Y’all Qaeda in Sonntagskleidung: Eine Stunde Andacht, damit der Rest der Woche gehorcht

HALLELUJAH, says the new program, and it sounds like a fitness subscription for the conscience. The president is promoting the idea that Americans should pray for one hour each week. Not mandatory, of course - just as “voluntary” as a smile in a class photo. Those who take part gain belonging; those who skip it suddenly seem like an operational malfunction. The state does not distribute Bibles, Trump sells those for hard dollars anyway, it distributes fictions - that is more elegant and lasts longer. People are supposed to gather “with at least ten others”, because apparently even God likes team meetings. One hour for “our country and our people”: it sounds soft until you realize how hard it sorts. Because praying here is not just belief, it is a signal: I am in, I fit the picture. This is how religion turns into farce and politics into fanaticism, polished, legal, media-ready. Pick-up instead of Kalashnikov, Jesus did not have a car either - and heaven gets a weekly planner. Amen, says the PR department, and means: please MAGA.

Anyone who disagrees is not just opposing politics, but immediately the higher authority in the background. This is Y’all Qaeda in Sunday clothes: no underground, but a city council meeting with a prayer photo. This is Talibangelicals in the style of a theocratic state with an HD smile. And somewhere at the entrance stands the holy Homeland Security checking whether your faith looks “clean”, while innocent people continue to be detained, entirely to the Lord’s taste. The Church of the permanent state of exception is open: rules apply ceremonially - just not to those who bless them. In the Prosperity Caliphate, property counts as proof, poverty as suspicion, and donations as democratic, European freedom of expression? Satan, get behind me. One hour of prayer per week: minimal effort, maximum loyalty value. GOD FIRST, they say - and whoever stands behind that gets to set the rest of the order.

America 2025/2026 - theocratic state. Prayer hour follows ... but first a few blessed violations of international law. Amen

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