Silicon Valley Is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel)
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#2“We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized,” Ms. Stephens said. “I think we’ve realized that, if anything, the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need Jesus just as much.”
Many rich and powerful feel very close to Jesus but hate the meek, the lowly, and marginalized more than ever (do they know how Jesus felt about the marginalized?) Let’s see how this works out for them. What a wash.
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#3“We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized,” Ms. Stephens said. “I think we’ve realized that, if anything, the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need Jesus just as much.” Many rich and powerful feel very close to Jesus but hate the meek, the lowly, and marginalized more than ever (do they know how Jesus felt about the marginalized?) Let’s see how this works out for them. What a…
I'm thinking there is a lot of ''prosperity gospel'' rationalization going on.
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#4Superstitions find their way in everywhere.
Re: Silicon Valley Is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel)
#5“We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized,” Ms. Stephens said. “I think we’ve realized that, if anything, the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need Jesus just as much.” Many rich and powerful feel very close to Jesus but hate the meek, the lowly, and marginalized more than ever (do they know how Jesus felt about the marginalized?) Let’s see how this works out for them. What a…
I'm thinking there is a lot of ''prosperity gospel'' rationalization going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
They're just aligning with the current regime ruling Amerika, who also espouses the prosperity gospel. In other words, the exact opposite of what Jesus taught. They call themselves Christians, but they're not. Heck, things have gotten so bad when preachers go preaching the Beatitudes their congregants complain about their preaching that woke liberal nonsense. They're actually complaining about the words attributed to Jesus as being "woke liberal nonsense."
So yeah, Silicon Valley is Embracing "Christianity."
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#6“We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized,” Ms. Stephens said. “I think we’ve realized that, if anything, the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need Jesus just as much.” Many rich and powerful feel very close to Jesus but hate the meek, the lowly, and marginalized more than ever (do they know how Jesus felt about the marginalized?) Let’s see how this works out for them. What a…
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm thinking there is a lot of ''prosperity gospel'' rationalization going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
They're just aligning with the current regime ruling Amerika, who also espouses the prosperity gospel. In other words, the exact opposite of what Jesus taught. They call themselves Christians, but they're not. Heck, things have gotten so bad when preachers go preaching the Beatitudes their congregants complain about their preaching that woke liberal nonsense. They're actually complaining about the words attributed to…
To me it’s virtue signaling taken to an extreme. It’s so frustrating to deal with because the “lifestyle” or “thought” or whatever itself is a logical fallacy. I don’t mean believing in God, but acting against what Jesus said and believed but believing in it paradoxically.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm thinking there is a lot of ''prosperity gospel'' rationalization going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
They're just aligning with the current regime ruling Amerika, who also espouses the prosperity gospel. In other words, the exact opposite of what Jesus taught. They call themselves Christians, but they're not. Heck, things have gotten so bad when preachers go preaching the Beatitudes their congregants complain about their preaching that woke liberal nonsense. They're actually complaining about the words attributed to…
The cool thing about Christianity is that scriptural material may be found to support a variety of perspectives and opinions. It is similarly straightforward to collect bible quotes to support conservative political outlooks as it is to support liberal political beliefs. This is one of the reasons it has persisted in its popularity for thousands of years.
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#9It's a weird, mutant form of Christianity that pretty much ignores the essence of Jesus' teachings and amplifies many of the things Jesus taught against.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're just aligning with the current regime ruling Amerika, who also espouses the prosperity gospel. In other words, the exact opposite of what Jesus taught. They call themselves Christians, but they're not. Heck, things have gotten so bad when preachers go preaching the Beatitudes their congregants complain about their preaching that woke liberal nonsense. They're actually complaining about the words attributed to…
The cool thing about Christianity is that scriptural material may be found to support a variety of perspectives and opinions. It is similarly straightforward to collect bible quotes to support conservative political outlooks as it is to support liberal political beliefs. This is one of the reasons it has persisted in its popularity for thousands of years.
It's almost like you need an ecumenical authority to decide these matters. Too bad we never had one (or a couple) of those... :)