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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It drops homosexuality smack-dab in the middle of some of humanity's absolute worst.

And?

paints a pretty clear picture of how christians are to think of gay people.

Matthew 5:43-44

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

So we should love them if they are our enemies..

The evil shit committed by the church is the result of the instructions from the lore. So, hard disagree - it's 100% relevant.

So close yet so far! The whole Bible is about how we as humans are evil and need a saviour. This "evil shit committed by the church" isn't endorsed by the Bible at all! In fact, God's standard is perfection!

Matthew 5:48

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

We can't be perfect,

Romans 5:8

but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I have seen evil committed by Atheists as well, does that make every Atheist evil and depraved?

that's be catering to christianity (in areas where christianity is the dominating religion... we could pretty well copy and paste this entire conversation subbed for islam or w/e if you wanted). It's the same us-vs-them shit every time.

Yes. For example, Türkiye, the leaders often pay lip service to Islam. But if people who identify as Christians want non christian things, then populists will cater to that. Doesn't mean Christianity is at fault. The American republican party can be the same but stop paying lip service to Jesus.

So should you- someone who believes in god, reject that mythology over the realization that it compels people to do evil things, consistently and frequently?

No. Because I don't interpret the Bible to tell you to hate everyone who is sinful or different. I don't interpret it to mean "you are better than everyone else" or "elect a fascist". I think being a Christian means we need to act like Christ.

antichrist... he certainly checks a lot of the boxes. I can say with a pretty high degree of certainty that the folks here won't be repenting in any meaningful way. Trump is their god; Jesus is just their mascot. ...I'm not convinced it isn't already too late for us.

Can't argue with that. Not going to call the shots already and say he is THE antichrist, but he does check enough boxes to know that he should be avoided.