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Post #3886944

2026-07-09 22:38 UTC

Back when I was a wee little shit, and the parents were ritualistically sacrificing my Sunday mornings to Sky Daddy & Super-J by dragging my ass to church: I recall our pastor actually addressing this. Idr the verse he referenced, but it boiled down your ‘soul’ or some shit being driven to god even if you haven’t been exposed to him here on Earth. TLDR, even if you don’t know, you still go to hell for being a dirty heathen, so good 'ol christians have a duty to go shove their shit down as many throats as possible to ‘save’ them. Whether or not that’s true to their lore, I have no idea - there are so many contradictions in that shit that you can basically make it say whatever you want.

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  • @stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2026-07-10 05:18

    good 'ol christians have a duty to go shove their shit down as many throats as possible to ‘save’ them. Yyyyyyep. My favorite was when I (white guy) lived in a neighborhood with a lot of majority-black churches, ladies would walk around on Sunday afternoons knocking on doors to “spread the news.” However, the second they saw me their faces would fall and they’d make a quick exit after a minimal pitch. It was obvious they belonged to a were trying to recruit from the black community and my soul was not a priority to them. I’m sure it happens the other way around as well. Nothing against black people here.

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  • @bus_factor@lemmy.world 2026-07-09 22:56

    In my experience, each flavor of Christianity handles this a little differently. IIRC the reason the Mormons Jehovah’s Witnesses are extra aggressive about hounding your door is because they consider it an obligation to spread the good word, while there are other groups who just stay out of your business entirely. WRT the quote, there’s very little talk of heaven and hell at all in Lutheran churches in my experience, just as an example. Although I have only been exposed to the Norwegian state church, which is pretty laid back about most things, so your mileage may vary with other Lutheran churches.

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