• @Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40•2 months ago

    Sounds like she shouldn’t have gotten divorced three times if she gave a fuck what Jesus said.

    But the prosperity gospel types know they’re scammers, so she’ll laugh all the way to the bank.

  • @motor_spirit@lemmy.world
    31•2 months ago

    wish I could spit in the face of every fucking idiot who feels the urge to spread Christianity in any way. keep that idiotic bullshit tf from my life, you’re all clowns and actors

    • kubica
      7•2 months ago

      It’s counterproductive, even for the ones that once thought it was a way to improve society. They are just being used, and should reconsider if they are doing more harm than good.

      • Admiral PatrickEnglish
        6•2 months ago

        They are just being used, and should reconsider

        Reconsider?! Whoa there. That’s too much like thinkin’ which is the devil’s work.

    • @altphoto@lemmy.today
      0•2 months ago

      What would be more awesome? Walking on water? Or flying thru a lake at ludicrous speeds on a jet? Or same but on a jetpack? Or same but at 30,000feet on a Boeing flying machine?

      Also imagine a Boeing plane sitting on 30,000 feet? Why!!!

    • Em Adespoton
      -3•2 months ago

      Feel free to spit in my face then.

      I’d argue that what these people are spreading is about as close to Christianity as Trump’s sharpie hurricane map is to an actual hurricane though; damaging and ignorant by misleading people.

      As an example, they say God orders women to submit to their husbands. They get that from a letter Paul of Tarsus wrote to a group of early Christians in response to the way a particular group of (uneducated, likely trophy) wives were behaving that wasn’t in line with Jesus’ teachings to put others before themselves, because they misunderstood the bit about Jesus being an ultimate sacrifice that freed people from Jewish law to mean that you could behave however you wanted, and all would be forgiven. Paul told them that’s not how things work, and to ask their (likely educated in Jewish law) husbands to explain it to them at home instead of disrupting public meetings by preaching junk like this.

      Unfortunately, a lot if what the public sees of Christianity in the US is remixes of exactly the same things the Bible these people own directly instructs against.

      Jesus was a socialist pacifist. These people attempt to re-make him in their own image, taking instructions from his immediate followers out of context to justify their behavior, totally ignoring actual direct commands like “love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.”

      • ZagorathEnglish
        8•2 months ago

        I don’t disagree with you that these people are taking a message that seems inconsistent with the biblical portrayal of Jesus. But the above comment was criticising people “who feel the urge to spread Christianity in any way”. Which, yeah. Fuck them. If someone wants to do their research and convert to Christianity because they like it, more power to them.

        But introducing children to that nonsense (by which I mean belief in resurrections and other obviously ridiculous bullshit, even if it’s not directly used to cause tangible harm) as though it’s fact at a vulnerable young age should be considered child abuse. And preying on vulnerable lonely or depressed people and using highly manipulative tactics like love bombing the way many evangelical branches of Christianity do, as do Mormons and I believe Jehovah’s Witnesses, should also be considered abusive behaviour.

  • Kit
    22•2 months ago

    Why is there even a faith office? gtfooh

    • @FirstCircle@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10•2 months ago

      Because the “Heritage” foundation paid for it, and they’re a bunch of Xian Fundies. Project 2025 (which Trump knows absolutely nothing about, he says so himself) is their baby.

  • IninewCrowEnglish
    17•2 months ago

    “I do not permit a woman to teach, or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.”

    1 Timothy 2:12

  • Photuris
    12•2 months ago

    This lady has been divorced twice.

    Not that I otherwise care. Do what you want with your life and relationships - life is complex and difficult at times. Not every relationship works out, sadly.

    But for a twice-divorced lady to tell women to “submit to men,” it sounds like she herself has a problem keeping her trap shut and submitting to a man. The hypocrisy is so thick here you can cut it with a knife.

    Rules for thee but not for me.

  • Fingolfinz
    9•2 months ago

    All right, then go fuck off to a cave and live out your miserable existence away from society

  • @doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de
    6•2 months ago

    “White House Faith Office”, that sounds like someone is pushing the “Faith” branch of their current Frostpunk playthrough a bit too far. Next up are the “Faith keepers”. Ugh.