Conducting that meeting in that place at such a time seems quite inappropriate and disrespectful.

If I had tatoos that ugly I would seriously consider becoming one.

If only these nonreligious people recognised how little they know about religion.

I might have changed my views on certain things after coming to the fediverse, and now I see that Lemmy is an echochamber. It seems like right wing and even moderate people just stayed on twitter and “truth social”, which are echochambers as well, especially the latter, clearly, and I end up arguing with everyone all the time.

Hey, do you mind telling me why I got down voted, if you have an idea why, of course?

I do not believe I said anything particularly contentious this time, and I do not believe I said anything factually wrong either.

Not to the early Christians it wasn’t. The early Christians movements (before they were co-opted by Empire) were radically egalitarian.

That would be irrelevant even if it was true. We are not in the second century. It is a very controversial position either way.

Egalitarian values certainly did emerge out of Christianity, and there was a change in that direction even then, but they were not egalitarian in the modern sense.

Also, please be careful when generalising early Christianty, as it was a very diverse group of sects that hardly agreed on anything.

Early religious communities sometimes were very accepting, and women played a role as well, but they still existed in a very patriarchal culture, so you should not expect their women to be equal to men in society, and there were absolutely positions of authority.

They opposed the empire because initially, they were not perceived by anyone as a group distinct from Jews, which were very hostile to it. However, there were appeals made by powerful Christians later to be recognized as a non-threat to imperial power, and ultimately, they succeeded.

Even so, the Jews simply wanted independence, not equality. The idea of social equality did not even exist then. They were equal in Christ, not in society.

Christianity was not coopted by the empire, it conquered it.

The idea that early christianity was somehow “more pure” I do not accept as well. I would say the Christian tradition has only been enriched over the years, and without a unified basic set of dogmas it would really make much sense.

Well, it does not have an economy, so why would it have money?

Also, it doesn’t have politics and society in the conventional sense, but men are clearly subordinate to God. Christ is king, this is the way Christians think, so I am not sure this is a correct comparison.

The question of “should Christians strive for a classless society” is a complex one. Egalitarian ideals are very new compared to Christianity, but some Christians now think that in the “fallen world” authority is undesirable as it can be abused. This is not common though.

However, Marxism is an anti-religious ideology. Marxists both believe that religion will disappear after “the base” changes and it will become, ultimately, obsolete, and also have historically persecuted and enacted violence on Christians. So I am not surprised there are not many Marxist Christians.

You don’t need to sell it to them, they already want to join.

Sorry, I don’t talk to HOMOSEXUALS who don’t appreciate masculinity.

Women get horny too, fyi. And I can’t blame them, considering how hot MEN are.

It is easier to build muscle for men, and a lot of men and women try really hard to do that. Being stronger is not about being a “pack mule”, can an average woman pick me up? NO!

You just don’t appreciate the aesthetics of masculinity. I think your aversion to it is pretty gay tbh.

Lol less risk averse is a debuff that leads to the shorter life span avg.

You are such a boring person.

We have patriarchy.

Bur seriously, being tall means you are hotter than you would be as a shortie. You also look more dignified and authoritative if you are tall. So that is definetly an advantage.

We have more muscles generally. Muscles are very hot useful to have. But actually, being built more athletically is an advantage in terms of aesthetics IMO.

Also, no periods or menopause.

Reproduction is easier.

And we are less risk averse which means we are cooler on average.

Why would you not compare european communist countries woth european capitalist countries? Sure, africans and asians were poorer, but that goes without saying, honestly, what does that even have to do with this matter?

East Germany was poorer than west Germany. That tells us something. The fact that Ethiopia or whatever was poorer does not really tell us much about ehich economic system is better.

Harm reduction is great, but if I do not see a candidate that represents me I am not going to vote.

Why would I support someone that is fucking me over?

If I had the final say in who gets to be president I might have picked Harris, but honestly, your vote is not going to change the outcome of the election, so why compromise your morality?

Meaning they were not fine with either winning.

I would like to ask, what is the point of voting according to you?

Or maybe they didn’t want to vote for someone they didn’t like.

Where is this from?