• Alto
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    487 months ago

    For a certain portion, it’s because some have become outright theocratic accelerationists. They actively want the situation to get worse, because that means Jesus comes back!

    • @CmdrShepard
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      87 months ago

      I believe they’re called Dominionists. These are the people that want a major war in Israel because it means Jesus is coming back.

      • Alto
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        77 months ago

        That implies that any of them have ever actually read the bible

      • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        17 months ago

        Depends on what part of the texts you read. Gnostics it is by understanding secret knowledge, Paul it is much more by just having the correct faith, James is the act good guy. Worth noting that the likelihood is when James was arguing for works he was arguing for following the rules of Moses i.e. kosher and circumcision not exactly running a charity program. Keep in mind we only know James by his apologists decades later long after the Moses rules vanished that and Paul. And Paul hints James was really concerned about those ancient Jewish laws.