r/RealTwitterAccounts 8d ago

Political™ Leave the kids alone!

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u/StonedRussian 8d ago

Of course they want to take away something that teaches the masses. And kindness at that

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u/Greenman_on_LSD 8d ago

I'm an Atheist, I was raised Catholic and was taught the morals of Jesus Christ. I'm convinced if he was around they'd absolutely crucify him, metaphorically and.. well..

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 7d ago

I was also raised Catholic and when I left the church I told my family I was doing it to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and they were really confused. I told them I refused to engage with their heretical hatred and planned to continue loving my neighbors outside of their weird cult. Now when anyone asks me if I'm Christian, I say "no, I follow Jesus' actual teachings"

Not that anyone asked but both my parents have also now left the church. I found my tactic to be extremely productive with my own family anyway. Never once did I say that I don't believe in God (which I really don't), I just focused on how I actually do believe in Jesus' teachings. Instead of demanding they accept me as a socialist, I just say that I live by Jesus' teachings and they came around eventually.

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u/Plasibeau 7d ago

Dogma =/= Spirituality.

Jesus of the Bible had some pretty decent ideas on how to be a good human and citizen of the world. Speaking, also, as an athiest we'd be a lot better off if people focused more on how to be a good neighbor rather than how to speed run their way into Paradise. Christianity has become a death cult.

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u/TwilitLloyd 7d ago

If shaming them into seeing the hypocrisy around them works, I see no problem with it

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u/tlyrbck 6d ago

Good on you! This is sometimes called "Christian Atheism" and it's something I certainly try to live by as well.

You might consider looking into Unitarian Universalism.

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u/Eksposivo23 7d ago

Oh they would call Jesus a filthy democrat and an illegal alien, then send him to El Salvador to await his crusification in front of a crowd of cheering "christians"