• Phegan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    If people actually followed the teachings of Jesus, it would be a very difficult world. Christianity is supposed to be socialist as fuck.

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      5 months ago

      Landlording is fine by christian teachings but making a profit and getting rich by it is a bit iffy

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      It wouldn’t be difficult at all. In fact it would be a true utopia.

      Problem is gods aren’t real and human instincts prefer selfishness and tribalism over “socialist” ideas.

      Humans love the idea of socialism until it comes down to “us vs them” then socialism is the greatest threat there is.

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        That’s not true. You’d have to gauge your eyes out for lusting after a woman. And women? They aren’t allowed to reject their husband’s sexual advances. Which doesn’t sound extreme until it turns out hes got a scat fetish.

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          5 months ago

          Hyperbole is a rhetorical device.

          Accept its existence or die.

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          The first part of your argument kinda supports mine.

          Jesus said if you can’t quit staring at, or keep your fuckin hands off women, cause you’re so pathetic about attractive women, gouge your eyes out and cut off your hands. Cause you’re the problem.

          As for the second part was that something Jesus himself preached? Or is that more of that Paul dudes bullshit?

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            I don’t care who wrote that down. None of it was written by jezus anyway.