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May 29, 2025 11:29 PM
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toshach33
It is, for all practical purposes, impossible for a politician to practice the teachings of Jesus Christ. The two are incompatible.
handsoffhandson
“Imagine no religion, even if you try.
No hell below us, above us only sky.
Imagine all the people, living life in peace …”
Thanks, Yoko
questoobligato
If God was real, this haggle of scumbags would have been burned up by now.
EauVive
I don't understand, you say that christian quote is evil ?
autocorrectfailures
"Matthew should have gotten a job instead of asking for handouts" - psychopaths who worship a torture device
TheImgurWarsMadeMe
januarylover
Fundamentalism supports evil & fascism. Fundamentalism in any religion. It just so happens that a lot of self-identified but Jesus-ignoring Christians make up a BIG part of the world & are very, very loud with their ignorance & hate.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
ThisUsernameWasntTakenIGuess
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Matthew 21-23
miklkit
The Taliban are being forced to up their game.
Pelican3
Ancient texts from unknown authors is no basis for a system of government
Pear120
Christofascists are evil. A proper Christian should believe in socialism. Religion aside, Jesus preached to take care of each other, and that being a greedy rich asshole is bad.
yasariel
But according to Matthew, Jesus also preached that you first need to deal with the log in your eye, before you should care about the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye. Ergo, if you don't take responsibility for yourself first, and make sure you have honest intentions, you can't properly help others. Given that Jesus was, overall, a fairly orthodox jew, it's only natural that a realistic view of the preachings give you a meandering philosophy, while more zealous people will twist them ->
yasariel
in whatever direction they want, either left or right. The stance Jesus held on violence was fairly nuanced, for example: Strive for pacifism, try to turn the other cheek, but if they insist on evil, evil methods such as violence may be necessary. (See whipping the merchants out of the temple for example, that is clearly violence he himself perpetrated.)
VinnyVeritas
To be fair... the people you're talking about are NOT Christians
WolvesAreTheBestPeople
They say they are. They “think” they are.
VinnyVeritas
Yes. you're right. It's sad ( for those who are blindly following ) but those who are ACTIVELY perverting / twisting / manipulating - like Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson... his actions & words reveal his real nature. Corruption to the core.
J32X19B1
Real Christians are not evil, MAGAs are.
MithadCat
Not true. All Christians, forever and ever have been evil. It’s not even an opinion, just history.
Themusicguy
The irony
hyperchondriac
The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. Ezekiel 16:49-50
I don't see homosexuality in that condemnation...
TofuGolem
Someone should inform Matthew that empathy is considered a terrible sin in Christianity.
wannasee
Psalms 109:8-18
IYKYN
Futuron
Modern christians cherry pick what they want to fit their own narrative. As a child, church felt super cringey, so it never 'took'. Everyone seemed like nice people though. As I got older the behavior of 'believers' seemed more and more extreme. I am happy to be an athiest and don't need some higher power or book of contradicting fairy tales to tell me how to behave. Wanting to help others comes naturally without all that stuff.
Osiricus
Same. Grew up for some years in a farm town where we were the only family that didn't attend Church (my dad has a Phd) and we were shunned. Out of curiosity, I paged through the Bible and realized they were acting exactly opposite of what they preached. Never looked back.
carlsagansghost
I was Christian for 30 years and now I fucking hate Christians with all of my heart.
ThisUsernameWasntTakenIGuess
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. Matthew 15-20
gayvillian
I can't articulate it without research, but theres definitely a pathology at work here. Messiah compex? Narcissim. Some others.
lackinglife
I would like to think if Christ and God are real and if the preachings of the Bible are in sync with them, these people cloaking themselves in the words of religion while simultaneously being monsters are going to have a rude surprise after the end.
Personally I don't think any of it's real , I'm just glad that these people only have a limited time to be assholes
wandergirl
As a Christian, that about sums it up. I think a lot of those folks are in for a rude awakening when the time comes for them to meet their maker. I can think of nothing so blasphemous as oppressing the weak and failing to care for the less fortunate, and calling it christianity.
Shoutrr
deep down, they don't believe it (the head honshos), they use religion as what it was meant to be: a control tool.
delecti
Sadly I think at least a few of the leaders have been duped by the tool of control. If you listen to Mike Johnson talk, he seems to be an utter nutjob true believer.
ididntgetthejobatfruitloops
I think that the likelihood of any one religion being the "right one" is as likely as me winning a multi-mullion lottery each day of the week for a month. There are lots of Jesus-type figures today who are working with communities, promoting welfare, caring about nature, but they are not being cherished. We admire monetary wealth and objects instead of positive action for the people and flora and fauna around is. Whether or not Jesus existed is irrelevant. What matters is what we do here & now.
azarza
it sounds like you have said we have many jesus-like people running around in the here & now, and they need help. I suppose everyone just needs to figure out what they can realistically do, in order to ease that burden
Blabulus
American Christians = Please God More Money for ME! More stuff for me! Give ME power to make everyone else suffer!
battlebetter5772
FUCK ALL RELIGION!
KremlinOfAges
Yeah! Screw all sky fairies!
FrozenToMyself
https://youtu.be/czcE6dHZPGA?si=6WFZYj4EA8_4a6ju
Illinifan88
They're all fairy tales that give people an out from coping with the real world. It's mental illness.
