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Apparently a right-wing deacon said this (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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[–] Trees@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

Daniel 11:32

He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior… He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.

Daniel 8:25, 2 Thess 2:10

… a despicable person will arise… a man of contempt… to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will slip in when least expected and will seize the kingdom through flattery and intrigue.

Daniel 11:21

After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

Daniel 11:23

He will try to change the set times and the laws.

Dan. 7:25

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Daniel 8 and 11 here are talking about a prophecy that has already “been fulfilled” - common in the Bible to make these kinds of retroactive prophecies. The bad guy being described there is Antiochus.

[–] igg@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That is just Daniel 8. Daniel 11 could reasonably be talking about modern times

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He wasn't a pastor, he was a deacon and probably just a twitter troll but no one here cares about accuracy it seems

[–] Glaedr304@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pastors and deacons are both member of the church, and arnt that far apart in rank

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sorry no, you are wrong. But that's understandable considering how actively ignorant atheists are about what actually happens in churches

My only question is why so fuckdamn many of you are ALSO so arrogant about it

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sorry no, you are wrong

Oh no, they mixed up pastor and priest, what a sin! Two words that are super alike and mean basically the same thing, damn them!

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Deacons aren't pastors or priests, they are glorified ushers

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago

They're still one level down the hierarchy, which was their point

Or are you being an idiot on purpose?

[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Pizzacake comics might be a torture psyop.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Point or no point, it’s hard not to cringe when I see PizzaCake comics.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] warbond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks for that. Having read it, though, I think it's likely that I'll forget about the details soon enough to continue nothing-ing her comics. The whole argument feels silly from the periphery.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Evangelicals Are Now Rejecting 'Liberal' Teachings of Jesus

"Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching'turn the other cheek'[and] to have someone come up after to say, 'Where did you get those liberal talking points?'" Moore said.

"When the pastor would say, 'I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ' ... The response would be, 'Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak," he added. "When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis."

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And people dont understand why I say the orange clown is an Antichrist and may be the Antichrist.

The doomed by a perfect circle is very disturbing accurate.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ehh, isn't the antichrist supposed to be a nearly impossibly attractive person, in charisma and looks? A lot of people either hate him or are entirely indifferent and the reasons don't seem to be religiously motivated.

I just settle with him being a douchebag.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

isn’t the antichrist supposed to be a nearly impossibly attractive person

Premillennial dispensationalism/rapture theology is a group creative writing exercise with little relevance to the text. The prophecies in Daniel refer to the Greek king Antiochus, which is clear when one reads chapters and not verses (unfortunately uncommon in your typical Protestant church…) Revelation is referring to emperor Nero.

Really, it’s more that folks like Hal Lindsey popularized the concept by traumatizing children in church basements that’s given it the culture cachet.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago

Demon pizzacake can get it

[–] randomname@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

appreciate the message, but God can we please not share pizza cake comics on Lemmy, none of them were funny on Reddit and they're not funny here.

[–] UFO64@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Humor is fairly subjective. You don't want content because you don't like it? That's fundamentally against the concept of what Lemmy represents. This isn't a website to cater to your whims.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Look, on many things, we probably agree. Maybe even more important things.

And I don't even love this comic, its just, fine, its whatever.

That said I upvoted this comic to spite you and your comment here, because I don't like your sentiment that people can't like and share things that they like because your hipster instinct kicked in.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is the comic that makes pandering public comics to promote their paid art

Which might be fine, but it seems like good context to know.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How is that relevant in this context?

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is true that I personally do not find most of her recent political comics to be particularly funny or insightful--which is fine, she does not have to draw to satisfy me--but there are plenty of her comics which are not about politics but about cats or silly reflections on life, especially before Trump got elected.

So in short, thank you very much for your comment because it totally inspired me to check this person out and find comics of theirs that I enjoyed! 😀

[–] gaja@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They threaten people who parody their work with DMCA

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Citation?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Here ya go.

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

That... is a really impressive amount of drama over such a middling comic.

[–] blipcast@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Unless there's some context I'm missing, that business model sounds... reasonable?

What you're describing just sounds like advertisement.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago

"apparently a right-wing [person] said this" is low-quality content, gets my downvote. Such an unspecific comment serves only to outgroup people.

[–] happytimeharry@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Noooo I though I escaped this shit.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Noooo I though I escaped this shit.

…which shit? You’re in a community called comicstrips and it’s a comic strip.

[–] happytimeharry@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The bad ones. That are obviously botted. This shit would always be at the top of the page on Reddit. And it’s never funny.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure I follow. This doesn’t seem “obviously botted” to me. Is it not possible that different people find different things funny and we don’t all share one common sense of humor?

(Or, I suppose, that comic strips can have value beyond humor.)

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Some people don't think about how they feel and invent reasons or stories to explain their illogical reactions like hating a particular artist's style or something. They're afraid that they don't have a good reason to dislike something popular so they invent justifications.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

beep boop

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Are you just saying you don't like pizzacake comics? She's a real person, not a bot, her comics are popular. It's okay to just not like a particular artist or creator. Just be honest about it.

edit: reminder people, your brain invents stories to explain how you feel, and most people never question these stories because they think if their own brains are thinking things, it MUST be true, and they think that brains are logical tools for figuring out the world.

NO, your brain is a tool for storytelling, nothing more. It tells you stories to explain how you feel, and it has no obligation to tell stories that make a lick of sense. This is why you get depressed and ruminate and the feelings get worse. This is why people live their whole lives in a belief system that harms them. Understand how your brain works and you won't be like this user here, flinging out weak, nonsense arguments to explain not liking a popular thing.