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Vlado posted...

Jesus is the one who whipped the merchants out of the temple, and He would of course welcome everyone who is metaphorically doing the same right now.

this is kind of a radical exegesis. just because jesus whipped the mechants out of the temple doesn't necessarily mean he would be 100% supportive of duterte murdering drug users (like you are).

For example?

my best friend is very leftist and also a dedicated christian. her faith is so important to her that she's stopped interacting with people for "making fun of her religion" and she regularly corresponds with a pastor for advice before making important decisions.

and on this board, i suppose metroid composite is a good example. she's also a knowledgeable/dedicated christian, and obviously she's quite leftist as well.

If they aren't the majority, then they are certainly allowing the minority among them to lead their movement and determine every important step it takes.

i think this is too vague to respond to. like, who would the people "leading the leftist movement" be? in the US it would be people like bernie and ocasio-cortez, right? i don't think i've ever heard about them agreeing with the "good and bad doesn't exist" aspect of postmodern philosophy (though i don't know ocasio-cortez as well as bernie, admittedly). on the contrary, they're constantly talking about what's "good" (socialism) and "bad" (capitalism).

Where do morals come from, then? Are animals moral? It is precisely because we are made in God's image that morality exists. Even if you reject God, you cannot undo how you are made. Besides, "moral" atheists simply replace God with "science!!!"

There is an inherent aspiration built within people to aim towards something greater than themselves, and all of us who have not destroyed ourselves or been destroyed mentally retain it. For us, it is God. For the not completely fucked leftists, it's "science." Whatever. It's just calling God by another name.

right, so here you're admitting your earlier "leftists don't have morals because they reject god" point was wrong, right? after all, we don't reject god, we just call god "science."

Nonsense. Terror can be committed in the name of anything.

yes, but sometimes terror is committed in the name of religion. if islamic terrorism isn't a sufficient example for you because "that's politics instead of religion" (which is weird to me - pretty sure you've spoken about islamic terrorist attacks before to point out how evil islam is), just look at the crusades.
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