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intheflow

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38. No, because they understand that Jesus talked using metaphors, hyperbole,
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 01:44 PM
Feb 2025

he wasn’t speaking literally. What he’s saying, if you look at the entire passage, is not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Sorry, that’s another metaphor and you seem metaphorically-challenged. Let me rephrase: when you catch yourself doing something shitty, stop doing the shitty thing, but keep the good parts of yourself.

Also a bogus argument because no one takes this passage literally, not even biblical literalists and flat earthers. So, what are you babbling about? Meanwhile, he expressly spoke in plain terms about treating the least among us as if they were treating him. That’s the false Christian part, ignoring Jesus’ message of acceptance and love in favor of their equally stupid interpretations of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) to justify their cruelty.

I’m sorry you seem to have been hurt by Christianity. And also, I’m an atheist who doesn’t think we need to throw the baby out with the bath water because some adherents got the core message wrong.

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They are all fake Christians. Anyone who follows and supports Trump is just plain fake. nt Jit423 Feb 2025 #1
They are all real Christians. There are no "fake" Christians. JoseBalow Feb 2025 #8
Thank you. Abolishinist Feb 2025 #9
Well said Stuckinthebush Feb 2025 #10
True. But I think you have to allow - that some criticism (and distinctions) are greatly more important stopdiggin Feb 2025 #14
There are liberal Jews and orthodox Jews, and their respective political ideologies are typically very different... harumph Feb 2025 #15
Would you tell either liberal Jews or orthodox Jews that they're fake Jews? Mariana Feb 2025 #19
The point I was making, that JoseBalow (next post) makes a poor argument. harumph Feb 2025 #22
I'm going to butt in here canetoad Feb 2025 #55
No, they are fake Christians. intheflow Feb 2025 #21
I submit no one is a Christian by that definition. nt Gore1FL Feb 2025 #27
Quakers. United Church of Christ. intheflow Feb 2025 #34
Are they plucking their right eye out when it causes them to sin? Gore1FL Feb 2025 #37
No, because they understand that Jesus talked using metaphors, hyperbole, intheflow Feb 2025 #38
Who gets to nbne the arbiter, then, of who is the realest Chrtistian? Gore1FL Feb 2025 #39
I think Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter count as Christians by the strictest definition. Don't you? WheelWalker Feb 2025 #54
That no one can meet the strictest definition of Christianity is exactly my point. nt Gore1FL Feb 2025 #66
All you have to do is proclaim you've been saved. travelingthrulife Feb 2025 #28
Nope. Fake Christians are people who call themselves Christians but do not follow Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #31
Who gets to decide which teaching of Christ are worthy of being followed and how they are interpreted? Gore1FL Feb 2025 #40
🙄😒 Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #45
Exactly! When everyone is best-friends with the supreme superbeing, everyone gets to decide! Gore1FL Feb 2025 #46
Thank you for proving my point JoseBalow Feb 2025 #42
🙄😒 Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #44
You're wrong there Jose canetoad Feb 2025 #56
Okay, how's this? radical noodle Feb 2025 #59
They're real Christians who follow doctrine that can be found nowhere in Christian scriptures. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #63
Christianity is as Christianity does. Mariana Feb 2025 #18
Trump is The AntiChrist. pdxflyboy Feb 2025 #2
T-rump is not the anti-christ, he is only a minor demon...Musk, on the other hand.... wcmagumba Feb 2025 #3
K & R pdxflyboy Feb 2025 #7
A politician throws their support to one set of believers causing other believers to become angry. Girard442 Feb 2025 #4
Plus she was his choice last time around as well. travelingthrulife Feb 2025 #29
She is an extraordinarily grifty mammon worshipper... RockRaven Feb 2025 #5
This is the wingnut... DET Feb 2025 #6
Was not aware of her, nor her speaking skills. Abolishinist Feb 2025 #12
One of my favorite comments on this... DET Feb 2025 #16
Speaking in tongues but at the right time. Norrrm Feb 2025 #48
How funny, and so true! Abolishinist Feb 2025 #50
They're "outraged"??!!??!! Heretical beliefs? Anti-Biblical conduct? Is that it? hatrack Feb 2025 #11
Here's a song of Woody's struggle4progress Feb 2025 #13
She was his "spiritual adviser" during his last term, so why are they squawking now? Mariana Feb 2025 #17
This. She's been his spiritual advisor for years. yardwork Feb 2025 #23
I suspect that very few of his Christian supporters are actually bothered by it. Mariana Feb 2025 #24
Very little is actually bothering them right now. yardwork Feb 2025 #25
Many of them would think it would be ok bdjhawk Feb 2025 #20
Because when MONEY is GOD... MiHale Feb 2025 #26
Ooh! Maybe we can burn the heretic! travelingthrulife Feb 2025 #30
There has only been one true christian ... Tennessee Hillbilly Feb 2025 #32
Yet Jesus was an observant Jew his entire life. Norrrm Feb 2025 #49
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. Tom Paine Ping Tung Feb 2025 #33
One thing for certain, Christians are all judgemental. Emile Feb 2025 #35
I don't think you could say that about Jimmy Carter. Crunchy Frog Feb 2025 #64
I agree, with the one exception for Jimmy Carter. Truly a remarkable man Emile Feb 2025 #65
Appointing a proponent of the prosperity gospel is the first honest thing Trump has done. Vinca Feb 2025 #36
The problem they have isn't with the "prosperity gospel." valleyrogue Feb 2025 #41
This lady is not suitable for any job in the white house LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #43
Journey? Abolishinist Feb 2025 #47
Foreigner ;) AZJonnie Feb 2025 #57
Whoops! You're right. Abolishinist Feb 2025 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author Abolishinist Feb 2025 #68
True/false Christian?... Norrrm Feb 2025 #51
I'd like to take this opportunity to preach the gospel according to me. Morbius Feb 2025 #52
Every time I hear the bullshit statement canetoad Feb 2025 #53
I'm pretty sure the idea that material success inherently implies blessings from a Diety, which is then used AZJonnie Feb 2025 #58
You seem to have a grasp of canetoad Feb 2025 #60
"Prosperity is your divine right" DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2025 #61
Speaking of heretics, Felon 47 VIOLATES the Ten Commandments daily BoRaGard Feb 2025 #62
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