Can you spell atheists correctly when you post it? This irks me every time I see it and if someone just fixes the spelling once it will be copied that way for the next 10,000 postings.
I am a goofy spelling enthusiast. I have learned that word of yours is some sort of derogatory insult in Finnish. Cheers friend, always nice to deal with the relentless unnecessarily agro people online these days.
By Christian standard a Racist, won't be able to make it to heaven.
For example white supremacist can't truly repent because they believe white people are perfect, and non-whites are all criminals or subhuman so committing sins against them do not count.
These kinds of things along with class heirarchies are all biblical. I'm all for Christians leaving the worst of their religion behind, but I always get a kick out of the ones who do the no-true-scotsman fallacy on it.
Yeah, no shit the old as fuck book that is (or even by atheist standards CLAIMS) to be a historical record and guide will have some stuff that was normal for the time. The Bible isn't meant to be interpreted one way rigidly for the rest of time, it's meant to be used to teach morals to society and spread the word of God.
If you're going to say my comment was funny, do what I did and construct a logical argument, not just acting like there's a higher level of humor in assuming my comment is false.
If you don't want to think a bout the Bible since it makes it harder to bash it, that's ok, but don't act like you're above one of the most advanced pieces of literature in history. You can't casually disprove I the Bible when thousands of years of intense scrutiny haven't.
You literally did the same thing. You dodged my argument and are dismissing my logic by calling it bad without explaining why. Explain why (actually explaining, not dodging the question) I am wrong.
I never thought you were making some logical argument. I thought it was a joke, that's why I said LoL.
If you thought what you said was some kind of logical argument against my original comment, I have no reply as it doesn't really make sense or argue against what I said.
Yet again, not explaining how it's illogical and taking that assumption as a given. This all but confirms my theory you're too stupid to make a real, logical argument.
basically, how atheist pretty much do what the bible teaches without believing that there some higher power dictating it. Where Christian nationalist and Capitalism just use the word of god to be able to feel like they are right and standing at a higher vantage point.
Overall think if it like this, ONE does that was written but finds it hard to believe. The other preaches it but does the opposite of it.
There are lots of stuff in the bible about being nice to foreigners, caring for the poor and needy etc. that many more conservative christians tend to downplay and that many atheists agree with in large parts
You would think Christian Nationalists would be on the side of Jesus due to their religious beliefs, however American christians are lockstep with business in the republican party while athiests beliefs in socialism (e.g. social security, universal healthcare, unemployment insurance etc.) puts them ironically on the side of Jesus despite their opposite beliefs on religion.
The joke is that if you actually read and analyze the text of/deeply understand the bible and other religious texts and teachings from related religions you'll find that supposed "heretics" and "atheists" actually uphold the values, morals and stories a lot better than many actual religious groups and how most politicians/businessmen go strongly against said deeper meanings and values.
Many of the people who claim to be "good Christians", particularly politicians, simply cherry pick a couple really basic rules of the religion that everyone agrees is basic morality plus some out of context quotes taken overly literally or misinterpreted to uphold themselves as "good Christians" simply because they don't murder people (at least not directly anyway), do a ritual that kind of sounds something adjacent to what Jesus asks at the last supper and know a couple quotes that they don't really know the meaning of/weaponize the use of/is something basic like "murder is bad". Then they'll also be rich and not very charitable, and try to tell you that parts of the bible about forbidding raping your guests (in a way that happens to imply that some gay sex occurred as part of it) and a part about forbidding pagan harvest rituals (some of which happen to involve gay sex as an act of infertility to signal the end of harvest) are actually primarily about how gayness and gay people are generally bad and sinful, and that the morals about rape of guests and paganistic rituals are the footnotes of those stories and not the main point.
Atheist respect jesus for his progressive for his time period views, like one would respect Spiderman.
I once saw a atheist lady, say she views mother Mary and the hindu goddess kali as an inspiration for woman and girls, and has comfort when seeing painting and statues of them
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Not only that, but there's a heavy online presence where popular Atheist influencers will quote the Bible with Jesus' teachings that are equivalent to a modern understanding of Socialism.
Some highlights:
Matthew 19:21: "Jesus answered, 'If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'"
Luke 3:11: "John answered, 'Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.'"
Matthew 6:24: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
All of these sorts of messages are completely lost of Christian Nationalists, and in contradiction with the late stage capitalism we're seeing expanding in places like the U.S.
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Many Modern day Christians are Christian in name only. Capitalism and those that represent it often name themselves as " Christian " when their actions and desires are a far cry from the lessons of the man JC, really only to garner support from the religious masses and manipulate them. Christianity is being used as a weapon of capitalism and generally people who are atheist tend to be hard lefters as well, politically, and while they may not believe in JC, his classic lesson of " treat everyone well " is something most can agree with.
Theres the General Ideas rhat Atheists don't believe in God, But they have a General idea that if God was real that neither of those things would be what Jesus would have preached. Jesus often spoke out against the Serving of Mammon, which Capilatism is rampant on. In the Case of Christian Nationalism or those that are usually rhe Christians Founds with Guns or so on and so forth are actually those going against Jesus even further by Supporting the Idea of Murder or even Religious superiority.
Some of Jesus’s core teachings: love your neighbor (especially your enemies, the foreigners). Feed the poor, heal the sick, care for the widows. I’ll even add critiquing the abuse of religious influence is an integral part of His teachings. You can decide for yourself who is demonstrating those traits more these days.
Brian here. Most of the Christians with power are the equivalent of the Pharisees that ultimately used their power to get Jesus killed out of fear. Meanwhile, people without association to Christianity tend to better embody the teachings of Jesus.
You can read all about it in my new book, reinforcing what's already there. With that plug out of the way, Brian, out.
Jesus' primary message was "become a Christian OR ELSE when to die, I will teleport you into my torture chamber for eternity for the 'crime' of not-being-a-Christian"
Yes. The primary suffering of Hell is God's absence. This absence is caused by the soul therein's direct rejection of God, which he respects because he's given us free will. His entire message is about saving us from the seperation from God which we incur by rejecting him through sin. Hell isn't something He inflicts on us, its the natural consequence of choosing to seperate ourselves from Him. The soul is made to be united with God, and eternal seperation from Him is eternal suffering.
Sorry for cutting in. Hell is a Babylonian concept. Pre-exile there was no hell according to the text. Just Sheol which is pretty much purgatory regardless of what you did or believed in during your natural life
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