Not all of them. Some of them (us, I’m Christian myself) do, others listen to Jesus who said:
and when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. (Matthew 6:5)
I pray in public all the time. Nobody ever saw me do it, outside of services in churches or in the privacy of Christians’ homes. These guys don’t pray, they show off.
Their entire political platform is ostentatious christ-baiting and lip-service. Everything they do is for show. These are not true believers in christ, they are charlatans.
They’re professional politicians, they know these things, don’t be candid. But even if it wasn’t the case, it would still be showing off, but for their colleagues. A way to posture righteousness just before doing evil things. They make people hate Christ while it’s Mammon they serve.
Ask non-Christian people what is the Church about. They’ll answer that Christianity means hate of homosexuals, submission of women, fight against reproductive rights, rejection of science and rational thought, and I could go on… None of this is biblical. Abortion is not evoked even once. Women are regularly put in position of power compared to their “normal” position in the societies of these times from Deborah who was describe as an head of state to the powerful women of the Acts). Wisdom — the equivalent of “rational thought” then — is highly praised. Homosexuality (when defined as respectful love between consenting adults) is alluded only once, and it’s a positive allusion.
But these guys, they’ll cherrypick, deform, read uncontextually to make the Bible a book of hate. They’ll invent a doctrine of biblical inerrancy to make every verse count as much as all others, while the Bible warn against that, and drown the actual central message in details. They’re hypocrites who fight everything Christ said: love, love unconditionally, help the poor, fight peacefully oppression. They are highly regarded by society as they do that, but received their reward in full already.
And meanwhile Christ is more and more rejected because of people like them. That’s why I said that they must put Christ’s name on their lips, but it’s Mammon they’re praying.
Actually, I remember the instructions for inducing a miscarriage (abortion) were laid out in the old testament. Part of it involved scraping up and ingesting shit from the temple floor.
Yeah this text (Numbers 5) is often cited but it’s not clear at all. Nowhere in the text the woman is described as pregnant, it’s in fact more probably about infertility than miscarriage.
They may call him Jesus-Christ, it’s still Moloch they’re praying.
But that’s how Christians pray when gathered together.
Not all of them. Some of them (us, I’m Christian myself) do, others listen to Jesus who said:
I pray in public all the time. Nobody ever saw me do it, outside of services in churches or in the privacy of Christians’ homes. These guys don’t pray, they show off.
You have a point, but how do you know they are showing off?
It’s possible the media just happened to capture them in the act.
Their entire political platform is ostentatious christ-baiting and lip-service. Everything they do is for show. These are not true believers in christ, they are charlatans.
They’re professional politicians, they know these things, don’t be candid. But even if it wasn’t the case, it would still be showing off, but for their colleagues. A way to posture righteousness just before doing evil things. They make people hate Christ while it’s Mammon they serve.
Ask non-Christian people what is the Church about. They’ll answer that Christianity means hate of homosexuals, submission of women, fight against reproductive rights, rejection of science and rational thought, and I could go on… None of this is biblical. Abortion is not evoked even once. Women are regularly put in position of power compared to their “normal” position in the societies of these times from Deborah who was describe as an head of state to the powerful women of the Acts). Wisdom — the equivalent of “rational thought” then — is highly praised. Homosexuality (when defined as respectful love between consenting adults) is alluded only once, and it’s a positive allusion.
But these guys, they’ll cherrypick, deform, read uncontextually to make the Bible a book of hate. They’ll invent a doctrine of biblical inerrancy to make every verse count as much as all others, while the Bible warn against that, and drown the actual central message in details. They’re hypocrites who fight everything Christ said: love, love unconditionally, help the poor, fight peacefully oppression. They are highly regarded by society as they do that, but received their reward in full already.
And meanwhile Christ is more and more rejected because of people like them. That’s why I said that they must put Christ’s name on their lips, but it’s Mammon they’re praying.
Actually, I remember the instructions for inducing a miscarriage (abortion) were laid out in the old testament. Part of it involved scraping up and ingesting shit from the temple floor.
That is hilarious. Shit of all things.
Yeah this text (Numbers 5) is often cited but it’s not clear at all. Nowhere in the text the woman is described as pregnant, it’s in fact more probably about infertility than miscarriage.