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[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 136 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do you think Elon bros love Jesus? It doesn't strike me that way personally.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 145 points 2 months ago (5 children)

A lot of Christians don't seem to like Jesus ethier. They just like the brand.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (31 children)

I think a lot of conservative "Christians" think that if they pretend like they are following the way of Christ according to their bastardized version where they hate queer people, that they'll somehow be able to declare themselves right and be able to stay the mean shits that they are. When in reality Jesus would not approve of their behaviour at all.

Edited to add: I actually practice Christianity and go to a very progressive church. I love queer people, I think conservatives are a cancer on society, and I believe in birth control and abortion rights like I invented them. I am not wild about Jesus or the Bible, and I mostly attend because I believe in a God and I think attending a community space where we want to be better humans together in a happy and life giving way is a vital part of life. I do not in any way expect people to believe what I do and I welcome most points of view, conservative trash and Nazis excluded. I have sort of a gnostic view I guess where I think intelligence and the ability to act accordingly is what saves you as a human.

But everything conservatives are doing religiously to me is utter self serving rotten trash.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a "progressive" Christian as well. Quoting Bible verses to MAGA's is a fun exercise. They often get this guilty looking expression for a minute and then just kind of shake it off and go back to whatever hypocritical BS they were up to before.

It's fascinating to watch.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It's absolutely absurd. They're so awful.

[–] YippieKyeAy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

More of the right will identify as Christian’s but the left is much closer to the teachings of Jesus because the fruits of the spirit are: love, compassion, empathy, understanding, kindness, gentleness, truthfulness, brotherhood, forbearance, faith, joy, just to name a few.

When thinking of those “fruits” not many people think of the conservative Christian’s. It bothers me more than anything they hide behind their “beliefs” to push their personal agenda that goes directly against the teachings of Jesus. Gives Christianity a bad name, then again I would say each religion has it’s own group of extremist that make the whole look bad.

Edit: Spelling

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's kinda funny. I've been reading a bunch of historical texts about the new testament. Origin of Satan, Jesus the Jew, How Jesus Became God, Passover Plot (I really recommend this one). I was saying to myself that I'm getting to know a lot about this "book" just last night, kind of amused by it. I for sure know a lot more about the texts, the authors, and the setting in which they were written than a modern christofascist.

The major point upon which I was meditating is the ongoing theme in these books that Jesus claimed to be the messiah, not god. And how I can't discuss that with a modern USA-christian because they'd find it offensive. But anyway, wear a cross and hate on some queer people because that's what Jesus would have wanted. /s

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 41 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Where's the picture of Muhammed?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jesus also works for Islam, in fact he's the most mentioned character in Quran.

[–] boovard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You also just put God and it would work for three religions plus their derivatives

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

When you go MAGA, you gain a lot of crazy fans.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

crazy fans.

lol crazy is definitely accurate, but they're fans who also say "when did rage against the machine go woke?!?"

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I preferred it when RATM focused on music!

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago

"why can't these celebrities just sTaY iN tHeIr LaNe"

votes for reality tv "star"

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Always forget people are a big fan of that guy (Jesus)

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (5 children)

white american jesus specifically

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dipping communion wafers in ranch dressing for the win!

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Blasphemy! Ranch dressing is too spicy

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I honestly think Jesus would be a little embarrassed to have people hanging on his every word and ascribing meanings to it in the form of a book report on them every Sunday that he probably didn't mean. It's nice to teach us how to treat others and so on, but people loudly assuring others that Jesus loves them; well I have trouble believing Jesus thinks a lot of child predators and rapists myself. And I like what Jesus taught, but I don't think everyone in the world is salvageable.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be curious AF what he thought about all these depictions of him as a white dude with straight, light brown hair

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I suppose it's fair to say that some of the early artists who painted him probably never saw a brown Jew, and were handed down the stories of the Bible same as anyone, and just painted what they know. I can't fault anyone for that, but the fact that the world very much knows better now and continues with this is obnoxious.

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[–] amw3i7dwgoblinlabs@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

ba wid da ba wid da bang da bang digidigy

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[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That Venn Diagram is a circle

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seriously Jesus. You're a cool guy, and I know your thing is you take in the broken, but your other thing was suppose to be love. Like you said one commandment, love, and that shit is severely lacking.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think the person Jesus actually was loved everyone, but the trouble is conservative people hate gay people and rewrote the texts to say that.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Jesus, the historical figure was trying to reshape Judaism. He wanted to reform things and he wanted the focus to be on loving your brother. He got killed for it and he knew it would kill him because he was hanging out with the religious leaders.

Then by a miracle he succeeded because he didnt have any transgressions against the temple and he followed Jewish teachings but was still setup to be crucified in the worst way imaginable.

Then after that he was co-op'd for other purposes but his message is still true. Believing in christ is believing a man named Jesus lived and he was killed by no fault of his own but for the benefit of others.

Being a Christian means you understand Christ's message. Its real easy, love your brother, and you live in a way that reflects that.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And for God's sake stop hating queer people. It's absolutely against everything Christ teaches and is a made up bit of nonsense.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Christ today would hang out at pride festivals and preform gender affirming miracles.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Here is a beautiful poem about that:

THAT'S what Jesus is, not some holy slobbering uneducated filth yelling about groomers.

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[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

To be fair, there is a considerable amount of overlap.

[–] Emmie@lemmings.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (15 children)

Why catholics hate queers so much if Jesus was into drag?
Some questions history can’t answer.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

They're the same picture meme for sure

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like how the Amazing Apartheid Boy is trying to do a Trump scowl - and it manages to look just as characteristically fake as Trump's does.

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[–] SonOfMothman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rich doesn’t smart just as religious doesn’t mean moral

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Does Musk still have a fan base? I haven't seen anyone speak favourably of him for a very long time.

[–] thebrownhaze@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I suspect you exist in an echo chamber

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think he still has some Twitter fan bois.

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[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

I mean, as a high schooler I enjoyed ba with da bah and whatever else was on that album. I still find some enjoyment in those songs, but I think it's mostly nostalgia.

Not sure what my point is. Shame he's a conservative piece of shit. As an adult I'm not exactly surprised.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Need to squeeze Rogan in there too.

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