Evangelical Christian leader Russell Moore revealed this week that many evangelical pastors have become alarmed that their Trump-loving congregants have become so militant that they are even rejecting the teachings of Jesus Christ.In an interview with NPR, Moore said that multiple pastors had told h...
  • Leraje@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    11 months ago

    They’re only saying the quiet part out loud. Most christians don’t believe in or act in accordance with what jesus was purported to have said and haven’t done for a very long time.

    • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      Religion is often a smokescreen to dehumanize others and not have to feel bad about it. Because if you’re religious then you’re good, and a good person can’t be guilty of bad things if they are done in service to their religion.

      The power hungry will say absolutely anything that gives them more power, and if some people believe nothing is more powerful than God, then the power hungry will claim to act in his name to accomplish their own selfish goals.

      Honestly, if the devil was real and had intentions to corrupt people, religion would be the ideal tool to accomplish his goals.

      As they say, there’s no hate like Christian love.

      • hglman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        It is hate speech and we need freedom from religion, and specifically dogma.

  • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    11 months ago

    They found a new god that they like better than ole Jeebus.

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
        36·
        11 months ago

        IIRC, according to their silly mythology, the anti-christ doesn’t show up till post-rapture.

          • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Significant evangelicals support him because they believe he will hasten the Apocalypse as “Last World Emperor.” They want the end of the world they just think he plays a different role in it.

            this is a type of “Accellerationism" and also has ties to white power groups like The Base who believe in the same thing, but by being a bit more of an active part of it (ahem). big shock it comes from Evangelicals.

  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
    61·
    11 months ago

    This tells me they don’t actually believe and all the religious talk is just purity tests to fit in. If they did believe, they wouldn’t expect the teachings of the religion to cater to their preexisting beliefs. This will hasten the downfall of Christianity, so it’s probably a good thing long-term.

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      If they did believe, they wouldn’t expect the teachings of the religion to cater to their preexisting beliefs.

      You are talking about people who believe in an all powerful being of perfect goodness (who also likes to give kids cancer), because an authority figure told them to do so. I don’t think many of those people ever even think it’s strange that “God” just so happens to hold true everything that they already believed.

  • rynzcycle@kbin.social
    2·
    11 months ago

    I’d remind them that motherfucker’s gonna flip some tables and whip a B if they don’t fix their shit.

  • Hotrod_Jesus@kbin.social
    1·
    11 months ago

    Weak? Weak??? Fuck you you goddamn chucklefucking morons. There’s nothing weak about my writing, even taken out of context like you dumbfucks decided to do every other sentence. You can call me a lot of things, but weak ain’t one of them, you hypocritical motherfuckers. Those words are still the best selling fiction work EVER, and you idiots think that your lives are so hard the teachings are “weak”? Goddamn, people like you are what makes Dad flood shit.

    Can’t believe I fucking got on a cross for these morons. That’s it - I know I’m supposed to be in recovery, but I need a goddamn drink. Anyone got a water bottle?