Well, yes -- always and forever their whole thing.
What's getting me lately in the digital space -- is all of these activists scratching their heads about why so few are ACTING about fascism, pedos, wars, extrajudicial actions etc why is it so hard to get people to show up?!
I would like to point out exhibit A -- the comment section.
Come hang out with me, and the we'll face violence in the name of love together after I just called you a bunch of names in the planning forum! After I berated somebody for how they worded a sincere question regarding accommodations for my disability.
There is no gratitude, nor basic pleasantries. Why would anybody leave the safety of home to go be treated like shit -- on your behalf!?
A disability activist told me it is not her job to police their volunteers' emotions -- but isn't that what she's online demanding people do regarding her triggers?
Organizing is hard! Easier when you have 2000 years of practicing hypocrisy and violent oppression under your belt, you know?
I truly enjoyed that posting. It resonated with my being a Christian misfit over the past few years, especially being banned from one church and finding I will never fit in at Protestant church around here in rural America . . . and not at some Catholic ones either.
You can continue to criticize Christians til the cows come home, but you may want to revise your statement about "universal redemption" pertaining to the words of Christ.
Here's Jesus from Matthew 25:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Am I bashing Christians? Or am I opening a conversation about Christian hypocrisy and pride?
Where does God authorize Christians to act on his behalf and pass judgment for him? Where is authority given to man to choose for God who receives eternal salvation and who doesn’t? Who made you God?
Nicely done! Christianity expresses itself through one’s own conscience and a reverential duty of obedience to it. Christianity cannot be conceived without it.
Well, yes -- always and forever their whole thing.
What's getting me lately in the digital space -- is all of these activists scratching their heads about why so few are ACTING about fascism, pedos, wars, extrajudicial actions etc why is it so hard to get people to show up?!
I would like to point out exhibit A -- the comment section.
Come hang out with me, and the we'll face violence in the name of love together after I just called you a bunch of names in the planning forum! After I berated somebody for how they worded a sincere question regarding accommodations for my disability.
There is no gratitude, nor basic pleasantries. Why would anybody leave the safety of home to go be treated like shit -- on your behalf!?
A disability activist told me it is not her job to police their volunteers' emotions -- but isn't that what she's online demanding people do regarding her triggers?
Organizing is hard! Easier when you have 2000 years of practicing hypocrisy and violent oppression under your belt, you know?
https://vagabondexperience.substack.com/p/fck-you-youre-doing-it-wrong
I truly enjoyed that posting. It resonated with my being a Christian misfit over the past few years, especially being banned from one church and finding I will never fit in at Protestant church around here in rural America . . . and not at some Catholic ones either.
You can continue to criticize Christians til the cows come home, but you may want to revise your statement about "universal redemption" pertaining to the words of Christ.
Here's Jesus from Matthew 25:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
I really think you should go back and re-read this article again. It's an uncomfortable mirror and you missed the point.
This is the mirror you do want.
The one I hold up comes with a hell of a lot more features that some loke yourself even less.
Sheryl was gentle in pointing out some of the things you do in the name of your belief.
Want more people to come to you or walk away?
Your choice. Make it good before you lose more people.
I'm not sure what you mean to say, but I don't ask anyone to come to me. Jesus invites each one of us, "Come and see!".
Uh huh…
Am I bashing Christians? Or am I opening a conversation about Christian hypocrisy and pride?
Where does God authorize Christians to act on his behalf and pass judgment for him? Where is authority given to man to choose for God who receives eternal salvation and who doesn’t? Who made you God?
It’s interesting how people get angry over the words of Jesus.
Nicely done! Christianity expresses itself through one’s own conscience and a reverential duty of obedience to it. Christianity cannot be conceived without it.