• 520@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Are you…are you fucking serious?

    Jesus was literally all about that peace stuff. What fucking Bible is he reading from exactly?!

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      8 months ago

      His Jesus is “Do onto others as they would do onto you, except that fucker over there. Shoot him with a howitzer.”

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        8 months ago

        Damn, the person who did unto him that much pain, misery and hatred probably needs to be jailed for war crimes.

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      Fundamentalists and Evangelicals try to interpret the book of Revelation “literally.” Most scholars think it was code-speak to give hope to contemporaries being oppressed by the Roman Empire, but these people think it’s prophecy that will be fulfilled at the apocalypse.

      Revelation, as they read it, describes an anti-Christ figure, who is a Jewish man, who will unite the world under one government and broker peace for a short time before a period of unimaginable suffering and destruction. Conveniently, they read between the lines and have convinced themselves that “real Christians” will be swept away in the clouds and spared from all that suffering.

      Jesus eventually ends up flying down on a white horse with all the real Christians and angels and skewers the anti-Christ, his followers, and non-Christians with swords that shoot out of his mouth and casts them into a bottomless pit.

      I mean, it’s really wild stuff. And apparently it’s informing US policy. They want all of this to happen, but they just want to be on the “right” side of it. This pastor isn’t saying they shouldn’t try for peace - just that Christians should furrow their brows about it so God won’t leave them behind.

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      8 months ago

      Burying your head in the sand doesn’t stop these people from getting their message to their supporters.

      Stop acting like ignoring the problem gives you some high ground over them. You need to know what they’re saying in order to counteract.

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    Wow, I did not realize this piece of shit was still alive. Unlike some of the others, I think he actually believes the bullshit he spews, and I think that might be worse.

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    Man that anti-Christ really gets around. His workload is unbelievable. What could be more insidious and obviously evil than working to broker peace between war torn nations? Certainly we can’t expect pastor John Hagee to step up and promote peace, everyone knows that peace is evil and invoking the anti-Christ gets you more donations.

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      8 months ago

      I think Obama is just chillen now, probably in Hawaii. Probably wearing a tan suit and eating mustard, laughing his ass off.

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        Oh I hope so, I really do - I like Obama. He deserves the best this world can give him, and I’d like to be in Hawaii eating mustard and pork sandwiches myself. Honestly - can you imagine any life more wonderful than living in Hawaii? That’s like the epitome of paradise in my book.

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            My parents lived in SeaTac, close to Seattle for about a year. They really liked it but said it rains almost constantly. I know it rains constantly in Hawaii also - but I’d rather have a warm rain than cold. That’s just me - Hawaii truly seems like paradise on earth to me. Except for the house and food prices.

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              I’m from PA but I lived in Seattle for 8 years. The winters are just rainy and that was paradise for me instead of 6 months of snow. Plus I love the music and the constant green. My heart aches for it, it was so beautiful.

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                Then you need to go back. What your heart longs for is the place that’s meant to be your home. I felt that way when I moved from Utah to Santa Cruz way back many decades ago. I’m back in Utah now, but only because I caretake for an elderly parent. My heart aches for the California coast and the scenery - of course it’s also amazing in Oregon and all along that coast up into Washington.