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Sector 001

(304 posts) Fri Jan 30, 2026, 03:43 PM Jan 30

Is protesting a church wrong? Didn't Jesus do that? - Matthew Cooke

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Is protesting a church wrong? Didn't Jesus do that? - Matthew Cooke (Original Post) Sector 001 Jan 30 OP

Well actually, Jesus did his protesting in the merch area of the courtyard. hedda_foil Jan 30 #1

What's wrong is sending thugs into a church to kidnap people. Grokenstein Jan 30 #2

I agree with most of what he said. progressoid Jan 30 #3

hedda_foil

(16,986 posts)

1. Well actually, Jesus did his protesting in the merch area of the courtyard.

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Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:12 PM

Jan 30

Now if he had gone into the Temple itself and overturned the sacrifice chalices or made off with a Menorah, that would have been a real shanda. We'd probably still be hearing about it today.

Grokenstein

(6,357 posts)

2. What's wrong is sending thugs into a church to kidnap people.

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Fri Jan 30, 2026, 04:21 PM

Jan 30

progressoid

(53,195 posts)

3. I agree with most of what he said.

Reply to Sector 001 (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 05:34 PM

Jan 30

Except that economic strikes aren't effective anymore. The mega billionaires won't feel much even if we were to actually execute such a mass strike. They are insulated from it. It would likely hurt the people we want to help.

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