And why doesn’t this mayor have an issue with their poor constituents being stuck in “shitty houses”

A) you don’t have a choice. Christianity teaches that our lives are deterministic, God chose who will and won’t make it into heaven. If he decided to design you to be a sinner who won’t accept him then that’s your fate.

B) Pharoah never had a chance. It wasn’t himself or the devil who made him reject God, the Bible itself that God hardened his heart and made him act the way he did. Same with Judas, he was chosen to fulfill prophesy. Sure, a different follower could have betrayed him, but it had to be someone because God decided that someone had to take the fall. He wasn’t even able to repent afterwards, even though he tried.

C) Almost everyone ever born won’t make it to heaven according to Christianity. Many are called but few are chosen—as you mentioned narrow is the path according to scripture. It also states that “many” (interpreted majority of) Christians will stand before him in judgment and be rejected because they didn’t believe in him the right way. Performing miracles and healing the sick isn’t enough if you weren’t the right denomination with the right version of the Bible.

D) the beast and antichrist are both human, one a politician and one a religious leader who team up to deceive the world

For me it was the fundamental contradiction between God being both good & all powerful. If (S)he created everybody exactly the way they are, how are they to condemn anyone to hell? Some people are born incapable of communicating or understanding anything, some people are born with their wires crossed and are just evil, some are born in a time/place where they never hear “the good news”. Why would a good and loving God condemn them forever for being exactly what (S)he designed them to be?

The Christian Bible I grew up with was rife with examples of people God created and designed specifically to be antagonists so they could be punished: Cain, Pharoah, Ahab & Jezebel, Judas Iscariot, Ananias & Sapphira, The Beast & Antichrist, etc.

Find someone with the same first name as you and steal their last name

I’ve wanted to get into making stained glass art for about a decade now. I’ve spent countless hours watching instructional videos and researching, I just can’t justify dropping a thousand dollars on just beginning a hobby, not to mention the space & clean air requirements

Also they need to ban Ai videos from YT Kids

Just because someone uses Linux doesn’t make them an atheist

While I think it’s stupid that the US isn’t helping, it does prove the point of their right wing: The rest of the world expects America to be in charge of fixing everything

The 08 at the end of their name is the number of accounts we’ve had to block so far

I remember when the minumum wage was increased under Obama, inflation stopped and actually reversed for awhile. I know you don’t have much to offer other than snark, but I think it’s worth saying for other people who read this that you’re heavily guessing what it’s like to live in poverty. I grew up in homeless shelters—when my family finally got into government housing I had to steal from grocery stores for my family to eat. If you think being jobless or homeless are the most terrifying things that could ever happen to someone you’ve had a very blessed life.

I think you missed the point. I think (as I stated) that companies shouldn’t exist that don’t pay a living wage. Millions of jobs going away is fine by me because I come from the real world where everybody is working 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. I can see why you believe that losing a job would be devastating, but most of us would be glad to be in your position where we depend on a single income to survive.

Editing to reword this since a lot of people who’ve read this have an elementary school reading level or are intentionally misunderstanding the point repeatedly:

The minumum wage needs to be tied to a living wage. No company that can’t pay their employees a living wage has a special divine right to exist. Increasing the minumum wage will hurt some people—mostly the rich, but this will absolutely hurt some poor people too. There’s no economic policy that will have zero consequences for people at the bottom. We’ve seen in the past that exploitative companies go under when wages increase and I think that’s actually a good thing & I’d love to see many employers and landlords lose their wealth. Our goal as a society shouldn’t be to increase jobs and profits numbers, but to strive to increase the quality of living for everyone, especially those near the economic bottom.

H̶o̶t̶ t̶a̶k̶e̶, b̶u̶t̶ I̶ t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ a̶ m̶a̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ r̶e̶s̶e̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ u̶l̶t̶i̶m̶a̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ b̶e̶ g̶o̶o̶d̶ f̶o̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶ a̶v̶e̶r̶a̶g̶e̶ p̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ l̶o̶n̶g̶ r̶u̶n̶—e̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ c̶o̶u̶p̶l̶e̶d̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶ a̶ m̶i̶n̶u̶m̶u̶m̶ w̶a̶g̶e̶ i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶. I̶’m̶ s̶o̶ t̶i̶r̶e̶d̶ o̶f̶ b̶u̶s̶i̶n̶e̶s̶s̶e̶s̶ a̶n̶d̶ p̶o̶l̶i̶t̶i̶c̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ b̶r̶a̶g̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ j̶o̶b̶ c̶r̶e̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶. A̶l̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ I̶ k̶n̶o̶w̶ w̶o̶r̶k̶s̶ 5̶0̶+̶ h̶o̶u̶r̶s̶ a̶ w̶e̶e̶k̶ j̶u̶s̶t̶ t̶o̶ m̶a̶k̶e̶ i̶t̶ b̶y̶. W̶h̶a̶t̶ w̶e̶ n̶e̶e̶d̶ i̶s̶n̶’t̶ m̶o̶r̶e̶ j̶o̶b̶s̶, w̶e̶ n̶e̶e̶d̶ b̶u̶s̶i̶n̶e̶s̶s̶e̶s̶ t̶o̶ c̶l̶o̶s̶e̶ d̶o̶w̶n̶ i̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ o̶n̶l̶y̶ w̶a̶y̶ t̶h̶e̶y̶ c̶a̶n̶ a̶f̶f̶o̶r̶d̶ t̶o̶ s̶t̶a̶y̶ o̶p̶e̶n̶ i̶s̶ s̶t̶a̶r̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶s̶.

All the countries Israel keeps bombing need to form a pact that they’ll act in unison to defend each other

Don’t you think he got enough of that in high school

Eta: I love that only a small number of people got the original reference or response

Hasn’t stopped them from stealing oil from Venezuela and Cuba

Generally, yes. I spent years of quite a bit of effort to only surround myself with people who treat me as an equal & share my general values. I have to turn my brain off during serving-the-capitalists hours though.

You always have a toaster and butter on the train?

• Set minumum wage to a living wage +auto adjust annually per inflation
• Medicare for all
• Replace social security with a retirement plan baked into the essential budget

Anything by Pimplywimp, but especially Holy SH!t

“have been killed” feels intentionally misleading/inflammatory, the writers are trying to paint a picture that it was the result of US military action.

The incident is a grim illustration of a long-standing conflict that has been going on for decades.

Two people died after a boat capsized—we have no idea what caused it to sink