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ThirdNerd ,
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Just like there are very well educated but still bad scientists, very well trained but still bad singers, very high in position but still bad politicians, etc., etc., etc., there are also very vocal but still bad Christians.

The Bible is full of directions and warnings against oppressing those who are weaker. Those Christians who ignore or reinvent these are no different than an incompetent scientist who fakes or mucks up data, etc.

More, the New Testament explicitly warns that bad Christians will exist and that they should be ignored (and will not receive the rewards they think they will).

Some examples:

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 82:3-4)

Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. (Proverbs 14:31)

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. (Proverbs 29:7)

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” (Isaiah 58:6-10)

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19:9-10)

Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. (Leviticus 19:15)

If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. (Leviticus 25:35-36)

If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. (Deuteronomy 15:7-8)

The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (Matthew 25:40)

Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, ‘Here’s a good seat for you,’ but say to the poor man, ‘You stand there’ or ‘Sit on the floor by my feet,’ have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” (James 2:2-4)

shasta ,

This is the entire reason religion still exists after all. It is mercilessly persecuted and subdued by those in power as long as it threatens them. Once they manage to get control and influence over the religion, they promote the hell out of it because it’s an easy way to control people.

Too many people forget that the Bible was written and edited by people who once controlled Europe. If course they didn’t want people to resist their authority. This is the problem with blindly trusting a source.

aggelalex ,

In the name of God, you are being saved. Please do not resist.

shasta ,

Judgment: 1 year in the isocubes.

HellAwaits ,

lol don’t resist authority unless WE don’t like the authority. Then we can go and commit Jan. 6.

Go fuck yourself, you pedo pastor.

dynamojoe ,

Not surprised that the governor who went doctor-shopping for an anti-vax surgeon-general would also find an anti-worker religious figure to speak on his government’s behalf.

SlowNPC ,
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Firefighters — who once backed the DeSantis takeover — are among those furious about the changes

"I didn't think the leopards would eat my face."

benefits like park passes are unethical.

Wtf. Perks are win-win. It's a trivial expense to allow employees to use existing company assets, but it's very valuable to the employees. Boss gets happy employees for less expense. Both sides are happy. No, that's bad because:

"Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God," the passage began. "And those which exist are established by God. Therefore, whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves."

Ok, I didn't see anything about perks there, but this logic supports gassing Jews (what the local authority wanted) and condemns smuggling them out of Germany (opposing God apparently).

These people are dangerously insane.

Kahlenar ,

Lawful neutral, the ever ally of lawful evil

whenigrowup356 ,

Out of curiosity, anyone know what these park perks are? I couldn’t find it in the article at all

DrBob ,

Park passes and some discounts inside. This story has a few more details. businessinsider.com/disney-firefighters-backed-de…

Broken_Monitor ,

OBEY. DO NOT RESIST. OBEY.

treefrog ,

That pastor may want to reread the Bible. Jesus was a rabble rouser.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Eh.

Anti-Roman imperialist.

Pro Jewish theocracy.

treefrog ,

The Jewish theocracy was involved in his murder. So, he apparently said and did a lot of things they didn’t agree with.

Bitrot ,

This is the opposite of what the biblical Jesus did.

Says pay taxes to Rome.

Calls religious leaders a brood of vipers.

DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

No, he pointed to Roman denari in a time when the area used multiple forms of coinage, including their own shekels, and said to a Roman spy to “Render unto Caesar’s what is Caesar’s,” and was eventually executed for treason and being generally obnoxious to the Romans. He also routinely called out religious corruption while demonstrating perfect knowledge of religious law, which, by the way, would have included extremely clear penalties for accepting the Roman Emperor as a god, refusal to do so being treason in the empire.

A skeptical sort might note that, to a rebellious territory that would launch a massive, religiously rooted revolt a few decades after his assumed death, while his new cult had spread like wildfire, “What is Caesar’s” might have two answers to a conquered subject and a Roman.

You might also ask yourself if the Roman Church might have downplayed certain aspects of his life while proselytizing and becoming part of the imperial establishment.

Bitrot ,

So, you’re making things up. Cool.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Ok buddy bootlicker

Bitrot ,

Bootlicker? Did the Romans wear boots?

eestileib ,

-----ians dgaf about Jesus. He’s a mascot, they worship Paul.

treefrog ,

True

gravitas_deficiency ,

No :)

Nikki ,
@Nikki@lemmy.world avatar

:3

gravitas_deficiency ,

>:D

Skyrkazm ,

D:

gravitas_deficiency ,

-_-

Maeve ,

“Resistance is futile. You will Be assimilated.

Eheran ,

Is this park some sort of deity or what is going on with all of this stuff constantly being brought up?

Pratai ,

It’s relevant. That’s why it’s being brought up.

Eheran ,

Who cares about some perks you get for a park?

Pratai ,

Other people. You know they exist, right? They’re the people that aren’t you while you’re out and about.

Eheran ,

I agree, it does matter in certain contexts like local news. But this is Workreform here, how does it matter in this context?

Pratai ,

A Florida board picked by Gov. Ron DeSantis to run the area around Disney World defended stripping park employees of their perks — moments after a pastor invited to speak urged attendees not to “resist authority.”

First paragraph.

zaph ,

It doesn’t if you just read the headline and assume you are up to speed.

spacecowboy ,

They’re stripping established earnings from the workers - essentially paying them less. How do you not understand this?

Eheran ,

The workers are partially payed in being able to visit the park cheaper?

themarty27 ,

Yes. Cold, hard dosh isn’t the only way to reward someone for their labour, and work reform isn’t only about getting paid more money.

Eheran ,

Oooof. Okay, never mind then, this needs to change.

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