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alt textquote by Kurt Vonnegut: "For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted everywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!"

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[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I get it but, even as a rhetorical, the nice Christians wouldn't really be the ones making demands, would they?

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