Naihdhei @heidhian - Twitter Profile

about 2 months ago

Romans 8:31 ESV [31] What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? https://t.co/JZdEIEsvaj

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Naihdhei @Heidhian

3 months ago

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Heidhian retweeted

HalfTangible

@HalfTangible

3 months ago

"According to Jesus we're supposed to turn the other cheek when we're hurt, right?" "Yes. In Jesus' time, a person that backhanded your cheek was treating you as lesser. So you turn the other cheek, forcing them to strike you as an equal." "What does that have to do with immigration?" "The contention is that immigrants are allowed to treat us as lesser because they come from incompatible cultures and attack us. But we can't then tell them no, because that's 'racist'." "That seems contrary to what Jesus taught." "It is, and amazingly so. Non-Christians often seize on the idea that Jesus advocated for non-violence to tell Christians to shut up and take what's being done to them." "Are you sure that's what Jesus taught? It's not like you could ask him personally. He predates you by a millennium, right?" "Jesus makes the same point with the story of giving away your cloak, and with going the extra mile. In the latter's case, a Roman soldier could make an Israelite carry anything like a pack mule for up to a mile. It was a humiliation. But Jesus told them to carry it another mile, to treat the Roman as you would a friend, which would both shame them and force them to treat you as a person instead of a mule." "What about the cloak?" "When you're poor and living in an ancient society, your cloak is vital for getting through the cold nights. In Jesus' time, it was common to get around this by demanding the other person give you their shirt. But if you give them the cloak as well, it is a deliberate provocation: if they take the shirt and cloak, they will be shamed by the community." "And... the good samaritan?" "The point was the man who was a neighbor was not the priest or the Levite, but the one who showed mercy to his neighbor. It doesn't say 'everyone is your neighbor', in fact it states the opposite rather plainly. It's your actions that make you a neighbor, NOT your ethnicity." "So, not everyone is your neighbor?" "The neighbor shows mercy to those who have been hurt." "What does that have to do with immigration?" "Nothing. They've decided it means that you must allow immigrants to raid and attack you and treat you like garbage without retaliation of any sort. You can't even say 'stop it' without being declared racist." "Then why did he bring up Christianity at all?" "Because he's not a Christian and doesn't understand it."

HalfTangible's tweet photo. "According to Jesus we're supposed to turn the other cheek when we're hurt, right?"
"Yes. In Jesus' time, a person that backhanded your cheek was treating you as lesser. So you turn the other cheek, forcing them to strike you as an equal."
"What does that have to do with immigration?"
"The contention is that immigrants are allowed to treat us as lesser because they come from incompatible cultures and attack us. But we can't then tell them no, because that's 'racist'."
"That seems contrary to what Jesus taught."
"It is, and amazingly so. Non-Christians often seize on the idea that Jesus advocated for non-violence to tell Christians to shut up and take what's being done to them."
"Are you sure that's what Jesus taught? It's not like you could ask him personally. He predates you by a millennium, right?"
"Jesus makes the same point with the story of giving away your cloak, and with going the extra mile. In the latter's case, a Roman soldier could make an Israelite carry anything like a pack mule for up to a mile. It was a humiliation. But Jesus told them to carry it another mile, to treat the Roman as you would a friend, which would both shame them and force them to treat you as a person instead of a mule."
"What about the cloak?"
"When you're poor and living in an ancient society, your cloak is vital for getting through the cold nights. In Jesus' time, it was common to get around this by demanding the other person give you their shirt. But if you give them the cloak as well, it is a deliberate provocation: if they take the shirt and cloak, they will be shamed by the community."
"And... the good samaritan?"
"The point was the man who was a neighbor was not the priest or the Levite, but the one who showed mercy to his neighbor. It doesn't say 'everyone is your neighbor', in fact it states the opposite rather plainly. It's your actions that make you a neighbor, NOT your ethnicity."
"So, not everyone is your neighbor?"
"The neighbor shows mercy to those who have been hurt."
"What does that have to do with immigration?"
"Nothing. They've decided it means that you must allow immigrants to raid and attack you and treat you like garbage without retaliation of any sort. You can't even say 'stop it' without being declared racist."
"Then why did he bring up Christianity at all?"
"Because he's not a Christian and doesn't understand it."

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Naihdhei @Heidhian

3 months ago

John 16:13 ESV [13] When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. https://t.co/6OmXNyDgjV

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Naihdhei @Heidhian

3 months ago

Isaiah 12:2 ESV [2] “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord Godis my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” https://t.co/qylkW6QAwH

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Naihdhei @Heidhian

3 months ago

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Heidhian retweeted

Christian Memes and Puns

@ChristianPunsOG

3 months ago

That's about right 🤣

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Naihdhei @Heidhian

3 months ago

@Ihunanya_chi That's why I (finally) ordered a physical Bible for me. While it's good that there's a bible app on your phone, at the same time there's also a lot of distraction in it too.

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