The unborn are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct;
unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike immigrants, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn.
You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe.
Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.
- Methodist Pastor David Barnhart
"All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had... For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need."
:cross-and-sickle: :heart-sickle:
Turns out posting here just wasn't in god's plan for them :shrug-outta-hecks:
Yeah, something about "transvestite prostitutes". The "i'm just asking questions in good faith" withered immediately to "i will literally murder you and every whore"
Support women. Support compassion. Support basic dignity. Bodily autonomy is a right.
He's like a shittier version of the muscle men in the righteous gemstones
Meet me at the flagpole outside Liberal Mountain's library and we'll settle this Corn Pop style
You're a very smart boy. I'm sure you can track me down.
I look forward to it.
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you that work iniquity!’- Matthew 7:21-23
Looks like I should have married the unborn instead of my wife, am I right? :a-little-trolling:
Aw man, I wanted the methodist missionary to post hog :deeper-sadness:
I don't think this is it. It feels kinda disparaging to people dealing with addiction.
One of the more entertaining wreckers I've seen lately.
Looks at thread ratio.
Looks at the 6 not-deleted top-level comments.
:engels-wut:
Some of the concepts in Gnostic theology are interesting and correctly identify part of what is going on with this problem. A God with infinite powers would need to intervene, would they not? Unless... well, there are multiple theories.
We better understand God by questioning God. Humanity was made to rebel and seek answers.
Nah, just some unhinged methodist. if their username was to be believed.
Seemed more like just a run of the mill bible-humping chud though, because they didn't really have any strong theological positions to point to a denomination or sect other than being fervently anti-Catholic and anti-abortion which shrugs
since we have jesus now : "is there a devil or is devil illogical because if god has a antagonist he would not be allmighty , and hes just shitty... ? Also what Typ of Wine is it ... ?
