White NationSecular Schools are Hostile to Religion: Attacking Christianity if You're Not Endorsing ChristianitySecular Schools are Hostile to Religion
Conservative Christian Schools: Training Christian Students to Take Dominion Over AmericaTraining Christian Students to Take Dominion Over AmericaPregnancy as a Punishment for Sex? Women Should Suffer the Consequences of Sex and Sexual ActivityPregnancy as a Punishment for Sex?War on Terror vs Geneva Conventions: We can Abandon the Geneva Conventions in the War on TerrorWar on Terror vs. Geneva ConventionsFear and Hatred of Godless Sodomites: Gays and Atheists are Vermin or a Disease to be EradicatedFear and Hatred of Godless Sodomites
Suppressing Books & Ideas: Books Cannot be Killed by Fire, but They Can Be Kept Out of Your HandsSuppressing Books & Ideas: Books Cannot be Killed by Fire...Criticism of Religions is Not Free Speech: Don't Abuse Free Speech by Offending Religious BelieversCriticism of Religions is Not Free SpeechWithout God, All Things are Permitted: Godless Atheists Promote a Valueless, Immoral WorldWithout God, All Things are PermittedBeware of Recruitment into the Homosexual Lifestyle: Godless Sodomites Subvert Christian SocietyBeware of Recruitment into the Homosexual Lifestyle
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