Black guy in a hoodie is every white racist's idea of the devil, I guess.
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Black guy in a hoodie is every white racist's idea of the devil, I guess.
Demonizing people with whom one disagrees, is usually a tip-off of more serious issues.
It never pays to hate one's enemies. Not only is it corrosive to one's soul, it's likely to mislead one about their intentions
It never pays to hate one's enemies. Not only is it corrosive to one's soul, it's likely to mislead one about their intentions
Just the facts as I see them, you don't have to agree.
Who said anything about hate...except you.
is barbie projecting again? :nono:
Everyone has an opinion. Just pointing out that demonizing people one hates is a bad idea.
Anyone who equates a person to the devil. About as hateful as one can get, assuming that one actually believes there is a devil. Maybe not so much for an atheist.
As I said, that kind of demonization is corrosive to one's soul, and also makes one easy to fool.
Not a good practice.
Demonizing and hatred are two different things, I may have expressed my opinion of this man as a demon but, hatred for him? not so much, it takes too much energy to hate.
I guess that is a matter of opinion now isn't it?
Barbarian observes:
Everyone has an opinion. Just pointing out that demonizing people one hates is a bad idea.
It does. And you're putting far too much energy into it. For a Christian, there couldn't be anything more hateful than to equate a person to the devil.
If you're so tied up in it that you can't acknowledge the good and the bad in a person, I'd say you were putting too much energy into hatred.
Everyone has an opinion. Just pointing out that demonizing people one hates is a bad idea.
It does. And you're putting far too much energy into it. For a Christian, there couldn't be anything more hateful than to equate a person to the devil.
If you're so tied up in it that you can't acknowledge the good and the bad in a person, I'd say you were putting too much energy into hatred.
Do you believe that some people are evil?
Do you believe that some people are doing Satan's will?
All of us have a propensity to sin. Which is evil. All of us have evil within us. All of us have good within us. Some have more or less than others. Unless it causes harm to others, that is between each of us and God.
Every person who sins does Satan's will. I don't see the point.
the person who sins, the person who does Satan's will, the person who causes harm to others - is it just to refer to that person as a devil, or a son of Satan, or Satan?
What did Jesus call Peter when Peter was channelling Satan?
What did Jesus call Peter when Peter was channelling Satan?
Only those outside of Christ would claim Satan to have a disheartening appearance. That includes horns, goats, upside down stars, a pitchfork....
2 Corinthians 11
14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
Ezekiel 28
13You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created. 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.
Mr. 5020
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When I saw that scene, I assumed the person playing the devil was hispanic. :idunno:
I assumed he was just ugly :idunno:
IMJerusha
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I would think that lacking discernment to the point of total failure to recognize evil is a much more serious issue.
IMJerusha
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I like that...call a spade a spade!
Barbarian chuckles:
Black guy in a hoodie is every white racist's idea of the devil, I guess.
Kind of a racist bifecta, um? BTW, "Hispanic" is capitalized.
Black guy in a hoodie is every white racist's idea of the devil, I guess.
Kind of a racist bifecta, um? BTW, "Hispanic" is capitalized.
It never pays to hate one's enemies. Not only is it corrosive to one's soul, it's likely to mislead one about their intentions
Demonizing people with whom one disagrees, is usually a tip-off of more serious issues.
How do you know that the people who cast that movie actually meant to equate Obama with the devil? They might have been unconsciously stereotyping black people with evil, and never reflected on the choice. Or it could be that they just randomly chose someone who happened to look black and a bit like Obama. Much of the evil seems to me, to be from those assuming things, not necessarily evil people casting the film. You assume too much, here.
Hatred never serves God; hatred is weakness and failure. It is born of fear and doubt.
Demonizing people with whom one disagrees, is usually a tip-off of more serious issues.
How do you know that the people who cast that movie actually meant to equate Obama with the devil? They might have been unconsciously stereotyping black people with evil, and never reflected on the choice. Or it could be that they just randomly chose someone who happened to look black and a bit like Obama. Much of the evil seems to me, to be from those assuming things, not necessarily evil people casting the film. You assume too much, here.
Hatred never serves God; hatred is weakness and failure. It is born of fear and doubt.