Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoDo this if a church tells you how to votemidwest.socialimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up12.19Karrow-down130
arrow-up12.16Karrow-down1imageDo this if a church tells you how to votemidwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.socialM to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoSeems easy to poke holes in. “Yes we are in Satan’s kingdom now, and we are doing this to wrest control of his kingdom from him.” “Jesus was talking about the afterlife when he said that.” “Of course we’re concerned with this world, it is our Christian duty to do good no matter where we are.” I’m an atheist so I’m not attempting to defend them here, but your argument isn’t very strong.
minus-squareWorstdriver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoNo worries. The point is to make them think a bit… and fwiw, I grew up in a cult that believed hardcore in that before I managed to get out.
Seems easy to poke holes in.
“Yes we are in Satan’s kingdom now, and we are doing this to wrest control of his kingdom from him.”
“Jesus was talking about the afterlife when he said that.”
“Of course we’re concerned with this world, it is our Christian duty to do good no matter where we are.”
I’m an atheist so I’m not attempting to defend them here, but your argument isn’t very strong.
No worries. The point is to make them think a bit… and fwiw, I grew up in a cult that believed hardcore in that before I managed to get out.