• Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 天前

    I can’t be decent and resist my urges. So lets all get together in a setting where I can live out my urges with those with the same genitalia.

  • dropdrip@lemmy.ml
    2·
    6 天前

    Personal experience with the Christian-cult: mentally-ill individuals who refuse medical help corralled by narcissistic abusers. Being mentally-ill they make disastrous life-decisions creating hell-on-earth for their progeny. You people are clowns. My disdain for you can not be overstated. Your pastas are narcissists. Stop re-reading the same book that’s been repeatedly translated through the eons into different languages–with more edits than any Wikipedia article–hoping you’ll find an esoteric cure to soothe your self-loathing. You won’t. Leave your cult. Find medical help.

    From the outside it appears these people are walking contradictions: they’re the most hateful people you’ll meet, yet they preach goodness to all men. Once religion was decoupled from the state it became a voluntary institution. The cults of Christianity attract self-loathing individuals who feel they need an external structure to keep them in line. That’s why you find so many pedophiles in these cults. They’re mentally ill.

    Cults should be taxed. Doomsday-cults with a sole focus on expansion (like the cults of Christianity) should be disbanded by force. Healthcare is a human right. States should be providing appropriate care for the mentally-ill. Education is a human right too and cults are a road-block in the state’s pursuit of a universal education.

    A daily reminder for Australian comrades: Sanitarium is the for profit arm of a doomsday-cult. Do not fund them through the purchase of their products. Do not buy Weet-Bix™, Up & Go™, etc… Advocate for cults to be taxed.

    Cults have flourished here. They’re dangerous and degenerative to society. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/13/the-family-great-white-brotherhood-australia-melbourne-cult-anne-hamilton-byrne

    From their flock are selected the most deranged for political office. From their financing we get absolute mongrels in politics, like the insipid Scott Morrison: holder of every privilege, but never accountable. Shirking every responsibility placed on him. He would not hold a hose if you were on fire. He’d watch you burn; he’d do everything to not do anything whilst sending thoughts and prayers; he’d then go on a holiday and bill the tax-payer for it and removed that people didn’t want to shake his hand.

    It’s time to put a stop to all these demented cults. Never entertain them. The Catholic cult drains our coffers. Tell them to fuck off.

  • busted_Anoose@aussie.zone
    2·
    7 天前

    they gonna be brojaculating all over the change rooms. on the plus side, everyone gets a good feed of protein in male only gyms.

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
    35·
    7 天前

    This is a ridiculous measure. I am a Christian, I go to the gym (mixed) and I go, work out and then go home. While it is true that some people, men and women alike, go to the gym to “show skin and muscle”, the vast majority go to stay healthy and try (sometimes failing miserably, like me) to be a bit healthier and lose some weight.

    Now, let’s hear all the people here tell me how being a Christian makes me a far-right Republican pedophile homophobic whatever else.

    That way of thinking is so tiresome. If I’m not gay, it makes me a homophobic, if I disagree with anything left-leaning, it makes me a Nazi, if I disagree with anything right-leaning, now I’m a liberal.

    While I am disgusted to no end at how so many people is dumping on Jesus, I do understand that the only cure for ignorance is not wanting to be ignorant anymore and doing something about it, like having open minded conversations instead of doing, well, that which I mentioned above.

    No wonder this world is failing the way it is. Hopefully more people will understand the merciful sacrifice of Jesus so that everyone that trusts Him does not ‘die’, but Jas access to eternal life. We all will be removed from this world at some point. Make what you will from this, I for one want to be able to enjoy a new earth when it’s time. And if I am wrong, well, no harm done, it is what it is, but if right, I certainly don’t want to risk the consequences.

    • stumu415@lemmy.zipOP
      7·
      7 天前

      I was with you the first 4 paragraphs. But than the Him and merciful stuff started and you lost me.

      That is part of why I personally can’t get on board with any religion. In one way or the other, it always gets snuck in and subtly trying to convert you.

      Yes, for the open conversation. Yes to the fact there is no middle ground anymore and everything is extreme. Yes this whole gym thing is ridiculous.

      But no to the Middle Eastern carpenter’s sacrifice, eternal life and a new earth.

      BTW no downvote from me because I respect your opinion. Even if it is definitely not for me.

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 天前

        I really appreciate it man. See? We disagree, and that’s fine, I bet we can also go out for a beer together and dig deeper into this, and into how we’re royally messed up in terms of our privacy in the internet and every other aspect of our lives. Thank you. I also respect your beliefs.

    • Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip
      7·
      7 天前

      Your first paragraph was enough. You didn’t need to go on a schizo rant against somebody that isn’t here cause you feel a constant need to defend yourself.

