He also chased the money-changers out of the temple with a whip. Make sure to include that part too.

There was actually a dispute among the early Christians about whether or not they were still subject to the Law. James, the brother of Jesus, who led the church in Jerusalem took the view that Christians should still follow it. St Paul, for whatever his motives might be (Josephus speculated that Paul was an agent of the Jewish elders whose job was to detach the Christians from the Jews, in hopes the whole thing would fizzle out), held the view that the Law was fulfilled and also that Christianity was open to Gentiles.

It’s worse than that. The first lesson is that God created Adam and Eve without the knowledge of good and evil. Then Satan tricked Eve into eating the fruit. She didn’t know better until after she ate it, nor did Adam. But God punished her and Adam for doing something when they didn’t know any better. So the lesson is that God is arbitrary and can change the rules on you at any time if he feels like fucking with you. And you are expected to say “Thank you Sir, may I have another?” It very much reinforces the view that the deity is a petulant child and we’re his ant farm. And yeah, the hierarchical view and the idea of God as the Big Alpha Male in the Sky is part of it too.

That’s a thought-terminating cliche in this case, because Christians as a group have a wide range of beliefs and behaviors, from progressive to fascist, and it’s bullshit to pretend they’re all the same.

I’m an atheist, but I’ve been at protests where there were Christians willing to get beaten down by cops’ billy clubs. I was more inclined to run away and live to fight another day. They’re not the same as the MAGAfundies, snake-jugglers, drive-through prosperity gospel hucksters, and pig-ignorant misogynist racist bumpkins. Your “all Christians are equally culpable” position is just another way of weakening the resistance by excluding natural allies.

Let’s talk about the behavior of self-identified Christians. Start from that. And there are some life-denying, antihuman parts in the NT too, just look at some of the Epistles. Paul (or at least whoever wrote the two Timothy epistles) was one nasty piece of work.

They loved those heretics when they burned them alive.

Not all of them. There are a few sects that are far worse than the others.

Hezbollah is a “Palestinian” Iranian funded terrorist group

It’s based in Lebanon and almost all its members are Lebanese Shi’a. It has had support from Iran but its main source of funding and support is the people of south Lebanon. I’m not saying that’s right or wrong, but that’s how it is. And if you’re counting dead kids, you might want to also include those killed by Israeli invasions of south Lebanon since the 1980s, along with all the other Lebanese civilian fatalities.

Based on past form, that’s going to explode at some point.

How is this enforceable?

Because anyone who supports Trump is an asshole with a lot wrong with them?

Trump is at war with the American people. He was in his first term as well. The “antiwar” thing has always been bullshit. He’s murderous scum.

No, this way he still gets that DNC money.

That used to be the word I used for the tranmission of my car. Not any more. Bigots spoil everything.

I was a complete pacifist for a couple decades. Now, I’m a believer in peace through being a hard target. You cannot rely on the basic human decency of sociopaths to save you. You need to deter their aggression by making it more costly and risky.

When someone with guns is coming for me, what do you suggest I should do? Sweet reason? Aikido?

If you don’t understand the situation, don’t judge. There’s a big difference between persecution and resisting persecution.

See if they can walk 100 of them out at the same time.