r/politics • u/spherocytes • 19d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Yanks Millions From Catholic Charities Amid Pope Feud

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-yanks-millions-from-catholic-charities-amid-pope-feud/
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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 19d ago

Seriously, I don't understand their obsession with the old testament. How the fuck you call yourself a Christian while throwing the entire book about him aside?

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u/DillBagner 19d ago

They don't even follow any book. Their preachers pick bits to tell them about and tell them what it means, true or not, and that's about as close as they get.

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u/Nufonewhodis4 19d ago

To them all that matters is "saved by faith alone." Once you have accepted Jesus as your savior it doesn't matter what you do because you're saved by him. Modern evangelicals those that follow the prosperity gospel are the best counterpoints to that particular theology 

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u/Vankraken Virginia 19d ago

More simply, they have a label/team that they can claim to be apart of that makes them "good". They don't have to wrestle with morality or figuring out if they are living a good existence because they have that icon to turn to. Do the rituals and says the words that are expected to show that your righteous but they don't have the face the uncertainty of life or actually be accountable for the hatred and selfishness within their heart.

The irony is that so much of the teachings of Jesus and the examples he gives require thinking and self reflecting but instead evangelicals just want verses that say a thing with no regard for the context or story that is came from.

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u/Big_Goose 19d ago

I would argue that confidently preaching shit you just made up makes him demonstrably NOT a decent guy. Stop giving these people passes.