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It would be really, really funny if the rapture happened and the only ones left behind to be tortured by the devil were right-wing Evangelical Christians (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Jesus: "You did WHAT in my name?!? Why would you torture gay ppl, wtf is wrong with you?!?! Why do you treat poor people so terrible, did you read my book at all?!"

"Oh my dad! Look at how much you've polluted Fathers planet, he is going to be so pissed. What do you mean prosperity gospel? That's not what that means!!! Me-Christ, you people are the devil!"

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

That gate never existed, or at least no evidence for it's existance exists. The myth dates back a couple centuries[1], but I think it's widely established that it is just a myth.

[1]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies/article/origin-of-the-needles-eye-gate-myth-theophylact-or-anselm/51F6B1FD504C36C42D6201F6D87F83C3