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[-] MattWalsh@sh.itjust.works 73 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wasn't Jesus supposed to be like, a pacifist? I also vaguely remember some bible verses talking about meekness and acting with kindness towards others, even your enemies.

But I guess that rhetoric doesn't fly with the "alpha male" crowd who's just itching for any excuse to shoot someone.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 48 points 3 months ago

Wasn't Jesus supposed to be like, a pacifist?

Sometimes he was. (Matthew 5:9)

Other times he was "if you don't have a sword, sell your clothes to buy a sword" (Luke 22:36-38)

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That's the "great" thing about the Bible, its got enough cobtradictions that you can make it support pretty much anything you want it to.

[-] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep. That’s how I convinced a doctor to graft a leg into the middle of my back, so I can use it like a kickstand when I get tired.

Doc said no at first. When I told him Jesus said it was cool on page 148, he got me the best leg they had on hand!

Gotta trust in Jesus kids, you just gotta!

[-] Halasham@dormi.zone 15 points 3 months ago

The issue is that they don't care. They don't care if the Bible says anything at all about the subject their on about or even if it contradicts them. What the Bible actually says is irrelevant to them, it's only what their ~~glorious leaders~~ pastors say it says matters.

The root of faith is authoritarianism, not any branch of morality or reverence or regard for history or their mythology.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I blame cowboys. More specifically, the old western movies. The good guys were just living their lives however they wanted without any gub'ment telling them what to do, and when bad guys showed up, you just blasted them.

I'm pretty sure, in reality, it was a pretty terrible time to be alive, but the movies make it sound like a libertarian utopia.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 months ago

They’ve twisted parts of the Bible involving Jesus and swords to mean that they should be violent and hateful.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

You missed the verse that says AR-15s are a God-given right.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not only that, he was basically a socialist.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

It wasn't Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden - it was Smith and Wesson.

[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

He also told his possy to go buy a sword before they headed out.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago

Thats just a good friend.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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