Post #3142468
2026-05-15 14:14 UTC
Replies (3)
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@thatfightnerd@poa.st 2026-05-15 14:18
That's not actually about forgiveness, it's about seeing how much suffering you can take. Temple Judaism was a blood cult in service to a priestly order; early Christianity was an attempt to harness that and democratize it.
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@zeke@nicecrew.digital 2026-05-15 14:33
It always seemed intuitively obvious to me that Christ's instruction to "turn the other cheek" and to "pray for your enemies" was simply advice on how to deal with the personal enemies that we all accrue in life. Scaling that up to the macro level and trying to deal that way with group spiritual enemies like Islamists who want to conquer you would obviously be suicide and the eradication of Christianity.
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@shortstories@merovingian.club 2026-05-16 00:55
@Sovereign@nicecrew.digital @Dagnar@nicecrew.digital @PodunkPotato@nicecrew.digital @zeke@nicecrew.digital @GoonPatrol@poa.st @James_Dixon@poa.st @Jewpacabra@poa.st @Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta@poa.st @KingOfWhiteAmerica@poa.st @multiversal_gangstalker@poa.st @thatfightnerd@poa.st @thefinn@poa.st When Christianity started it was less centralised then the Emperor cult where everyone had to do rituals to have appearance of worship to the same Emperor After Constantine what was called Christianity became centralised and when it became centralised and based on voting about truth it was no longer Christianity