Religion has always been political.., for self serving reasons

Curly1918 18534 posts Joined: Aug 30, 2017

Posted 6:00 pm on Jul 2, 2025

Ironically, Christ’s message focused on personal salvation not social justice. The latter was promised by Karl Marx… but only at the cost of the brutal “elimination” of the middle class bourgeoisie.

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Religion has always been political.., for self serving reasons Curly1918 6:00pm · 7/2/25
- Not sure how you come up with that interpretation...there are 'numerous' articles written in the Link TyroneIrish 12:59am · 7/3/25
  - Your posts prove my point. You use your interpretations of the Bible to support your politics Curly1918 5:46am · 7/3/25
    - Curly, it isn't just me...this is why I often provide links that show (many) others think the same TyroneIrish 10:25am · 7/3/25
- Sure, just read the beatitudes. He didn’t care about others.NT Frank L 7:52pm · 7/2/25
  - I’m not sure the Beatitudes inspired Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro or Zohran. Curly1918 5:58am · 7/3/25
    - Did I say they did? Has zero relevance to the topic. Oh by the way, why did you leave out Hitler?NT Frank L 10:00am · 7/3/25
  - When I was poor, you forced others to give me money. NedoftheHill 9:53pm · 7/2/25
    - “Feed my lambs.” There were always Pharisees like you. You think Jesus embraces MAGA and its greed?NT Frank L 10:11pm · 7/2/25
      - Jesus would have had nothing to do with Trump.. or any politician Curly1918 6:29am · 7/3/25
        
        I doubt he would have voted.NT NedoftheHill 10:09am · 7/3/25
        
        I'm glad you speak for Jesus and who he would or wouldn't associate with. That's a special power.NT ELP 8:05am · 7/3/25
        
        It’s a opinion based on 16 years of Catholic education Curly1918 9:01am · 7/3/25
        
        Our ways are not His ways. That's what my yrs of Catholic education taught me. ELP 9:44am · 7/3/25
      - Catholic teaching has to be mapped to US political parties for you? NedoftheHill 10:27pm · 7/2/25
        
        Talking about basic human justice not political parties. If your Lord and master suddenly appeared Frank L 10:37pm · 7/2/25
        
        You are all over the place tonight. NedoftheHill 11:02pm · 7/2/25
        
        Nope and you are avoiding the basic truth of what you represent.NT Frank L 11:16pm · 7/2/25
      - I love when the party of abortion speak for Jesus, Nothing is stopping you bozos from helping poor. ELP 10:27pm · 7/2/25
        
        Why do you say such things?...You have no idea what anyone else is doing when it comes to helping TyroneIrish 12:38am · 7/3/25
        
        You're stalking me you weirdo. I've invaded your brain 24/7.NT ELP 8:02am · 7/3/25
        
        LOL…do you expect to go unchallenged? …try answering the question.NT TyroneIrish 11:57am · 7/3/25
        
        Challenge away but don''t feel I owe you any answers to anything. ELP 2:16pm · 7/3/25
        
        Why do you actually accuse others of not doing anything to help those who are less fortunate, when TyroneIrish 2:39pm · 7/3/25
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        Oh go away. I’ll match my volunteer work to anything that you do, Mr. Righteous.NT Frank L 10:35pm · 7/2/25
        
        You're the one lecturing & preaching to everyone. ELP 11:16pm · 7/2/25
        
        Really, since you brought the subject up without knowing shit about me?NT Frank L 11:17pm · 7/2/25
        
        And stop trying to use scripture as a weak attempt to validate your politics. ELP 7:58am · 7/3/25
        
        You just don’t like what it says. Especially if you have to follow it.NT Frank L 9:24am · 7/3/25
- "Faith without works is dead."NT ND521 7:39pm · 7/2/25
  - Faith without the works of others that you take with force of government? NedoftheHill 8:34pm · 7/2/25
    - So you think he would rather want Govt to help the wealthy than AIDS patients and the hungry? Frank L 10:16pm · 7/2/25
      - I think he would call the wealthy to voluntarily help others. NedoftheHill 10:32pm · 7/2/25
        
        Oh bullshit he would want both. You think he believes Mango is a righteous man?NT Frank L 10:34pm · 7/2/25
        
        I don't make it a habit to presume what Jesus thinks of individuals. NedoftheHill 10:42pm · 7/2/25
        
        Easy way to avoid what you know is the truth. You think he he embraces those who deny AIDS drugs to Frank L 10:48pm · 7/2/25
- Right. NedoftheHill 6:13pm · 7/2/25
  - Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered... iairishcheeks 6:26pm · 7/2/25

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