There are few real Christians anymore. Most are Christianists.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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Don't tell the GOP members and the preachers on TV. They might apostatize to keep their precioussssss
If someone slaps you, offer the other cheek, if someone asks for your shirt, give your cloak as well.
The big difference is the part where it was voluntary.
It isn't voluntary if you know you will go to hell if you don't. That's the illusion of choice. If I threatened to take a baseball bat to your head unless you acted nice to someone who didn't deserve it, chances are you would go along with it. You got a reason and a threat. It's a choice in a very very loose sense of the word. Hell is an infinity of pain, thus there is no choice.
And between believers of the faith. Context for the verse makes you understand that these people were not just just knowing each other, they were inside a fellowship. They know each other intimately, not just a bunch of unknown people sharing just because
Yeah its like a big family, and we are all socialists when you get down to a smaller group of our family or community.
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This, the beatitudes, the camel through the eye of the needle. Yet most christians still believe gods chosen get material rewards in life.
why use a flawed religion to criticize a flawed religion?
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