avatarKimberlee Jakobe

Free AI web copilot to create summaries, insights and extended knowledge, download it at here

4958

Abstract

et alone decent religiously conscious person — left or right, conservative or liberal — would knowingly work to enrich this dreadful man who will go down in history as the epitome of everything that all religion says it’s against: lies, greed, criminality and sheer disgusting exploitation of the defenseless that would shame a sewer rat?”</p></blockquote><p id="6187">After the phone hacking scandal, Murdoch left his tabloid empire and became a US citizen. He now uses his media empire in the US to influence public opinion, control regulatory agencies, and sway elections, all while <b>maintaining his tabloid roots</b>.</p><p id="5876">Since Rupert Murdoch purchased the "<b><i>God" Brand</i></b>, church attendance has <i>plummeted</i>, and <b><i>faith</i></b> in the Brand has dropped significantly. White Christian Nationalists believe "Jesus CHRIST" is too <b><i>WOKE</i></b> for them.</p><p id="6336">The purchase and misuse of "God" the Brand — was intentional, strategic, and <b><i>legal </i></b><i>(for the most part</i>.)</p><p id="190e">Murdoch created a <b><i>fail-safe </i>money-making machine</b> harnessing the powerful combination of brand manipulation, deception, and a touch of power-hungry <i>madness</i>. Rupert <i>proved </i>you could convince people to believe <b><i>ANYTHING</i></b> when you own <b><i>control of the narrative</i></b>.</p><h2 id="772e">God is a Tabloid Journalist at Heart</h2><p id="5f69">The National Enquirer is probably the tabloid you're most familiar with. With a knack for "catch and kill" schemes that protected Trump, David Pecker is no rival to the <b><i>tabloid power </i></b>behind the Brand of "God."</p><div id="e6dd" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/business/media/national-enquirer-trump-mistresses.html"> <div> <div> <h2>More Powerful Than a Russian Troll Army: The National Enquirer (Published 2018)</h2> <div><h3>Now that the supermarket tabloid has admitted to prosecutors that it did political dirty work for Donald Trump, here's…</h3></div> <div><p>www.nytimes.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*PH0oQ36xs6gEMMbK)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="13d2">"God," the tabloid promoter makes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pecker">David Pecker</a> look like a wee wanker in comparison.</p><p id="1349">"God" has truly earned his title as the divine editor-in-chief by pawning off <i>tabloid journalism</i> as legitimate news and "white nationalism" as “Christianity" through the magic of TV.</p><p id="1df4">It’s like Tammy Faye Baker and Bruce Jenner had a baby named Carrie, and even Stephen King wouldn’t cook up a demon like this.</p><blockquote id="5626"><p><b>Forty million Americans <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/christian-church-communitiy-participation-drop/674843/">have stopped attending church</a> in the past 25 years</b>. That’s something like 12 percent of the population, and it represents the largest concentrated change in church attendance <b>in American history.</b></p></blockquote><p id="bfd4">The devil owning the "God" brand has <b>broken the faith of millions.</b></p><blockquote id="c80b"><p>Church membership in the United States has been declining for almost 25 years. In 2021, a Gallup poll found that the percentage of Americans identifying as church members has fallen below 50% for the first time since 1937. In 2022, 53% of Americans were not church or synagogue members, while 46% were.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="446b"><p>According to a 2021 Gallup study, the decline is primarily due to an increase in Americans who have no religious preference. Other factors that may contribute to the decline include:</p></blockquote><blockquote id="7f2c"><p>The rise of hyper-individualism</p></blockquote><blockquote id="412d"><p>Postmodernism</p></blockquote><blockquote id="0b62"><p>The influence of those who have an axe-to-grind with the church</p></blockquote><blockquote id="ba80"><p>Church members seem to be judgmental or hypocritical</p></blockquote><blockquote id="c9d6"><p>The younger generation doesn’t feel like they’re being accepted in a church environment</p></blockquote><p id="f998"><b>Perhaps it has more to do with the Church having become a protective safety net for abusers, con men, and their billionaire enablers.</b></p><blockquote id="e8db"><p>The 205-page database was made public late Thursday. It includes more than 700 entries from cases that largely span from 2000 to 2019.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="f8d6"><p>Its existence became widely known Sunday when the independent firm, Guidepost Solutions, included it in its <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/05/22/1100616952/southern-baptists-sex-abuse">bombshel

