• Nougat@fedia.io
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    22 days ago

    I think this is supposed to be funny because the implication is that it’s hypocritical.

    It’s not hypocritical.

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      22 days ago

      I mean, it is if they claim to be Christian, and they hilariously do.

      The Jesus “Filthy Commie” Christ of the New Testament was very specific about what the Christian God thought about reveling in greed, being exclusionary to immigrants, being cruel to your neighbors, hating the needy, on and on.

      They are hypocrites in this scenario, at least if words still have meaning. They play opposite day with their own book… Every single day.

      At least libertarians are honest, they say fuck everyone who isn’t them, screw others over if you can, and ha ha ha. Largely the same policy positions as Republicans, without Nega-Jesus and his supply side blessings as a stand in for having morals.

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        22 days ago

        Seems like you’re equating “Christian” with “good.”

        I don’t.

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          22 days ago

          I don’t either. I’m an atheist, though I was raised “Christian,” and most self professed Christians aren’t Christians, they’re “Christians.”

          It’s not about a No True Scotsman fallacy. They have a book. A rule book. A value book. A book that declares it supercedes the previous book on how to live your life if you want to be part of the Trinity’s flock.

          I see no mass movement of any self-identified Christian denomination that rejects the teachings of that book directly in favor of another book or source, yet very few identified American “Christians” even seem to attempt to follow those teachings, and it’s not about trying but falling short of them, most of them seem to revel in living the opposite of those teachings all of the time.