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It's hard to square a genuine and humble belief in a loving God and creed with the desire to kill a bunch of people and light the world on fire to make him end
by recursivecaveat 7mo ago
It's hard to square a genuine and humble belief in a loving God and creed with the desire to kill a bunch of people and light the world on fire to make him end the world in your time specifically.
- assaddayinh 7mo ago[dead]
- zozbot234 7mo agoThe Iranian religious authorities have long been essentially united behind very similar attitudes, only centered around the belief that the Mahdi must reappear first, then Jesus afterwards. Both camps believe that Jesus will finally restore true religion, whatever that is.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> a genuine and humble belief in a loving God I think it's fair to say that American Evangelists do not worship the god described in the New Testament per se, but instead something closer to the vengeful god of Abrahamic origin. (The mullahs in Iran and pastors in our evangelical churches probably agree on most issues.)