2026-04-16 12:11 UTC
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@Sempf@infosec.exchange 2026-04-16 12:49
@peachfiend I have often wondered if the really heavy trend since really the 80s of pushing the Ten Commandments follows with the Christian right's trend towards more Old Testament fire and brimstone than New Testament actual Jesus teachings. I'd like somebody who knows theology better than me to chime in on that at some point.
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@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io 2026-04-16 13:47
@peachfiend The sermon on the mount and the passage from... Acts? One of the epistles?... that I remember as "Though I have faith, without good works I have nothing"* were always the parts of the bible that resonated most with me. I actually started my departure from Catholicism during my confirmation preparations because I couldn't understand why piety was a virtue. Why should one fear a just and loving god? * Apparently it's not "good works" but "love" -- which is frankly easier -- in 1 Corinthians 13. "And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing." https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PZI.HTM
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@srvanderplas@datavis.social 2026-04-16 21:50
@peachfiend Matthew 25 is pretty awesome too.