And Christ straight up kicking out business from the church (as in he flipped their tables over, literally):
There is a theory that this was a critical factor in how fast the early Christianity spread across the Roman Empire - that these newly-bankrupted believers had no choice but to travel and try recruit new members to the Church, in a Ponzi-scheme-like fashion (except nobody was cashing out).
But the Jesus movement led by James the Just and Peter after his death probably was, if the Ebionites were their 2nd-4th century descendants.
If I focus on the USA, the problem is that many religious organizations are under influence or control of the movement that wants to clear the rule of law, separation of powers, etc. There are video recordings of top-brass religious leaders that talk openly about the institution of white christian nationalist policies. It all culminated in Project 2025 and won't stop there, some of the agenda is even worse than that. Also, currently there is a concerted push targeted at American Christians that tries to undo the idea of "compassion", which indeed is very much what fascism requires.
It is quite a testament that the pope had no time for Vance today, but instead chose to visit the prisoners.
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EDIT: If you want to see how they get rid of Jesus, look at this chilling video: https://xcancel.com/YourAnonCentral/status/19101797534302990...
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No clue why you are getting down voted. If you have even cursory knowledge of Christ's teachings, you'd know it's very easy to identify where the current status quo has veered from him anywhere in the world.
https://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/01/15/a_triu...
I vaguely remember that in Asian countries this is big too.
fithisux•2h ago