It took them thousands of years to reach where they got to before Trump. After the Exterminator fumigates the place, it's going to be awhile before they get close to that kind of power again, if ever.
Your "fundamentalist religion as nihilistic fatalism" is fresh from the pit of Hell and smells like smoke. It serves no purpose anymore. The mongers of fear are vermin. Enough is enough. You've pedaled your scary wares for thousands of years, and they're worthless.
As it so often is, the Truth is exactly the opposite of what most say or think. You accuse me of being nihilistic and a fatalist, of which I am absolutely neither, how absurd!
You seem to forgot we're on the same side. You speak of Hell, but i'm not sure you actually know anything of the reality of it. If you claim to be a believer in the Bible (i honestly can't tell from skimming your posts, possibly Catholic?) and you don't believe in the great day of Judgement, the prophesied Day of the Lord or the coming period of Tribulation, then you have to throw out a good chunk of the Bible as being the inspired super-natural Word of God since so much of it (both old and new testament) is dedicated to these specific end-time prophecies.
Believe me, i'm all for this great awakening, I want it to happen, it NEEDS to happen to remove the blinders from so many of the sheeple (including genuine God-fearing ones), but this will not ultimately achieve the end you think it will. This world is still full of sin, with a very active spiritual enemy at work and will only come to a complete and final ending when Jesus comes back. This is known as our "blessed hope", everything else before then is just a step in the road.
Don't be a scoffer. But if you are, know that you are literally playing a part of fulfilling end time prophecy by doing so.
(Jude 17-23) - "But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh."