• PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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    10 days ago

    Jesus was a socialist

    This is a reminder there is no such thing as a “Christian” just people who pretend to be so they have an excuse to act unchristian like towards anyone they envy.

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      10 days ago

      I was raised conservative Christian and I lost my faith in university. You’re 100% right but I sometimes feel a strong urge to “convert” back but only practice the cool parts. Like I’d one-up christians and quote Jesus’ most socialist verses at them. Maybe start a Facebook page about how the NT has been corrupted in this modern day, conspiracy-theorist style, but the hidden message is just Marxism.

      I feel like somebody out there has embodied that, and I’d like to give them space to reclaim the word Christian for themself at least.

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        10 days ago

        My father in law is a member of the communist party and was a theology professor at a prestigious university, he’s also a catholic and went to seminary (didn’t become a priest though). Point is that there are absolutely leftist Christians out there. You can lead by example.

        But also keep in mind that there have been people out there spreading these words, the problem is that when they get too influential, they get disappeared or murdered

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

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      This is a reminder there is no such thing as a “Christian” just people who pretend to be so they have an excuse to act unchristian like towards anyone they envy.

      I swear they need to change the name of the “No True Scotsman” fallacy to “No True Christian”

      • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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        I don’t know about “true Christian”

        But no sane grown up believes in the magical Christian story. My opinion is that there is no such thing as a “Christian”

        No matter how much they claim to believe.

        They only say it to have “righteousness” and the moral high ground when they want to abuse or kill or oppress or steal from someone who is not a “true Christian” like they claim to be.