cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35340931
“They’re our brothers and sisters. When we stop seeing people that way it’s so easy to start making laws or enacting policies that harm them.”
“Christians” hate the teachings of Christ
Jesus had nothing to say about gay people. He had an awful lot to say about hypocrisy of religious leaders.
“B-but the old testament said…”
That retort gets so fucking old. At the same time as many fundies talk about how Jesus ushered in a new era of laws, they cling on to the bullshit written by randos hundreds of thousands or years earlier.
These are the same books that shout about how eating shellfish and mixing fabrics are affronts to God. The same ones that herald how virtuous a guy is because he was going to murder his own kid because of a talking bush. The same ones that go into graphic detail about donkey emissions. And yet certain snippets are still relevant in the midsts of all that dross? Give me a break!
And before any Christians respond, know that I (and others) don’t care. You can obsess over the old testament all you like. If you find value in their writings then good for you. But don’t force that discriminatory, hateful crap on other people.
Edit: fixed a typo.
I was raised the new covenant of the new testament overrides the old covenant of the old testament, the whole idea of Jesus saves doesn’t work otherwise. I don’t understand it, I was taught the old testament was basically context and prophecy.
There’s a lot of Christian fundies who say that, but then drag out the old testament when convenient. Almost like they’re picking and choosing what to believe.
‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.’ Jesus F. Christ
You were raised in blasphemy then.
So burn me at the stake then, I don’t really care. His fulfilment of the law was as the sacrificial lamb for all of humanity who choose to accept it.
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” - John 1:29
Arguing about Christianity on fucking Lemmy, what a day. I always thought it would be advocating for love thy neighbor that would get me called a blasphemer but nope, it’s the most basic of basic Christianity.
Yeah that’s why Christian’s don’t do animal sacrifices, but the Ten Commandments are still valid, are they not? So is the rest of god’s magic book, a book that ‘Christians’ tend to not follow when they don’t feel like it. Not a Christian btw, just pointing out the hypocrisy of saying you have the word of god written and the don’t even RTFM.
“B-but the old testament said…”
While the strongest Biblical criticisms of homosexuality are in the Old Testament, such criticism is also not exclusive to the Old Testament.
e.g. the Book of Romans is part of the New Testament:
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Who decided that Paul was a worthy prophet though? Who chose the books? The only reason for revelations was that they didn’t like the apocalypse of Peter. I would recommend most things with a grain of salt, but more for anything outside of the Gospel, and yes, it should still have some salt.
Something about switches and money lenders springs to mind.
That was troubling to read.
They lied about him shoving a priest. And they chastised him for saying a prayer that begs for the empathy of others.
They are really trying to remove the “christ” from Christianity eh?
“Keep Christ in Christianity” would make a great bumper sticker for a couple weeks till some Christian defaces it
Nah, Christ teaches empathy, and empathy is currently not en vogue in US Christian churches.
“Make Christianity Christian Again”
Christianity is hypocrisy, all the way down.
It’s his own fault. He should’ve brought a switch and started whipping people whilst turning over a few tables.
His behavior wasn’t Christ-like enough.
Only jesus would want to whip people while playing the newest mario games. I understand not needing tables though, the switch is great handheld.
If God is real, Florida will sink
Florida will sink either way.
If climate change is real, Florida will sink
I was in a thread the other week where someone said they hated “religion” but didn’t have a problem with “faith”. I think I’m starting to understand what they meant by that.
When people reduce their faith to religion it loses its power and leads people astray.
You can have faith, hope and a strong belief in God and still not be religious.
Religion is the song and dance that we perform for each other. It’s meaningless
What matters is how you live your life and treat other people.
Also there needs to be a distinction between organized religions with a structured hierarch and folk religions that are moreso a bunch of tennents and traditions that can be as localized and small as a single family or clan. For example damn near every American-Scots family who have been in North America long enough my own included seem to practices a type of ancestor worship usually alongside Christianity, why is that no fucking clue my best guess is that it’s due to a certain level of social isolation.
I feel like watching Kingsmen again for some reason
