• caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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    23 days ago

    In the new testament, Jesus went and braided a whip out of leather – a process which takes several hours, meaning this was cold rage and not hot impulse – and proceeded to thrash the shit out of a bunch of people profiteering off of religion.

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      22 days ago

      kind of like luigi prepared a 3d printed gun and suppressor, a process which takes several hours, and proceeded to trash the shit out of a profiteering asshole

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      23 days ago

      I’m an atheist and basically always have been, but I grew up around some religious people and one thing I’ve never forgotten was some advice this one guy gave me (8 or 9) and his daughters (8 and 6):

      Jesus once whooped the ass of every mother fucker in a church because they were breaking the rules. So if you ever need to ask yourself “What would Jesus do?” never forget that a righteous ass-beating is an option if the situation is severe enough

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        23 days ago

        He also flipped moneychangers tables. He basically sat while fuming, and braided a whip, and then showed the people the proper ending to a Monopoly game.

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        23 days ago

        It’s not that they were breaking the rules, it’s that they were preying on vulnerable people.
        If you want to talk about Jesus’ relationship with rules, look at the people he chose to spend time with – outcasts and social undesirables. Rulebreakers. Vulnerable people, people who didn’t have the luxury of pondering where stealing bread lies morally when you’re starving.
        And look at his response to the question about which commandment was the most important: “If you thought it was about the rules, you missed the point”.