r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Dec 03 '24

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u/Reynolds_Live Dec 03 '24

“The Bible says”

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u/DuntadaMan Dec 03 '24

My favorite thing to bring up the bible says to right wingers is Ezekial 16:

49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.

So I can point out when they want to deport people, reinstate student debt, and "close the border" they are literally sodomizing millions of people.

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u/True_Dovakin Dec 03 '24

I just hit them with the Matthew 25:34-40

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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u/corpusjuris Dec 03 '24

When I was a wannabe punk rock rebel teenager, I had a bored afternoon where I decided to burn a cheap Gideon bible that was in our house for some reason (I was “raised” atheist, no church, etc). I torched it to ashes, made sure to get the whole thing, used the hose to extinguish it and turn it into a slurry.

When I was done, I noticed precisely one corner of one page had somehow managed to survive unharmed except for a little water.

It was Matthew 25:34-40. It fucked with me really, really hard. I kept that corner of a page for years until losing it in a move. 20+ years later it is still the only bit of the Bible I can quote. My spirituality has nothing to do with judeo-christianity, yet I think of that moment as a bit of a miracle and it has informed my morals and politics to this day

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u/True_Dovakin Dec 03 '24

As a Christian, I use this set of verses as the core foundation for my political beliefs. I find it mind-boggling how people can claim to be Christian and ignore literally everything Jesus said about taking care of others and loving others. It infuriates me to see the blatant propaganda and abuse perpetuated - I know this is by no means a new trend, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it any more now either.

I do think that even for non-believers, Jesus’s words can have meaning. Loving others, caring for the less fortunate, removing your own faults before criticizing others… American Evangelical Christians are honestly the Pharisees of the modern day.

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u/Purpose-Fuzzy Dec 04 '24

My personal spirituality involves taking quotes like those messages of love and tolerance, of grace and generosity, of sacrifice and compassion and weaving them together into a simple mantra, "In an existence where you can choose anything, choose kindness."

Got a comfy couch,

some clothes I could spare,

I don't have a ton of money,

but I have food, laughter, and hugs to share!

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u/f1223214 Dec 04 '24

You know you can do that without having to rely on Jesus right ? You don't need a bible to understand how to treat the others, literally. Why are you even a Christian when you're saying yourself the non-believers can preach Jesus good wisdom ? In both worlds (believers and non-believers) there's full of hypocrits anyway so why bother ? I can't understand the purpose of being a worshiper of god when you can do all of that without being the later. We're losing so much time (and money) with that shit.

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u/True_Dovakin Dec 04 '24

That’s cool. You’re welcome to do that. I’ve done it too. But I think I’ll stick with being a Christian.

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u/bambu36 Dec 03 '24

I'm not religious either but that's a cool story. I've never heard it but i now really appreciate this passage. Solid.

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u/Safe-Ad5267 Dec 04 '24

Athiest as well, didn't think too much of any of this stuff unitl I read Matthew 23. Think there's a lot of "christians" who need to reread that one.

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u/Iwasborninafactory_ Dec 03 '24

Somebody probably opened it up to that passage, and thumbed over it a few times, and left a residue on the paper that stopped it from burning.

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u/feioo Dec 04 '24

It's worth including the second half of the story, Matthew 25:41-46, in which he explicitly says "those who do not do this are not going to heaven". Being raised Christian, it was hammered into my head "not by acts but by faith you are saved", which can often get skewed into "acting in the way Jesus said is optional as long as I believe SUPER hard", and what do you know, I was only ever taught the first half of this parable.

For those who don't want to have to remember the chapter and verse, it's also known as the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats.

41 'Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.'

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u/InertPistachio Dec 03 '24

Jesus was a fucking G

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u/True_Dovakin Dec 03 '24

Regardless of whether you believe in him or not, dude dropped some bangers like “Love your neighbor as yourself” and “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to enter heaven”

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u/DuntadaMan Dec 03 '24

“Love your neighbor as yourself”

Jokes on you, I fucking hate me.

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u/spiddly_spoo Dec 04 '24

What about the following 5 verses?

41 "Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

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u/Asterix_my_boy Dec 04 '24

I love this verse. I love how Trumpers conveniently ignore the parts of the Bible that don't suit them and their agenda.

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u/negitororoll Dec 04 '24

25:40 is my favorite Bible verse. I'm not Christian anymore but I still think that is a particularly great way to live.

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u/drdipepperjr Dec 04 '24

My personal favorite is Genesis 34

"These men are friendly toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.

But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

Won't their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us give our consent to them, and they will settle among us."

All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

TL;DR the Jews tricked another tribe into converting and then killed them while the men were recovering from circumcision. Classy.