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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,200 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:13 PM Thursday

Another Satanic Temple display destroyed: why are some Christians so fragile?

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg” — Thomas Jefferson

Celebrating Christmas by breaking other people’s things

Another holiday season. Another Satanic Temple holiday display destroyed. Who did it? I don’t know. But the people welcoming its destruction are Christian. And the odds are the vandals are too. Why are these religious folk so fragile?

If I was convinced God was on my side, I would be steeled by the knowledge I was a member of the favored tribe. And I would smile benevolently at all the poor saps who hadn’t got the memo.

Fragile Christians

But some weak-livered Christians in the Granite State (an example of metaphorical false advertising?) lashed out in ruinous rage against a statue that had reduced them to petulant jelly.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/11/2291260/-Another-Satanic-Temple-display-destroyed-why-are-some-Christians-so-fragile

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Another Satanic Temple display destroyed: why are some Christians so fragile? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
Enlarged, overactive amygdalas SheltieLover Thursday #1
Here are the seven principles written on the slab that was destroyed... Think. Again. Thursday #2
Apparently, the Satanic Temple holiday display attacked the other Christian displays. chouchou Thursday #3
Evangelical Christians are like a Ponzi scheme. They can not handle any examination. When people question - LiberalArkie Thursday #4

Think. Again.

(18,778 posts)
2. Here are the seven principles written on the slab that was destroyed...
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:44 PM
Thursday

...apparently the "christians" of New Hampshire are very much against the following:

FUNDAMENTAL TENETS

I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Source: https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us

chouchou

(1,387 posts)
3. Apparently, the Satanic Temple holiday display attacked the other Christian displays.
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:55 PM
Thursday

Nobody saw it happen but, there is no proof that any other person or thing could have done such a wicked sin.

LiberalArkie

(16,614 posts)
4. Evangelical Christians are like a Ponzi scheme. They can not handle any examination. When people question -
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 04:52 PM
Thursday

it falls apart. Like Jimmy Swaggart and all the others that started it.

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