Cranakis

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[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

America is not on the hook

But we are on the hook because we will absolutely have to deal with the consequences in the future. Not stopping Russia here, in Ukraine, will reverberate for decades.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 42 points 11 months ago

And empty chairs for loyalists should they succeed.

Tuberville is a traitor. I wonder what position he's been promised in the fourth reich?

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In Atlanta? Detroit? Philly? No I don't think so. Ppl with guns will show up and shit will go down. Hope those chucklefucks are ready.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

Problem here is people in cities don't scare easily. If a rural mob of ppl comes rolling through my city policing the polls, its going to cause a huge shitshow but it won't keep anyone from voting. Hell, it might drive turnout among some that were planning on not voting out of apathy. We city folk fight back. Trump sends his brownshirts here, they'll get bloody noses at the very least.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

.... And fuck everyone else.

Yeah yeah, I'm familiar. You sound like a proper conservative.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I did quite well under Trump

Well that's certainly all that matters. 🙄

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t vote for the guy

LOL. You clearly did.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

If you missed it when it was happening, I doubt my recounting will move the needle (because again, you're clearly fucking dumb). I like how you throw an insult while condemning my insult. Top notch logic there brainiac. I actually live in your mother's basement. You should call sometime. She worries you've been eating lead paint chips again.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 9 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Then you're not very smart or observant.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If Desantis has taught us anything, it's that he sucks at trying to manage insurance markets.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 10 points 11 months ago

It weeds out the dumb and the lazy 😉 . I like it.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 6 points 11 months ago

A strong argument to your point: Kissinger dies at 100. Frank Zappa, 52. I think there is no god but can't rule out a.

 

This is a story from 2016. In case you missed it.

This story encapsulates, for me, the cult mentality, of Christianity.

::: spoiler TL:DR: They bought the oil at Tractor Supply. spoiler:::

 

Grown on a log section in a flower pot.

 

Inspired by something another user said, I feel this question deserves discussion. Also, I am shamelessly creating exchristian content. We are still a small group but I like it here now and it will get better, but only if we use it. "Creating content" just means using the site. Talk to me. I'm open to input. Maybe I'm wrong.... but:

Liberal/Progressive/Apologist Christians should not get a pass. The Bible is clear on a number of horrific things and is totally open to interpretation about another bunch of horrific things. In both the new and old testament. I argue that liberal Christianity is both insincere and perpetuates fundamentalist Christian beliefs, within a society, generation over generation.

The key dependent is childhood indoctrination. Liberal Christians still feed their kids the dogma. It all works. Not every kid, but some of them, from this Liberal Christian family, will have a hard time with some part of it and go reading the Bible. They say the Bible is the truth right?

They read the Bible and see where their parents are fudging it. They want to do better. Depending on circumstance, they either tighten up the faith, or they go full in to fundamentalism. I have seen it happen multiple times in 1, 2, and 3 generations in people I've met an known. Anecdotal, sure, but still.

Then, I argue, the cycle continues. How did Christianity survive this long? I'd argue this is all part of it. Even "lightly" indoctrinating children adds a chance, I'd argue significant, that the child becomes a fundy 20, 30, or 40 years in the future, when the chips are down, and someone says "come to my church, they'll help"

Should I be more accepting? I'd love to hear what you think on this subject.

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The God of War (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cranakis@lemmy.one to c/exchristian@lemmy.one
 

If you ever need clear proof that Christianity is bullshit, look at war.

Most recently the thought has been striking me while watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But its true of the majority of wars in recent history. Ukrainian Christians pray to God for safety as they bail out of the back of an armored carrier ready to kill in defense of their homeland. Russian soldiers pray to the same God for protection, huddled in their trenches, waiting for inevitable attacks. When troops die, back home, they pray for God's vengeance on their enemy, and both sides ask the same God for justice and comfort.

What ridiculous nonsense. Does either side ever think about how God seems to have fucked them over in favor of their enemy? If the god they were praying to were real, couldn't and wouldn't he intervene without them having to kill each other violently? Doesn't it actively disprove the existence of this "god" when he doesn't?

I am frustrated by the Christian notion to just use their religion as a salve to pain while not changing any behavior that causes the pain in the first place.

I'm tired of the powerful hiding behind religion and using it to control the brainwashed masses.

I don't understand how the rest of the world doesn't already see Christianity, and religion generally, as a harmful evil in society. Its like watching a bunch of deluded heroin addicts.

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