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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 110 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Fuck. We're the baddies.

All the so called christians that voted for this. They should be ashamed, but I'm not sure they can even feel shame.

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Isn't Christianity the religion where it doesn't really matter how bad you are? In the end the love for Jesus fills up you entirely and before your final moments you become good.

I vaguely remember learning something like that.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All ya gotta do is believe in Jesus and ask for forgiveness right before you die and you get into heaven, no matter what you've done lol.

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago

Depends on your type of Christianity. The debate between salvation through faith and good works or salvation through faith alone is as old as the Reformation.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

That’s not told a punishment, but a disincentive from people doing such.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe you can almost kill yourself and then ask for forgiveness before you die of internal bleeding.

[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

New Testament God Hates This One Trick!!!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's the beauty of Christianity.

It can be exploited to make you feel correct no matter your worldview.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

One of the biggest reasons it spread so far.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Correct. Even the four gospels themselves don't agree on the character of Jesus, so it's a simple matter to pick-and-choose the bits that support your particular worldview.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

Also all the genocide.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is not about 2025 American politics. Think in terms of game theory, pure logic, drop your morals. If you're you the baddest dude in the hood, why would you let weaker men trap you into binding agreements that might bite your ass down the road? All risk, no reward, foolish.

America won't be a real member of the international community until we are militarily and economically forced into the role.

See the gathering of generals and the warlike speech yesterday? They know we're slipping economically. Only way to counter, for a fascist, is military might. Once you've built your power on a single man never being wrong, forging ahead no matter what, there is no turning back. Plus, our leader is a dementia addled old man. All he understands is kicking ass and lording power and money over others. God knows what he'll do or say next, but you can count on that behavior.