“You cannot serve both God and money”
“You cannot serve both God and money”
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I don't know who Colin Bodayle is, but from the responses he got from his students I think he is located in the US. There is rot in the US culture that's too deep, Trump is just it surfacing. Greed, individualism and selfishness are considered virtues, I noticed it when talking to coworkers there through the years. If Jesus ever went to the US he'd be crucified that is if he wasn't arrested at the border by ICE for being a Palestinian. The US claims to be a Christian nation, yet it is the furthest from it. What good is your religion if it doesn't make you do good? What good is your religion if it doesn't make you overcome your selfishness and greed?
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Also worth noting that the US is not and never has been a "Christian nation." Not only did the Founding Fathers specifically separate church and state for that reason, but they also didn't declare a national religion and enshrined religious freedom as well for that same reason. Plus, half of them were agnostic or atheists. Anybody who says we're a "Christian nation" is just using religion as an excuse for bigotry.
If God truly exists, he more so loves the atheist who questions the world around him than the Christian who blindly follows.
-Thomas Jefferson
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I mean, the US has obviously become a "Christian" nation, it matters not if it was founded as one or not. Simply, like, look around.
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Yeah, it's the fruit of almost a century of anti-communist propaganda.
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To be fair over many many centuries, Christians aren't exactly very following of the ways of Christ.
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Yeah, it's what led me to leave the faith. What I read in the NT wasn't what was practiced in the church.
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According to the internets, "Liberation Theology" is a Christian movement that started in Latin America in the 1960s, that preaches against oppression. They sound like the opposite of right-wing "Christians".
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Yeah the right wing Christians were training death squads to murder Liberation theology priests in Latin America.
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As far as I've understood, that is precisely one of the reasons the current pope has such a strong base in Latin America and so many in that part of the world wanted to see him as pope.
The Jesuit University System (SUJ) actively promotes liberation theology through curriculum in Mexico, and I would expect the Jesuits have similar structures and programs in other countries and parts of the world.
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Interesting, I never knew that, even though my parents sent me to a Jesuit high school in Portland OR. All boys sadly, but academically fantastic.
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If Jesus came to the US he would smack the shit out of all of us
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Was Jesus a political man?
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There's a "block user" feature that I recommend you make use of. This is a post about Christianity, bringing up Jesus and the fact that he was Palestinian is on topic, it is additionally relevant as Palestinians are being targeted by the US government domestically and abroad.
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