Anonymous #1 22h

I pray you find truth one day 🙏

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Anonymous OP 22h

The truth being

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Anonymous #1 22h

Christ is king

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Anonymous OP 22h

Why do you think I’m not a follower of Christ just from my dislike of Trump?

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Anonymous #1 22h

Leftism and Christianity are incompatible

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Anonymous OP 22h

Why is that? Please explain in a way my apparently heathen mind can understand

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Anonymous #1 21h

For one leftists would call Jesus an “illegal Jewish settler” if he was born in Judea today

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Anonymous OP 21h

How does that have anything to do with his teachings? Try again.

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Anonymous #1 21h

What are the 7 deadly sins?

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Anonymous OP 21h

Pride, sloth, gluttony, lust, envy, wrath, and greed. Let me guess, you’re going to say every leftist follows all seven sins?

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Anonymous OP 21h

Very true but so is enlightenment ideology

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Anonymous #3 21h

What are you even replying to man

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Anonymous #1 21h

Found the rage baiter

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Anonymous #3 21h

No I genuinely can’t tell what you’re replying to this comment chain is a mess

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Anonymous #1 21h

What is that big parade leftists have in June?

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Anonymous #1 21h

I replied to the part regarding how leftism isn’t compatible with Christianity, but this guy is probably evangelical (so conservative) so enlightenment values (classical liberalism) is also not compatible with Christianity

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Anonymous #3 21h

Thank you for clarifying, so you mean liberal values aren’t compatible with his specific version of Christianity?

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Anonymous #1 21h

Yes, that is correct. And what Americans called conservative values in my view are not compatible with Christianity either due to the pre-modern nature of the faith. Democracy is an alien concept to our faith.

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Anonymous #3 21h

That’s honestly a fascinating take. I’m familiar with the American Christianity vs normal Christianity divide conversation, but I haven’t seen the argument of I guess Christianity originalism? I dunno how I’d describe it, this is a new angle for me

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Anonymous #1 21h

I guess it’s due to a fight within the Christian family. I consider myself a Calvinist. We adhere very strictly to the Scriptures however, most American Christians are what are called arminians. They tend to be a bit more loose in their reading of the Bible. Furthermore, I’m not even culturally American, I’m culturally east Asian.

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Anonymous #3 21h

Genuinely, really interesting. Thanks for enlightening me on the topic!

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Anonymous #1 21h

Also in regards to normal Christianity, what do you mean by that? If we were talking about mainline protestants versus evangelicals then I get what you mean.

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Anonymous #1 20h

You never answered my question

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Anonymous #3 20h

I meant more just the USA/rest of the world split since that’s apparently a massive divide culturally there, I guess mostly in the evangelicals

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Anonymous #1 20h

OK, yeah that is a huge split. After all, there is a reason I go to a Chinese church not an American one. The issue is the American Church is conservative by American standards. It’s just it appears more liberal by global standards. The orthodox’s I know can’t stop complaining about evangelicals.

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Anonymous #3 20h

Interesting that it’s considered liberal globally, I always felt like they were more going in a random third social direction compared to a traditional/liberal split that you’d expect to see in organized religion. I guess every direction but traditional is technically liberal? I’d need to do more research

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Anonymous #1 20h

It’s less about the ideology and more about the culture. American culture is part of western culture and the West tends to be very loose with its standards. In China, you’re still supposed to give your parents some form of visible respect. In Japan, where I also partially grew up, you’re supposed to bow your elders. Western Christianity, particularly in America has less structure than most of the global church and as far less willing to cooperate with the government.

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Anonymous #3 20h

Ah okay, so it’s more liberal in that sense. I gotcha

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Anonymous #1 20h

For example, an American might think it’s OK to start video gaming. Once you get home from school, but a Chinese kid is going to have to start work immediately on the homework because his parents are the type to ask him “ you only got a 95% on the last test. Where did the other 5% go?”

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Anonymous #1 20h

I have blocked #3 so you stop ignoring me. Now answer the question

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Anonymous OP 19h

You mean pride month? You realize that’s not just a leftist thing right it’s open to anyone it’s about civil rights

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Anonymous OP 19h

Jesus Christ, sensitive much

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Anonymous OP 19h

But if you want to know the truth trump is quite literally the opposite of Christianity in every fucking aspect but also are you a fucking child who blocks someone just so the other can say pride parades wtf is wrong with you

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Anonymous #4 19h

Don’t use the lords name in vein

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Anonymous OP 19h

I’ll say what I want I’m not a Christian, but for the sake of this conversation we’ll go with good fuck are you sensitive much?

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Anonymous OP 19h

But again wtf is this? Your so immature

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Anonymous OP 19h

You want to explain to me why you blocked 3 just because the other commenter wasn’t saying pride month?

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Anonymous OP 19h

Because again it’s tied to civil rights and protest whereas trump is a racist, mysogonistic,homophobic,transphobic bigot who doesn’t give a fuck what the Bible says

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Anonymous OP 19h

By doing shit like this you seem like an immature fucking child go outside and get a life

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Anonymous OP 19h

Also you spelled it wrong it’s the lords name in vain

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