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Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Ah, so it’s the “no, actually I am a Christian, despite not following any of the rules. I just make up my own”.

And you don’t see why ideology like that is mocked in more developer countries?

If you claim to be Christian, but then take literally everything to mean whatever you want it to mean, except when it’s something you don’t like (when religious people protest it’s always “It’s not in the Bible!” = “it’s against Christian values which is the term we’re just calling our feelings but here’s a clip from the book we don’t believe in”), then why are you calling yourself a Christian to begin with?

The answer is because you’re afraid of denouncing Christianity and organized monotheism as the bullshit they so very clearly are.

What are these “Christian values” of yours then? Oh the very core or Jesus’ teachings, which is the very core of pretty much any even remotely functional ideology, the golden rule; do unto others as you’d have done to yourself.

It’s not in any ways inherently Christian. Judaism, Confucianism, Islam, Buddhism and various others all have it.

So if that’s all you’re taking from Christianity and nothing that’s unique to Christianity, then why call your values Christian? Because you dislike explaining yourself to annoying older relatives, that’s why.

But if you can come out as trans, then surely awkward conversations with conservatives are already on the books, so why not go all in and actually take the smart stance in religion as well.

I’m not an atheist, by the way. I used to be. Just like I used to be Christian. First I grew out of Christianity, and then I grew out of atheism. So I don’t know what you think I’m “preaching”?

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