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For four hours, Christians in Georgia gathered to worship Trump. I was there. (www.motherjones.com)

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[-] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 41 points 6 days ago

Ah yes, Christians and their political beliefs based on the teachings of Christ such as... checks article preventing men from playing in women's sports and making it illegal for "illegals" to vote. Which (of course) it already is.

Where does this obsession with "illegals" voting even come from? Have these people ever registered to vote or voted? You have to provide information and be on the voter rolls, it's not like you can just walk in and vote.

[-] stoned_ape@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

My sister in law is a Republican, but doesn't like Trump, but also buys in to a lot of what he says (her entire personality is "pro-life")

Yesterday, she's talking to my wife, who is one of those people that keeps her conversations on speaker when she's in the house:

SIL: did you guys ever vote early

W: yep, last several elections

SIL: I think I'm going to test them and vote on my mail-in, early, and in person on Tuesday

Me: you will go to jail for that...

They just gobble up whatever they hear in their echo chamber. Nevermind all the Republicans who have gone to jail for voter fraud

Also SIL: well the people who died two years ago that vote won't go to jail

W: yes but the people that voted in their place did...

I'm just so exhausted trying to understand remotely where they come from

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 days ago

Yeah and remember the part from the sermon on the mount where Jesus talks about grabbing women by the pussy? And how when you're the son of god they'll let you do it.

[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

It's a voter suppression tactic, because when turnout is low Republicans tend to win elections.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

What's weird is that Trump fits the definition of the anti Christ that I was given, when I was growing up as a born again Christian.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

They got enough people convinced it was real that they made it into reality

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 202 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Isn't this idolatry? Your jealous god is gonna be, uh, jealous.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You'd have to actually read the book to know that.

And people who actually read the Bible (and comprehend it), typically end up atheist.

Because it's fucking awful.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

Yep. I'm not a perfect Christian, but I'm better than these freaks that are literally making Trump their idol. I don't know how anyone could read and believe the Bible, then go follow this adulterous, lying, dishonest, rapist piece of garbage felon...

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago

Religious people that vote republican are 100% hypocrites. Even you mom.

[-] jared@mander.xyz 48 points 1 week ago

Especially your mom!

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[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

If god were real he'd be real pissed right now

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Problem here is that you seem to think (or assume others think) that religion is something other than a means to con dupes into giving up power and money. It’s pliable as fuck. It means nothing; it’s merely a means to an end.

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[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

"I died for this shit?"

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

turned water into whine

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Jesus condoned slavery. And that was directly used by Southern slave owners to justify chattal slavery in the US.

He could have very easily said, "hey guys, you shouldn't own other humans as property," but no (assuming he even existed).

Instead, he instructed people on how to treat their slaves.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think you're confusing Jesus with "Paul" who almost certainly wasn't Paul in "his" later letters but it's still generally true that the Bible is pro-slavery and heirarchy. Plus it's taken as the indirect word of Christ anyways so same difference, really.

If you have the specific passage about Jeebus saying slavery is fine feel free to share, I love getting more ammo to hit theists with.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Luke 12:47-48.

Matthew 20:27.

And here I'll just copy/paste this from the "the Bible and slavery" wiki:

The Bible says that Jesus healed the ill slave of a centurion and restored the cut off ear of the high priest's slave. In his parables, Jesus referenced slavery: the prodigal son, ten gold coins, unforgiving tenant, and tenant farmers. Jesus also taught that he would give burdened and weary laborers rest. The Passion narratives are interpreted by the Catholic Church as a fulfillment of the Suffering Servant songs in Isaiah.

When questioned about the hierarchy of his followers, Jesus responds that "whoever would be first among you must be your slave" (Matthew 20:27).

Yes, most of the overtly pro-slavery stuff in the NT was Paul, but Jesus (I would say more than) tacitly condoned it.

Jesus was clearly immersed in a culture that included slavery. He could have very easily had, you know, done the right thing, and told his followers that owning other humans as property is bad. It seems like, if there was a loving god etc etc etc, that they wouldn't want people to have slaves. And could have stopped it any time they liked. Fuck that..

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 6 days ago

I think that's a bit of a stretch but I see where you're coming from at least. Plus you always have to remember that the Romans just deleted shit they didn't like, and they loved slavery.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 78 points 1 week ago

Paula White-Cain, the NAR-affiliated Florida pastor who served as Trump’s lead spiritual adviser during his presidency, warned her followers that Christians who didn’t support Trump will “have to stand accountable before God one day.”

Those will be the ones ascending to heaven according to your bible, Paula, while you stand with the literal Anti-Christ you fucking grifter.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 week ago

I think at this point we can stop calling it Christianity because it obviously has nothing to do with a messiah religious character from the middle east.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

As opposed to all the times in the past where it had more to do with zealotry towards a figurehead (kings, saints, martyrs, etc) or outright heinous acts. This is what Christianity has always been. It was only ever about peace and love on paper. It’s always been about idolatry and control in practice.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No, this is Christianity. You don't get to just disown large swathes of your religion because they make your hateful ideology look as bad as it actually is.

If anyone is "not really Christian," it's the ones who claim to be LGBTQ+ friendly.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

In Jesus and John Wayne Kristin Du Mez explains it all and brings receipts.

https://kristindumez.com/books/jesus-and-john-wayne/

[-] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 26 points 1 week ago

Come now, modern day American Christianity has nothing in common with the Roman Catholic faith that spawned the Reformation in 1519, where the pope and his cardinals openly sold penances and salvation for money.

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 65 points 1 week ago

The Christans yearn for false idols

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[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 56 points 1 week ago

Old man Trump meets all the criteria of the anti-Christ and they are lining up to worship him.

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

To be fair, hordes of people believing in the Anti-Christ is also supposed to be one of the signs

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

I'll never be able to take these people seriously again. What an absolute abomination of Christianity.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

No it’s okay, I died and went to hell - when there Satan told me he would cheat the election and bring his vassal Trump to power. Then Jesus saved me and told me as long as I life my life in his light and prevent Trump from attaining power then I will be welcomed into heaven

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

The weird fixation Trump has with the song YMCA is hilarious. It is literally one of the gayest songs ever recorded and he plays it for his cultists to sing and dance along everywhere he goes.

[-] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

He has fond memories of nose-blasting coke with Epstein, with YMCA playing in the background of the club.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

I watched an undercover video of a church service once and they essentially replaced the 10 commandments with 10 Christian nationalism statements.

[-] ruk_n_rul 37 points 1 week ago

We need to launch a new fricking crusade against these antichrist worshippers

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Got to admit, that's got to be the fattest, baldest, tiniest hooved bronzed calf I've ever seen.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Florida’s Bishop Kelvin Cobaris, the former president of the African American Council of Christian Clergy, said, “I want to tell every African American in here ‘Don’t be a afraid to lose your Black card…vote to defend religious freedom, vote to defend Israel!’” Pastor Sam Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said the enemy is “trying to kill our children in the classroom.”

Idiots.

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

What a bunch of sociopaths.

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