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    It’s a perfect metaphor for the performative Christianity they love: all show, no effort

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      Fun fact there’s a guy in my area who drags around a cross made of recycled oak pieces (bits of old furniture cut and glued together) every Easter. Apparently he made it out of raw spite about performative and hypocritical Christians, he is mildly insane and was not even vaguely phased by my crazed neo pagan schtick so take of that as you will.

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      And that even though people kept telling him: Jesus, take the wheel!

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      Nowhere in the bible is explicitly written, that Jesus didn’t think of that. Might have had wheels for all we know. Maybe he just skipped gym and was weak af. Or had the wrong wheels for the terrain ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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        What are you talking about, he did survive it, though he slept for 3 days before going to say bye to his friends then goy the fuck out of there before the sick fucks tried again. He then went to Scandinavia where he taught the people to mostly be cool, but, worried about another backlash, told them that maybe one day they can raid and pillage every now and then as a treat.

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          You are correct if one were to assume the contents of the bible are an accurate representation of history; it’s mentioned several times during the passion. Effectively Jesus, being God, could have just noped out or gone Old Testament or whatever. He specifically talked about that in the garden of Gethsemane basically saying he knows what’s going to happen and is doing so voluntarily.

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    If they’re too lazy to even perform during their performative gestures, what’s the fucking point?!

    They should just send a guy out there wearing a life size replica of Charlie Kirks head like a theme park mascot yelling “OBEY” followed by whatever they want their cult to do/feel/etc.

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      Work smart not hard. Probably didnt even need to die for ‘everyones’ sins. Considering most people aren’t Christian. The ROI just isnt there.

      If Jesus had put that gold, frankincense, and myrth into a Roth IRA and just sat on it. Well, the church wouldn’t need an offering plate, Ill tell you that much.

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    It’s rather poignant I think.

    After all the guy they are honouring only ever paid lip service to the religion. So they should to.

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    Back on the Saturday before Easter I was driving down a highway when I saw police blocking the right lane. There was a church group walking along the road dragging a cross. I laughed my ass off when I noticed it had wheels. I only got a screen cap from a dashcam video.

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      Where I grew up there were three churches on the island.

      An episcopal church at one end, a Methodist church in the middle and a catholic at the other end.

      The episcopal priest would lug the cross to the Methodist church, the Methodist priest would take it over and lug it to the Catholic Church, then the Catholic priest would lug it up into the church and the theee priests would do a communal church service ahead of Easter.

      No wheels.

      Community.

      Everyone welcome.

      This was the church community I grew up in, I’m an atheist now because of what the rest of the churches in the world showed me.

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    Turns out following the teachings of Jesus Christ and being a good person are too difficult for most Christians.

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    🎶I’m here to remind you of the wheels you use on that cross you bear, It’s not fair!🎶