• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Even as an atheist I can’t help but cringe at this kinda stuff. Assuming OP lives in America too, he should be as aware as I am that the vast majority of Christians are equally capable as anyone else.

    I think there’s a lot of unprocessed emotions (especially with young people on the internet) that sort of creates a high demand for content like this, where we want to laugh at and condemn people that replace the help of doctors and educators with faith, which gets misdirected at Christians in general despite how fringe that type of behavior really is.

    What we should actually be condemning is the political powers that abuse religious institutions to do actual widespread tangible harm to our communities, and the people who follow them uncritically and enthusiastically. *cough cough* PragerU *cough* MAGA. And it’s funny to me, because I think it’s pretty plain to see for any outsiders and a lot of Christians as well that if Jesus descended on today’s America, he’d be pretty disappointed by the behavior this leads them to endorse.

    Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

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      10 months ago

      Wow, I don’t often see atheists recognizing that politicians are trying to hijack Christianity. That’s refreshing. Thanks!

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        10 months ago

        Well it’s pretty clear that most politicians are not real Christians judging by their actions.