2026-04-16 12:49 UTC
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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 14:08
@Sempf @peachfiend Jesus wasn't all hugs and kisses for everyone. He explicitly said that he came to bring the sword. To sever familial ties. There were large groups of people he quite explicitly said he hated and that God hated, and that were going to be stricken from the book of life and tossed into the fire where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Specifically: hypocrites. He hates fucking hypocrites more than anything. Gospel over and over, "You fucking HYPOCRITES!!!...."
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@volkris@qoto.org 2026-04-16 14:17
@Sempf I imagine a big part of that religion-in-society picture is the neverending jousting between different sects of Christianity, Catholic vs protestant being the most obvious on the large scale. There's a lot of interesting nuance and implications for organization of society at large--including non-religious aspects--in there. If you're familiar with the cathedral vs bazaar allegory, same thing. There's a strong analogy between someone doing their own research to find the OT passages to support their priors and someone doing their own research in medicine, both ignoring what experts have to say. I'd say this isn't so much about a Christian right trend as much as a trend in society as a whole. @peachfiend #religion #USPolitics #CathedralVsBazaar
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@HaystacksTech@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 15:26
@Sempf @peachfiend Your honest questioning is powerful. The idea that the God of the old testament is different from the new testament is a false perception. There is only one God and He is eternal and unchanging. God cannot and does not get "mad" as we understand a temperment. Gods law is a reflection of His character and His character does not change. Some will say the law was done away with at the cross, and there was a change in law at the cross but it was not the ten commandments that chang