Options

l report</a> detailing how the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee mishandled allegations of sex abuse, stonewalled numerous survivors and prioritized protecting the SBC from liability.</p></blockquote><p id="318d">Billionaires shamelessly exploit the Brand of "God" for their gain, promoting a distorted <b><i>version of Christianity</i></b> that prioritizes power and control over love, acceptance, and community. This manipulation of religious beliefs has resulted in a <b>culture</b> war of fear, anger, and division, with people unaware that the puppeteer behind it all is <b><i>Rupert Murdoch</i></b>, the<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/04/joe-biden-rupert-murdoch-fox-news-new-book"> most dangerous man in the world</a>.</p><p id="8f79">It will be impossible to solve the chaos if we ignore Rupert’s part in it. As long as we continue to support his “God” Brand, we <b><i>unintentionally</i></b> fund his growing wealth and power, perpetuating violence and <b><i>extremism</i></b>.</p><p id="b573" type="7">One Man’s Ill-gotten Fortune Inspires Another Man’s Grift</p><h2 id="2f89">He Grifts Us, Too</h2><p id="01bf">One crooked billionaire inspires other crooked men to do whatever it takes to become billionaires too.</p><blockquote id="e173"><p><b>Did you know: </b>If you make the US federal minimum wage of 7.25/hr (Roughly 14,500/year), you’re looking at about 69,000 years. That’s about 1/4 of the time humans have existed on earth. Things are a bit better if you earn the US median household income of 52,000 — that’ll only set you back <b>19,231 years.</b></p></blockquote><h2 id="33a4">Jesus, Help Us — These Bastards are Ruthless</h2><p id="91ad">Have you seen the ads by "<a href="https://hegetsus.com/en?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA2KitBhCIARIsAPPMEhJvjRAX3ZzdTwRVKgkDbK2cEeXx_g5wpZw1EWpDij9SngS9EnCkTuwaAleMEALw_wcB">He Gets Us</a>?" They are shown a lot during football games; two aired during the Super Bowl last year.</p><blockquote id="0a82"><p><i>The group behind the Jesus-focused ads is He Gets Us, a limited liability company that says it’s an initiative of The Servant Foundation, a public charity and Christian foundation based in Kansas that last year launched <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/10/12/he-gets-us-christians-jesus/">a 100 million effort to improve the image of Jesus</a>, as the Washington Post reported. One of the backers of the initiative is billionaire <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-green/?sh=4ea8756c4ef0">David Green</a>, the founder of craft store chain Hobby Lobby, who is estimated by Forbes to be worth 14.8 billion.</i></p></blockquote><p id="ab50"><b><i>YUK!</i></b></p><p id="87ae">Don't even get me started on the corruption of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc.">Hobby Lobby</a> to use their billions from craft supplies to invest in stripping us of our most sacred rights to freedom and <b><i>the pursuit of happiness.</i></b></p><p id="2571">If Hobby Lobby, News Corp, and Fox News invested 100 million in promoting <b><i>Jesus Christ's teachings,</i></b> their image problem of failed leadership could easily be fixed overnight. However, the true purpose behind their mismanagement of “God” is to reduce their tax responsibility and increase their fortunes <b><i>at our expense.</i></b></p><p id="7698">So don’t hold your breath.</p><p id="79c2">These billionaires have built their wealth by inheriting fortunes, often at the expense of those less fortunate, all while using <b><i>religion</i></b> as a shield to exploit the values of Jesus, hope, and <b><i>prayers</i></b>.</p><p id="02cd">It is crucial that we <b><i>unite</i></b> and safeguard our democratic values against these threats.</p><h2 id="7e88">We Are The Guardrails of Democracy</h2><p id="d4f3">C<b><i>orporations fund the chaos </i></b><i>you're trying to survive right now.</i></p><p id="e5c5" type="7">People see God every day; they just don’t recognize him.</p><p id="1e9a" type="7">Pearl Bailey</p><p id="7130">We must actively resist and boycott any corporation that promotes and enables the assault on Democracy and civil rights. We become complicit in our demise and destroy our values by <i>doing nothing</i>, remaining silent, and not fighting back.</p><p id="8807"><b><i>We “cast him down” in the ballot box, cable box, and offering plate.</i></b></p><h1 id="a593">Action is The Best Anecdote to Anxiety!</h1><p id="9758">#WeAreTheGuardrails | #StrongerTogether | #MuteHim |</p><p id="a19b"><b><i>Clap, comment, and forward this article to your friends and family, and together, let's take a stand for Democracy!</i></b></p><p id="b5cc">#FollowMe</p><p id="ce19">#<a href="https://medium.com/me/settings#:~:text=kimberleejakobe%20%C2%B7%20kimberleejakobe.medium-,.,-com">Subscribe</a>?</p><p id="3d69"><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/damnKimberlee">Buy Me A Coffee?</a></p></article></body>

