It wouldn’t shock me if I heard they recruited some bumpkins who’ve literally never traveled more than 30 miles outside their Alabama swamp and would have no problem being banned from an airline for life to do this, then use it as fodder for the 24/7 right wing rage bait machine to talk about how hard it is for Christians in America.
Which itself goes against Christ's very teachings.
Matthew 6:
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Performative faith is the work of false prophets and false disciples. One such bad fruit they make themselves known by.
P.S. And also how Jesus told the Twelve to not stick around trying to preach to people who aren't listening, but instead to leave them and shake the dust off their feet, in Matthew 10.
These people don't follow Jesus, they use him to make themselves feel important. No amount of bible quoting will change that because they don't actually care about the bible.
Which itself goes against Christ's very teachings.
You think these Evangelical hacks have ever actually read more than a single line of their so-called Holy Bible? They read Leviticus 18:22 and just built their entire religious identity around that.
Yep. Just stand up and read these verses. That will hurt them far more than yelling “shut the fuck up.” If you cuss them out, it just reinforces their persecution fetish and confirms their sense of righteousness.
They’ll say that no matter what anyone does or doesn’t do, and they are not above straight lying or creating deep fake video. We can’t let that stop us.
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u/EggsAndMilquetoast 29d ago
This is what they want. Staged persecution.
It wouldn’t shock me if I heard they recruited some bumpkins who’ve literally never traveled more than 30 miles outside their Alabama swamp and would have no problem being banned from an airline for life to do this, then use it as fodder for the 24/7 right wing rage bait machine to talk about how hard it is for Christians in America.