[Disclaimer] - I am not an American and I consider myself atheist, I am Caucasian and born in a pre-dominantly Christian country.

Based on my limited knowledge of Christianity, it is all about social justice, compassion and peace.

And I was always wondering how come Republicans are perceiving themselves as devout Christians while the political party they support is openly opposing those virtues and if this doesn’t make them hypocrites?

For them the mortal enemy are the lefties who are all about social justice, helping the vulnerable and the not so fortunate and peace.

Christianity sounds to me a lot more like socialist utopia.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I’ve seen both kinds of people from both parties. Joe Biden and John F Kennedy were the only two Catholic presidents, the other forty-four have been Protestant. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did communion on the moon. Every talk show host has spoken about holding faith. Most singers and football players blend their divine devotion with who they are in public. There is no strict dichotomy like you describe.

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      9 months ago

      It was just Buzz Aldrin who did communion, Armstrong was a deist.