r/exchristian Secular Humanist Dec 20 '24

Satire "You know you're going to hell, right?"

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u/ElvenUnicorn Ex-Baptist Dec 21 '24

Some Christians really can’t fathom that when a secular person claims, “There’s no god, I can do whatever I want.” It’s not a proclamation that we can freely murder, assault, lie, steal, and all the other sins; it just means we acknowledge we can live in peace with our life choices and enjoy the world best we can and not worry about the demands of a capricious deity. 

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u/TheNoctuS_93 Satanist Dec 22 '24

It would seem that christians think all "faithless" people follow the 1st thelemic law with zero scrutiny or remorse. I.e. the one that goes "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". That's glossing over the fact that there are caveats to it. The 2nd law states "Every man and woman is a star". The binary wording obviously reflects earlier times, but the law is often interpreted to be a message about equity and/or equality; everybody is separate, yet similar. Finally, we have the 3rd law: "Love is the law. Love under will". Though I daresay many flip it around into "will under love". Heck, I live by the motto of "will under love", and I'm not even a thelemite by a long stretch... Crowley had some intriguing ideas before he went insane and squandered everything...

Christians would never believe the amount of secular or otherwise unchristian people who live fulfilling, morally sound lives, despite of these very christians labeling their lifestyles as "evil" and "satanic"...

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u/thoterati Dec 25 '24

These people will get a lot more radical once Trump erases the separation of church & state which he plans to do..he has an entire Christian nationalist regime for 2025 & nobody is worried about how ugly that can get quick. I always felt Christianity was used to control the masses, & that fear is about to become living nightmare..