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minus-squaredraughtcyclist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI firmly believe this is one of the possible solutions. Just labeling them as religious doesn’t help, as not all Christians feel this way. Last I checked, Jesus taught love and acceptance. He hung out with people in poverty making hard choices. I’m not religious. But this is exactly the stuff that caused me to avoid the church.
minus-squaretaurentipper@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI agree, don’t want to paint them all with a broad brush. It’s just so many don’t follow the pretty plain and simple lessons he was supposed to have taught
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago Last I checked, Jesus taught love and acceptance. That is cleaned up version. Not the Jesus of Paul or the Gospels.
I firmly believe this is one of the possible solutions. Just labeling them as religious doesn’t help, as not all Christians feel this way.
Last I checked, Jesus taught love and acceptance. He hung out with people in poverty making hard choices.
I’m not religious. But this is exactly the stuff that caused me to avoid the church.
I agree, don’t want to paint them all with a broad brush. It’s just so many don’t follow the pretty plain and simple lessons he was supposed to have taught
That is cleaned up version. Not the Jesus of Paul or the Gospels.