THE LINCOLN PROJECT’S “GOD MADE A DICTATOR”

“God” Is the Most Dangerous Man in The World

Allow Me to Introduce You to "God"

Photo by Tim Hüfner on Unsplash

"God Made a Dictator" by The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project nails Trump and MAGA on the head — and will leave you speechless. Take a moment to watch it and share it with your friends on social media — it's a message that needs to be heard by everyone.

God said, “I need a man who failed in everything but theft and broken promises to live in a golden palace and convince the poor he serves their needs.”

So God made Trump.

God said, “I need his political party “to obey without question and the press fear his wrath.”

So God made a dictator.

God said, “I need a man who breaks the faith

“of even his most godly followers”

“and leads them to idolatry, place him above me.”

So God made a dictator.

And then God said, “I sent this man to test you”

“And until you cast him down, you have failed.”

So God made a dictator.

Everything about this ad is terrifying and spot-on! But one glaring detail is missing…

God Made Trump — That’s for Certain — But Who is "God?"

Not God, the deity "God" the Brand.

Well-known advertising copywriter and ad agency founder David Ogilvy defined a brand as: “the intangible sum of a product’s attributes: its name, packaging, and price, its history, its reputation, and the way it’s advertised.

The owner of “God,” the brand, maintains strict control of the narrative he perpetrates, manipulating his followers, who are completely unaware of the purely secular nature of his vast empire that never veers far from his tabloid roots.

I didn’t anticipate how Christians could be “tricked” into turning against the teachings of Jesus Christ. Where was all the hate, distrust, and anti-”Jesus” sentiment coming from?

According to my law professor, following the money answers the question — of who stands to gain the most and will usually reveal the person responsible for the crimes.

HARPER COLLINS’S REVENUE IS $1.6 BILLION, and owns Zondervan Publishers, annual revenue was $114.8 million in 2023.

Zondervan is a world-leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications.

The two acquisitions mentioned above are just two components of News Corp's $13.73 billion market value.

Screenshot by the author_as of 01.19.24

“Who Owns God,” by Jonathan Poletti, an article I’ve quoted many times, was the starting point for my understanding of “Who stands to gain the most.”

“What serious, let alone decent religiously conscious person — left or right, conservative or liberal — would knowingly work to enrich this dreadful man who will go down in history as the epitome of everything that all religion says it’s against: lies, greed, criminality and sheer disgusting exploitation of the defenseless that would shame a sewer rat?”

After the phone hacking scandal, Murdoch left his tabloid empire and became a US citizen. He now uses his media empire in the US to influence public opinion, control regulatory agencies, and sway elections, all while maintaining his tabloid roots.

Since Rupert Murdoch purchased the "God" Brand, church attendance has plummeted, and faith in the Brand has dropped significantly. White Christian Nationalists believe "Jesus CHRIST" is too WOKE for them.

The purchase and misuse of "God" the Brand — was intentional, strategic, and legal (for the most part.)

Murdoch created a fail-safe money-making machine harnessing the powerful combination of brand manipulation, deception, and a touch of power-hungry madness. Rupert proved you could convince people to believe ANYTHING when you own control of the narrative.

God is a Tabloid Journalist at Heart

The National Enquirer is probably the tabloid you're most familiar with. With a knack for "catch and kill" schemes that protected Trump, David Pecker is no rival to the tabloid power behind the Brand of "God."

"God," the tabloid promoter makes David Pecker look like a wee wanker in comparison.

"God" has truly earned his title as the divine editor-in-chief by pawning off tabloid journalism as legitimate news and "white nationalism" as “Christianity" through the magic of TV.

