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      For some, maybe. I fear though, that God isn’t a real force in most of their lives except when they can wield God as a weapon against the vulnerable

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        What else do you need a God for if not to grant divine authority to dehumanize anyone or anything you don’t like?

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        In my experience, Christians view their faith as a tool they can use by twisting it into a cudgel and beating anyone who disagrees into submission.

        Whether they’re consciously willing to vocalize that on the other hand…

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      Maybe, but god damn I would hate for the Democratic Party to get taken over by religious psychopaths.

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      Rumor has it that they hijacked hell and turned the first 3 circles into a nightclub, a B&B, and a spa

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        I mean, it’s all fictitious headcanon, I’m on board with this one.

        “And as God declared homosexuality a sin, he made his second mistake, because their over representation led to a fabulous revolution. Fighting back against homophobic demons and damned souls, and freely inviting the homosexual demons into their territory, they created a vibrant new hell… With blackjack, and hookers.”

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        I’m the official gay and I have my voucher for a penthouse suite and a bitchin meet and greet with the man himself, so you best believe that nightclub is my top priority. Well, once I finish having raunchy scandalous sex with adorable, hung subs. And I don’t even have to wait to die for that!

        It’s so good to be so bad 😏

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    I know everyone here loves being edgy, but idolatry is forbidden, and Sodom and Gomorrah was about not following God’s word. (PS I am angry the homophobes have co-opted a story about Charity and Faith)

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      What about all the numerous catholic saints that are idolized af? They literally have idols of them all over churches and homes.

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        Yeah, that’s one thing I don’t get, and am unfamiliar with catholic dogma, so why is it okay for saints to be literally idolized by modern catholics? Or is it one of those “no true Scotsman” things…

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          I’m not Catholic, or religious at all, but I’ve had the same question. They don’t “idolize” the saints. To them praying to a saint or depicting them is more of a conduit to God. They see it the same as asking your neighbor to pray for you/a loved one. They believe saints are messengers delivering their prayers to God.

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            They pretend not to, but I grew up Catholic and I’ve known people who feel direct, holy connections to sts. Anthony or Jude. It’s one of the things that allowed Catholicism to be so effectively spread: people didn’t have to lose their old gods. Saint Brigid is just a revamp of the Celtic deity Brigid, for example.

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          Because Arabic and Jewish culture value the uniqueness and singularity of God, while the Pagan cultures of Greece and Rome (where Western Christianity developed) valued multiple persons in divinity with responsibilities over different aspects of life.

          When Christians were oppressed by Rome, their crime was not worshiping Jesus. But rather their refusal to participate in ritual or pay respects to the other official State gods.

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        Growing up Baptist, this was one of the reasons they differentiated themselves from Catholics.

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      Are you saying that because idolatry is forbidden no Christian could engage in it, even unwittingly? Because it sounds like that is what you’re saying and it’s pretty obvious that isn’t true. Tons of people who call themselves Christians idolize the shit out of Trump for some insane reason I’ll never understand.

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        I think they’re saying that these people commit acts that their holy book condemns, so they would be deserving of his wrath (if he were real).

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    Jesus - the eternal light - shines down on us.

    Installing solar panels is to open the window to jesus.

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    once in an onion (satirical news) video I responded to an idiotic trump supporter in the comments with something along these lines using Google translate:

    “[English] Yes, MAGA 2024 he is our savior.
    [Russian] See my brothers this one has already been fooled. Soon he will worship the Russian empire.”

    Didn’t get a reply, all my trolling for nothing 🥲

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      It’s almost like there are some people who have the capacity to speak multiple languages 🤯