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Conservative Christians at it again (discuss.online)

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[–] Alexfire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The namesake in the stories was radical, an outcast, single 30 year old who rested his head on fave buddy's chest after meals, treated women equally, healed the centurion's lover back home, turn the other cheek, last will be first, all are welcome, and anti-establishment/hierarchies that make impossible demands on people. Decades later, when the men wrote the NT to match the OT as needed, small groups tried to keep women included, but the power structure groups became the large ones, that Rome later used for their means.

Right place at the right time to spread quickly, story details compiled from thousands of years of supernatural oral traditions, to appeal to many and not exclusive like ethnic groups so anyone could join. Some modern churches are welcoming and that's great. Ideally they also teach human caused Holocene extinction, nothing coming to fix the climate crisis and need to cooperate globally for all the climate refugees to minimize suffering however possible, like the namesake would do, if they choose to read it that way. They should also welcome Sagan's baloney detection kit to openly discuss all topics.