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Funny how the right always associates Christians with capitalism. Capitalism being a system that relies on hurting and exploiting one group to enrich another. Literally what their greatest teacher Christ preached against. While Communism - a system that puts emphasis on taking care of all people over personal wealth/power is always spoke of as godless.
Mascot. Although according to their mythology, he did spend a great deal of effort on teaching, his would-be students refused to learn - a trait true of Christians to this day.
They love iconography of the guy though! ...no not that iconography - can we make him more white? Perfect. That iconography.
I don’t believe in god, but he was a philosopher and teacher objectively (if he did indeed exist). Honestly agree with a lot of what he preached regardless of the fairytale surrounding it.
As for Christians, nothing surprising about people not living up to ideology all the time. What gets me is the Christian right’s complete hypocrisy in how they claim an ideology with such fervor while overtly and unapologetically not following it.
That's my point though. If I deliver a lecture to a brick wall, even an insightful, logical, factual, beautifully executed lecture, am I a teacher? For one to teach, another must learn. If Christians reject the lessons of their own god, the whole production is just one giant tragedy about a man and his son-self thing fruitlessly pleading with a pile of bricks. Despite their best effort, the bricks did not, do not, and will not learn; actively denying Sky Daddy & Super J the role of 'teacher'.
Christians aren't a monolith. I grew up Christian and some of the best people I know are Christians. They genuinely strive to follow what they believe. Some of the worst people I know are also loudly Christians. No teacher gets through to all their students - if you’ve ever sat in a classroom you know that. As much as I dislike organized religion I’m not going to lump them all together. That’s just another “godless commy” generalization.
Christians aren't a monolith, but Christianity is. My assessment of it is as a whole, although you're correct that doing so is unfair to the individuals who manage to not be corrupted by it. Still, even if those individuals aren't actively participating in the evils perpetuated by Christianity, they are actively supporting them, which makes me question if they're sincerely good people, or if they're just wearing an outward veneer to make the evil shit easier to swallow. The Bible itself addresses these types in it's scrutiny of the Pharisees: that there's a modern version comes as no surprise.
Crossfit Jesus
Jesus (presuming he existed) lived in a culture steeped in slavery, yet he never bothered saying "hey guys, maybe don't do that?"
What a great and wise teacher.
Good point. Though it was retranslated by kings like 12 times and the stories are all second hand accounts so it’s likely none of the bible is all that accurate if it did happen on any level.
You could argue about how these systems have been applied, but the philosophy underpinning them is pretty clear.