|
Post by snow on Sept 16, 2022 12:23:32 GMT -5
All true Christians dream about the day when Jesus will come back and rule as a dictator with an iron scepter, stomping on the unbelievers in a winepress and creating a river of blood that is 8 feet deep and hundreds of miles long. When the twisted delusions of the Revelation is part of your faith, its no wonder that you might want to start the Lord's reign of terror a little early. Alright... who gave openingact34 a bible to read?? First rule of mitigating the damage cause by major monotheistic religions is to not let people read the actual primary text! That's what we have preachers for - they read and sugarcoat so we are freed up to judge people for their lack of understanding. Exactly. My birth family is a very good example of this. When I mention the more controversial parts of the bible they claim they aren't in the bible and when I point it out to them in their bible they try to justify it (of course) and say they will ask their pastor to give them the 'right' interpretation. When will people learn to read the bible for what it is and believe it when they talk about priests helping husbands abort children if they suspect their pregnant wife of adultery? It's there in the bible.
|
|
rudyw
Senior Member
Posts: 623
|
Post by rudyw on Jan 12, 2023 16:41:04 GMT -5
I apologize if there has already been a thread on this subject. I haven't read everything and I'm not up to date. Here is a video I wanted to share for discussion. I don’t watch the news or keep up with politics. However, I’ve noticed that Christian Nationalism is a big deal with many on Gab Social Network. I personally think this rise in Christian Nationalism is a ‘tempest in a tea pot.’ Would we be worse off under Nationalism than we are under the Biden administration? I’m pretty sure we’d be better off. But, both liberalism and Nationalism make me uncomfortable.
|
|
|
Post by snow on Jan 12, 2023 20:28:43 GMT -5
I apologize if there has already been a thread on this subject. I haven't read everything and I'm not up to date. Here is a video I wanted to share for discussion. I don’t watch the news or keep up with politics. However, I’ve noticed that Christian Nationalism is a big deal with many on Gab Social Network. I personally think this rise in Christian Nationalism is a ‘tempest in a tea pot.’ Would we be worse off under Nationalism than we are under the Biden administration? I’m pretty sure we’d be better off. But, both liberalism and Nationalism make me uncomfortable. I guess how I see it is that Christian Nationalism isn't for anyone that isn't a Christian. The US is a very diverse country with many religions and also non believers that do not want to live under Christian rule.
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 12, 2023 21:20:54 GMT -5
I don’t watch the news or keep up with politics. However, I’ve noticed that Christian Nationalism is a big deal with many on Gab Social Network. I personally think this rise in Christian Nationalism is a ‘tempest in a tea pot.’ Would we be worse off under Nationalism than we are under the Biden administration? I’m pretty sure we’d be better off. But, both liberalism and Nationalism make me uncomfortable. I guess how I see it is that Christian Nationalism isn't for anyone that isn't a Christian. The US is a very diverse country with many religions and also non believers that do not want to live under Christian rule. It's easy for a Christian to think that Christian Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Just like Muslims would think that Islamic Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Summary: Ask the Iranians how satisfied they are with their Islamic nationalistic government. Don't kid yourself into thinking that a Christian nationalist government will tolerate your personal brand of Christianity. Such governments, given the authority, have to resort to Christian inquisition and Iranian style methods to maintain their ideologies, and the heretics among their co-religionists are the prime targets for punishment.
|
|
|
Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 13, 2023 0:39:12 GMT -5
I guess how I see it is that Christian Nationalism isn't for anyone that isn't a Christian. The US is a very diverse country with many religions and also non believers that do not want to live under Christian rule. It's easy for a Christian to think that Christian Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Just like Muslims would think that Islamic Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Summary: Ask the Iranians how satisfied they are with their Islamic nationalistic government. Don't kid yourself into thinking that a Christian nationalist government will tolerate your personal brand of Christianity. Such governments, given the authority, have to resort to Christian inquisition and Iranian style methods to maintain their ideologies, and the heretics among their co-religionists are the prime targets for punishment. The secret sect would be in deep doodoos under a theocracy. Unless they could start a television channel which would make them mainstream American Christian.
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 13, 2023 16:33:39 GMT -5
It's easy for a Christian to think that Christian Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Just like Muslims would think that Islamic Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Summary: Ask the Iranians how satisfied they are with their Islamic nationalistic government. Don't kid yourself into thinking that a Christian nationalist government will tolerate your personal brand of Christianity. Such governments, given the authority, have to resort to Christian inquisition and Iranian style methods to maintain their ideologies, and the heretics among their co-religionists are the prime targets for punishment. The secret sect would be in deep doodoos under a theocracy. Unless they could start a television channel which would make them mainstream American Christian. It comes one tiny step at a time. e.g.: women's forearms are banned: www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/missouri-republicans-pass-a-rule-requiring-women-to-cover-their-arms-in-the-state-house-chamber/ar-AA16k6EA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=1520918dfc0a4a77a9186f6e724383fe
|
|
|
Post by verna on Jan 13, 2023 17:33:44 GMT -5
Oh man. Are you kidding me?
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 13, 2023 17:48:37 GMT -5
Oh man. Are you kidding me? Makes one wonder "why".
|
|
|
Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 13, 2023 23:13:30 GMT -5
Oh man. Are you kidding me? Makes one wonder "why". [br And the men? Do they have to cover there forearms?]
