• Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Exactly. The “love thy enemy” nonsense always got me too:

    Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you

    • Mathew 5:44

    Think about slavery in history. Christianity was forced upon slaves in US history. Think about current era people working horrible conditions, factories, sweatshops, whatever. What a CONVENIENT verse for the slave owners.

    Just be good, do what you’re told, don’t fight back, and love your enemy (exploiter/persecuter). If you do, promise of heaven like you said.

    But if you disobey (commit murder, dare I say of the person exploiting you), infinite and eternal torture and suffering in hell.

    Also don’t commit suicide, that’s a sin too so straight to hell if you do.

    Its just so fucking obvious.

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      6 hours ago

      What a CONVENIENT verse for the slave owners.

      reminds me of the joke that in another two thousand years, future archeologists will have no idea what is the difference between butt dial and booty call.

      and yet here we are with piece of shitty fiction written two thousand years ago, being passed in oral tradition and rewritten and retranslated multiple times, and some morons are trying to use it and force it upon others as a guideline how to live a life in 21st century…