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bigoted christians hurt me so much. how dare you suggest that the god of the bible, jesus, our creator, who loves every human more than we can ever dream, would EVER want you to actively discriminate against or be hostile towards another group of humans. jesus's message was compassion & humility. it horrifies me how some people who claim to stand for a religion of love, peace, patience, kindness, etc. can turn around and mindlessly hurt those they hate upon. those people don't really stand for what they claim to.

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james 2:1-7 is a great few verses i stumbled upon. the general message is "don't show favoritism and treat everyone alike, regardless of how you view them." ngl the second half gives "eat the rich" vibes💀

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much as im not a fan of the subject, let's talk politics in christianity.

as most people tend to see it, christianity is a western, right-wing, conservative religion. however, that's simply not true. at its core, the bible (especially new testament!!!) doesn't teach anything blatantly political. you may interpret the teachings one way or another. however, that's because (in my opinion) your political stance isn't inherantly important to a biblical mindset. what's important is if those practices go against god's word & morals. this goes BOTH ways!!! a person you agree with politically isn't always going to be a /good/ person. politics≠morality!!!

something that i want people to understand is that biblically, jesus was apolitical. that is to say, he never truly gave a political opinion. in fact, when asked about political things (eg. taxes) he essentially dodges the question by giving a somewhat confusing answer.

however. he did preach biblical morality: treating people well, being kind to social outcasts, being respectful and loving to EVERYONE, even those who would have hated him. these traits are why some people consider jesus a socialist/left leaning.

if we look at biblical records, we can see that jesus broke some of the strict social/religious rules (working on the sabbath, dining with outcasts, treating women with decency, etc.) and, although it was rumored by many of his followers, he never aligned himself with the zionist political party of the day that, at the time, was hoping someone would overthrow the roman government and have israel lead its own state (i'm not about to get into the implications that has for today's status).

essentially, jesus never once allied himself with a political agenda. which is fair, because again, that's not what he's about.

all this to say, according to jesus, you should just try your best to be a good person to everyone. love your neighbor and don't get too worked up about the principle of people's ideals, worry about whether or not they're a genuinely kind human being.

now i'll be honest, some people's political ideals are incompatible with christianity (eg. they reject religion/god), but i'll let u look into that because i don't know enough about that and i don't wanna mislead anyone

have a lovely day!!!! thanks for reading<3

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i also hate confrontation so i understand why people don't do this to other ppl but i beg people to try to poke holes in my ideologies if they want to talk about it !! pls !! initiate a friendly argument i beg of u.... its so mentally stimulating <3 /gen

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hi ! not sure how this will work

my name is c and i am a christian working through their faith and trying to attach their knowledge of the world to their knowledge of religion.

if anyone has questions about the things i post i'd love to answer <3 pls be respectful to everyone !!

i'll probably post anything from poetry to random relevant thoughts to full on theological rants depending on what i'm thinkin bout

stay safe !!