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Post mostly about how 'christian' nationalism is white nationalism which puts the racism in God. "It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.” ― James Baldwin
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.
How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
Look, other ethnicities share the label christian; white christians who espouse conservative Tradition (heritage), natural law (or common sense), and political activism define their Christianity they trust as 'evangelical'.
I really think its racialized.
the thing is tho...
which is more powerful
--activism in & for good faith
or
--intentional denial of good faith
denial is a superpower which trumps good faith;
as long they shamelessly deny their errors
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
Sometimes...
Check that
Frequently...
Nah check that
Here in America we declare someone a christian too quickly. Someone needs to do little more than know the secret passphrase {blink their eyes twice} to be considered a genuine christian.
I don't much outside a few quotes about Kierkegaard, he could be a sanctimonious, but maga has radicalized me to say that God doesn't exist unless he is lived. Whatever you say is Truth doesn't exist unless you live it.
Evangelicals in America believe what their faith is not what they do!
Jesus said 'I am the way, the truth, and the life...lay down your lives for others as I have for you'
Benign Christianity does no harm, it minds its own business; an active Christianity must infect the world, be salt & light, be more humane than expected. A cancerous Christianity perverts the world
In order to subvert Christianity they need to delegitimize what the Bible teaches and insert their alternative truth as from "the one true God"; it's gaslighting.
No stream of Christianity can call itself true if it doesn't *exceed* secular humanism in kindness. Faith has nothing to do with it.
Seriously, no one can enlighten white supremacists to accept their beliefs are not the biblical god because their god is functionally white supremacy.
When they use "christian" everyone in-group hears White way of life, white heritage, white values.
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Why can't you just come out and make a judgement instead of beating around the bush.
There is nothing of Jesus in maga, maga espouses the polar opposite values; how in your theology does a person know God, love God and hate brown and gay people? God must be a bigot too.
3/ His apocalyptic judgment was what did you do or not do?
And it wasn't defend slavery, punish mixed marriage, gay marriage, transgenderism, abortion providers...
It was being generous with the hungry, homeless, sick, incarcerated, foreigner, poor.
The only explanation is racism for why.
2/ you don't have to answer that question. But if you don't, consider why you're resistant to answering it.
Jesus summed up all the law in Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself. No one can see that you love god without how you love others.
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It is diabolical, by that I mean spiritually connected to evil or, of an evil spirit, how only the Christian Right insists a portion of taxes going to feed the hungry, heal the sick, care for least is a violation of the eighth commandment.
Is their faith in Jesus or white supremacy?
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Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
I hope all your family is safe.
I've come to appreciate the Left as the most committed to politicizing God's values for humanity; any white person to the right of Left has a reason why they're not Left, and that...makes them susceptible to justifying inhumanity.
2/ I went through this slowly after wmds and before Obama08. It was painful and I'm still dealing with it, but it wasn't in the cauldron that is our politics now. In a lot of respects Maga built their 'silo' and they need to take a step out before they can be reached and helped.
some very interesting words which are interchangeable with religion, faith, repentance, repair..."this is not about you or your faith, your faith has nothing to do with this, it's about undoing the harm you've done"
#bravo
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Ah a stolen valor guy. Yeah that fits.
“Sheehy’s military colleagues reportedly do not recall him mentioning a gunshot wound or seeing such an injury at the time of his active service.”
there's a ... certain arrogance from having the biggest stick on the planet and never having another force compel obedience.
The thing is, they do get away with it, their party leadership collapsed a long time ago; disrespect and shamelessness is a feature.
The gold cross she puts on for battle every day is her kryptonite.
Some great quotes in this piece.
Duncanson was a farmer near Brainerd, died young in a farming accident–left young Mom and five kids.
Hansen was a carpenter in Brooklyn, knew him in his 80s, his wife had died and he lived alone in the Norwegian Seaman's House. I don't remember him ever speaking but he taught me to fish off Shore Rd
"a permission structure to vote for a lefty."
That's probably the best chance of winning in Texas.
For me, even one God bless America is a red flag.
I've sat in dread in church mission conferences listening as much to the tone of the presenters as to what they are saying.
If their tone is political, someone invariably will use the Q&A time to ask "Is Islam an inherently violent religion?"
www.latintimes.com/mexico-reque...
2/ The pursuit of wealth in this country has perverted the gospel beyond recovery or repair.
If your life is centered on building a comfortable home; you're (we're) not following Jesus, we're *adding* our things.
You know there's no AND; as in christian conservative. two masters...
For christians,
The greatest threat to your faith is comfort.
And America is all about comfort, isn't it? Happiness is enshrined as an inalienable right.
Well, you give that up when you become a christian.
Last summer I sat with college friends and they replied Jesus died so we don't have to suffer+
