@antijingoist

This is certainly the best, most liberating interpretation of that doctrine, and I use that interpretation when appropriate, when speaking within that space.

But I've also stepped outside of that space, and recognized that within the full context of the Bible (even if only placing in it context of the Gospels) authoritarianism, hierarchy, feudal/monarchist ideas are spread throughout. We've got to do extra work to get this reading. It doesn't come naturally. Many abusers talk about love all the time, too. It's a smokescreen. The rest has to be unpacked.

I'm willing to promote the most liberated versions of Christianity I can find. But I'm also willing to question the whole shebang, and I think Christianity has done more harm to the world than good. And most of its goodness is just undoing its own harms. We'll feed the poor but not change the reasons they are poor in the first place.

@ramsey @tuban_muzuru @paninid

@corbden @antijingoist @ramsey @tuban_muzuru

I think the most liberating interpretation of #Christian doctrine was declared a heresy.

Our modern ethical framework contains a zero-day vulnerability because it was co-opted by the same people who literally crucified a wandering charismatic rabbi that represented a danger to the status quo.

#MAGA = Make Arius Great Again

If we’re engaged in theological quarrels to define the One True Way™, this is the hill I’ll die on 🤷🏻‍♂️

@paninid

Modern Christianity is more Imperial/Colonizer Roman at its cultural core than anything else. No one knows what Jesus really said, or if he was even real. But the history shows the clear winner was the long string of authoritarians who revised whatever he left into something intended to control us all.

I'll try to get a better grasp of Arianism. Wikipedia is reading like the world's most boring textbook on that topic. Like, I really don't care if Jesus was "coeternal with God the Father." 😴 How many angels can dance on the head of this pin? I'm guessing there's a more interesting philosophy there.

@antijingoist @ramsey @tuban_muzuru

Noam Chomsky on the heresy of liberation theology

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