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@judgedread @admin

"... are against modern comforts of all kinds. ... Which if they're realistic is pre-18th."

Except they want all the comforts of that time too, which required a functioning civilization of millions of people to provide. And they had to be able to fit in and work within that civilisation and culture.

They can't fit in and work within any real functioning civilization.

What they want, but don't know it ,is to live essentially as a homeless person does today. An utterly minimal and miserable existence. They're welcome to it.

@admin I notice that most religious extremists are against modern comforts of all kinds. It's like they know that their thing is obsolete and want to revert to the last century when they ruled. Which if they're realistic is pre-18th.
@judgedread If the health and relevance of a religion depends on the physical squalor and misery of its followers, then that religion is objectively not a benefit to whatever civilization practices it.
@admin Not to mention the fact that any time a WN darkens their door and is exposed they boot him out.
Alex Linder once said, “Christianity explicitly places how much value on whiteness, high or low? The answer is none. Christianity places no value on whiteness at all.”
@TrevorGoodchild @judgedread All churches will eventually submit to social pressures, no matter how fundamentally and disgustingly contrary those pressures might be to their doctrine. And this is because at the end if the day churches are businesses, and businesses are in business to stay in business.
@ins0mniak @admin

"free exchange of commerce is far more moral than a religious one."

In actual commerce, you have to actually deliver a real verifiable product. A street salesman selling fake rolexes has more credibility than Jim Bakker does. At least that fake rolex is a real watch.
@admin In context of a merchant society - unquestionably. America has never been about God, it's about money. Well, maybe the first fifty years were about God, but money was already muscling in.
@admin George Barna, using a strict definition, says Americans holding a Christian worldview are already in the low single digit range.

The most valuable contribution of Christianity to Mankind is the veneration of Truth and Reconciliation.

Neither of which are present in the typical basic fedi Christian, or other online spaces. I had e-trads literally defend US family court-ordered child genital mutilation on Gab Christianity group. Because questioning US family courts is an attack on women.

@ins0mniak

"it was great, my parents would be gone till like mid afternoon so Id make a pizza and watch tng."

"home alone kicks ass."

Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation was a far better use of my time, than going to an American church. Much more inspiring.
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@judgedread it was great, my parents would be gone till like mid afternoon so Id make a pizza and watch tng.

home alone kicks ass.
@admin In season one of The Simpsons Homer listens to the 'big game' at church on badly concealed headphones. That was 36 years ago.
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