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A local church is urging its members to permanently remove books from the Shelby County Public Library by checking them out and never returning them. The books portray gay characters and historical figures or explore LGBTQ+ themes.

Pamela Wilson Federspiel, who has been director of the library in downtown Shelbyville for 34 years, says the action is tantamount to “stealing.”

But three leaders of the Reformation Church of Shelbyville defend what they call an “act of civil disobedience.”

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 67 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So much for “Thou shalt not steal.”

But then, the most ardent believers do the most cherry picking with The Bible.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Even if they followed JESUS himself, they'd love God and then treat everyone else the way they would want to be treated.

Fake Christians, imho

(I'm an atheist)

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

There's no hate quite like Christian love.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an imperfect, trying-my-best Christian, thank you for sticking up for us, outnumbered and doing our best in this dark world whilst getting false-flagged by hate-cults since the beginning.

It's safe to say we genuinely love you for it. <3

Take good care. :)

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I recognize that you are out there (hot take, I know)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Fake Christians, imho

Nah, these are real Christians. Don't make their fallacious arguments for them.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know a (very) few who walk the walk.

This are the only ones I would give the benefit of the doubt to

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know a (very) few who walk the walk.

Right. Exactly. When the majority of the people of a religion behave a certain way, that's common trait of the religion. "Not walking the walk" is about as Christian as it gets.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

American Evangelicals are not the majority of Christians, even though American exceptionalism makes them view themselves as such

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope definitely fake. Take your anti-theisitic edgelord nonsense back to r/atheism if you wanna paint people with a broad brush

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They need to change the name of the "no true Scotsman" fallacy to "no true Christian" as it makes a lot more sense these days...

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You do realize that extremists are louder than the majority of the group right?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

I was raised in the group, I am intimately aware of what they believe.

[–] 001Guy001@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Reading the bible, at least the old testament, it's pretty obvious that the commandments generally apply only towards your fellow kin (that is, another devout person of the religion). Everybody else is usually fair game (for example, during war with an outside tribe you could [should] do whatever - murder, rape, kidnap, steal, etc.)