Be the radical leftist Jesus wanted you to be, and that the conservatives are already accusing you of being.
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I wish leftists were as radical as the far right accuses us of being
Ah of course, the Antichrist.
If Christians actually acted christian instead of misinterpreting a few sentences from an old book, this world could be better....
Absofrickinlutely.
My siblings and I were raised in a Christian family, attending a Christian church. The pastor’s sermons were generally “Love thy neighbor,” not hellfire and brimstone. In the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, he never railed against hippies or free love. Almost the opposite, the pastor made it clear that any church member who opposed the war in Vietnam would have the church’s full backing to declare themselves conscientious objectors.
My parents and most of the folks at our church were what I’d call genuine Christians — they liked that guy Jesus, studied what he’d said, and tried to live their lives within walking distance of what he’d taught. I’m sure some or most of the congregation got stinking drunk on Friday nights or slept around, but the hypocrisy wasn’t obvious, and the religion felt real.
Being raised in that church is why I still respect believers, though my own faith vanished long ago. Only hypocrites and charlatans and Republicans (but I repeat myself) could be bothered by someone like Bishop Mariann Budde.
I think the problem isn't misinterpretation of an old book so much as people willfully twisting an old book to fit and justify their hateful views. Not to defend the bible, it's a rather silly book, but many people just use it as a shield with which to hate others freely.
They'd just is quickly use anything else they could to justify themselves if they didn't have the bible.
There are plenty of contradictory lines in any religious text. People cherry pick what ever serves their own agenda. Like I said in another post, any self-proclaimed religious person would not be doing what they're doing if it's not in their religious book. Islamic fundamentalists are extremely violent because the Koran is a violent book. Christians proselytise because their book orders them to do so. The Jews perform circumcision because the Torah tells them to. And note that all of these three religions believe in the same god and thus all have the same origin story; and yet they are all completely at odds with each other.
Not to defend the bible, it’s a rather silly book
"But it's great literature," say so many people who've never read it, which always makes me chuckle. Whatever the Bible's arguable value as a religious text, it is shit as literature.
I thought the begats were particularly interesting. Also, the tiddies looking like deer was confusing.
Bohold a new Christ, behold the same old horde. Gather at the altering.
Like 90% of the churches in the US are why we are in this mess.
Just needs an update to say
"Radical woke leftist " and then you've really nailed it