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I feel both glad and bad for the ones like that who seem to follow the intent of Jesus’ message, however I also remember that it’s because of their silent acceptances of the vocal ones who are full of hate and racism that allow it to continue. If they won’t rise up against blatant twisting of their religion, nothing will change. They should tear up, but then be in their church rallying against the use of their religion for political gain. You know, the whole reason behind church/state separation.
Right, silent acceptance. Hence the example you responded to of a Christian speaking up to a stranger and expressing his disdain for the evil being wrought by other “Christians.”
I don’t understand where you get this feeling of silent acceptance. If there is something Christians are known for it’s inter-christian conflict. Conservative christians absolutely despise liberal Christians and vice versa. If you spend some time in online christian spaces you will quickly see how conservative christians spend almost as much time bashing liberal Christians as they spend on ethnic or sexual minorities, if not more so depending on the space.
That’s sort of my point. I don’t see any of that outside of the inner spaces, and the loudest voices give an image that this is how all Christians are. If within Christian circles there is a constant argument going on about what is and isn’t “Christ-like” then great, but it’s not helping if that isn’t obvious in public. The very post I replied to was in the framework of “a Christian spoke about what’s going on and was opposed to it” as if that is an unusual thing to hear. It shouldn’t be, I’m sure there are a lot of believers who aren’t happy, but they aren’t talking loud enough to counter or drown out the ones who are all for it.
Okay but… do you believe everything that Donald Trump says? Like how he represents all Americans, or Republicans/conservatives, or Christians, or whoever? If you believe that, and also believe those like Charlie Kirk, then doesn’t that say more about you than about them?
It is extremely well-known that for-profit enshittified news sources will spew enrage-bait content into your face. That does not make such content “true facts”, nor does it make it “mainstream”. Please do not rely upon Facebook, Threads, Tiktok, Instagram, X, or even YouTube, etc. for your “news” - they all paint a highly distorted view of reality.
Hate, love, or view Christians as they are, not as social media paints them to be. Likewise Americans. Or Muslims, or LBGTQIA+ individuals, etc. Perhaps mainstream Christians may even be avoiding social media altogether?
I feel both glad and bad for the ones like that who seem to follow the intent of Jesus’ message, however I also remember that it’s because of their silent acceptances of the vocal ones who are full of hate and racism that allow it to continue. If they won’t rise up against blatant twisting of their religion, nothing will change. They should tear up, but then be in their church rallying against the use of their religion for political gain. You know, the whole reason behind church/state separation.
Right, silent acceptance. Hence the example you responded to of a Christian speaking up to a stranger and expressing his disdain for the evil being wrought by other “Christians.”
I don’t understand where you get this feeling of silent acceptance. If there is something Christians are known for it’s inter-christian conflict. Conservative christians absolutely despise liberal Christians and vice versa. If you spend some time in online christian spaces you will quickly see how conservative christians spend almost as much time bashing liberal Christians as they spend on ethnic or sexual minorities, if not more so depending on the space.
That’s sort of my point. I don’t see any of that outside of the inner spaces, and the loudest voices give an image that this is how all Christians are. If within Christian circles there is a constant argument going on about what is and isn’t “Christ-like” then great, but it’s not helping if that isn’t obvious in public. The very post I replied to was in the framework of “a Christian spoke about what’s going on and was opposed to it” as if that is an unusual thing to hear. It shouldn’t be, I’m sure there are a lot of believers who aren’t happy, but they aren’t talking loud enough to counter or drown out the ones who are all for it.
Okay but… do you believe everything that Donald Trump says? Like how he represents all Americans, or Republicans/conservatives, or Christians, or whoever? If you believe that, and also believe those like Charlie Kirk, then doesn’t that say more about you than about them?
It is extremely well-known that for-profit enshittified news sources will spew enrage-bait content into your face. That does not make such content “true facts”, nor does it make it “mainstream”. Please do not rely upon Facebook, Threads, Tiktok, Instagram, X, or even YouTube, etc. for your “news” - they all paint a highly distorted view of reality.
Hate, love, or view Christians as they are, not as social media paints them to be. Likewise Americans. Or Muslims, or LBGTQIA+ individuals, etc. Perhaps mainstream Christians may even be avoiding social media altogether?