At the risk of going off on too much of a tangent that would belong in a religion thread, I'll briefly piggyback on these comments from earlier this morning to state the obvious--while still being a profoundly interesting religious observation--that American "Christianity" has basically dispensed with the merciful, forgiving, and kind Christian god of the New Testament, only to have gone back to the angry, jealous, and vengeful god of the Old Testament, which I'd argue couldn't possibly be the same omniscient, omnipotent god (different thread topic).
I'm pretty sure it's common knowledge nowadays (at least around these parts) that psychological studies have demonstrated Republicans/conservatives generally lean much more heavily toward an authoritarian mindset than liberals/progressives, which obviously goes hand-in-hand with all that fire and brimstone shit. So, I guess it makes sense why they mean to make us all regress back into being like the foolish Old Testament Israelites who could never learn a fucking lesson.
I guess all we can do now is just await god's judgment, wrath, and punishment for falling for this anti-Christ. The End Times, here we come.