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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

This isn't really new though, it's just saying the quite part out loud. always-has-been.gif.

Neoliberalism is the cause of the decay and paved the way for fascism. If you let large conglomerates own everything including news media and social media and then sell access to spew vile hate speech and disinformation to people, the current result is to be expected. It's actually kind of refreshing that they actually come out and say it.

These people also don't believe in equality, they believe inequality of humans is fundamentally morally correct. Neoliberals believe in inequality based on class/wealth, fascists believe in inequality based on identity like race or gender.

The true sin is ignorance and neglect.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Republicans would be very upset with you using the bible against them, if they had ever read the bible to know what it said.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The usual response is "you only know a few cherry picked quotes, and would burst into flames if you actually read the whole thing" blah blah blah.

The next usual response is "Oh, I appreciate the warning from when you gave it a go."

I get so tired of faith being used to hurt.

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://archive.org/stream/god-the-original-segregationist-by-carey-l.-daniel/God%20the%20Original%20Segregationist%20by%20Carey%20L.%20Daniel_djvu.txt

**But if God intended that the Negro race should be Segregated in Africa then why did He curse the children of Ham and decree that they should be the servants, or slaves, ot the other races?’’

God did not. Canaan was the only one specifically cursed to be a ‘‘servant of servants’’ (Genesis 9:20-27). Even if we admit the possibility that all his descendants were included in the curse (the best Bible scholars disagree on this point). we must still remember that Canaan was only one of the four sons of Ham and therefore he fathered only a MINORITY of the black race. And as I said before, even that servile minority were to live in a different part of the country from the Hebrews (Genesis 10:19).

It cannot be positively proven from the Scriptures that the Negroes were cursed to be black because of Nimrod’s rebellion or because of Ham’s sexual laxity at the time of his father Noah’s drunkenness. But there are some verses that seem to leave that implication. For example in Jeremiah 13:23 we read, ‘*Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.’’ Here the black Skin of the Negro is obviously a symbol of evil. This verse also shows that God meant for that skin to STAY BLACK and not be blended into a Thousand shades of mulatto.

The notion that the Negroes of this country have INHERITED the “‘deep Sunburn’’ that their forefathers are said to have suffered in Africa is ridiculous. Sunburns are not inherited, no matter how deeply they penetrate, not even by the first generation, not to mention the tenth or twelfth generation.

If we are to reject the curse of Ham and the rebellious leadership of Nimrod as explanations of why God made the‘Negro black then there is only one other possible explanation to be found anywhere in the Bible or out of it: THE GOOD LORD WAS SO ANXIOUS FOR THE HAMITES TO BE SEPARATED AND SEG- REGATED PEOPLE THAT HE MADE THEM RADICALLY DIFFERENT IN THEIR APPEARANCE FROM THE PEOPLE OF ALL OTHER RACES. He made their skin color different for for the same reason that He made their language different and for the same reason that He assigned them a different habitation.. At least we would be much kinder and more charitable to our colored friends if we gave that explanation.

The southern Bible doesn't read like yours and mine does, they made some notes in the margins.

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[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago
[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 262 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

Evangelicals Are Now Rejecting 'Liberal' Teachings of Jesus

"Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching'turn the other cheek'[and] to have someone come up after to say, 'Where did you get those liberal talking points?'" Moore said.

"When the pastor would say, 'I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ' ... The response would be, 'Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak," he added. "When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis."

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 120 points 2 days ago (8 children)

And people dont understand why I say the orange clown is an Antichrist and may be the Antichrist.

The doomed by a perfect circle is very disturbing accurate.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 82 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Prosperity gospel has been shitting on the red text of Christ for decades now.

Jesus hated wealth inequality. The only group he said would never enter heaven were the wealthy ("easier to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven", in other words, it isn't possible for the rich to enter heaven). Jesus also violently flipped tables and whipped the wealthy to drive them out of temples.

So conservative "Christians" abandoned the teachings of Christ many decades ago.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not just the wealthy, but people who were using the temple as a place of business (and likely ripping people off on interest)

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The actual story of the money changers is worse than most people know.

See, as part of their religious observance, the ancient Hebrews made a pilgrimage to the Temple. This was a mandatory part of their faith, much like the Hajj is for modern Muslims.

Those who were too poor to bring their own sacrifice could buy one at the Temple, but the Temple didn't take the coin of the realm (the Roman coins), they only accepted Shekels.

So, the Money Changers. They set up in the Temple itself and were fleecing pilgrims of all their money.

In comes Jesus, who flipped tables and broke out the whip, and less than a week later he was crucified.

