Donald Trump says at a private religious group's prayer breakfast he's forming a commission on religious liberty and a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias.”
There are very, very few red letter xtians in this country. At least in my anecdotal experience. I was raised in an immediate (and extended) family that was into the liberal sects of xtianity.
As soon as I started talking to other xtians in elementary school, I quickly realized that there are very different kinds of xtianity, that’s for sure. And most of them are radically right wingers that seem to have zero awareness of the red letter portions…except as something to be clipped and put up somewhere to feel self-righteous (but never follow it). Just a mob of Karens obsessed with judging others and doing nothing for anyone - their circle of care often didn’t even extend to their own kids.
I know, I live here too. I think it was Carlin who specifically talked about how American Christianity involves stepping over the poor and hungry so you don’t get your Sunday best dirty on the way to church, or something along those lines.
Like Carlin, I’m just pointing out that there was a whole bit in the bible about Jesus assaulting moneylenders at the temple. Their book makes it very clear that those people deserved violence, and I think it’s pretty clear who the modern equivalents are - grifters, charlatans, hypocrites who claim belief but don’t act accordingly - so that’s the context I choose to interpret the statement in.
There are very, very few red letter xtians in this country. At least in my anecdotal experience. I was raised in an immediate (and extended) family that was into the liberal sects of xtianity.
As soon as I started talking to other xtians in elementary school, I quickly realized that there are very different kinds of xtianity, that’s for sure. And most of them are radically right wingers that seem to have zero awareness of the red letter portions…except as something to be clipped and put up somewhere to feel self-righteous (but never follow it). Just a mob of Karens obsessed with judging others and doing nothing for anyone - their circle of care often didn’t even extend to their own kids.
I know, I live here too. I think it was Carlin who specifically talked about how American Christianity involves stepping over the poor and hungry so you don’t get your Sunday best dirty on the way to church, or something along those lines.
Like Carlin, I’m just pointing out that there was a whole bit in the bible about Jesus assaulting moneylenders at the temple. Their book makes it very clear that those people deserved violence, and I think it’s pretty clear who the modern equivalents are - grifters, charlatans, hypocrites who claim belief but don’t act accordingly - so that’s the context I choose to interpret the statement in.