Post AdAuaYbREPYGuksxeq by sentientmortal@freeradical.zone
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 (DIR) Post #AdAuZAFqGxB36s7V3Y by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2023-11-04T21:50:37Z
       
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       I'm hardly Christian these days, but I consider myself "Culturally Southern Black Baptist" through and through. Gotta love the churches that organized people to fight for their civil rights. And so maybe that's why when these evangelicals compare Trump to Christ (or really any mortal man, but him more-so) it makes my gut turn. It's not just silly, it's ... sacrilegious. I'm not the first to point this out, but somehow... it doesn't register. Very very odd.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdAuaGqNG8ntprjdRI by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2023-11-05T11:29:18Z
       
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       @melivia "Christ-like" has meaning. It's even something to strive for. I think about patience, love, foresight.  The ability to transcend petty prejudices. The ability to teach well, and bring peace. The ability to give to those in need in a superhuman way. It's a meaningful idea.Things like this just destroy it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdAuaYbREPYGuksxeq by sentientmortal@freeradical.zone
       2023-11-05T13:38:02Z
       
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       @futurebird @melivia Shall we deconstruct "christ-like" too, or is that too much for you right now?
       
 (DIR) Post #AdAuaZkgxUY2TkDrii by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2023-11-05T13:48:22Z
       
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       @sentientmortal @melivia Is there that much to deconstruct? What is the main thing that Jesus did? "Died for our sins."He ended the need to make sacrifices to appease God by sacrificing himself. Through great suffering. And ending his life early after only some 40 years. So to be "Christ-like" is to be willing to endure suffering to make things better for everyone. It's the labor of unconditional love.