you are a christian! you're just also a bad person! they don't actually contradict. you can be both
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Letter: Is Jesus too “woke” for you? If you support Trump for any reason, you’re not a Christian.
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b) reinforcing the idea that "christian = good" in an environment shaped by christian nationalism is not necessarily helpful
https://chrisstroop.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/about-those-trump-voters-for-god-stop-calling-them-fake-christians/
Since this ruling (in 418), the church's answer to the question "is there such a thing as a christian in name only?" has been a firm no.
Also Christians: (a complete lack of effort to distance themselves or denounce or counteract the behavior)
Anyway, I’ve already deferred to the expert here.
the thing about religions is that they are infinitely malleable, and there is no such thing as an objective standard existing sui generis to judge it by
or the time he killed a tree because he was hangry
"Your way isn't the real way, my way is the real way", they just got tired of killing each other over it.
But that is probably about to come back again also.
you might think of it as akin to the creation of "whiteness."
https://history.princeton.edu/about/publications/one-nation-under-god-how-corporate-america-invented-christian-america
when JFK became president, he still had to deal with anti-Catholic bias. now no one cares as long as you're "Christian."
The pursuit of that ideal is what makes one a follower of Yehoshua.
Those who speak my savior’s name in vain will get their comeuppance. I promise.
https://bsky.app/profile/islandofreil.bsky.social/post/3lhuf2gyo4k2k
I remember that really clearly. I got an upset stomach.
The Jesus of the Gospels is a hothead. He is frequently angry and rebukes constantly. It’s in the text.
He said a lot of questionable things.