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[–] 5 points 3 hours ago

Evangelical is the preferred nomenclature

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  • [–] 4 points 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    If you have to qualify it then you are the qualifier and not the other thing.

    Maga christian... Youre just maga. Conservative christian... You are just conservative. Liberal christian... Just liberal.

    If you are christian then be christian ahead of all other qualifiers. Pretty sure that's even in the ten condiments right before mustard but after ketchup and mayo.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 hours ago

    Sounds like a win/win

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  • [–] 29 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

    Jesus was a pussy for caring about people.

    • MAGA
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  • [–] 7 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

    I saw a post on Reddit saying that Jesus was not a pacifist.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago*

    Jesus was not a pacifist in any way.

    Please note that He promised to return at the head of an angel army, and they butcher everybody.

    The resulting lake of blood will be miles wide and "as deep as a horse's bridle"

    That's not pacifist, that's fucking metal

    (source: Bible, skip to the end)

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Well he DID flip a table and whip a bunch of people this one time. That's not very pacifist of him.

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    It was passover - when many people made a pilgrimage to what is now the Dome of the Rock, but at the time was The Second Temple - Jesus and disciples arrived to find it full of livestock and cattle traders and Money Changers (converting Roman denarri and Greek drachma into shekels).

    It's significant because a) it represents the power of religion over commerce, and b) because it fulfills a prophesy earlier in the Bible

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  • [–] 13 points 16 hours ago

    Priest going on a rant during mass? Unheard of! Why can't they just sit down and do their job XD

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  • [–] 12 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

    Since they said "mass" and "priest", I'm guessing they're talking about a catholic church. I have been to a lot of catholic masses, and if my experience is anything like other people's experience, catholic priests seem to actively avoid political statements in their sermons. I'm sure political priests are out there, but I've been to a lot of different catholic churches all over america as a kid, and I never heard a political sermon.

    Almost always, sermons are either about the specific bible passages for that day, or they're a story that the priest heard, or they're about a moral dilemma that the priest observed somewhere or made up, or they want you to donate money to something, and so the sermon is about how good that thing is or will be.

    It wasn't until recently, when I was forced to watch some catholic masses on the internet, that I ever remember seeing any political sermons. And they were from a priest I think called Chris Alar, who also said that his family all advised him not to become a priest. When he told that story, I think he was implying that his family all thought he was far too stupid to get people to listen to him. But anyways, he talks a lot about politics and even argues with YouTube comments to his previous sermons during his sermon. He truly comes off like a pompous idiot, at least to me.

    I finally got my mother to watch the priest I think called Mike Schmidt instead, who seems to give the typical catholic sermons that I grew up with.

    Sorry for the detour, but my point is that I suspect the odds are good that this priest didn't actually say "ICE." He probably just talked about treating immigrants in the way that the Bible tells you to. I think it's this thing with bigots that when they hear somebody talking about bigotry in general, they somehow hear it like they were mentioned by name.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    My experience is also that they try to avoid politics. However Catholic priests certainly talk about human rights violations, oppression, and racism. In today’s world it’s tough to talk about things like that that are clearly in their wheelhouse while trying to avoid politics

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    Political sermons are probably more common in poorer countries, I imagine. I'm from a poorer country and the Catholic masses I used to attend would have priests talk about social justice. I don't recall the priests singling out any particular politicians or groups but we all know who they are talking about. Maybe in the past, priests were more direct in criticism. The liberation theology movement in the latter half of the 20th century was instrumental in toppling many dictatorships. I think there were couple of Catholic priests who were assassinated for voicing out against dictators in Latin America.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    I am from a poor country. Here, politics is never discussed in sermons. Sermons are either around Bible passages or some charismatic church talking about their miracles. Maybe cuz Christianity is a minority where I live and also there are state regulations. Although today's Christian youth where I live are inspired from American pastors so they have weird stances too like believing in conspiracy theories, hatred against Muslims, and etc. And also most of Christians are very poor like laborers, working in gutters, or doing very menial jobs and victim of forced conversions and discrimination, so there is barely any chance that sermons can be political. Many churches, after Oct 7, have stopped reading those psalms that mention Israel in order to avoid misunderstandings.

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  • [–] 43 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

    Leviticus 19:33 and many others say the exact same thing.

    Leviticus 19:33 commands, "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (2 children)

    The illegal immigrant appears to face one of two options: work in slave like conditions for below minimum wage, or get deported.

    Truth be told, I think the ice roundup is merely a spectacle. US business loves underpaid illegal immigrants with no healthcare. The US government loves it too because it reduces costs for whole industries, making everybody else somewhat better off. I do not believe the US will ever substantially reduce their use of illegal labor.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago

    merely a spectacle

    While I partly agree with you, this is more than a spectacle. Any sufficiently fascist politician needs a scapegoat, a group of “others” to focus hate and outrage. Immigrant are an easy target

    On the opposite side, since they are clearly hypocrite, I can’t believe there hasn’t been more outrage over trumps attempt to raise fees for H1-Bs. For MAGAts, it’s a win-win. Either it cuts way back on companies willing to sponsor work visas or it provides the executive branch a new income stream where it thinks it doesn’t need Congress, like tariffs (don’t get me wrong, work visas probably ought to be tightened, but come on)

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  • [–] 3 points 7 hours ago

    The goal now is to inflict pain. That's it. Cause issues with avg people, citizen or not, and expand the hatred for Trump's base. It's all a performance distraction while we're being robbed blind. None of this is necessary at all.

    We have a demented president who loves attention and can't tell the difference between it being good or bad with so many yes men around him.

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    [–] 10 points 19 hours ago

    jesus, known for his bigotry and hatred, of course.

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