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I’ve literally had this moment A NUMBER OF TIMES…. As a grey shirt, I’m fighting right along side those who ACTUALLY believe in what their holy book says against the hordes of fascism and capitalistic greed

demons can be on the side of good, we are just evil underlyinh, the same as the laws of nature. the greatest lie is that all evil things are bad. evil simply must exist in some of us or there will be no one to understand the nature of evil. demons were once understood to be either fiend OR guard

That is in some ways the point of being a satanist. A Christian once said that Ghandi was evil because he wasn’t a Christian. Satanists are called evil for the same reason. Despite how kind their acts are, it doesn’t matter. They’re evil, right?

I’ll admit there are christians who follow what I think of as christian values on paper. Sadly, it seems some christians believe they can use it to justify their blatant homophobia and racism. I have engaged in some anti theism. I can let that go if theists agree not everybody holds their values.

All you need to know about actually living a life that pleases God is in the Good Samaritan. It's not the good Christian, or the good Jew or the good disciple. You do not have to be religious to be good. You just have to take care of your neighbor. "And who is my neighbor?" That's a good question.

I just need to point out, Jesus himself would actually not be surprised by this match up at all. He'd know that atheists shared many ideals with his teachings, and that Christian nationalists are confused and misguided trying to do what they think is right. He'd forgive them, but fight to stop them.

I've said it before, and I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: "How DARE you raise us with Star Trek, Mr Rogers, Sesame Street, The Beatitudes, The Sermon On The Plain, and all these ideas about the value of EMPATHY and HUMAN DIGNITY… and then support a billionaire who is the absolute antithesis of ALL of that" 😡😢💔

In 2016 watching my parents support trump forced me to re-evaluate my whole worldview. I'd been holding onto Christanity on the basis that there must be some things in this world that are objectively evil. Well if there is objective morality, Christians aren't the ones who have it. Maybe nobody does

Most of us left churches not because of the message we know as Jesus of Nazareth but of all of the followers and their rules and their twisting of words to exert power & shame those different. The early church attracted many women & misfits before men took power shaping the message.

I left because I began to think that I didn't need to be a member of and go to a church to practice and learn the core message of Jesus's teachings. I recall someone cheerfully telling me I'd go to hell if I stopped going and that kinda embittered me to churches in general. These days I'm agnostic.

There is a certain type of man that is attracted to the church. I saw it with my friends growing up. Their father's would insist on Church Sundays and yet also verbally abuse and gaslight their wives. Some would beat them. Yeah I'm 40 so that was common when I was a kid. They USED scripture.

When Atheists are kind and moral, it's because they choose to be. They do not expect any kind of karmic punishment or reward either way. They just say, "I'm going to do that," and do it. Freely choosing to be kind and charitable aligns a LOT more with what Jesus taught to be right

Meanwhile, Christian Nationalists and the like(I'm talking to to you, n-yahtzees) think they are 'chosen' by a higher power, and thus everything and anything they do has divine sanction. They allow themselves to give in to their worst instincts because they think god has them covered no matter what.

I’m atheist myself, but I vaguely remember Bible teaching one to be a better person and warning of false prophets. But most of the “Christians” I see nowadays pervert its teachings.

Jesus showed love for nonbelievers and social justice. The beatitudes, golden rule, prodigal son, good samaritan, parable of the lost lamb, and he hung out with the "dregs" of society (taxmen, prostitutes, lepers, etc). He condemned Pharisees. Only scene of anger was attacking usury in the temple.

As a Buddhist/Taoist/Agnostic, I feel that I understand Jesus better than a lot of "Christians." So much so that I was just about to join Church World Services to help refugees, but they lost funding and shut down before I could finish the paperwork.

Hey I'm an atheist but I've always said, the bible ain't too bad if you look at it like a book to teach your kids life lessons, or even guide your own. The problem begins with the establishment that dictates what the text means.

From what I can see, most fundamental "believers" are blind followers of an ideology, tradition or culture, while most atheists are atheists because they've taken the time to think, consider, analyze & reevaluate the belief systems imposed on them, to reveal the core humanity we all have deep down.

Atheists have been in a tug-of-war against Capitalism, Christian Nationlism, and Christian Apologists for over half a century and now I'm suppose to believe that the Christians who haven't gone full Nazi are suddenly on my side? I guess I'll chalk it up on the "an enemy of my enemy is a friend" list

I think just some good people are on your side and some of those are Christians. A lot actually. So maybe be nice lol. We want allies remember. That's what we are trying so hard to do here. Build bridges. I welcome the assist from any quarter 😅

Fellow atheist here, reminding us all that we should never let perfect be the enemy of good. They don't have to think exactly as we do to want many of the same things. That's actually a lot of what this fight will be about, from a philosophical perspective. We don't need to goosestep to fight Nazis.

Bro even the capitalists are looking at Trump now and being like naw dog you crazy.. It's only the BILLIONAIRES at the top drunk with power that are supporting him still. And MAGA MORONS of course. But they don't have the IQ to really discern anything.