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I was right now years old when I put those two things together.
Another TIL right here
This is one of the biggest aha moments for me regarding MAGA (and many groups like them). It’s all a form of theater to them, similar to pro wrestling. They use words as shorthand.
Instead of looking at someone’s behavior and deciding what words are fit to describe them, they do the opposite. They take the words* already associated with that person and use that to assume their behavior. That makes it very easy to foster their collective tribalism and also makes it very easy to fit yourself into their movement when you know the right words to use to describe yourself (making it an incredibly ripe environment for conmen and corruption).
There are elements of this way of thinking on the left but it is not nearly as promenent, I believe because to be on the left you have to be open to nuance and willing/able to consider complicated ideas in order to be able to seriously consider leftist positions.
*It must be noted also depends on their understanding of the word as well, but the point still stands - they make assumptions based on their understanding of the noun. It’s real mushy-brained behavior.
This is why they hate science as well. Instead of using evidence to come to a conclusion, they start with the conclusion and twist evidence to fit the presumed conclusion.
Losing sight of the morals to perform the rituals.
I feel like people should make more left-wing christianity propaganda.
Like maybe a shirt with that quote about “a camel being able to pass through a needle before a rich guy goes to heaven.” Then like a picture of a camel looking at a needle and then underneath some rich bro in a fancy car burning in hell. I’m talking shitty boomer/christian/“AI” cartoon style.
There is hella material in the gospels for this kind of propaganda. The sermon on the mount could make a whole series. Sadly I never see it.
I feel like people should make more left-wing christianity propaganda.
As an atheist I’m considering it. Jesus doesn’t need to be real to have a thing or two to say about the practice of religion, morals, or even ethics. There’s a lot of bad takes in the bible, but some good parables too. Also, there’s a fair amount in the new testament that has nothing to do with god for that matter. If it meets people where their heads are, speaking their language is worth considering.
are there still people that think it’s camel?
I remember a meme I saw once that said something like
Jesus was an anarchist
His followers are statist bootlickers
I may not be rembering correctly but it was funny
Even better: he’s anti-colonialism too. Israel in his time was an occupied territory, and was executed by that invading force: The Romans. I have a hard time imagining anyone mid-crucifixion thinking “eh, these guys ain’t so bad.”
To be fair, it’s both. It basically just says “Don’t invoke God’s name unless it’s important”. Don’t swear by God unless you actually mean it, don’t call out his name in thanks unless you genuinely believe it, and so on and so on.
Tbh it could have just been God going “You know how you get a ping when someone does an @everyone on Discord and it really annoys you? Yeah well I get that whenever someone uses my name, so knock it off unless it’s important!”
No it isn’t. God has a name and it’s not God. The reason we refer to him as God and not his name is this exact reason, so as not to use it in vain.
I told my buddy that god has a proper name and he was like, “No way!” And I was like, “Yahweh!”
Because an all-knowing all-powerful being doesn’t know when you’re talking about it unless you use its birth name I guess
Yeah it’s like when your mom calls you by your full name and you know you’ve really fucked up.
Im not Christian anymore but the more I study scripture the more I am inclined to believe God is neither all powerful or all knowing. For example if he was all knowing, he would have never promised Noah not to flood the earth again. There is not a chance in the universe that the world was more wicked in the past than it is today. If by no other standard than sheer numbers. More people have been killed in the last 200 years than humans alive in the time before Christ.
How would it even have a birth name?
You’ll have to ask pacattack, I was being sarcastic
Well, “In vain” means to do something without success, so of course conservatives of all ilks think it’s fine to do, as long as they’re winning.
No that’s giving them way too much credit, they’re just empathy free parasites sucking all the sustenance they can.
Is it the reason why you were stoned to death if you said Jehovah?
I’d had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, ‘That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.’
Blasphemy! He’s said it again!
throws stone
religion is and always has been a way to manipulate and control the weak minded.
I mean, that’s all he’s for.
It should be “Oh my god”, not “Oh my God”, right?
i like “oh your god” it feels more blasphemous
