A Dystopian Novel That Hit Too Close to Home

In this book, women are silenced by Christian Theocrats who took over the government. They put wristbands on their wrists which use electrical shocks to limit them to 100 words a day. It's a good book that brings up a lot of issues, however reading it scared me, because this country is at a make or break time, descend into a dystopian totalitarian hellhole via the religionists or go with science and freedom and go the path of progress? Sometimes I find myself openly talking to my husband about leaving here if we cannot survive. Remember Republicans directly go after my life, when they speak about canceling health care, or cutting Social Security. Insulin alone costs as much as my rent.

When I was a Christian, one thing I wrote about and explored on many Christian websites and more was the take over of the Dominionists. I was against it. I did deconvert seeing Christianity in total as oppressive, though I know there are liberal Christians who do look to the positive teachings of Christ and who renounce these things. Some time ago, thousands of evangelical pastors signed a statement against social justice. That should tell you everything you need to know.

  When I was studying groups, like Council for National Policy and The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, I remember warning these groups were evil, but I was a lone voice in the wilderness and so it was time to leave. There are immense connections of our top politicians to very extreme fundamentalist religious groups. So if you saw Trump this week going on about bible classes in public schools, there's a whole agenda behind this all. Trump and Pence are more dangerous on a level, that many do not understand. Other nations have had their fundamentalists take over and destroy their society and civil rights. Just read Persepolis, the Christian Taliban isn't much different in it's desires.