"Unchristian Christians" I really like that, I'm going to use that.
Yeah Muslims are better Christians than "Christians," and it can't be overstated that conservatives (in this country at least) while many of them do attend church (and don't retain anything), get baptized (meaningless if God isn't constantly on one's mind), etc. are just a bunch of smug, arrogant, prideful, privileged, tribal-morons.
Obviously, I don't know where anyone is going when they die, as God is the only one who can judge - when it's all said and done, and they're on their way out. But in the meantime, the Holy Spirit has a presence in people, and it can be easily measured by fruits of the spirit which a safe 3 would be:
Empathy/sympathy, as you pointed out. This is obvious - you can't just be worried only about your own family/kids (all too common). Similarly, no legitimate Christian thinks Palestine is evil and Israel is good, that's just plain Satanic and goes to show how many tribal, evil "Christians" we have in this country. Nevermind the Trump worshippers, which I could write a book on. The Israel-sympathizer crowd tends to overlap with Trumpism because those people don't actually worship God; that's why they're tribal, they need to be told who/what movement they should get behind. People complaining about all immigrants being "criminals" are also off the mark, as a lot of immigrants are excellent people, and we have the biggest criminals running our lives which should be obvious by now. Also, immigrants involved in child trafficking work WITH our 3LA's, etc.
Humility, as you pointed out. People with humility aren't going to be ignorant or arrogant, nor smug, as those aren't compatible behaviors that co-exist.
Discernment, again as your writeup actually suggests. The world, really only deceives people who are "caught up" in it - and those are the ones with itchy ears. Protestants in particular have a really high work ethic and are always 'on the run,' which suggests they think they already "know" stuff, and that it's good to be super-busy! Work ethic, and especially taking pride in it, isn't good when you're essentially elevating yourself because of it, or you enjoy being busy; business is a distraction. Even when I am busy, I ultimately have God on my mind and as such, compartmentalization (I'll do worldly crap now, and get back to God later..) doesn't occur.
> "are just a bunch of smug, arrogant, prideful, privileged, tribal-morons"
IKR the lukewarm state of hordes of phrygian-red-hatted "patriots" just about confirms the Laodicean era we live in.
> "no legitimate Christian thinks Palestine is evil and Israel is good, that's just plain Satanic and goes to show how many tribal, evil 'Christians' we have in this country"
Ditto! Absolutely no morally conscientious Christian can watch video after video of Judeonazi cultural white supremacist colonialists razing Palestinian villages while chanting "Dea*h To Arabs" and come to the conclusion that the Zionists are morally justified.
> "Israel-sympathizer crowd tends to overlap with Trumpism because those people don't actually worship God"
Excellent point: they blindly fall for whatever their dispensationalist pastors sensationalize without understanding the scriptures by the Spirit's guidance.
> "People complaining about all immigrants being 'criminals' are also off the mark, as a lot of immigrants are excellent people, and we have the biggest criminals running our lives which should be obvious by now. Also, immigrants involved in child trafficking work WITH our 3LA's, etc."
Yeah, it's a chockful load of "dialectical football."
Thanks for hitting my zone.
There's method to your madness for sure! Nice piece.
Thanks; I just try to more or less "straightforwardly" assess my frenzied ranting thoughts into coherent-*enough* blocks of text.
"Unchristian Christians" I really like that, I'm going to use that.
Yeah Muslims are better Christians than "Christians," and it can't be overstated that conservatives (in this country at least) while many of them do attend church (and don't retain anything), get baptized (meaningless if God isn't constantly on one's mind), etc. are just a bunch of smug, arrogant, prideful, privileged, tribal-morons.
Obviously, I don't know where anyone is going when they die, as God is the only one who can judge - when it's all said and done, and they're on their way out. But in the meantime, the Holy Spirit has a presence in people, and it can be easily measured by fruits of the spirit which a safe 3 would be:
Empathy/sympathy, as you pointed out. This is obvious - you can't just be worried only about your own family/kids (all too common). Similarly, no legitimate Christian thinks Palestine is evil and Israel is good, that's just plain Satanic and goes to show how many tribal, evil "Christians" we have in this country. Nevermind the Trump worshippers, which I could write a book on. The Israel-sympathizer crowd tends to overlap with Trumpism because those people don't actually worship God; that's why they're tribal, they need to be told who/what movement they should get behind. People complaining about all immigrants being "criminals" are also off the mark, as a lot of immigrants are excellent people, and we have the biggest criminals running our lives which should be obvious by now. Also, immigrants involved in child trafficking work WITH our 3LA's, etc.
Humility, as you pointed out. People with humility aren't going to be ignorant or arrogant, nor smug, as those aren't compatible behaviors that co-exist.
Discernment, again as your writeup actually suggests. The world, really only deceives people who are "caught up" in it - and those are the ones with itchy ears. Protestants in particular have a really high work ethic and are always 'on the run,' which suggests they think they already "know" stuff, and that it's good to be super-busy! Work ethic, and especially taking pride in it, isn't good when you're essentially elevating yourself because of it, or you enjoy being busy; business is a distraction. Even when I am busy, I ultimately have God on my mind and as such, compartmentalization (I'll do worldly crap now, and get back to God later..) doesn't occur.
> "are just a bunch of smug, arrogant, prideful, privileged, tribal-morons"
IKR the lukewarm state of hordes of phrygian-red-hatted "patriots" just about confirms the Laodicean era we live in.
> "no legitimate Christian thinks Palestine is evil and Israel is good, that's just plain Satanic and goes to show how many tribal, evil 'Christians' we have in this country"
Ditto! Absolutely no morally conscientious Christian can watch video after video of Judeonazi cultural white supremacist colonialists razing Palestinian villages while chanting "Dea*h To Arabs" and come to the conclusion that the Zionists are morally justified.
> "Israel-sympathizer crowd tends to overlap with Trumpism because those people don't actually worship God"
Excellent point: they blindly fall for whatever their dispensationalist pastors sensationalize without understanding the scriptures by the Spirit's guidance.
> "People complaining about all immigrants being 'criminals' are also off the mark, as a lot of immigrants are excellent people, and we have the biggest criminals running our lives which should be obvious by now. Also, immigrants involved in child trafficking work WITH our 3LA's, etc."
Yeah, it's a chockful load of "dialectical football."