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These people are literally making it illegal to feed the homeless in places like Texas right now.
IDK how anybody involved doesn't look in the mirror on Sunday before church and not connect the fucking dots. Just ridiculous.
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Can you imagine the sheer weight of cognitive dissonance they would experience if it their mind wasn't slathered with industrial-grade denial?
They know. The cruelty is the point.
These people are literally making it illegal to feed the homeless in places like Texas right now.
Even without the jesus stuff, how is the party of "limited government" and "rights of the people" going to tell me who I can/cannot give the last few slices of my pizza to while keeping straight faces?
their stance on any issue is like a quantum particle or some shit. just by observing it you change its position.
They know. The cruelty is the point. Everything else is a dog whistle.
Of course it's causing problems. For far too long the right talking points have been at odds with the very teachings they claim to support.
Modern republicans would shoot Jesus dead if given the opportunity.
"Jesus was weak! We need a strong religious leader, like Satan!"
multiple pastors had told him disturbing stories about their congregants being upset when they read from the famous "Sermon on the Mount"
How do you get to be a Christian, going to church presumably often, and not hear about the sermon on the Mount or "turning the other cheek"??? How does that happen??????? Its so core to Christianity that its taught worldwide, people disagree on whether Mary was ascended or whether you should pray to icons, but the sermon is one of the few things everyone knows about. Or so I thought??
"Our father who art in heaven" is a prayer uniting across all denominations!
How do you get to be a Christian, going to church presumably often, and not hear about the sermon on the Mount or “turning the other cheek”
Good question. On the other hand, many things considered to be "Christian" in the US are detrimental to what Jesus has taught humanity. I know that and I'm not even a Christian.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:23-25&version=NIV
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They call themselves Christian but practically do the opposite of what Jesus has said.
Well them not even knowing what their religion teaches would certainly make it plausible for them to act in direct contradiction to what their supposed beliefs are.
For a lot of christians it's however the dissociation of the "person in the news" from the rest of humanity. People in the news are often only seen as a prop within the story, not an actual living, shitting, eating, sexual human being with a biological ancestry. This phenomenon is obvious in celebrity news or how people react very harshly when they feel The Person In The News is bad. I think this dissociation hinders a lot of people of making the connection with their values of "loving, caring, compassionate" to The Person In The News.
So they don't see the contradiction between Mat 25:36-40
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
and "Fortress Europe! Enforce our borders by any means necessary!"
Which is why representation of minorities is so crucial. It humanifies them to people who only read about them in the news.
Because they went to the churches of these mentioned supply side televangelists, and they have never read the bible themselves.
“Our father who art in heaven” is a prayer uniting across all denominations!
Get a load of this guy who forgives trespasses instead of debts.
Has a greater face eating leopard ever eaten a more leopard loving face!?
Rotfl! What did they expect? They've been pushing "supply side jesus" for a century
Not surprising, they would hate the real Jesus Christ.
Look up prosperity gospel if you want more evidence of evangelical craziness.
Leopards ate my face...
Turn off my ad blocker, rawstory? No. I don’t think I will.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity
Not sure what kind of weak ass adblocker you're using to get that message though.
Organized religion seems to resolve into worship of money and power.