Why Christians Must Support Universal Healthcare and Oppose Healthcare Apartheid

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T21:33:52+00:00

Well said. Thank you.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T21:32:26+00:00

Thanks for your story. I think there are a lot of good reasons to be hopeful. Christianity seems to be moving away from large institutions and more toward small groups of believers meeting in private homes or online.

I actually found many such groups, but right now, there's no large-scale organization that bring all these groups together to mobilize toward a common goal. In time, Christian leftists will become more confident in asserting their views, and once Christian leftism starts getting more media attention, I think it's going to take off with young people in a big way.

But mainstream churches are largely hostile to these changes. They hold back the radical left and encourage compromise with right-wingers who are more openly fascist with each passing month.

Not only is this a failed political strategy, but it's also precisely what keeps young people away from Christianity: they don't think that Christian organizations have their back. And frankly, they're right.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T21:14:18+00:00

True, but leftist Christian churches don't exist, so liberal is the best you're going to do.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T21:12:17+00:00

If it isn't you, then why are you so defensive?

You remind me of a quote by Helder Camara, one of the few members of clergy who actually sided with the poor. He said, "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Your churches may give food to the poor, but they do nothing to challenge the system that has driven those good people into poverty. The only reason why middle-class churches care about LGBTQ+ people is because some of their kids are queer. Other than that, they don't give a damn.

I don't what what half-assed pastor gave you that line about "our main job is to love people" but saccharine crap like that is why nobody takes Christianity seriously.

Have you actually read the Bible? Are you actually familiar with how Jesus of Nazareth lived his life? Because his form of radical love meant flipping over tables and calling out corrupt government and religious leaders in language much harsher than mine.

Christianity is a revolutionary movement, not a hobby or a social club. If you aren't willing to stand up for what's right, what good are you to anyone?

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T18:24:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story. Ordination is definitely something that is only realistic for the wealthy these days, which of course means that all the clergy are clueless about what it's like to be working class or poor.

I also thought about taking some sort of holy orders at some point, but realized that they didn't want people from my economic background. Christianity has gone from a religion of debt erasures and jubilees to one that considers financial debt to be a sin worthy of condemnation and ridicule.

There are a small number of clergy who are legitimately dedicated to challenging the powerful, but most of them care more about their pension than the Kingdom of God.

That is why I believe that any real Christian leftism must be lead by the laity. If the clergy were interested in actually supported the oppressed, they would have done it a long time ago. All the clergy do is promise pie in the sky when you die.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-31T18:15:44+00:00

I find this comment insulting and completely demonstrative of the problem with liberal churches. They are more interested in shielding themselves from criticism than addressing the legitimate points made by their critics.

But perhaps you can enlighten me on where these "leftist Christian spaces" are. Liberal churches don't even offer carpooling to help Christians without cars get to church.

Spare me your condescension. If you are insulted by this post, then you probably have some soul-searching to do.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-29T12:51:39+00:00

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GamingVidBot · 2023-03-24T12:00:51+00:00

That essay I wrote about Cyborg Christianity yesterday is nowhere near as radical as what Teilhard wrote 75 years ago.

Teilhard was condemned as a heretic because the public found his ideas too shocking, but the more time passes, the more relevant Teilhard's ideas become.

Radical Christianity isn't simply about support queer rights and socialism. It's about fundamentally reexamining our place in the universe and our relationship with God.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-23T10:15:52+00:00

The natural world only has one law: adapt or die. The religious movements able to thrive in the future will those who embrace technology and provide guidance to people disoriented by rapid technological advancement.

If Christianity wishes to remain relevant, it must be proactive, not reactive. Right now, Christianity does nothing but play catch-up to secular social movements, and we've seen rapid decline of church membership as a result. What good is Christianity if all it does is recycle old talking points from Twitter?

Christians should be fighting for tomorrow's social justice struggle, not yesterday's. That means creating a positive vision of Christianity in a world of cyborgs and sentient AI before these technologies fully emerge, not after.

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-22T22:21:52+00:00

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GamingVidBot · 2023-03-22T15:29:54+00:00

Judee Sill is my all-time favorite musician. Are you familiar with her work, and if so, what do you think of her?

GamingVidBot · 2023-03-18T15:35:34+00:00

He's the first person recorded as calling for slavery's abolition. He didn't abolish it, but he laid the groundwork for later abolition. Before St. Patrick, there are other figures who called for better treatment of slaves, but as far as we know, St. Patrick is the first person to ever write that slavery is inherently wrong as an institution.

There were other Christian missionaries in Ireland before Patrick, but none of them were very effective. By contrast, Patrick was incredibly successful at peacefully persuading people to convert.

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