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 天前

        How is it a content need of this is the first time I post about this? And I’m not defending anything, I’m mainly stating my personal facts based on my beliefs, just like everyone else.

    • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 天前

      How’s being a far-right Republican pedophile homophobic whatever else working out for you? You happy? Can you go say it to yourself in the mirror?

    • rontosaurus@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 天前

      Genuinely, as a 15+ year former AoG Christian, you’re not being persecuted man, and neither is Christianity. It’s all an act keep you on the defensive like this and running back to the church because everyone is out to get you and them.

      You’re just fine on your own man, and you are a stronger force for good when you are doing it for yourself. It’s scary but just think about it for a bit, and don’t be afraid to question the things you know in your heart are questionable. All the best to you.

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 天前

        I fully agree with you. The Assembly of God, just like any other church associations out there, are man made and their sole purpose is to manipulate the masses. And even more importantly, church is just a place I go to, going or not going has absolutely no bearing in my faith. All men are flawed, none of us can claim perfection. And finally, I can absolutely make it on ky own with God, I don’t need other people for this. I do, however, like going to church every now and then, but it’s not like I will drop delivering a time sensitive project because I have to go to church, that’s focusing on the things of this world, and I’m not interested.

        I was part of a pentecostal church once, those tend to be incredibly toxic and full of lies.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
      31·
      7 天前

      May I ask, since you believe in magical sky fairies, why you don’t just pray for bigger muscles?

      Is it because you know prayer achieves nothing and there is no god?

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 天前

        Simple. Though I am (currently, until the day I die) part of this world, my main concern is to make sure my soul, and as many as I can possibly tell about Jesus’ love, is saved. Everything else is not really a priority. In my faith, you may call it fantasy, my priorities are God, my family (wife and kids specifically) and my job, in that same order. The rest (going ro church, friends, video games, relatives, physical improvement, etc) Ia secondary and none of them have a specific priority order. That will entirely depend on the moment and circumstances. I hope that answers your question.

    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      8 天前

      Gyms are becoming breeding grounds for white supremacists and the proud boys. Probably more about indoctrination than learning.

      • VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca
        10·
        8 天前

        What’s funny is they complain about gender change hormones but shoot tons of testosterone in their thighs because they are too afraid to become feminine.

      • Master@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        7 天前

        The lead tainted protein powder doesnt help, im sure.

        We are all just one stroke or lead poisoning away from be racist assholes.

    • M137@lemmy.today
      3·
      7 天前

      They already know and being in that environment will only make their hatred, which is projected as hatred of lgbtq+ but is actually self hatred, even stronger.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    105·
    8 天前

    I’m not having gay sex? I’m hiding my penis safely inside this Christian man’s asshole so that women can’t get to it unless they are my wife.

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 天前

      What’s ironic is that, although I’m not a Christian, I’m pretty sure I remember part of the Bible expressing pretty explicitly that Jesus had zero desire to rule over anyone, and I’m pretty sure (2x combo) it was implied that Christians shouldn’t either.

      I can’t remember which part, but I think it was while Jesus was going somewhere and Satan kept trying to tempt him or something idk.

  • Pegajace@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    8 天前

    I seem to recall that the very same passage in their Bible that condemns lust as thoughtcrime also prescribes a remedy—and it’s to gouge out your own leering eyes, not bar women from public spaces.

    You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

    • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      7 天前

      not bar women from public spaces.

      This isn’t barring women from public places, it’s a private establishment for men only. I think people are mainly upset about it because of how they pitched it.

      If they just pitched it as a men only gym without any other reason, this probably wouldn’t be post worthy.

      There are plenty of women only gyms within a 30 minute drive of where I used to live (a more metro area). Nothing to care about.

    • stevles@aussie.zoneEnglish
      11·
      7 天前

      Thanks for the bible verse, the next time I get asked why I’m not religious, I’ll use “I don’t want to gouge out my own eyes” as the reason. I also don’t want to whip slaves, but I think they removed that after the old testament

      • peripinkel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        101·
        7 天前

        God approves and disapproves of slavery in both the new testament and old testament. Also in matthew 5:17-20 Jesus very clearly states that the old testament is to be followed. So even if the new testament did not include what seems to be approval of slavery, it would still not matter. But the bible also disapproves of slavery. If you want a whole lot of stuff you can quote on what you do not want to do, I would suggest looking up the skeptics annotated bible. They make some great collections.

        • farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          7 天前

          the bible offers regulations for slavery but i can’t find any verse prohibiting all forms of slavery the closest is Exodus 21:16 which just says male slaves are wrong

        • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          3·
          7 天前

          Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.