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Christofascist should be an oxymoron. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I swear I’d not seen the term “christofascism” until this year. It’s an apt term for all the talk about the new speaker of the house, rolling back of Roe v Wade, banning books and increased persecution of LGBT+ rights…

But if I was Christ I’d be pretty darn upset right now. I talk about love and tolerance and peace and you’re going to use my name to make shitty, power grabbing, political, oppressive moves? The fuckin audacity. I’d be flipping tables and calling out the hypocrites.

I know it’s a conversation as old as time. I also don’t believe Christian’s should be able to point at it and say “yeh but that’s not MY Jesus.” Doesn’t fucking matter, they’re identifying as a You so if You don’t do something about it then it’s as good as doin it yourself.

Sigh.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly doesn't make sense to me either way.

Of course I can love something I can't see over something I can see. The reason I hate them is because I can see them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's not the point he was trying to make. :)

It's hard to make sense of it now, let alone two thousand years ago.

Here goes nothing:

God is in everything, so you cannot love God without loving each and every part of Him. It's easy to love something you don't experience in your everyday life -- the true challenge is to love that which you do experience, like your "brothers" and "sisters". If you have hate in yourself at all, you do not completely love God.

Makes sense now?