And this is the only part of the bible that I believe is 100% historically accurate. A peace loving Rabbi threw a fit over the Money Changers and was crucified for it.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Cowards fear empathy and maim their own capacity for it, because experiencing the pain of others hurts. Being surrounded by extreme, intolerable pain is the most difficult part of being vegan.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (7 children)

My sister once told my mom that empathy is what's ruining this country. It's not even like it was a misinterpretation/misunderstanding, that's almost word for word how she said it. I can't fathom how someone comes to that line of thinking.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

No thinking was involved. She was repeating something she heard on fascist media.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

To me it feels like social darwinism mentality - the belief that helping the weak survive weakens the herd. AKA "hard choices".

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

The problem is that's actually the opposite of how that works. If you refuse to care for the weak in your community, you foster this atmosphere of sociopathy and mistrust that causes the group to destroy itself.

Why the hell do you think there are only two Sith in Star Wars?

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I can not understand how people can be social darwinist and still support inheritance, even tax free inheritance. If you want just the fittest to survive, everyone needs to start the same. Same education, same situation at home, same connections of the parents. Social darwinist should support that all children are taken from their parents and be brought up in the same orphanages and are given exactly the same tools.

That said, I can not understand social darwinists at all. Whoever is dumb enough to support this idea is hurting the herd and according to social darwinists...

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When I confronted my very Repub dad about the discrepancy between inheritance being okay and giving poor people things for free was bad for them because bootstraps etc, his reaction was "It's their money, they can give it to whoever they want."

But I don't see why social darwinists would support raising children under identical conditions. A level playing field isn't part of their creed. They just don't believe in hampering the superior to take care of the inferior. My dad left me and my sister ample inheritances, and if anything I think he would see that as a sentimental flaw he was entitled to. But if he thought we were the type to blow the money on blackjack and hookers he probably would have donated it to Republicans, thinking that in the long run it was best for us..

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[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 147 points 3 days ago (11 children)
[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 140 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"I hate you guys, kill yourself" said Jesus probably during daylight saving time because he didn't sleep enough.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 47 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The only difference between a religion and a cult is time

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 36 points 3 days ago

I've heard the distinction described as "it's a cult when the founder is still around making stuff up, it becomes a religion after he dies and his followers are left to continue doing that in his name."

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Apparently started from a hate ministry in 2021... Dude named James White on Twitter.

"When you start with man as image-bearing creature of God, you can understand why sympathy is good, but empathy is sinful.

Do not surrender our mind to the sinful emotional responses of others."

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Deuteronomy 15:7 If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them.

Luke 14:13-14 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.

Luke 12:15: Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

1 John 4:20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 3:17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

probably because he's echoing what Elon said about empathy

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 3 days ago

"Thou shalt not even try to be a decent person"

the 11th commandment I guess

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I find it more than a little humorous that their defining attribute for the last hundred years is so easily abandoned

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 49 points 2 days ago

If Jesus ever returned, evangelicals will try to crucify him

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Empathy is the enemy of the the manipulative. Their shallow and transparent manipulations wont get past someone with even a small amount of it.

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[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

The mindset of magatards.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago

So no empathy for Elon Musk and his crybaby butthurt feelings? Fine by me!

[–] Trees@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

Daniel 11:32

He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior… He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.

Daniel 8:25, 2 Thess 2:10

… a despicable person will arise… a man of contempt… to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will slip in when least expected and will seize the kingdom through flattery and intrigue.

Daniel 11:21

After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

Daniel 11:23

He will try to change the set times and the laws.

Dan. 7:25

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[–] lachica@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Cmiiw but isn’t the irony in the right also deeming Trump too dumb to be a threat to democracy? The thought of an articulate Trump that doesn’t make these sloppy mistakes paired with a steroids version of the dizzying policy reform this admin shells out…. 🏳️

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 44 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Remind me which level of Hell the hypocrites are in? Is it higher or lower than the one reserved for Jesus now?

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Anyone have the background link explaining this?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There’s an argument going around evangelical circles that "empathy" is more dangerous than compassion, with the analogy of jumping in to save someone in quicksand, but getting stuck yourself (empathy) vs throwing someone a rope and keeping your footing (compassion). Like if you understand a bad person's thinking too much, you are dragged into their sin.

There’s even a tinge of women being more empathetic and "susceptible" than men.

It’s how it sounds.

Dig into the argument, and they all eventually end up focusing on dangerous progressive causes as tempting Christians, basically, and it feels like they're trying to twist scripture into current MAGA doctrine. JD Vance (a Catholic, not evangelical IIRC) said something related on immigration, that loving your family and those close to you comes before loving distant neighbors, which the Pope very pointedly refuted.

[–] ctag 12 points 2 days ago

Not a pastor, but this is what a certain used car-company salesman is spouting:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/elon-musk-rogan-interview-empathy-doge/index.html

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