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Appreciate the thoughtful and heartfelt response. > If you're talking about America's GOP, they are inveterate liars who cause untold misery the world over. W

by rexpop 2y ago

Appreciate the thoughtful and heartfelt response. > If you're talking about America's GOP, they are inveterate liars who cause untold misery the world over. Well, yeah. I mean, all you're preaching sounds lovely, but eg Pete Hegseth's "Western Christian Paideia" is a fascist call to arms: he literally titled his book "American Crusade," so how can I not find it impossible to trust anyone sporting a crucifix?

MrMcCall 2y ago
First, my friend, I don't support the crucifix at all. I support the teachings of love by Jesus and his ilk. Second, fascists can NOT be of God, simply because God commands us to love one another, not harm or persecute them. I don't give a rat's ass about what a person says they believe, it's how they treat people that matters to God and to their karmic happiness. There is no compulsion in religion. If there is compulsion, there is only evil. The only thing we are permitted (and commanded even) is to protect the innocent from persecution in any form. Religion must be every person's free choice. If a person is oppressing another person, irrespective of what reason that person gives, they are doing evil. We can only impinge on another's free actions in order to protect others from physical harm. So, in summary, fuck all fascists no matter their ideology or book or whatever. What a person says doesn't mean a damn thing -- it's what a person does, how they treat others, that matters. That is all that matters. We are to be honest, kind, generous, caring, and compassionate to everyone we can. Once we embrace that ethos, we can then rain holy hell down on the hateful bastards that use their power to cause so much misery. Gird yourself, my friend. Go within yourself and connect with God and ask it to make you a servant of love. I am at your service. Get ready, because those Goddamned motherfuckers are on some real evil shit and you better know good and well which side of the struggle you stand on. And please don't blame the teachings of Christ for the hateful, manipulative, lying hyprcrites' evildoings. The enemy of man works against us by convincing fools to betray religion's love teachings. And they are all liars who think it's all going their way. They are wrong, but shit sure looks bleak at the moment. Peace be with you, my friend. "The Way goes in." --Rumi

by rexpop 2y ago

MrMcCall 2y ago

First, my friend, I don't support the crucifix at all. I support the teachings of love by Jesus and his ilk. Second, fascists can NOT be of God, simply because God commands us to love one another, not harm or persecute them. I don't give a rat's ass about what a person says they believe, it's how they treat people that matters to God and to their karmic happiness. There is no compulsion in religion. If there is compulsion, there is only evil. The only thing we are permitted (and commanded even) is to protect the innocent from persecution in any form. Religion must be every person's free choice. If a person is oppressing another person, irrespective of what reason that person gives, they are doing evil. We can only impinge on another's free actions in order to protect others from physical harm. So, in summary, fuck all fascists no matter their ideology or book or whatever. What a person says doesn't mean a damn thing -- it's what a person does, how they treat others, that matters. That is all that matters. We are to be honest, kind, generous, caring, and compassionate to everyone we can. Once we embrace that ethos, we can then rain holy hell down on the hateful bastards that use their power to cause so much misery. Gird yourself, my friend. Go within yourself and connect with God and ask it to make you a servant of love. I am at your service. Get ready, because those Goddamned motherfuckers are on some real evil shit and you better know good and well which side of the struggle you stand on. And please don't blame the teachings of Christ for the hateful, manipulative, lying hyprcrites' evildoings. The enemy of man works against us by convincing fools to betray religion's love teachings. And they are all liars who think it's all going their way. They are wrong, but shit sure looks bleak at the moment. Peace be with you, my friend. "The Way goes in." --Rumi