[Disclaimer] - I am not an American and I consider myself atheist, I am Caucasian and born in a pre-dominantly Christian country.

Based on my limited knowledge of Christianity, it is all about social justice, compassion and peace.

And I was always wondering how come Republicans are perceiving themselves as devout Christians while the political party they support is openly opposing those virtues and if this doesn’t make them hypocrites?

For them the mortal enemy are the lefties who are all about social justice, helping the vulnerable and the not so fortunate and peace.

Christianity sounds to me a lot more like socialist utopia.

  • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    6 months ago

    For the same reason that the January 6 protesters call themselves “patriots”, dumb anti-vaxxers call themselves “smart”, violent people call themselves “peaceful”, naive conspiracy theory believing idiots call themselves “woke”, etc. It is easy to think that you know the answer, and really, Really, REALLY hard to acknowledge how little we truly know. Likewise we all want to think of ourselves as the “good” people, and it’s a super tough pill to swallow that we are not.

    Which ironically is what many people say that Christianity is truly about:

    There is no one who does “good”, no, not one single one. All have missed the mark, and fallen short.

    - Jesus