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Showing Original Post only (View all)John Pavlovitz: This Isn't Christianity [View all]
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/11/02/this-isnt-christianity/Keying of another discussion https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212648160 I was struck by the text and image of another from this pastor's site. FWIW, I am an atheist but appreciate truth-telling.
This isnt Christianity
We need to be really clear on something, because there seems to be confusion out there lately:
This isnt Christianity.
They may use the word and steal the iconography and cop the aesthetic, but that is where the resemblance diverges and where the similarities end. There remain no other commonalities with which to rightly associate the two.
This isnt Christianity.
It is spiritual misappropriation: the violent hijacking of something helpful and weaponizing it in order to do the greatest amount of damage in the shortest amount of time. It is a hostile takeover of something beautiful and grossly disfiguring it to terrorize people with.
This isnt Christianitythat is, not if Jesus was Christian.
If Jesus was Christian, then Christianity is:
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Jesus (Matthew 5:3-10)
And there is nothing of mercy or humility or purity or peacemaking in this thing claiming to be Christianity.
No, this thing is the antithesis of all of it.
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Not all Christians are bad, just some of them, but they were usually the ones who called the shots.
patphil
Nov 2019
#28
"It's a pretext; a sham; a false representation; nothing more than a way to deceive."
Mariana
Nov 2019
#41
It's fair to say Christianity wouldn't exist today were it not such an effective means of control
Major Nikon
Nov 2019
#42
EXACTLY. "Christianity" is exactly what any particular Christian decides it is.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2019
#44
"It is a hostile takeover of something beautiful"-If it's false, it's about as beautiful as
NCLefty
Nov 2019
#5
I could have gotten the name wrong. I read the historical account a while back. nt
Blue_true
Nov 2019
#60
You've got to go back to the first several centuries, when the Gospels got written down & codified
Hekate
Nov 2019
#57
You might check out the "Thomas Jefferson Bible." He took a sharp pair of scissors to everything...
Hekate
Nov 2019
#58
The gospel teaches us to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable
struggle4progress
Nov 2019
#7
In the meantime Trump is thinking. Ok the picture has been taken GET THESE IDIOTS OUT OF HERE!
usaf-vet
Nov 2019
#10
I'm sure that's what he's fantasizing about. I'm just upset that we're paying for her.
Maru Kitteh
Nov 2019
#50