Before statism it was religion. It’s the same thing. The church ruled until people woke up to the lies with the Protestant revolution. Ironically, that Christian movement led to secularism. So now the state is the new religion. And guess what? People fight over democrat and republican shit just as often as people fight over religion. It’s the new and improved religion. The hip religion on the block and Trump is the prophet. If you see the level of cope that people have for Trump then religious people can see how they look defending their delusions. And the mental gymnastics thing is so fucking accurate lmao contra does the mental gymnastics. His argument for believing in god is that there’s no foundation or groundwork to root any ideology or morality without it. An insanely large jump for a conclusion if you ask me 🤷‍♂️