Empathicprose - To Be Rather Than To Seem

"Christian activists harness the Bible” ... transforming their cause into a holy war that breeds suspicion of and separation from the evil, fearful other."

Baptist News Global

Politics of Hate shows how groups use faith, Scripture to justify attacks on the ‘other’

Jesus told his disciples to love their neighbors and even their enemies and “those who persecute you.” But today, some of Jesus’ politically

^^^^^^ This! ^^^^^^

The system feeds on numbed souls

The system stands tall every time a soul… gives up. Gives up on feeling. On loving. On questioning.

It grows the very moment someone says: “That’s just how life is.” “Everyone lives like this.” “It is what it is.”

And the more numbed, conformed, the more automatic and tamed you become… the more it profits. It profits from your silence, from your rush, from your surrender to surface living.

The greatest act of resistance, nowadays, isn’t to scream. It’s to feel. To keep loving even after being dismissed. To keep questioning even when they call your clarity “crazy.”

It’s to stay alive while being pushed to merely survive.

The system fears those who feel. It trembles before those who love. It crumbles in the presence of those who… awaken.

So if you're going to resist, let it be with soul. If you're going to confront, let it be with truth. If you're going to disturb, let it be with light.

Because even when everything around you is darkness… choosing to be the sun is an act of war.

May we all be like the sunflower: turning our backs to the dark. And facing the light.

— Phoenix Moon 333

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“There’s no hate like Christian love” ... a stark reminder of the potential for distortion when deeply held beliefs are used to justify prejudice and discrimination."

https://medium.com/@avas3/theres-no-hate-like-christian-love-82dde1e8bc2e