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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Christian ministry that helps the homeless (www.friendlyatheist.com)
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What’s interesting about this lawsuit, though, is that Paxton is effectively suing a Christian ministry for helping unhoused people—and the ministry plans to respond to the threat by saying they have a religious right to assist others:

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[–] chemical_cutthroat -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lmao. Fringe.

No, friend. There is nothing fringe about Christianity. Maybe not all of them believe the exact same lies that I was told, but know that all of them believe some version of it. Maybe it isn't black people, maybe it's homosexuals, maybe it's women, maybe it's literally anything that they aren't. All of them--ALL OF THEM--believe it, though.

I've said it before in this thread, and I'll say it again. Christianity is a group of volunteers. No one is drafted into god's army. No one is forced to be a Christian. When you decide to become a Christian, you assume the mantle of hatred and oppression that has marched unimpeded for thousands of years. There is no "good sect" of Christianity. There are no reformists that are taking the bible and updating it with modern language and tolerances. It's all the same. All of the lies. All of the hatred. When the "progressive" Christians talk about how it's OK to be gay in their denomination, it's because they believe that gay is a choice, and that you can be forgiven of that sin when you simply stop being gay. You know, like you can be forgiven of murder when you stop murdering. To them, it's the same thing. Sure, they'll let gay people get married, they let murderers get married, don't they?

[–] TrickDacy -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I didn't read this because you cannot be bothered to think that the extremely racist views you chose to hold aren't universal

By your logic, humanity is entirely putrid and unsalvageable and I can conclude that based on literally just your past professed beliefs which you suddenly now claim no responsibility for and instead choose blind, yes 100% blind, hatred as a piss poor excuse for making amends for the awful shit that you "volunteered" for

[–] chemical_cutthroat 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well, since you aren't reading this, I hope you have a good day and all of your dreams come true.

My views are no longer racist. That was the whole point of my rant. I was raised a christofascist in the purest sense. I had to escape that shit. I have every reason to hate it, because it never bothered to apologize for nearly destroying my life.

And here's the thing about being an ex-Christian, and having to deal with the responsibility of my former actions. I'm not making a twitter apology and moving on with my life to leave the victims of my hate to deal with their broken lives on their own. My life is now dedicated to fixing my past mistakes. I battle against the lies I formerly held true because I want to make amends for all of the damage I caused. When I curse the names of priests, rabbis, and gurus, it's not some misguided hate. It's a fucking fascist seeking missile aimed directly at the people that want to destroy the world, all for the sake of the lies they believe and the power they crave. You really want to be the human shield for a pedophile priest?

[–] TrickDacy -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I knew a bigot was impossible to converse with and that last line is pure pathetic proof of it.

If this hatred and way of speaking is what you think passes for making amends, you're entirely hopeless. The fact is that you're aiming your hate at people who never believed the awful shit YOU believed. And apparently thinking that your hate helps a single fucking person

[–] chemical_cutthroat 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They believe the bible. The bible is a book of hate.

Sigh. I don't know why I bother with the Christian apologists on a fucking atheism board.

Adios.

[–] TrickDacy 0 points 1 week ago

Healing the world with hate. What a fucking hero