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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

"If I don't sin then Jesus would have died for nothing"

real sentiment from real christians

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

and look at those suspicious smiles.

i think there may be a gun hidden in this picture somewhere!

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't that include original sin, which is basically everything anyone in your family ever? So magical hippie dude still dies for something of you don't sin.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

According to be bible, Adam and Eve caused people to be born with the sin of knowledge and Jesus forgives that sin through baptism. Every other sin after that is absolved through confession and penance. Thus we have deathbed confessions, as long as you talk to a priest and say a couple hail marys just before you kick the bucket, you're all good to be a giant piece of shit for the ~80 years before that!

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 39 points 3 months ago

funny how the people who are most absolutely positively SURE they're 100% going to heaven are the ones who are the most afraid of literally everything

[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every fucking conservative I've ever seen. I might be an atheist, but I remember what being a Christian was supposed to be about!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Modern Christians have been the most successful at converting people to atheism.

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I like the part in the Bible where Jesus said "do unto others as others have done unto you."

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Do you hate your life but are lazy and a coward about introspection?
Do you hate the potential happiness of others more than helping yourself?
Then the republican party AND its' churches are perfect for you!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

Side effects may include being a real prick toward people you don't like. Especially if they're marginalized already.

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want to upvote this but it's currently at 666 so I'll let it be.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It's at 706, your time is now.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m CIS-theist non-binary trinity, but I identify as a 1994 Honda Accord.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'll buy you for 1800

[–] mashbooq@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like it's an underappreciated point that Christians have never followed Jesus; they follow Paul. "Christian" has always been a marketing term for an imperialist, non-Jewish (and in fact, anti-Jewish) religion that took over the momentum of a small Jewish sect that died out once it became clear Jesus wasn't coming back.

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

Point of order; it took a few centuries to really get the anti-Jewish swing in progress. If it had been in full swing earlier on, there’d be no old testament.

The fact that Paul was a Jewish Gnostic is just - bonus.

[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

After leaving the church, I've always found Saul/Paul's conversion story a bit suspect. So you mean to tell me that you're just out on the road one day, going from town to town persecuting Jesus-cultists, and a beam of light from heaven strikes you and tell you that what you actually need to do is join the Jesus-cultists, but spend the rest of your life assiduously walking back every radical thing they believe? Suuuure. I think maybe ol' Saul just saw a movement with a power vacuum at the top and thought he should be one to fill it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well the character “Jesus” is so clearly a continuation / rewrite of solar deity characters I think Paul must have had some task to “sell” it, but who/why/how I can’t speculate.

[–] mashbooq@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

Are you implying that Christians are responsible for the preservation of the book they culturally appropriated?