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These Christian Nationalists Want to Stone Adulterers to Death (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 3 years ago by ja2@lemmy.world to c/atheism@lemmy.world

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[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 41 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

All the adulterers I've run across are Christian Nationalists. They are so fucking stupid...

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yeah, but they're Christians....

So as long as they repent they still go to heaven.

Meanwhile anyone that doesn't believe Jesus was literally gods son is going to hell even if they follow all the rules someone made up 2,000 years ago

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

These people are morons lead by religiously incompetent preachers.

The whole point of that passage from the bible is everyone has sinned, therefore everyone is a sinner and must repent.

Just because you repent does not mean you are sin free, and therefore should not be casting stones.

I was raised Church of England, which is a Christian denomination that has a comparatively light touch when it comes to theological teachings and EVEN I know that!

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 4 points 3 years ago

And if I had to guess, at least one or two will be caught in the act themselves!

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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

My father in law is one of these wackos. I think he is on his 5th or 6th wife. His daughter has been married to me longer than all of his marriages combined.

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[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 35 points 3 years ago

Are they starting with Donald Trump?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 21 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

“He who is without sin cast the first stone.”

Jesus said that. These people don’t sound like actual Christians, or that they’ve actually read the New Testament.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%208:7&version=KJV

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

Jesus also said looking at a woman with lust in your heart is the same as adultery. I wonder if that's how they define adultery, too.

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[–] Telorand@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago

"But that was added later! Some manuscripts don't have that!"
—Christian apologists

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Didn't Jesus have a very famous and well known opinion on stoning?

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

They seem to believe that getting to cast the first stone is the reward for sinlessness

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[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago

It's the reward for piousness. You can sin all you want, as long as you pray for forgiveness and give yourself over to Jesus. Then you are washed clean of sin. The other person that didn't immediately admit their sins and pray for forgiveness enough...they are sinners that deserve to be stoned.

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[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Well, they've got a lot of Christians to stone then. They'd better get started.

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[–] Igotz80HDnImWinning@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago

Definitely important for them to start in their own communities and churches. Do rapey pastors too plz.

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[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Without reading the article, can I guess only the woman gets stoned?

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[–] burntbutterbiscuits@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Nah…. Everybody must get stoned!

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[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

That's progress, I guess... Lol

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[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I agree there - if you need me, I'll be over in c/trees...

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[–] lasagna@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago

But will there be any of them left after they're done?

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

People advocating this kind of overthrow of government, and this kind of threat of violence, should go to prison.

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[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago

Imagine if Ahmed and Akmal were saying shit like this on the “Sharia in the USA” podcast. The FBI would be kicking down their door before the episode finished playing.

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

sigh, another magazine just promoting commercial opportunities for itself

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[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

“No no no, adultery is worse than stoning” these people want to stone the children they rape to death, period. They say it out loud on their podcasts.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago

"Stone the sinners" is an easier sell than "eliminate the witnesses".

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[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago

They should try getting stoned, they need to chill