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Stereotypical religious nutjobs in the 80s and 90s were all "The end is nigh!" Now that science supports them, they're all "Everything is A-OK!" (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

For a certain portion, it's because some have become outright theocratic accelerationists. They actively want the situation to get worse, because that means Jesus comes back!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I believe they're called Dominionists. These are the people that want a major war in Israel because it means Jesus is coming back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I dont get it. Isnt the whole Jesus shit that we have to act good?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

That implies that any of them have ever actually read the bible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what part of the texts you read. Gnostics it is by understanding secret knowledge, Paul it is much more by just having the correct faith, James is the act good guy. Worth noting that the likelihood is when James was arguing for works he was arguing for following the rules of Moses i.e. kosher and circumcision not exactly running a charity program. Keep in mind we only know James by his apologists decades later long after the Moses rules vanished that and Paul. And Paul hints James was really concerned about those ancient Jewish laws.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

However James 2:14-26 argues those deeds are the result of saving faith, not the cause of salvation itself. Saving faith produces deeds, therefore faith without deeds isn't the right kind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

James didn't write it.