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    If there were more men like Francis in the church, I might still count myself a Christian. Alas, I actually read the gospel, and read it deeply in independent study, and found that the US has no Christian churches. There is only a shitty wealth cult that’s like a fleshgait imitation of Christianity.

    Fleshgait Jesus says: “buuuuuuuuyyyyyy buy buy buy the Ford F-150, sinner sinner siner sinUR SNER SINNER”

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      …pope francis was a good guy, and he didn’t need to flaunt his christianity to be so: his actions spoke for themselves, as they should…

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        Jesus had a name for people who flaunted their holiness, they were ‘Pharisees’ and were the ONLY class of people that Jesus spoke ill about, he didn’t even do that to the Romans come to execute him

        “White-washed tombs full of rotting bones” is what he called them

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      Just because the leadership is bad doesn’t mean the message is bad

      Help the poor, needy, and traveler in your land. If you do this, you are Christian enough

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        I can say with utmost certainty that about 90% of Christians I know behave nothing like that. On the contrary, they’re the vilest, most judgmental and bigoted shitstains that I have ever known.

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          Must be a pretty interesting town you live in if everyone is assholes

          Or, as I suspect, you only live through the rectangle in your hand so the only Christians you see are the ones that make sensationalist media scrolls

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            That’s across three countries, about a dozen cities, and several nationalities. I may be biased because I mostly associate with the 10%, who incidentally tend not to partake very much in organised religion because of all the abuse (e. g. because they are gay, speak against child molestation, or, god forbid, they lived with their spouse before getting married, as my wife did. Her family shunned her for that and basically doesn’t speak to us. Go figure…).