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Jo Luehmann

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3 Dec

A gentle reminder that using Pharisee to mean hypocrite or “bad guy” is antisemitic.

Believing Christians are the “new” chosen people and replaced Jewish people is supersessionism and its antisemitic.

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Using Old Testament to mean Hebrew Bible is a type a supersessionism that sees Judaism just as a precursor of Christianity, and it’s antisemitic.

Believing the Hebrew Bible is about Jesus as messiah, and only properly understood under that lens;...

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makes Jewish understanding of their own Scriptures “incomplete”, and it’s antisemitic.

Appropriating Jewish traditions for Christian purposes, like lighting a menorah for Christmas or hosting a Passover Seder for Easter, is very inappropriate and disrespectful.

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Jo Luehmann

@JoLuehmann

10 Nov

Let’s talk about conspiracy theories and why I am concerned with the evangelicals response to the US election.

A thread:

TW: islamophobia and racism.

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In the 13th century Christians believed Muslims could not be converted, they could only be eliminated because they were evil. Google malicide.

During the reformation it was believed Native and Black people had no souls and needed to be enslaved by Christians...
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as a response to Genesis 1:28 that man should rule over every creature. Google Dum Diversas, Romanus Pontifex and perpetual slavery.

The Confederate states believed that if Black people were left unchecked they would destroy the nation.
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Jo Luehmann

@JoLuehmann

9 Nov

Back in 1960 MLK was interviewed by ‘Meet the Press’, he said: “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours, in Christian America.”
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It’s been 60 years since that comment and while a lot has changed, not a whole lot has changed. The white evangelical church continues to be the force underneath white supremacist ideologies in the US. And we keep talking about white supremacy but...
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failing to address that it is toxic theology what pushes its ideological notions.

Before the civil rights movement White Evangelical Christians were overt in their alignment with white supremacy, before the 13th amendment that changed the rules of slavery in 1865,
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Jo Luehmann

@JoLuehmann

8 Nov

76% to 81% of white evangelicals voted for Trump according to the NYT and NPR. That’s the highest percentage of a people group aside from Republican. (1)

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

npr.org/2020/11/03/929…

Now an overwhelming amount of white evangelical leaders were posting Black squares back in June. Many with #Listening and talking about learning.

Of course I do not know who any of these evangelical leaders voted for.

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Jo Luehmann

@JoLuehmann

31 Oct

Religious freedom inside of Toxic Christianity has always meant religious freedom for them, and religious oppression for everyone else. It’s meant freedom to discriminate based on Christian beliefs, and the demand that others aren’t allowed to discriminate against them.
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Religious freedom inside of toxic Christianity has always meant screaming persecution when they are asked to be inclusive and understanding of other beliefs, and persecuting those who don’t agree with their religious beliefs.
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All of that to say, Happy Samhain!!! Samhain is a Gaelic festival celebrated at the end of the harvest season. It means “end of summer” and it marked the beginning of the darker half of the year. It had religious connotations too;
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Jo Luehmann

@JoLuehmann

30 Oct

The privileged will always have access to safe abortions.

They will always have access to healthcare.

Always be able to immigrate.

Always be allowed to break the law. Rarely held accountable.

Allowed their gender identity and sexual orientation.
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They will always have food, shelter, water, quality of life, access to mental health care... their human rights are really not infringed upon. Even when they are held accountable the conditions are humane.

And I’m so glad they have all of that.

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I am so glad their rights are upheld and respected. What I don’t appreciate is that they actively deny that to others. That they think maintaining their privilege at the expense of everyone else is more important that equality and equity.
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