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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

Well, now we know that Christianity supports ICE and MAGA.

Not surprised, but now it's crystal clear.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 130 points 1 day ago

“I wanted to alert the public that agents are at my door right now,” Fort said.

“My children are here, they are impacted by this,” she said. “This is all stemming from the fact that I filmed a protest as a member of the media.

“We are supposed to have our constitutional right of the freedom to film, to be a member of the press,” she continued. “I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press because now federal agents are at my door for filming the church protest a few weeks ago.”

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Demonstrators launched the protest at Cities Church, where pastor David Easterwood heads up an ICE field office in Minnesota.

I simply can't wrap my head around the idea that this pastor is helping ICE. That must not be a Jesus church because if there's any one thing i can rest assured of: Jesus would smite that asshole for what he's doing. That is not a real Christian.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

Having grown up in the Southern Baptist Church, this is par for the course for your typical ~~hypocrite~~ Christian.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The entire reason they were at that church protesting is because the pastor, David Easterwood, served as the local field office director for ICE. It wasn't just a random protest at a random church. They were calling for the resignation of a pastor who is violating Christian values by assisting in the ethnic cleansing that ICE is perpetrating. The organizer of the protest is a reverend herself. She agrees with you about him not being a real Christian, and that's why she decided to do this in the first place. The fact that they're trying to turn this into an anti-Christian thing when she's a Christian reverend and she was criticizing him for violating Christian principals... it's a huge fucking joke. This government loves to operate on obvious lies though.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

When has Jesus ever had anything to do with Christianity? Christianity is the religion of Paul, not Jesus. That pastor is the historical epitome of a Christian.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Most Christians here in the United States don't have the first clue what Jesus actually said.

I know a few personally, and even when I quote Bible verses at them, they ignore them and end conversations with shit about how they will pray for me.

Like... To who, bitch? You prayin' to Satan or something? Who is going to punish me for caring about other people?

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Like the part of the bible where it says “don’t oppress the foreigner, as you were once foreigners in Egypt?”

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

More specifically, it says to welcome them into your home. Meaning, offer them guest rights.

But it also says not to oppress or mistreat.

Multiple times for each. If people get pissy about quoting the old testament, there are half a dozen examples from the new testament as well.

In fact, one of the only mentions of an eternal punishment in the Bible, if for people who reject the poor, immigrants, and prisoners.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

American Christians know they aren’t Jewish. Like it’s seriously a whole thing for them where Israel needs to be restored to some biblical state in order for the end times to come, but Jews aren’t going to heaven because they will be consumed in the war of the rapture or some bullshit. American Christians are literally a death cult.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Christianity is what Christians do and what Christian voters actually support. We're seeing who they really are. They've accepted Christ as their personal savior, just like the crusaders did. This is what happens when people promote believing in things without evidence.

Rather than try to not count the Christians doing terrible things, the "good" Christians ought to look within, and ask why so many Americans have practice at believing something with no basis in fact. We refuse to treat the disease until it becomes deadly.

This is a Christian nation.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“No cause — political or otherwise — justifies the desecration of a sacred space or the intimidation and trauma inflicted on families gathered peacefully in the house of God,”

Also them: "Immigrants can't hide in churches anymore, we're coming in"

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

She was there to protest him being a pastor, despite him being a high-tier ICE. See how they lie?

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Words are a weapon to them. They do not believe anything they say, they simply use words to justify their attacks and then will just as easily say the exact opposite if it suits them.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago

Its clear in this instance how language + power is the definition of hegemony

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was a peaceful protest with chanting. What the fuck is this about trauma? Sure, it's the white people in church seeing a protest that are being traumatized..

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca -2 points 12 hours ago

Oh so all of a sudden it’s cool to downplay trauma now.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is how journalism should be. If we had more of this the past decade or so in the mainstream media, we might not be where we are now. But at least the other journalists protected their jobs and ability to continue to show what the politicians wanted you to see.