• jtrek@startrek.website
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    Some of them will do some impressive backflips to argue that "of there’s means Christians only. Because of the “brothers and sisters of mine” bit, it only means they have to be good to their in-group. Nevermind the canonical answer to “who is my neighbor?”

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        They don’t reason. They feel, and look for justifications. We’re all susceptible to that, but some people have that problem really bad.

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        That’s a classic example of evil seeking an excuse. The religion telling her to be different is offensive because what it actually says is of no importance. Her specifically chosen reading of it is all she cares about.