For all their “christianity”, republicans in the US are pretty hypocritical.

Jesus actually teached that everybody deserves to get fed and housed. That everybody deserves healthcare. That people should care for other people in their community. That is essentially the core principles of socialism.

  • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Didn’t go into so much detail with most people of faith I’ve met, but I know for a fact mum read both the Old and New Testaments and decided she didn’t* (still getting used to it…) want to have anything to do with the Church’s interpretations, because they focused on essentially anything other than empathy and being human.

    On the other hand, grandma wasn’t that big on the Bible, but went to church weekly (for as long as she could). She was also domineering, aggressive, two-faced, and manipulative. Also loved to visit the village witch (no, I’m not joking), which was… kinda’ contradictory if one asks me, but nobody did, so that’s that…

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      21·
      13 days ago

      Why contradictory? Jesus was a magician, even a necromancer. Turned water into fine wine, etc (I take these things as highly metaphorical, but stress emotions do horrible health damage. Love heals a lot of inner wounds, so maybe some conditions are motivated mitigated.

      • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Eh, Christian Orthodox traditions frown upon any sort of black magic and such, as Jesus’s divinity is held as THE factor for his performing miracles. Anything which isn’t Jesus-related is considered to stem from Lucifer.

        • Maeve@kbin.earth
          2·
          2 days ago

          Orthodoxy aims to keep individuals schismed, Jesus aimed to unite them. House divided.

          • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Pretty much! I remember attending Sunday services several times at the behest of my grandmother, and half the time they consisted of mean gossip and fear-mongering.

            Edit: of course, I’m not saying all Orthodox priests follow this script, but the Orthodox dogma in general seems to be VERY conducive to it…

            • Maeve@kbin.earth
              2·
              2 days ago

              It’s not just the Orthodox. It pretty much is the whole Church, which is now and was then very political. Schismed people are malleable and controllable, and expedient for rulers. That is why I read the Ethiopian Bible, complete with mistranslations, then go do weeks or months of tedious research to find the actual translations, and what that meant in the ancient Judaism and its parent religions. It’s also why I feel free to discard anything after Jesus ’ teachings.