Rihn
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HufflePuffPuff
Except my religion! I worship at the temple of big anime tiddies. All are welcome to join!
elburro129
Go on
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OperatorWay
"...the love of money is the root of all evil..."
- 1 Timothy 6:10
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
- Matthew 19:24 & Mark 10:25
thedudeman519
"That means something else" -Charlatans preaching the prosperity gospel
PrinceMaxx7
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words."
MatureDendriticCell
they believe the end of days is coming and they can't wait to get there
saloonmen
The performance part is absolutely remarkable. But There’s nothing holy or righteous about it.
Osiricus
I had to do a report on the 1954 classic "The Ten Commandments". Here's what I wrote about that one scene: "After sending his son and the boy’s mother, who is also his servant, into a wasteland with nothing, a foolish old man stumbles around the desert while hallucinating about God speaking to him. He then deceives everyone around him about his intentions to murder a child as an act of faith to his God". My professor who has "Reverend" in front of their name treated me differently afterwards.
camn333
Remember, empathy is a sin, according to christians in America.
Elsoyyo
You know they aren't christians so why legitimize them by agreeing with their masquerade?
Beardedgeek72
They are Christians. The whole "Not a real Christian" debate was lost 2000 years ago. By definition you are a Christian if you accept Christ as your lord and savior. That's it. As for the rest? I could list 1500 years of atrocities Christians have done, from cultural genocide (Missioning is a horribly evil practice) to actual genocide to organized oppression of women to...
Elsoyyo
Right, except that's not the way it works.
ConstantMissclicks
Those Christians seem to be in the majority. Even if every politician is a liar and fake, far too many real Christians think they have the right idea. Sorry, you're a civic minded minority who thinks non-Christians have rights. Unfortunately, your brothers and sisters in Christ seem inclined to feed the poor to the lions for entertainment.
So that is exactly the way it works.
Elsoyyo
Most January 6th protesters call themselves patriots. They want legitimacy by calling themselves patriots. Agreeing with the distortion skews how the world is seen. Not making distinctions becomes part of the culture war, and you lose allies. The same applies for other distortions. Do better.
ThatHurts
Real question: According to whom? The Pope works to hide and protect child rapists. Megachurches grift massive amounts of money from their members to buy the government. Indigenous peoples around the world have been raped and murdered while the acts are washed away as being God's work. Anyone who claimed to be anything but was at one point in a bloody war with Christians. It seems like you're trying to claim that a small fragment of those who claim to be Christians are the only real ones.
SwiftyGuy
And if that’s actually the case, why would that surprise you? Just because they *say* they are doesn’t necessarily mean they *actually* are. Only the “MAGA” people who say they’re “Christian” and psychopaths think empathy is either wrong or just useless. And you know that MAGA people and psychopaths are very much in the *minority* of the population, yet those are the ones causing the shit. You gonna seriously try to tell everyone that no Christian supports actual Christian principles?? Lol
Elsoyyo
Try that liars and charlatans will tell you anything to get the upper hand. Not everything should be taken at face value. "But that's what they say they are" is a pretty lame analysis.
grosscol
One of the problems is they are Christians.
Paraphrast
In the culture war, you need to get off the line if you can't tell the combatants from bystanders.
LifeIsSoUnfair
Fuck if they are.
Elsoyyo
You can tell by their actions, right?
grosscol
There's no externally visible act required. Anyone who espouses to have accepted Jesus is in regardless of how shitty they are.
Elsoyyo
Sure and contradictory actions, traits and characteristics would need to be overlooked for that assessment. It's not a matter of subjectivity.
LifeIsSoUnfair
There's a lot that excludes, but nobody is paying attention to it. It's a fun game when you don't counter everything.
DisgruntledFerret
They're not TRUE scotsmen. I mean christians.
Elsoyyo
They would be something else.
Paraphrast
Joel Olsteen - Francis of Assissi Peas in the pod. You can't tell them apart. It's uncanny.
LifeIsSoUnfair
Heretics, apostatee, the list goes on. Liars and cons who dupe fools for fun and profit. Sure.
dixxienormus
The story of the wise men (Magi) is found only in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:1-12), while the story of the shepherds receiving the angel's announcement is exclusively in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:8-20). But Mark and John make no reference to the birth of JC - perhaps because it wasn't worth reporting - or more likely because it didn't happen at all.
dixxienormus
It seems the obvious point was missed. The gospels say that (a) 3 wise men attended the baby jesus, but (b) no it was actually 3 shepherds - as also related in the carol "Silent Night". It's not a choice - kings or humble sheep herders. Facts are important, so is Baloney.
LuminoZero
Or different authors focused on different parts of his life and ministry? Is that really so impossible to believe?
dixxienormus
Yes obviously. As impossible to believe as those names existing in the middle east then or now.
WolvesAreTheBestPeople
Yes, because what is more important than baby Jebus.
LuminoZero
So, I know you're being sarcastic, but in Christian Dogma EASTER is the most important Holiday, not Christmas.
dixxienormus
No, if he wasn't born he never existed. Birth is a vital prerequisite for someone to be nailed or resurrected.
LuminoZero
I mean, you can say no all you want, but you're wrong. Study the dogma of the religion you are talking about.
The resurrection is the most holy day, not the birth.