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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

jesus only approves of devices that can kill more than 100 humans per minute. praise the lord

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In fairness, I've always heard that quote in the context of negotiating with Nazis.

So this church seems a lot creepier than that quote, even.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

While I love all of Dan Romer's contributions to that game, as someone who's studied cults, Ubisoft did such a disservice getting cults so wrong while Christian nationalism was taking over our Federal government.

It's a recurring rant of mine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ubisoft may have not portrayed cults appropriately, but the soundtrack remained me of my childhood so much that it sold me. I still listen to it unironically, and probably unhealthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Naw, Romer nailed the rural gospel sound so hard. I put some of the FC5 soundtrack on my playlist as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Sword-mouth Jesus is going to look a bit out of place.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

American ammosexuals are deeply fucked up

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ooh, ammosexuals is good. I'm gonna steal that one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Share and enjoy; I stole it from someone else

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nice thing about not being tied to the Cult of Capital. Free sharing of things... at least the things it hasn't figured out how to enforce monetization of, yet.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean... At least a black guy got it, so he can defend himself from, you know, the rest of the church

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

He doesn't have to worry about them, "he's one of the good ones."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

European here. Could some kind spirit explain? Did that guy get a gun gifted for visiting church? Or did he visit church with a gun and it got somehow automagically blessed cos it was there with him? Sry, scratching my head over these rituals.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It was some sort of Father's Day contest or raffle and the winner got an AR-15. This isn't even all that unusual.

If you search for AR-15 church, you'll see a bunch of stories.

America is a very fucked-up place.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

This one isn't all that far, geographically speaking from the megachurch down in Springfield that brings in tanks and armored vehicles for their conferences on "christian manhood" (pardon the reddit link...)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

In some real rural areas, you'll have Sherrifs going up for election throwing raffles to buy votes, newer ideas are guns, but most of the time it'll be meat (like a quarter of a cow, or maybe a full half if they have $ to throw around)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here was me thinking it would be +1 Vs Vampires or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only if you used wooden bullets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I thought it was werewolf season! I only packed silver!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thank you. Indeed it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I've taken to replacing 'United States' with 'American Dystopia' in my vocabulary. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Brave New World would offer a more pleasant life.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Our religion is of love and peace and we'll kill anyone who thinks otherwise -sincerely straight, white, American, Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always like saying "no love like Christian love"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Its " there aint no hate like Christian love."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I brought my AR-15 with bump stock so I can protect my abortion rights. Am I pastoring correctly?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No because a bump stock makes it harder to shoot someone. They do nothing but make noise. It's almost impossible to stay on target while bump firing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This church's slogan is "Spray'n'Pray"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

You fuckin win. Lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Am I pastoring correctly?

Fucked any children today?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That's preists, pastors beat their wives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Not a comment on the story, but that dude is wide.