Weird Christian sectarianism on the left (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago by Andrzej3K@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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We've all seen it, and it has become more and more prevalent in recent years. I get the desire to dunk on WASPs, and that's all in good fun as far as I'm concerned, but I'm getting really tired of reading these weird theological arguments from leftists who think that the problem is the ideological framework of Calvinism or whatever. No. The prots have institutional influence where you live, and that's all there is to it. In the (many) countries where the Catholic church has institutional influence, they're the bastards.

They're the bastards where I live, but I'm not going to start blaming it on the dogma of transubstantiation or whatever, because that would be bad analysis.

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[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

I'll be the first to admit that I'm an asshole, but I wasn't in my comment about Christianity being objectively bad. That's not a spicy take. It's like saying anthropogenic climate change is happening.

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

This was not great phrasing on my part. Arising partly a result of spending a fair bit of time with someone who used "asshole" to mean "person selected at random" but partly because I do think that coming in evidencing the behavior the post is about with a completely dismissive take with no reasoning given is rude. In essence OP is saying they think this behavior is problematic and it is being used as an invitation to display it.

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Ok, I can get behind that, But would my original comment of "Christianity is objectively bad" be more welcomed if it was followed by a bullet list of examples? I'd think you still would have called me an asshole in that case. I wasn't trying to pick on OP, and I'm of the opinion that all organized religion is objectively bad, but Christianity has proven over the millennia to be at least one of the worst offenders.

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I guess I can't say for sure, but I think if you had a list of examples it would have been fine. I'm not religious myself, if that's your impression I just found the thread ironic giving the OP's statement and the initial comment rush.