You ignoring doctrine that’s no longer acceptable doesn’t change what it says. Sounds like you could use a new denomination to separate yourself from the people that follow all the beliefs of Lutheranism. Because those closer adherents by definition are the true believers, not people that pick and choose what’s socially convenient.
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Protestants do believe in Jesus as the son of God. That’s literally a central tenet of the Nicean Creed, the foundation of every sect of Christianity. If you don’t believe that then you definitionally aren’t Christian. The big difference is they don’t believe in trans-substantiation and don’t do the Eucharist. It sounds like you haven’t really looked into this much tbh.
I’m not policing anything, paganism is as much a religion as Scientology. It’s a mush mash of disparate practices from ancient religions scattered through ancient Europe and the Mediterranean.
I never implied you said this about Greeks by the way. Very dishonest portrayal. I said that you’re basing this position off the writings of philosophers and such, of which there were very few.
This last thing is you just asserting something as true. So if I say, no the vast majority of religious adherents believe the religions they follow I’ve provided the exact same amount of evidence. It also makes far more sense than the idea of “almost no one believes the religion they were raised with”.
Luther put forward a very paradoxical view that lets apologists latch onto the good. Luther only says men and women are equal in relation to god. Outside of that he still views women as physically/mentally inferior to and needing to submit to their husbands.
Sure he was less misogynistic than other medieval Christians but that bar is so low it’s not that impressive.
Christians don’t believe in Jesus is a ridiculous claim on its face.
Modern paganism isn’t a true religion because it’s a bunch of older ideas rehashed as a protest against the dominant theologies of our time. It’s like pastafarianism but instead of being parody it’s cultural opposition.
Greeks had philosophers discussing these ideas but it’s a bit silly to extrapolate to the whole population.
All that aside, you still miss the point. The people that do believe in these religions believe them on blind faith and childhood indoctrination. Exceptions exist but they don’t invalidate the rule.
Every religion has a body count because the underlying fault is a central tenet of religion in general. Blind faith.
No the Israeli settlers stealing land in the West Bank is already western imperialism. What they’re suggesting is sending people to stop the imperialism.
Of course if you go to tankie central you get tankies. They’re also acting like Putin didn’t order the shelling and capture of Ukrainian cities and it’s all just (insert kremlin talking point here).
They are a specific niche of political mind. The kind that only thinks western nations are capable of propaganda and evil. Don’t take them as representative of smarter people.
They aren’t going about this in a way that stops this from happening is the problem. You’re so wrapped up in the Zionist narrative that they’ve tricked you into thinking extermination is the final solution.
Britain didn’t get rid of the IRA by bombing and blockading Ireland. There was no ground invasion despite thousands dying in bombings and other violence.
The fact is that the attack in October and others like it happen because the extreme Zionists like Likud have taken steps to ensure this. Because they’re creating a situation where they can be horrifically brutal but hide behind good pr narratives. They literally propped up Hamas at its inception with the stated goal of fracturing Fatah which was a moderate party suing for a two state solution.
As long as Israel keeps killing Palestinians in the West Bank where there IS NO HAMAS, they will keep driving support for any group that resists Israel.
You can get far more innocent civilians on your side if you treat them better than Hamas. Knowing everything we know about how Hamas treats them should tell you just how bad Israel treats them on top of that.
You stop this by removing the war mongers from power first and foremost. As long as Netanyahu’s party has control there can never be peace. Because like Hamas, they want a one state solution too.
They show restraint because they know good pr keeps the foreign investment flowing like a river. It’s so disingenuous to view this conflict in a vacuum with no larger geopolitical aspects to consider.
Sure they could act like Russia is in Ukraine but that’s not how you get your genocide while the world shrugs their shoulders. Don’t be so painfully naive.
Also it’s interesting that your recollection of events starts AFTER the Naqba where Israeli settlers drove Palestinians from their home. Everyone acting like there’s only one group driving hostilities always has an obnoxiously one sided understanding of the provocations that happened.
And as a final note, Israel is held to a higher standard because it hasn’t been rendered destitute by a stronger power. It’s the imbalance of power that makes the position popular. Just like cops should be held to a higher standard than citizens, Supreme Court judges over political pundits, and soldiers over non combatants. The stronger force has the most responsibility to go for peace because their power grants them the most ability to do so.
Check him out on twitch starting November 4th. He just left Facebook and will be moving back to twitch then for the foreseeable future.
Israel outguns them by an almost unfathomable degree. Getting upset that they aren’t fighting a conventional war against a military that gets trillions from overseas is naive.
Just cut to the chase and tell them to kill themselves.
Also, do you think IDF soldiers killing kids and journalists and Israeli settlers killing and displacing citizens in the West Bank (a location with marginal Hamas influence) might have something to do with why certain Palestinians might hate Israel? Or are you plugging your ears and insisting it’s just because they’re Muslim?
Interesting that you can spot this here but double down supporting the exact same type of behavior from Israel.