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Christian friends, please don’t play the “not real Christians” card here. Reckon w/how Christianity is used to justify this, justified slavery, the Inquisition, the Crusades, the Holocaust, colonialism. Take responsibility

So, if you mean as Empire, I'm with you. But I see a lot of replies using the word "Pharisees," which a) weren't Jesus' opponent, he *was* a Pharisee having

While you're in your Mr. Rogers feels, a few things to remind you about his radical theology. 1/xHe was a Presbyterian minister whose life’s work was built almost entirely (if

A guy came to the sage Hillel & (obnoxiously) asked him to teach all of Torah on one foot. Hillel said, "What is hateful to you, do not do to

Pick a thing to do and when you’ll do it. Start small but assume you’re doing it every day. 1/x threadhttps://twitter.com/longestrose/status/1347524184650309635 Like: set an alarm to remind you to sit

The Bible teaches that we serve God by caring for the most marginalized; standing up to tyranny; & setting up just systems when we have power. Most other traditions also

I keep seeing this narrative here about how the Jews were passive and meek during the Holocaust, didn’t protest, and it makes me furious. It is wrong, it is dangerous,

"Then God said, “The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to

Since we’re talking about the King James Bible, I’ll just point out a few places where it’s clear how there’s always loss in translation. Like, if you’re only relying on

OK. Theodicy thread. 1/x I don't believe that God "lets" people get sick. That God has a set of dice and is going, OK, Bob down there is going to

I so adore Judith. (A small thread of select pieces of her awesome.) Her town’s besieged, they cut off the water supply. She hears how the town leaders handled it,

Hi @RepChipRoy please stop imposing Christian theological notions onto American citizens. We have separation of church and state here, despite your past defense of homophobic discrimination as “Christian values.”Would you

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