• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Especially when the main character of the fictional book they base their morals on is all like “being nice to other people is what this religion is about”.

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        Nah, he came bearing a sword and spent a shitload of time fantasizing about punishing people too.

        The Bible is a Hall of Mirrors, you can get whatever you want out of it by cherry picking.

        “Jesus was actually a really nice chill dude” is also cherry picked.

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          Feel like the only time he got mad was at the money changers? I certainly don’t remember a sword…

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            22 hours ago

            Matthew 10:34, New International Version “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

            He says so Himself.

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              19 hours ago

              If you take a look at the political situation today, would you say “I have come to bring peace”?

              Is that not an enlightened centrist take that gets duly criticized?

              But when Jesus basically says “No, fuck that. No compromises with these stale old fascists,” then suddenly all the keyboard warriors on the left act all shocked because he said “sword.”

              Kinda silly, don’t you think?