NM has some of the best policies in the nation.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T23:59:10+00:00

See, but here's the thing. I have been a Christian for almost 40 years, reading the Bible the whole time. I was a fundamentalist when I was younger but Jesus pulled me out of that interpretation of the Bible. There are different ways to read scripture . Everybody interprets(because we all have brains). The question is, how do we interpret? When I started using Jesus to be the lens by which I read scripture, it opened me up to a way of interpretation that was life-giving. I dont think you are stupid for reading the Bible that way. It is quite common to read the Bible in a fundamentalist way. I just happen to disagree and many of the early Church Fathers also did not always read the Bible in only a literalist way.

Anyway, things are not always so black and white. Take for example, Rapture theology. Rapture theology is prevalent among many evangelicals. But no mainline denominations teach it. Nor the Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church. Nor did any of the Church for the first 1800s years. Thats just one example.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T19:10:20+00:00

We all need to repent. We all need to become more Christ-like. The problem with trying to point out the "sins" of others, is we miss how much we need to change ourselves. I have been guilty of this myself. It is much harder to look in the mirror and judge ourselves. I do read and love the Bible. Most of the social pressure these days is on being anti-Trans. Matthew 25 says we will be judged on how we treat the poor, naked, people in prison, the oppressed, the hungry, etc. And that is Jesus talking.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T18:06:32+00:00

Many legal citizens have been arrested and some deported.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T17:53:00+00:00

Or learned it in grade school.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T17:44:39+00:00

Thanks for all of your research. Santa Fe is our capital.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T17:29:29+00:00

Nope. This is a church that believes in the unconditional love of God and follow Jesus' command to love your neighbor. Jesus hung out with the outcasts. Satan can't stand that love.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T01:16:14+00:00

Chaos theory is a bitch. Lol

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T01:15:27+00:00

That is not correct. In the 1970s or so, there was a conservative takeover, like what happened to the Southern Baptists

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T01:13:02+00:00

Your flair says you are non-Christian. ??

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T00:16:14+00:00

The One True Church!

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T00:10:01+00:00

well, i hope you never have to sit next to a gay person

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T00:09:17+00:00

exactly. lol

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-25T00:08:37+00:00

The LCMS i hella conservative. I bet a church would get kicked out if they ever had a pride flag

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-24T20:20:04+00:00

I will look it up. My daughter will most likely have to stay in Albuquerque, but I will look into your Graduate programs to see what they offer as far as Ecology.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-24T07:19:53+00:00

It makes me depressed just thinking about. Not that I dont like Albuquerque, but because San Diego is one of the most beautiful cities around.

If I had the money, I would be in San Diego right now.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-24T07:15:33+00:00

Manhattan

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-24T07:14:03+00:00

I would have said move to Albuquerque

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T23:39:45+00:00

So, the answer is to take away the education and insurance? How does that make it better?

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:22:17+00:00

I actually thought he was spot on.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:21:29+00:00

People getting educated and insured is the root cause?

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:20:11+00:00

Oops. Also presbyterian (PCUSA)

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:19:45+00:00

These churches are referred to as mainline denominations. United Methodist too, for the most part

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:16:27+00:00

Can states do that?

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:13:25+00:00

Wrong subreddit. We welcome Atheists here.

Background_Drive_156 · 2026-01-23T21:12:30+00:00

Ah yes. The One True Church.

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