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by carabiner 36 days ago
As I get older I'm starting to realize, the Christians were right about everything.
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Not sure I'd go as far as "everything" but the wisdom on how to live, how to treat others, behaviors that are good and bad, etc. is all pretty solid.
Mostly it's just the regulations around sex that are wack. Jesus has great advice around taking care of the poor, the sick, and the refugee, which are given short shrift by the Christian nationalists on the US.
Modern Christians (especially the ones in power) would deport Jesus because he's not white enough
In Jesus' day, some Jews wanted to deport him. So ya, that fits.
I consider it more of a "stopped clock" situation; I've found myself getting more and more disillusioned with Christians as I get older, but this is one thing I can agree on.
As a gay dude I'd agree, lol

Christianity has some good stuff (love thy neighbor, etc), but I'd rather we not lean too heavily on it for public policy, for obvious reasons

We should distinguish between the moral condemnation of a behavior and the desire to outlaw it. The latter is hardly Christian in any universal sense and seems to be mostly an effect of Protestant puritanism. For example, many saints have argued to tolerate prostitution and other vices for the sake of man's weakness.
Same experience here.
Ah yes, in Utah, the capital of MLM scams?