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 13, 2023 23:52:34 GMT -5
[br And the men? Do they have to cover there forearms?] I expect the men all have to wear a suit/jacket -- they had to when I worked in the Nevada Legislature. However, for non-personnel who were there to petition or testify to committees or to assemblies that rule was relaxed. One of the great concerns of legislatures is how everything looks on television. I was allowed to take my jacket off when I was working in my own office, but when I was working in a meeting or a hearing I would be expected to wear a jacket. But the requirement wasn't as much for modesty as it was for decorum. Proper decorum for women never required that women needed to be covered to their wrists. It was only shoulders covered that were considered proper business wear for them.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2023 3:35:16 GMT -5
[br And the men? Do they have to cover there forearms?] *their You are welcome...
|
|
|
Post by openingact34 on Jan 14, 2023 11:39:42 GMT -5
Judgement must begin in the House of God
|
|
|
Post by snow on Jan 14, 2023 17:02:51 GMT -5
I guess how I see it is that Christian Nationalism isn't for anyone that isn't a Christian. The US is a very diverse country with many religions and also non believers that do not want to live under Christian rule. It's easy for a Christian to think that Christian Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Just like Muslims would think that Islamic Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Summary: Ask the Iranians how satisfied they are with their Islamic nationalistic government. Don't kid yourself into thinking that a Christian nationalist government will tolerate your personal brand of Christianity. Such governments, given the authority, have to resort to Christian inquisition and Iranian style methods to maintain their ideologies, and the heretics among their co-religionists are the prime targets for punishment. That's so true. There are a lot of Christians at the moment that do not want abortions to be illegal. When religion becomes the rule of law it always seems to be the brand that wants to limit people's rights to the extreme. Not the moderate brand of religion.
|
|
|
Post by snow on Jan 14, 2023 17:04:24 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by curlywurlysammagee on Jan 14, 2023 17:47:24 GMT -5
[br And the men? Do they have to cover there forearms?] I expect the men all have to wear a suit/jacket -- they had to when I worked in the Nevada Legislature. However, for non-personnel who were there to petition or testify to committees or to assemblies that rule was relaxed. One of the great concerns of legislatures is how everything looks on television. I was allowed to take my jacket off when I was working in my own office, but when I was working in a meeting or a hearing I would be expected to wear a jacket. But the requirement wasn't as much for modesty as it was for decorum. Proper decorum for women never required that women needed to be covered to their wrists. It was only shoulders covered that were considered proper business wear for them. It's interesting that the same legislature had a major debate about the wearing of masks and some likened that to what women have to do in a muslim country. It speaks volumes about them that they cannot differentiate between a health measure and a religious dress code. And then the hypocrites turn around and make rules about what women have to wear.
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 14, 2023 23:32:50 GMT -5
Judgement must begin in the House of God Judgment of what -- showing forearms?
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 14, 2023 23:40:19 GMT -5
It's easy for a Christian to think that Christian Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Just like Muslims would think that Islamic Nationalism would be comfortable for them. Summary: Ask the Iranians how satisfied they are with their Islamic nationalistic government. Don't kid yourself into thinking that a Christian nationalist government will tolerate your personal brand of Christianity. Such governments, given the authority, have to resort to Christian inquisition and Iranian style methods to maintain their ideologies, and the heretics among their co-religionists are the prime targets for punishment. That's so true. There are a lot of Christians at the moment that do not want abortions to be illegal. When religion becomes the rule of law it always seems to be the brand that wants to limit people's rights to the extreme. Not the moderate brand of religion. It reminds me of the case in Uruguay a few years ago. A 12 year old girl was impregnated by her father, and the mother and child were excommunicated because the mother had permitted the child to have an abortion, despite the fact that the child would not have survived the pregnancy according to her doctor. It's when ideology trumps Hippocratic oath.
|
|
|
Post by Grant on Jan 15, 2023 1:49:52 GMT -5
That's so true. There are a lot of Christians at the moment that do not want abortions to be illegal. When religion becomes the rule of law it always seems to be the brand that wants to limit people's rights to the extreme. Not the moderate brand of religion. It reminds me of the case in Uruguay a few years ago. A 12 year old girl was impregnated by her father, and the mother and child were excommunicated because the mother had permitted the child to have an abortion, despite the fact that the child would not have survived the pregnancy according to her doctor. It's when ideology trumps Hippocratic oath. Excommunicated from what?
|
|
|
Post by snow on Jan 15, 2023 17:55:29 GMT -5
Judgement must begin in the House of God Judgment of what -- showing forearms? Gotta say the women didn't look too impressed. He's no better than Andrew Tate. He's just hiding behind god to justify his misogynistic attitudes toward women. The bible is such a good book to live by! Not!
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 15, 2023 18:52:36 GMT -5
It reminds me of the case in Uruguay a few years ago. A 12 year old girl was impregnated by her father, and the mother and child were excommunicated because the mother had permitted the child to have an abortion, despite the fact that the child would not have survived the pregnancy according to her doctor. It's when ideology trumps Hippocratic oath. Excommunicated from what? The Catholic church.
|
|
|
Post by BobWilliston on Jan 15, 2023 18:54:09 GMT -5
Judgment of what -- showing forearms? Gotta say the women didn't look too impressed. He's no better than Andrew Tate. He's just hiding behind god to justify his misogynistic attitudes toward women. The bible is such a good book to live by! Not! Mr. Tate is getting seriously touched up in eastern Europe these days!!
|
|