• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      52·
      2 个月前

      For some, maybe. I fear though, that God isn’t a real force in most of their lives except when they can wield God as a weapon against the vulnerable

      • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
        27·
        2 个月前

        What else do you need a God for if not to grant divine authority to dehumanize anyone or anything you don’t like?

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
        111·
        2 个月前

        In my experience, Christians view their faith as a tool they can use by twisting it into a cudgel and beating anyone who disagrees into submission.

        Whether they’re consciously willing to vocalize that on the other hand…

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 个月前

      Maybe, but god damn I would hate for the Democratic Party to get taken over by religious psychopaths.

    • EABOD25@lemm.eeEnglish
      202·
      2 个月前

      Rumor has it that they hijacked hell and turned the first 3 circles into a nightclub, a B&B, and a spa

      • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        2 个月前

        I mean, it’s all fictitious headcanon, I’m on board with this one.

        “And as God declared homosexuality a sin, he made his second mistake, because their over representation led to a fabulous revolution. Fighting back against homophobic demons and damned souls, and freely inviting the homosexual demons into their territory, they created a vibrant new hell… With blackjack, and hookers.”

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        I’m the official gay and I have my voucher for a penthouse suite and a bitchin meet and greet with the man himself, so you best believe that nightclub is my top priority. Well, once I finish having raunchy scandalous sex with adorable, hung subs. And I don’t even have to wait to die for that!

        It’s so good to be so bad 😏

    • SassyRamen@lemmy.worldOP
      304·
      2 个月前

      Sorry bud, I’m not young enough to know what that means and I have too much pride to look it up.

        • Mac@mander.xyz
          4·
          2 个月前

          Remember when it meant “damn, that is legitimately an unpopular opinion that you apparently actually stand by. Props.”?

          I remember.

          Now it just means “lol tru”

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        2 个月前

        Copied from an older comment of mine:

        “Based” (corruption of base head - from someone who smokes base - street name for crack cocaine) was popular as an insult in rap / African American circles in the early 00s

        Rapper Lil B got called it and decided on a whim to pretend the meaning was changed to mean something positive, started using it in this way, it caught on - mostly through the new York scene and its attendant twitter following

        As all slang does in the last ~100-150 years, passed from black people to everyone.

      • Classy@sh.itjust.works
        101·
        2 个月前

        Tough word to define. “Based” comes from black culture, if I recall correctly. To describe something as based means, essentially, “I see that you are strong in your convictions and I approve of your position”, implying perhaps that a person’s opinion is potentially controversial. It also could be, “You have strong views that align with my subculture.”

        I’ve seen “based” used to describe a lot of things in the last ten years. Teenagers describing their desire to overthrow the capitalist system. Ecologists feeling that we should ban cars and return to driving buggies. Neonazis acknowledging another’s dogwhistle. Usually, people are based, not ideas themselves.

        You think most social media is stupid and you think we should nuke the internet? That’s pretty based.

        • Classy@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          2 个月前

          So the OOP here was probably saying something like:

          “I disagree with Christianity, but I see your (possibly cynical) use of its principles as a way to combat a larger problem as good.”

  • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1613·
    2 个月前

    I know everyone here loves being edgy, but idolatry is forbidden, and Sodom and Gomorrah was about not following God’s word. (PS I am angry the homophobes have co-opted a story about Charity and Faith)

    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
      102·
      2 个月前

      What about all the numerous catholic saints that are idolized af? They literally have idols of them all over churches and homes.

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
        8·
        2 个月前

        Yeah, that’s one thing I don’t get, and am unfamiliar with catholic dogma, so why is it okay for saints to be literally idolized by modern catholics? Or is it one of those “no true Scotsman” things…

        • zaph@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          2 个月前

          I’m not Catholic, or religious at all, but I’ve had the same question. They don’t “idolize” the saints. To them praying to a saint or depicting them is more of a conduit to God. They see it the same as asking your neighbor to pray for you/a loved one. They believe saints are messengers delivering their prayers to God.

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
            7·
            2 个月前

            They pretend not to, but I grew up Catholic and I’ve known people who feel direct, holy connections to sts. Anthony or Jude. It’s one of the things that allowed Catholicism to be so effectively spread: people didn’t have to lose their old gods. Saint Brigid is just a revamp of the Celtic deity Brigid, for example.

          • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 个月前

            Raised Catholic, and basically that’s it. I interpret it kinda somewhere between asking your crush’s friend to tell them you like them, and asking your writer friend to help you write a good love note. Idolatry would be like if you tried to date your writer friend or your crush’s friend, instead of your crush.

        • yesman@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 个月前

          Because Arabic and Jewish culture value the uniqueness and singularity of God, while the Pagan cultures of Greece and Rome (where Western Christianity developed) valued multiple persons in divinity with responsibilities over different aspects of life.

          When Christians were oppressed by Rome, their crime was not worshiping Jesus. But rather their refusal to participate in ritual or pay respects to the other official State gods.

      • sibannac@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        Growing up Baptist, this was one of the reasons they differentiated themselves from Catholics.

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      72·
      2 个月前

      Are you saying that because idolatry is forbidden no Christian could engage in it, even unwittingly? Because it sounds like that is what you’re saying and it’s pretty obvious that isn’t true. Tons of people who call themselves Christians idolize the shit out of Trump for some insane reason I’ll never understand.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 个月前

        I think they’re saying that these people commit acts that their holy book condemns, so they would be deserving of his wrath (if he were real).

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 个月前

    once in an onion (satirical news) video I responded to an idiotic trump supporter in the comments with something along these lines using Google translate:

    “[English] Yes, MAGA 2024 he is our savior.
    [Russian] See my brothers this one has already been fooled. Soon he will worship the Russian empire.”

    Didn’t get a reply, all my trolling for nothing 🥲

    • BigBenis@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 个月前

      It’s almost like there are some people who have the capacity to speak multiple languages 🤯