Thread by @matthewremski

As #MarianneWilliamson implies in her damage control statement on the Politico report, politics has plenty of bullies. But people should know that being a “tough boss lady,” as she euphemizes, may also be inspired by what an asshole her Jesus is—in A Course in Miracles. /1

Pious, condescending, and emotionally avoidant, the Jesus channeled by ACIM intones three continuous insults: 1) You are deluded about reality, 2) The absolute truth of My teachings is inescapable, and 3) Any resistance you have to Me is further delusion. Sound familiar? /2

The weird part? ACIM is a channeled text that demands the reader become its channel. The daily lessons are “written” by Jesus, but meant to be recited and meditated upon by the normal person, *as if they were Jesus.* Surprise: ACIM teachers struggle to not sound like assholes./3

Today MW taught Lesson #76 by video: “I am under no laws but God’s.” In a more conventional religious diction, this might be a humble admission that human knowledge and lawmaking is limited. But if “I” is also Jesus, the reader is encouraged to mimic a cringe grandiosity. /4

An aside: In #76, Jesus’s mockery of the reader (sublimated when the reader identifies with Jesus) extends to medical ableism: “You really think a small round pellet or some fluid pushed into your veins through a sharpened needle will ward off disease and death.” Lol, sheeple! /5

So it’s not ungenerous to scrutinize MW’s positions on health issues through the lens of her religious commitments. Asshole Jesus coaches ACIM students to literally LOL at the idea that medicine—which does not operate under God’s laws—can help. /6

I don’t think Asshole Jesus necessarily creates tough boss ladies. But consider: if you spend years of your life pretending to be him, declaring your perfection and invulnerability all over town, what will you do when the world does not respond to your radiant certainty? /7

Will you tantrum, throw a phone at staffers (then deny it), punch a car door so hard you wind up in the ER? Asshole Jesus is safe and serene within the pages of his dumb blue book. But if he had to do something in the world with complex people who don’t echo his every word… /8

…he might be a little fragile. And if you were trying to take care of him because you loved parts of his message, but you’d heard him scoff at people taking medication for moods, what would you do? What medicine or help or expert advice would Asshole Jesus accept? /9

I’m not saying MW is uniquely bad. FWIW, my point is that her long-reported trend of grandiosity can be tracked to an Asshole Jesus she’s encouraged to mimic, whose voice harmonizes with the moral smugness that Dems love to amplify when they can’t feel how insulting it is. /end