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[–] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 157 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 20 hours ago

Snap! I was just about to dig this out of my memes folder!

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought white conservatives hate LGBQT?

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There are some queer ones that unfortunately didn't get the memo, they'll scream about how they didn't think it would be their face later

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Log cabin mfers are already turning on the trans community.

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Indeed they actually recently made an announcement that they no longer support trans rights. They claim to be purely LGB from now on.

Their excuse is that trans people "Go after children and are therefore no different than pedophiles."

As if Republicans don't accuse gays of going after the children too.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Because she has short hair and is wearing a hoodie?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Huh, til. This website is full of cancer, so be warned if you don’t have an ad blocker

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish Christians were persecuted anywhere near the extent they claim to be.

It truly bothers me that our response to God believers is "We have to respect them" and our response to trans people is "They are delusional!"

When it should be the other way around. After all Transpeople and gender dysphoria are real and measurable. God is neither.

I'm tired of these people who worship deities tell me there's no such thing as trans. That I am not a woman because "God doesn't make mistakes."

Newsflash - If God was real the existence of birth defects proves he does make mistakes.

If masculinity is God's will so is bad eyesight. Burn your satanic glasses.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 6 points 22 hours ago

*American christians. I've yet to hear any European christians claim they're persecuted. In fact quite a lot of the more liberal christians in Western Europe are very much pro LGBTQ+ and outspoke against right-wing-populism. A larger church in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt just organized a concert against the AfD.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

I’m canceling Christianity as of right now. Off to the camps

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 134 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Persecution fetishists gonna persecution fetish.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If you ask them to persecute other people less, they'll endlessly screech about being persecuted.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yea, that's how they get the ol' two-fer. They persecute YOU until ~~theyre about to cum~~ you resist, THEN they ~~edge themselves~~ screech about how you're persecuting them by resisting

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Christianity is problematic, and you shouldn't be a believer. The "turn the other cheek" doesn't apply to believers, but to slaves.

There, I cancelled christianity.

Just to be clear this kind of response has no impact on evangelicals.

They see it as a holy war.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What would they be if they weren't victims?

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I wish Christians got their wish.

I want America to become a godless atheisitc wasteland that considers queerness a virtue and Believing in God to be mental illness.

I want it forbidden to say Christmas or to pray in public. I want churches constantly raided by the cops and shut down for preying on children.

I want the Bible taken from all public libraries and replaced with the Quran.

Why? Because Christians want it, so badly, and I figure that if they finally get their wet dream they can cum and stop being my problem.

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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I mean I love this comparison, but it's wrong.

Trump demonstratively spent time in the St Peter in Rome taking to Zelensky and attending the inauguration.

I don't believe this comparison is created to celebrate his stamina.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Has there been a single recent example of Christians being persecuted in the US ? Wtf are these people on about

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Certain strains of Christianity in the US are really apocalypse cults. Somewhere in the story there’s something about being persecuted and being threatened with death unless you renounce Christ.

They need to be persecuted because it reinforces the idea that they are living in the end times and therefore closer to rapture or whatever.

Edit: persecution is also a key part of Christianity’s origin story (Peter being crucified for his belief, Christians being fed to the lions in Rome, etc.).

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

It's in the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:10-12, blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Basically sets up this whole thing where people think they can trick God into letting them into Heaven by bullshitting Him about how persecuted they are.

Simpler than that: victim envy

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is also critical for those who are treating the earth like it doesn’t matter. Rapture is coming so it doesn’t matter. Although they always fail to remember the quote, a rich man getting into heaven is as likely as a camel going through the eye of a needle. I am paraphrasing

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Christians actually oppose going to college because the end times will be here "any day now" so dedicating yourself to anything but praising Jebus is a waste of time.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They were told they have to be nice to gay and brown people. That's their "persecution"

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When they arrest someone for murdering a queer person, they call that "Cancelling Christianity"

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I recently started reading Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang. I highly recommend it, especially if you aren’t religious. I saw the author on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and he convinced me to read it.

The book is about why Christian Nationalists are wrong. They’ve stolen Christianity from true Christians.

It gives you the tools and knowledge to debate those people by analyzing verse from the Bible more closely with the context to the era.

Some things you might not know that I learned:

  • Jesus was a Palestinian.

  • Paul never met Jesus. His books of the bible were actually letters he wrote to someone else about the scripture. His words about the scripture weren’t meant to be applied to his own letters.

  • The Bible often contradicts itself. Sometimes, in the same book. Paul, for example, wrote that women should be submissive and never speak, but then he had a female deacon.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, does she stand for my equally firm belief of not being Christian? What about my rights as a pagan? Because I for one believe we should all keep our religions out of the government

Can we just believe in like science and stuff? Or believe in "reality?" like let's just be real about things, that's my religion.

[–] Stolas@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Accurate.

I don't understand how there are so many Christians these days. It feels like it's has a resurgence recently.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

You mean people who call themselves Christian or people who follow the examples of Jesus?

I'm asking because I've got the impression that many of those right wing nationalists do pretty much the exact opposite of what Jesus preaches.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 day ago

Most of these people think that going to church makes you Christian. In the same way that standing in my garage makes me a car.

It's actually just tribalism.

[–] Stolas@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Both, but I'm thinking more so of the average person. I've been seeing more displays of it everywhere from online socials to irl. Suddenly there's more cars with Christian nonsense on them or you check profiles in what was a very left leaning space only to see bibe verses.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Stupid is so hot right now.

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's because Gen Z went hard on Jesus out of belief that Christianity would give them trad wives.

[–] Stolas@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

It might have. A lot of these people I'm seeing picking it up are women.

[–] Alexfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What's so unhealthy is that none of it is a rock, but the very sand they warn about, how convenient, projection been going on a long time! Same with all the other supernatural systems that preceded it by thousands of years and that came after. It's a compilation of what worked best for men in power to keep it, and supernatural stories controlled people better than force alone.

Other tricks they use to keep people hooked, indoctrinate from birth, offer belonging*, simplify thinking with phrases to repeat, must say/think the right words for alleged, but no proof of later reward, fear/reward cycle, cortisol, dopamine, oxytocin, guilt/shame/blame and they are the only one that can fix it, how convenient! It's been used for so long most think it's good to not have healthy skepticism and encourage curiosity and growth, transcend the ego control. Real truth sets us free from the low-level thinking and high-control and associated unhealthy ways. Big claims require big proof as Sagan said. We are waves of one ocean made of stardust, the cosmos observing itself, for this short time, nothing after, nothing to balance the ledger of suffering now.

*conditional

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://www.tiktok.com/@knothead9620/video/7136757834095529259

I don't think this guy is really a priest, but the message is still true.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Rehost in Loops or Peertube, please.

[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a link to something on tik tok. Well done.

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[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

God often works with imperfect vessels!

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So long as the vessel hold liquid, it'll do.

...or did you mean one of those fake gods attempting copy of the glory of the one and true Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago
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