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submitted 6 months ago by filister@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[Disclaimer] - I am not an American and I consider myself atheist, I am Caucasian and born in a pre-dominantly Christian country.

Based on my limited knowledge of Christianity, it is all about social justice, compassion and peace.

And I was always wondering how come Republicans are perceiving themselves as devout Christians while the political party they support is openly opposing those virtues and if this doesn't make them hypocrites?

For them the mortal enemy are the lefties who are all about social justice, helping the vulnerable and the not so fortunate and peace.

Christianity sounds to me a lot more like socialist utopia.

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

I've seen both kinds of people from both parties. Joe Biden and John F Kennedy were the only two Catholic presidents, the other forty-four have been Protestant. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did communion on the moon. Every talk show host has spoken about holding faith. Most singers and football players blend their divine devotion with who they are in public. There is no strict dichotomy like you describe.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Aren't they (popular people) more or less forced to "have faith" or they'd lose lots of followers in the USA society? I mean talkshow multi millionaires aren't known for having real Christian values...

Edit: imagine a president candidate turning down "in god we trust"

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

They are. An agnostic president would be unthinkable. Or just one that doesn't proclaim his faith in public.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 6 months ago

It was just Buzz Aldrin who did communion, Armstrong was a deist.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 6 months ago

Aren't they (popular people) more or less forced to "have faith" or they'd lose lots of followers in the USA society? I mean talkshow multi millionaires aren't known for having real Christian values...

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

In a sense you might say that, though it was more or less my point in response to the OP. The strict dichotomy it mentions is destroyed by this very perception.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 6 months ago

Can you rewrite that in plain English please ๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

The OP asked why one side tends to seem stereotypically flaunty with devotion to God while the other side is associated more with actual compassionate work, and I pointed out it's not an opposites thing and that both observations are all over the place, and the reply to that was "well isn't that because of peer pressure", to which I was implying doesn't change what I was saying.

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