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Once an Atheist Hero, Elon Musk Now Says He Believes in the Teachings of Christ (futurism.com)

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[–] ZILtoid1991 1 points 8 hours ago

To some of the comments:

When a black person does a bad thing, we never question their blackness. If an LGBTQ+ person does a bad thing, we never question their LGBTQ+-ness. If a Muslim does a bad thing, we never question their Muslimness.

If a Christian does a bad thing, they're not a Christian. If they're rich, we bring up the parts of the Bible about how the rich won't get to heavens. If they're hateful, we bring up Christ's love. If they're violent, we bring up the "other cheeck" line.

We need to stop whitewashing Christianity, and realize the evil its capable of in the wrong hands. That's how we got the dominionist cult into the most powerful country, and that's how we got Putin, Orbán, etc., and will continue to get others if we dont change our outlook on things.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Ah, yes. Pandering. A sign of true quality in a human being.

[–] captainlezbian 35 points 1 day ago

Then he should give everything he has to the poor. A lot of people say they believe in the teachings of Jesus then act as though they merely believe in his divinity

[–] [email protected] 98 points 2 days ago (2 children)

OK, elon, prove it.

Matthew 19:21,

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

Matthew 19:24,

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol, Republicans haven't ever read the Bible

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"the eye of the needle was a gate in an ancient city and it was difficult but not impossible to get through it carrying stuff"

Actual stuff "christians" say to justify not following inconvenient parts of the bible

[–] captainlezbian 12 points 1 day ago

I’ve never met a teacher who says “doing things this way is extremely hard, but there’s another way that seems harder now but is ultimately easier” and meant anything other than “no seriously do it the second way because you’re just going to fail and be confused if you do it the first way”. Now that’s the generous statement.

The reality is that there is no archaeological or historical evidence of this particular gate. There is however immense theological evidence that Jesus of Nazareth, in the explicit canon of post Nicene Christianity, routinely demanded those who followed him to give everything in charity to those in need, to share without concern for the self, and to treat their fellow humans with the level of love and care they give themselves. But when someone actually does all that they wind up socially punished and/or sanctified.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There's also a theory that the word "camel" in that passage was a mistranslation of a type of rope. IE it's easier to thread a needle with a full cord of rope than for a rich man to get into heaven. The metaphor still works the same, but now it doesn't rely on an in joke about one specific gate in Jerusalem.

Despite the fact that im not christian, I love when jesus preaches against hoarding wealth because they are totally reasonable guidelines for equitable living in a community, and most christians just totally ignore it

[–] captainlezbian 3 points 1 day ago

There’s a reason there’s a long history of Christian anarchism and communism. I’m not Christian anymore but I was raised one and it did influence my morality to the left

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Once sanitised by a fantastic PR team, musk has really gone off the rails lately

[–] ekZepp 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lately?

[–] AnUnusualRelic 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lately doesn't necessarily mean in the past three hours, it can mean those last few years.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

More like the last 8-10 years. I don't think a decade is recent in this context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

8-10 years ago he was definitely viewed more favorably. His image didn't start to slip until he called that diver a pedo and that was back in 2018. 8-10 years ago he was the electric cars and spaceships to mars guy.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So he’s giving all his wealth to the poor, right?

[–] JusticeForPorygon 12 points 2 days ago

Of course! Just like ~~Jerry Falwell~~ ~~Pat Robertson~~ Kenneth Copeland!

Yeah... there's still time for Copeland...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

i think he's actually stupid enough to believe he'll achieve all his insane goals and then everyone will be rich...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

“If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

When was he an “atheist hero”?

[–] taiyang 29 points 2 days ago

Yes, please let's not pretend he was that. I dislike such an accusation.

[–] SlothMama 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People are saying that didn't happen, but I genuinely remember when I would constantly see sentiment that he would save the human race back in like, 2012?

It was a majority opinion in tech and liberal circles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I remember all that, I just don’t remember him being part of the “new atheist” group that was popular around that time. Mostly it was the cars and “colonizing” Mars…nothing to do at all with religion or lack thereof, really.

[–] SlothMama 6 points 2 days ago

I remember having the impression he was an atheist too for some reason, maybe it was some next level PR trying to make him seem like a super logical tech bro with big dreams and the means to achieve them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seriously, he at best seemed questionably okay 10+ years ago.Then he turned out to be a giant piece of shit, an unintelligent, horribly cliche villain from an M. Night Shyamalan movie.

[–] Stern 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fired his P.R. team and went from Tony Stark to a somehow worse Justin Hammer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

He fired his PR yeam years agter he called that diver a pedophile. He's always been like this, there's just no one trying to cover for him anymore.

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[–] Anticorp 17 points 1 day ago

Sure he does, just like he coded PayPal.

[–] Etterra 30 points 2 days ago

Cool, why don't you go introduce yourself to him. We don't need you here.

[–] passivelnk 31 points 2 days ago

You truly are the Whore of Babylon, Elon. Oh, and you can't program for shit either.

[–] aesthelete 38 points 2 days ago

Once seemingly cool, Elon Musk now understood to be the giant douchebag he was the entire time

[–] Lost_My_Mind 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"I believe in (insert profitable answer here).......oh, I wasn't supposed to say that part out loud....

Anyways, buy a Tesla!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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[–] genXgentleman 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There has to be a way to send this f#cker back to S. Africa.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago

If I was still a Christian this shit would be insulting to me.

[–] ericbomb 25 points 2 days ago

Not the part about giving away your riches or loving your neighbor though.

He had no comments on "which" teachings though, I'm sure.

[–] kippinitreal 16 points 2 days ago

Grifters gonna grift.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The gift is complete

[–] ME5SENGER_24 24 points 2 days ago

gRift*

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Well, who is preparing for the next presidential candidacy?

[–] itsJoelle 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’m a Christian. I know I’m not supposed to make proclamations about this. But he doesn’t. He simply doesn’t.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

He's just trying to sway voters last minute. The undecided Christian who sees trump, "well musk likes Jesus and he likes trump, I guess it's ok."

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 1 day ago

Back when I was a Christian (and still today) people like him are why I have such an issue with sola fide. How you act should be seen as a crucial element of your beliefs. And while there’s room for forgiveness for failure, what you really believe is found in the way you strive and struggle to behave.

[–] MehBlah 3 points 1 day ago

He finally realized he was gonna die and its important that someone forgives him for the harm he has caused. Not his victims. That would be absurd. Just the invisible sky wizard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

His daughter already said he is atheist, he even made jokes about one monotheist religion in particular

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

at least he was born in South Africa so he can't run for president.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Supreme Court has made it clear that only congress can enforce who can or can't run for president. Not even the states can choose who can run. So, if he wants to run for president and either the house or senate refuse to stop him... whelp, nothing that can be done about it.

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[–] Cris_Color 6 points 2 days ago

Lol, of course he does

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