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  Jesus was talking about the separation of church & state a long time before Thomas Jefferson was. That whole "Render unto Caesar" speech, for example.
context: He’s not wrong. >
  
  I came to say he’s right. In other words we agree. >
  
  It’s in the Bible these people have never read. >
  
  tbh you can cherry pick anything out of that book >
  
  i wanna see more of the super horny verses from song of solomon out there >
  
  I can never get enough of Reverend Barber making republican governor Bill Lee squirm in his seat ten feet behind him. >
  
  I’m an atheist through and through but it is so refreshing to see someone with this pastors perspective in a leadership role within the church. Nearly every “Christian” I know claims to love the poor and to have a relationship with Jesus but every single one of them disparages immigrants, universal healthcare and looks down on people suffering from poverty..they don’t even see the irony in it. They praise an individual who literally espouses the opposite of every thing I ever learned at church or was taught growing up without a hint of self awareness. I listened to most of this sermon while agreeing with nearly every word and I haven’t heard this logical of a take from a “believer” in a loooong time..thank you for sharing. >
  
  There are tons of Christians who don’t buy into the right wing or nationalism, or even conservatism in general. The Trump brand of Christians make all the noise and subsequently get all the attention because people are drawn to the culture war. >
  
  The media has long since equated christians with the right.  It isn't the case but you'd need a powerful spokesperson to change the narrative.  Likely result would be following in the footsteps of his savior. >
  
  The Right has long since equated christianity with themselves. >
  
  They have but it's the complicity in accepting their premise that bugs me. >
  
  It's not the job of secular society to change that though, it is the job of the rest of the Church universal to do so by working to frustrate and convert the evangelical far right. >
  
  I kind of see it as the media's job to drop the lazy shorthand.  
  I don't have a job list for secular society but open mindedness might be on it.  Not universalizing where there is only a surface similarity seems like a good practice. >
  
  Popular media isn't going to do that though, thats not how the media dynamic works. American media chases stories. If we want to change their perception/portrayal, we need to give them better stories to cover. >
  
  There are always better stories to cover, and plenty of them. But the American media business model has been founded on selling conflict and intrigue for generations, because that’s what we pay attention to. The only way that a better Christianity is going to capture the attention of the media is by becoming a worse Christianity. >
  
  The fact that this is a 'take' is sad in itself.
  I don't know where American Christianity became about being better than others. >
  
  Pretty much the opposite, Pharisees where the religious zealots. Jesus was all about the heart of actions and not the appearance, something that is much needed in this hour.