• 520@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Are you…are you fucking serious?

    Jesus was literally all about that peace stuff. What fucking Bible is he reading from exactly?!

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      His Jesus is “Do onto others as they would do onto you, except that fucker over there. Shoot him with a howitzer.”

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        Damn, the person who did unto him that much pain, misery and hatred probably needs to be jailed for war crimes.

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      Fundamentalists and Evangelicals try to interpret the book of Revelation “literally.” Most scholars think it was code-speak to give hope to contemporaries being oppressed by the Roman Empire, but these people think it’s prophecy that will be fulfilled at the apocalypse.

      Revelation, as they read it, describes an anti-Christ figure, who is a Jewish man, who will unite the world under one government and broker peace for a short time before a period of unimaginable suffering and destruction. Conveniently, they read between the lines and have convinced themselves that “real Christians” will be swept away in the clouds and spared from all that suffering.

      Jesus eventually ends up flying down on a white horse with all the real Christians and angels and skewers the anti-Christ, his followers, and non-Christians with swords that shoot out of his mouth and casts them into a bottomless pit.

      I mean, it’s really wild stuff. And apparently it’s informing US policy. They want all of this to happen, but they just want to be on the “right” side of it. This pastor isn’t saying they shouldn’t try for peace - just that Christians should furrow their brows about it so God won’t leave them behind.

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    Someone should report him to the College of Pastors and Preachers, and get them to review his license to preach.

    Just kidding. There are no qualifications, and there’s no regulatory body.

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    If Israeli invaders and Hamas terrorists murdering civilians is what Jesus would want, then I’m on the antichrist’s side.

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    Religious leader advocating for mass murder of innocent women and children so that his religion’s Armageddon can come to pass.

    How is this not classified as a cult and squashed?

    Also, does he really think that supporting genocide is buying him a ticket to heaven? Really?

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      Burying your head in the sand doesn’t stop these people from getting their message to their supporters.

      Stop acting like ignoring the problem gives you some high ground over them. You need to know what they’re saying in order to counteract.

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    Isn’t what they want? Jebus won’t come back until the antichrist shows up and what not … I’m confused, it’s like it’s all made up…🤷🏼‍♀️

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    "MY imaginary friend said people with THAT imaginary friend have to stand on that exact spot for MY imaginary friend to come back and destroy the world …but in a good way somehow, so we gave them that spot decades ago. Now those people with THAT imaginary friend clearly need to kill all those people with THAT OTHER imaginary friend who were on that spot that were forcibly removed and want that spot back.

    It’s just common sense!"

    These are bloodthirsty man-children playing bloodthirsty pretend with real consequences. When your imaginary friend calls for killing/subjugating real people and you agree, fuck you and more importantly fuck your violent religion and your fake evil deity.

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    Man that anti-Christ really gets around. His workload is unbelievable. What could be more insidious and obviously evil than working to broker peace between war torn nations? Certainly we can’t expect pastor John Hagee to step up and promote peace, everyone knows that peace is evil and invoking the anti-Christ gets you more donations.

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        Oh I hope so, I really do - I like Obama. He deserves the best this world can give him, and I’d like to be in Hawaii eating mustard and pork sandwiches myself. Honestly - can you imagine any life more wonderful than living in Hawaii? That’s like the epitome of paradise in my book.

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            My parents lived in SeaTac, close to Seattle for about a year. They really liked it but said it rains almost constantly. I know it rains constantly in Hawaii also - but I’d rather have a warm rain than cold. That’s just me - Hawaii truly seems like paradise on earth to me. Except for the house and food prices.

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                Then you need to go back. What your heart longs for is the place that’s meant to be your home. I felt that way when I moved from Utah to Santa Cruz way back many decades ago. I’m back in Utah now, but only because I caretake for an elderly parent. My heart aches for the California coast and the scenery - of course it’s also amazing in Oregon and all along that coast up into Washington.