It’s like Tammy Faye Baker and Bruce Jenner had a baby named Carrie, and even Stephen King wouldn’t cook up a demon like this.

Forty million Americans have stopped attending church in the past 25 years. That’s something like 12 percent of the population, and it represents the largest concentrated change in church attendance in American history.

The devil owning the "God" brand has broken the faith of millions.

Church membership in the United States has been declining for almost 25 years. In 2021, a Gallup poll found that the percentage of Americans identifying as church members has fallen below 50% for the first time since 1937. In 2022, 53% of Americans were not church or synagogue members, while 46% were.

According to a 2021 Gallup study, the decline is primarily due to an increase in Americans who have no religious preference. Other factors that may contribute to the decline include:

The rise of hyper-individualism

Postmodernism

The influence of those who have an axe-to-grind with the church

Church members seem to be judgmental or hypocritical

The younger generation doesn’t feel like they’re being accepted in a church environment

Perhaps it has more to do with the Church having become a protective safety net for abusers, con men, and their billionaire enablers.

The 205-page database was made public late Thursday. It includes more than 700 entries from cases that largely span from 2000 to 2019.

Its existence became widely known Sunday when the independent firm, Guidepost Solutions, included it in its bombshell report detailing how the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee mishandled allegations of sex abuse, stonewalled numerous survivors and prioritized protecting the SBC from liability.

Billionaires shamelessly exploit the Brand of "God" for their gain, promoting a distorted version of Christianity that prioritizes power and control over love, acceptance, and community. This manipulation of religious beliefs has resulted in a culture war of fear, anger, and division, with people unaware that the puppeteer behind it all is Rupert Murdoch, the most dangerous man in the world.

It will be impossible to solve the chaos if we ignore Rupert’s part in it. As long as we continue to support his “God” Brand, we unintentionally fund his growing wealth and power, perpetuating violence and extremism.

One Man’s Ill-gotten Fortune Inspires Another Man’s Grift

He Grifts Us, Too

One crooked billionaire inspires other crooked men to do whatever it takes to become billionaires too.

Did you know: If you make the US federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr (Roughly $14,500/year), you’re looking at about 69,000 years. That’s about 1/4 of the time humans have existed on earth. Things are a bit better if you earn the US median household income of $52,000 — that’ll only set you back 19,231 years.

Jesus, Help Us — These Bastards are Ruthless

Have you seen the ads by "He Gets Us?" They are shown a lot during football games; two aired during the Super Bowl last year.

The group behind the Jesus-focused ads is He Gets Us, a limited liability company that says it’s an initiative of The Servant Foundation, a public charity and Christian foundation based in Kansas that last year launched a $100 million effort to improve the image of Jesus, as the Washington Post reported. One of the backers of the initiative is billionaire David Green, the founder of craft store chain Hobby Lobby, who is estimated by Forbes to be worth $14.8 billion.

YUK!

Don't even get me started on the corruption of Hobby Lobby to use their billions from craft supplies to invest in stripping us of our most sacred rights to freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

If Hobby Lobby, News Corp, and Fox News invested $100 million in promoting Jesus Christ's teachings, their image problem of failed leadership could easily be fixed overnight. However, the true purpose behind their mismanagement of “God” is to reduce their tax responsibility and increase their fortunes at our expense.

So don’t hold your breath.

These billionaires have built their wealth by inheriting fortunes, often at the expense of those less fortunate, all while using religion as a shield to exploit the values of Jesus, hope, and prayers.

It is crucial that we unite and safeguard our democratic values against these threats.

We Are The Guardrails of Democracy

Corporations fund the chaos you're trying to survive right now.

People see God every day; they just don’t recognize him.

Pearl Bailey

We must actively resist and boycott any corporation that promotes and enables the assault on Democracy and civil rights. We become complicit in our demise and destroy our values by doing nothing, remaining silent, and not fighting back.

We “cast him down” in the ballot box, cable box, and offering plate.

Action is The Best Anecdote to Anxiety!

#WeAreTheGuardrails | #StrongerTogether | #MuteHim |

Clap, comment, and forward this article to your friends and family, and together, let's take a stand for Democracy!

#FollowMe

#Subscribe?

Buy Me A Coffee?

Religion
Fox News
Rupert Murdoch
God
Bouncin And Behavin Blogs
Recommended from ReadMedium