▲ 1117 ▼ Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.
[+] Tyfud@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago Loving the bible makes you christian. reading the bible makes you athiest. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist Same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Psalms 137:9 is my favorite verse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmm I looked it up and apparently one has to be careful with interpreting this. It's not really about being happy to dash infants against rocks. It's simply a call for the destruction of the entire nation of people. It's really about justice! And that's a good thing! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* Those babies deserved it, and if they didn't they're going to heaven anyway, so really it's a mercykill. Anway, love thy neighbors! permalink fedilink source parent [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago FYI: Israelites are a branch of Canaanites, El is a Canaanitic god, and The Exodus lacks evidence from ever happening. That was absolutely wild to learn as ex-Christian. Also, the social hole you fall into as you leave Christianity is pretty terrifying, but you'll eventually learn to deal with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist Same. And the ultimate irony is that the values I used to determine that the Bible is a fucked up book that I want nothing to do with, are the same values that my uber-Christian parents instilled in me, and then lost at some point along the way. YOU MADE ME LIKE THIS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago Loving the bible makes you christian. reading the bible makes you athiest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist Same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Psalms 137:9 is my favorite verse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmm I looked it up and apparently one has to be careful with interpreting this. It's not really about being happy to dash infants against rocks. It's simply a call for the destruction of the entire nation of people. It's really about justice! And that's a good thing! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* Those babies deserved it, and if they didn't they're going to heaven anyway, so really it's a mercykill. Anway, love thy neighbors! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hmm I looked it up and apparently one has to be careful with interpreting this. It's not really about being happy to dash infants against rocks. It's simply a call for the destruction of the entire nation of people. It's really about justice! And that's a good thing! /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* Those babies deserved it, and if they didn't they're going to heaven anyway, so really it's a mercykill. Anway, love thy neighbors! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* Those babies deserved it, and if they didn't they're going to heaven anyway, so really it's a mercykill. Anway, love thy neighbors! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago FYI: Israelites are a branch of Canaanites, El is a Canaanitic god, and The Exodus lacks evidence from ever happening. That was absolutely wild to learn as ex-Christian. Also, the social hole you fall into as you leave Christianity is pretty terrifying, but you'll eventually learn to deal with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist Same. And the ultimate irony is that the values I used to determine that the Bible is a fucked up book that I want nothing to do with, are the same values that my uber-Christian parents instilled in me, and then lost at some point along the way. YOU MADE ME LIKE THIS permalink fedilink source parent