they don’t read. their megachurch pastors tell them what the bible says about who to hate. they draw all their rhetoric from Leviticus and Numbers to justify their gross misinterpretation of Revelations. they ignore the gospels entirely. here are the things you need to know when dealing with christofascist propaganda
the old testament comes from the living documents of the jewish faith maintaining the history of their ancestors and people. the jewish faith is largely an ongoing conversation about what it means to inherit this story and how to resist oppression by enacting boycotts, strikes, and maintaining the cultural heritage of foods. no one thinks everything in it is right and good except for some folks who worship orthodox hegemony beyond all else
the teachings of jesus are primarily about how orthodox hegemony is bad and that the true value of ethics and morality is to help others and strengthen communities where you are
the book of revelations is early christians’ attempt to document the events of a genocide enacted by an authoritarian who co-opted the trappings of religion. it’s a warning against the types of coagulation of power being enacted by donald trump literally right now. they are the followers of the antichrist they accuse woke folk of being. woke folk are who get raptured into the eternal song of historical memory by remaining true to the teachings that kindness and grace is more important than orthodoxy. the book is all florid and weird because the roman censors didn’t recognize it for what it was, so it was able to survive.
Which is what I’m getting at that only the weirdest dorks really practice everything in there. In the new testament Jesus even says that in following his teachings you make a new covenant with god that dissolves the old covenant established in the old testament. Any christian drawing anything in their actions from the old testament that aren’t based around kindness and caring towards others is a complete jackass who doesn’t even know what Jesus taught.
The “new covenant” shit is just copium. Jesus also said that:
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Matthew 5:17-18
Let’s remember that the Old Testament not only condones slavery, it lays out the “correct” way to beat the shit out of the people you own as property.
Also, no shellfish, no clothing with more than one fabric, can’t cut the hair on your temples… I seem to recall there being some strange rules about it being your duty to fuck your brother’s wife if your brother dies? That’s an interesting one.
Jesus explicitly said that these laws will never change.
Jesus explicitly said that these laws will never change.
Well put. The other thing that’s very weird is how the xtians will say that Jesus both gave them a “new covenant”, and therefore things like dietary laws don’t apply to them. So they can eat shrimp, but No Homo, because of what the OT says.
It seems highly selective, does it not? They’ll claim the OT is what gives the character of Jesus his legitimacy because of prophecy being fulfilled or somesuch, and therefore the OT is the word of god. The character of Jesus says the “not one jot or tittle” stuff, and yet, the xtians will declare “new covenant” and nope out on things that seem awfully convenient like eating shrimp, keeping the (actual) Sabbath, and circumcision.
Even weirder - the way they enshrine things from Paul - a guy who never even met the character of Jesus, and that’s according to their own fanfic! People that consider what Paul says of any import should be in a religion called Paulianity, yes?
they don’t read. their megachurch pastors tell them what the bible says about who to hate. they draw all their rhetoric from Leviticus and Numbers to justify their gross misinterpretation of Revelations. they ignore the gospels entirely. here are the things you need to know when dealing with christofascist propaganda
To be fair, there is a lot of really bad, problematic shit (much of it political in nature) in the Old Testament…
Which is what I’m getting at that only the weirdest dorks really practice everything in there. In the new testament Jesus even says that in following his teachings you make a new covenant with god that dissolves the old covenant established in the old testament. Any christian drawing anything in their actions from the old testament that aren’t based around kindness and caring towards others is a complete jackass who doesn’t even know what Jesus taught.
The “new covenant” shit is just copium. Jesus also said that:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A17-18&version=NIV
Seems pretty clear to me.
Let’s remember that the Old Testament not only condones slavery, it lays out the “correct” way to beat the shit out of the people you own as property.
Also, no shellfish, no clothing with more than one fabric, can’t cut the hair on your temples… I seem to recall there being some strange rules about it being your duty to fuck your brother’s wife if your brother dies? That’s an interesting one.
Jesus explicitly said that these laws will never change.
Well put. The other thing that’s very weird is how the xtians will say that Jesus both gave them a “new covenant”, and therefore things like dietary laws don’t apply to them. So they can eat shrimp, but No Homo, because of what the OT says.
It seems highly selective, does it not? They’ll claim the OT is what gives the character of Jesus his legitimacy because of prophecy being fulfilled or somesuch, and therefore the OT is the word of god. The character of Jesus says the “not one jot or tittle” stuff, and yet, the xtians will declare “new covenant” and nope out on things that seem awfully convenient like eating shrimp, keeping the (actual) Sabbath, and circumcision.
Even weirder - the way they enshrine things from Paul - a guy who never even met the character of Jesus, and that’s according to their own fanfic! People that consider what Paul says of any import should be in a religion called Paulianity, yes?
None of the new testament writers ever met Jesus.