“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”

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    8 months ago

    Every “real” Christian I know can’t stand Trump and all of this other garbage, it always seems to he the fake Christians who tell people that they should go to church while they themselves don’t, and similar folks who seem to love Trump and the prosperity gospel.

    Don’t get me wrong, I know there are whole congregations of idiots, but I’m just saying the ones I know personally who are very into their religion yet retain their open mindedness seem to be the ones who are against this crap, meanwhile “religious types” like my own father who never go to church and constantly try to push religion on me and the rest of the family, always seem to be the Trumpers. (Also not surprising my dad is a retired LEO)

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      8 months ago

      Yeah that’s my general experience too. “Real” Christians understand that they’re not supposed to judge, because they’re sinners like everyone else. They might not like abortion, but they don’t want to legislate their beliefs nor judge someone who does get one.

      Jesus chose to hang out with prostitutes and poor people. He protected them from self righteous crowds, and fed the hungry and healed the sick. He even happily paid his taxes lmao. He didn’t go establish a theocracy or force people to do things. He told people to love each other, no matter who they were. The Good Samaritan is a parable against xenophobia and racism.

      Biblical Jesus is actually a pretty cool dude. The WWJD crowd would do well to actually act like him.