Kyla Turner

And I think the incentive of politics is fundamentally antithetical to what the purpose of faith and religion is.

And I think the incentive of politics is fundamentally antithetical to what the purpose of faith and religion is.

And so I think when the incentives get mixed together, it makes for a very powerful tool, which is religion, blended with an incentive structure focused on accumulation of power.

And so I think when the incentives get mixed together, it makes for a very powerful tool, which is religion, blended with an incentive structure focused on accumulation of power.

And that accumulation of power is not what religion is for.

And that accumulation of power is not what religion is for.

That's not what Christ is.

That's not what Christ is.

He rejected power.

He rejected power.

to the point that the Jews killed him, right?

to the point that the Jews killed him, right?

He like wouldn't make a political power on earth for the Jews, which is why they said he was a false Messiah, right?

He like wouldn't make a political power on earth for the Jews, which is why they said he was a false messiah, right?

And so, yeah, it's absurd to me to try to blend these two things.

And so, yeah, it's absurd to me to try to blend these two things.

I think if you're a Christian who just like wants some of your virtues reflected in the democratically elected person, that's fine, whatever.

I think if you're a Christian who just like wants some of your virtues reflected in the democratically elected person, that's fine, whatever.

I don't think it's the most informed, but that's fine.

I don't think it's the most informed, but that's fine.