And in practice, culturally dominant Christians in positions of power are vindictive and petty as fuck, unapologetically so, as much as anyone else in any position of power if not moreso The hypocrisy flows from their lips effortlessly even as they tirelessly pursue their debts
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(Best thing ever was Jena Malone in Saved! screaming "I am FILLED with Christ's love!" while violently shoving another girl down into the sidewalk Extremely accurate observation of Christian high school life)
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And, as tiresomely repeatedly observed, Christians only seem to really bring up the idea of unconditional forgiveness and *push* it so that you have actually *do* it when it's them needing forgiveness Or someone else who reminds them of themselves
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David Brooks, who as far as I know does not generally support universal debt jubilee, prison abolition, squatters' rights, etc. and whom I'm pretty sure does keep track of various petty journo grudges, going off on how Christianity teaches that morality is an "inverse process"
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That Christianity "keeps no record of wrongs" and that in fact someone who's done a bad thing and overcome it is a *better person* in a Christian framework than someone who didn't initially sin All because some douchebag lost his Harvard admission for making racist posts on FB
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Replying to @arthur_affect
The more in depth I learn about my own culture's view of forgiveness, the more I like it.
@TheRaDR and I think@RutiRegan have done extensive tweets on how forgiveness in Judaism is much different from Christianity "pray for your enemies" sounds nice but not to the abused2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @RiffChick @arthur_affect and
Oh yeah, forgiveness between human beings involves sincere apology and attempts to make amends, it's not automatic by any stretch - which is why, if someone really does try to the best of their ability, the person who said they were forgiven is a dick if they keep bringing it up
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Whereas if someone hasn't made any steps to remediate their wrongs... absolutely bring it up all the time, forever, no automatic get-out-of-guilt-free cards, if they can't do the right thing you aren't obligated to forgive a single penny of (emotional) debt for nothing
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Replying to @sakuruth_ @arthur_affect and
This is why so many apologies ring hollow, and can sometimes do damage. Sia "apologized" multiple times for her movie, and she kept saying "sorry" and was like "why are people still made" after she did no work for change, for herself or anyone else
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She just kept apologizing as if that would get her out of trouble. Then people watching the situation were like "why does she have to keep apologizing?! What more do you people want?" No one cares about your public self flagellation, do the difficult quiet work
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Apologizing but still releasing the movie and expecting people to buy tickets
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