politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Read the Bible... This guy went to heaven.
Edit: guys, I'm not saying this guy was good... I'm saying Christian heaven is full of the worst people.
Good grief...
I was raised as a Missouri synod lutheran. Very conservative. I say raised. I'm not active in the church anymore for obvious reasons. I actually read the bible. And didn't want to be any part of those hypocritical chucklefucks. I know you are joking. But I think we can all rest more comfortably knowing that if there's a hell this dumbass is in it.
Just in case there isn't a hell, let's punish pedophiles and fascists in the here and now.
1000%. And that's definitely something no one should forget about Denny hastert. He was a boy hungry pedophile. And revered by the GOP for decades
The problem with hell is it undermines all that Christian rot about forgiveness, pacifism, and kindness. Jesus isn't just a God of redemption, he's a God of infinite punishment and never-ending vengeance. And Hastert can absolutely accept Jesus and get a ticket to ride. The Holocaust Jews on the other hand, not so lucky. When I realized that all those Jews went straight from Hitler's oven into Jesus' oven, it permanently damaged my faith.
I think it was Esperanza Rising or some other book that had kids talking about this idea, that if you accept Jesus and repent your sins at the last moment you’re good to get into heaven. They were worried their friend who died wouldn’t get into Heaven because he still might have had unwashed sins.
Idk the bible, but is that accurate? You can do whatever you want, and as long as you confess and say “my bad” you’re good?
in some sects, yeah that's how it works, with the general idea being that their god is not an idiot and not fooled by insincere deathbed conversions.
I’m glad I’m not religious, that sounds stressful AF
You gotta choose (or make) a religion where all you do is go to the beach and eat sandwiches. That sounds like a nice religion.
I got it. There's a bunch of black/white absolutists around these parts that are incapable of understanding obvious satire.
It's a known issue.
Are you citing the book of fairy tales like it has anything to do with real life?
Religion is a mental disorder