• VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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    In college, I worked at a coffee shop and a group of church folks came in. They made a big deal how they’re part of the church.

    Then they asked if we can donate the food and drinks.

    My manager came out and said, “Maybe your church can pay for everything.” And I’ll never forget their face and how quickly they went hostile.

    Zero tip.

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      Didn’t he hear? Prosperity gospel used to say that you didn’t have to choose anymore. Now it says you need the former to even consider the latter.

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      Wait, they can’t even be bothered to do as food not bombs does and ask if they could have the leftovers that are too old to sell? Oh wait, you mean they were asking for free food for themselves not for giving out… Fucking Christians…

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    But you need Christ in your heart to survive. How do you think your heart pump works? Little Jesus gnomes running around and pushing the valves! Science!

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    Idk about Christ but I saw poor Gazans getting together to share food while being bombed nonstop, in a situation where we both know any amoral Western society would’ve just gone full Mad Max, so having God in your heart is definitely good both for your spirits and also for material reasons, as everyone sharing the same righteous piety will end in people sharing food also. 🤷

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      Not to mention that the reason Gaza is currently being bombed is because of religion ‘with god in their heart’ hmmm mm? Make it make sense

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        The reason Gaza is being bombed is because Israel is a Western colony created by the English and French, wilfully colonized by them plus European Jews (check "Haavara agreement ") even before WW2, and managed by Americans today because that’s where the balance of power fell after Europe was destroyed. It exists for the same reason other colonies existed, plus being a FOB in the Middle East. This is just the Crusades 3 (4?), Electric Boogaloo, lol.

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            How is religion the problem when religion is not the reason but imperialistic selfishness and amoral bloodthirst? You don’t honestly believe anyone in the American admin today that bombs and bullies the world all willy nilly or the European ones behind the Crusades to the Dutch East India Company did it because of religion, right? These folks believe in nothing! Jesus died because the Roman empire couldn’t handle him! He’s one of the OG victims of Western imperialism, literally a brown preacher in lands colonized by the West today! You’re gonna tell me any of these folk believe in being righteous so “the Father accepts you”, or giving the other cheek? They cut off the hands of people in Congo and brought them to zoos in Brussels! Nah, man, they believe in nothing besides might makes right, and they called it Roman Catholicism (and offshoots) and said it’s linked to the J man, lol, it’s the “Che Guevara t-shirt” nonsense but way older and insidious.

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              Much of that true. But what were the crusades? One religion believing the other shouldn’t be occupying their holy city? Everything you just spewed out. Nothing more than what god commanded in the bible. Even genocide is commanded. So where are the morals there?

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                Literally done for financial reasons and fueled by old fashioned Western anger and antisocial tendencies, the same reasons behind ICE today, the Gestapo yesterday, the nukes, the Opium wars, the subjugation of India, etc etc. There’s no way you or anyone can tell me God wants you to randomly go to some peaceful civilization thousands of kilometres away (Richard the Lionheart went from the British isles to the Middle East for plunder!) and murder and pillage your way for “religious reasons”, unless you worship Khorne, lol. If you believe God is cruel and wants you to be bloodthirsty, why would you worship Him? Wouldn’t that cruelty come around and bite you in the ass? No, man, these people believe in nothing, they invaded the Middle East and murdered and pillaged to their hearts content, and then said “God wills it!” just like Trump and his dogs do today, like they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because they don’t believe in anything like that, they have their Western civilization values and we all know what those are.

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                  I think you need to actually read your bible. Take some time for introspection. Maybe check out some scholarship about it.

                  You’ll realise that the god you worship is exactly the immoral bloodthirsty monster you decry

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      Pretty loaded comment here. Most humans band together to help one another in times of crisis. Other than a few psychopaths who take advantage of the suffering, and I see no reason to think that behavior is less among any religious group than another. If Gaza seems better than other places it’s probably because there is little profit in fleecing your neighbor who also has nothing.

      I support less fortunate members of my community without regard to religion. I don’t care nor do I identify myself as an atheist. We all walk our own path and we all need support from time to time. Faith has nothing to do with it.

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      I’m from Ukraine. We help eachother as much as possible. Well, maybe we’re not “Western” enough by your classification…

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      imagine spewing this shit when your god allowed the total destruction of Gaza to begin with; not even to mention the horrors in the West Bank. in all sincerity, fuck off.

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        OUR God allows for free will and I challenge you to imagine humanity without it … Gaza is not a natural disaster, it’s proof of our collective amorality.

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          this bronze-aged toddler brain bullshit doesn’t appear to be working. and no gods for me, thanks; that’s really not up to you.

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            ? Which part, the free will part and that Gaza isn’t a natural disaster? How can you disagree with that? And don’t be silly, whether you believe in the Creator or not does not change His existence, lol, else the universe would go poof every time someone’s ideologically confused enough to deny Him. 🤣

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            You can’t feasibly deny your free will, you can only deny the Creator behind the creation, for whatever reason. 😐