Comment on Pandering to conservative Americans

• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I looked it up:

  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  So you have to believe that he existed, but not follow his teachings cuz they’re too woke. Got it.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Genesis 19:31

    Ezekiel 23:20

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Genesis 19:31

      Ezekiel 23:20

      D:

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• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The bible verses are new to me

  Didn’t even see that. And it’s coded so you actually have to pick up your cipher book! Or maybe it’s a dogwhistle and every christofascist worth their salt knows what it stands for.

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  • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The second. John 3:16 is a very popular verse in the Baptist crowd I grew up around in the 90s. I don’t think it’s any more a fascist dog whistle than a Jesus fish. YMMV on how christofascist that is.

    Like, I never went to church and it’s ingrained in my brain from my classmates and reading bumper stickers.

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    • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is nearly always in the large crowds somewhere at sportball events.

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    • KumaSudosa@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What a difference in where one grows up. I have never once heard about John 3:16 and I had no idea what it is. You learn something new every day, I guess

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    • QualifiedKitten@discuss.online ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s also printed on In-N-Out drink cups & Forever 21 plastic bags.

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    • defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I believe the exact verse is:

      “And that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.”

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    John 3:16 is an all-time well known verse. Only one I could say without looking it up.

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ezekiel 23:20

      Got me through some hard times.

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      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is one of my personal favorites as well.

        My friend likes to use Hebrews 16:4… Because Hebrews only has 13 chapters. She uses it as a sort of litmus test to see if people actually know what they’re talking about. Apparently everyone she mentions it to just starts talking about how it’s such a beautiful verse, and they like it too. She said I’m the only person who has ever called her out on the fact that her “favorite” verse doesn’t exist…

        I’m an agnostic atheist, and she leads her bible study group. She always jokes that I studied my bible better than anyone in her study group.

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• JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I was walking through a gift shop at a museum and the mugs had an obnoxiously large sticker on the front that said ‘Decorated in the USA’. Never came across that before. They bought made in China mugs and slapped an image on them in the USA. I guess that’s slightly better than ‘Designed in the USA’ as some factory here actually did some printing.

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• 60d@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Right! So maybe “John-washing” cuz it’s all about the book of John.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yeah, the only one of the Beatitudes in Matthew they seem to like is the one where they get to adopt a persecution complex. The stuff about being meek and merciful is damned un-American.

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