Zone1 The Handmaid's Tale: A Perversion of Christianity

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Hafar1014 what you are intending for evil, God is using for good. I bet you don't even know what that is from.

 

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...my mother was my father...

I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

[Hafar1014]

You have been painted into a corner.

Only in your small mind

 

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Only in your small mind

Really? Because....

Judaism strongly teaches that human beings are accountable to God for their actions. This concept of accountability, often tied to the principles of free will, divine justice, and the covenant (brit), is central to Jewish life, emphasizing that choices have consequences both in this world and the next.

Judaism does not teach that all behaviors lead to equal outcomes. On the contrary, Jewish tradition emphasizes that actions have distinct consequences, and it strongly focuses on ethical behavior, accountability, and the impact of choices on both the individual and society.

Judaism does not teach that all behaviors lead to equal outcomes in the next life. While Judaism places its primary emphasis on ethical behavior and action in this world (Olam Ha-Zeh), it teaches that human actions directly impact the soul’s experience in the afterlife, known as Olam Ha-Ba (the World to Come).

 

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So I win.

 

[JoeB131]

And that's when European Imperialism started. Thanks for making my point.

There is the key word. Signed up. With a volunteer military one can't complain about being sent into danger.

So firefighters can complain about having to fight fires?

i didn't sign up to fight for the Jews and the Oil Companies

 

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i didn't sign up to fight for the Jews and the Oil Companies

On behalf of the oil companies, thank you for using our products.

 

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i didn't sign up to fight for the Jews

Christian Zionists are using the Jews to start a Jerusalem Armageddon to bring back Jesus and laughing behind the backs of the Jews. Jews are using Christian Zionists to fight their war against Iran for them and laughing behind the backs of the Christian Zionists. Both Christian Zionists and Jews are laughing at you to your face. It remains to be seen who will have the last laugh but it decidedly won't be you. Pass it on.

 

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What's a handmaid? Is that a woman that gives a guy a hand job?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I began watching The Handmaid's Tale recently (yes, I'm late to the series). I have always loved dystopian stories, and this one features great storytelling and world-building.

But Gilead is a perversion of Christianity, and uses the faith only as a tool to control society.

Notably in season one is the use of fertile handmaids to give wives babies. To justify this, Gilead quotes the Old Testament women who had their husbands sleep with their servants in order to give them children.

But the flaw is this: just because the Bible RECORDS it doesn't mean the Bible ENDORSES it. Nowhere did God give this decree, which is adultery. The idea stemmed solely from desperate women. Once the deed is done, God can use sinful people and even sinful actions to His end. But He did not either command or endorse the sin.

This fallacy of recording vs. endorsing is all over the series, such as when the Commanders visit the Jezebels. Again, yes, there are prostitutes recorded in the Bible. Nowhere does God endorse it.

Still, we have mainly Leftist women dressing in handmaid's garb to "fight the patriarchy", often citing Christianity as the patriarchal foe. I would say, hey, Tehran is sitting right over here.....

The Handmaid's tale was inspired by IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION but since "they" fear bashing Islam, they targeted a perversion of Christianity

 

[JoeB131]

Christian Zionists are using the Jews to start a Jerusalem Armageddon to bring back Jesus and laughing behind the backs of the Jews. Jews are using Christian Zionists to fight their war against Iran for them and laughing behind the backs of the Christian Zionists. Both Christian Zionists and Jews are laughing at you to your face. It remains to be seen who will have the last laugh but it decidedly won't be you. Pass it on.

Uh, yeah, risking armageddon because of silly religious beliefs is certainly not funny.

I'm not sure why you think it is.

Inevitably, some Islamic nation is going to get the bomb, and everything goes explody... but you are fine with that, for some reason.

 

[JoeB131]

The Handmaid's tale was inspired by IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION but since "they" fear bashing Islam, they targeted a perversion of Christianity

1) you shouldn't use AI to do your thinking for you.

2) Iran under the Shah wasn't free. It was a dictatorship that oppressed its people, which is why they rose up. The reason the clergy ended up in charge is that the Shah had spent 25 years stomping out any other opposition, such as the Communist Tudeh party.

3) Atwood also cited as a major inspiration the rise of the religious right and how the Feminist movement joined forces with it on anti-porn crusades.

 

[SweetSue92]

She looked to Iran and said, if the US had a totalitarian

The Handmaid's tale was inspired by IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION but since "they" fear bashing Islam, they targeted a perversion of Christianity

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She looked to Iran and wondered what a religious totalitarianism would look like in America.

 

[JoeB131]

She looked to Iran and said, if the US had a totalitarian


She looked to Iran and wondered what a religious totalitarianism would look like in America.

And Trump is now showing us, with people like you cheering on wildly.

"But it's okay if we do it because we're the good guys!!!"

 

[Hafar1014]

i didn't sign up to fight for the Jews and the Oil Companies

So you fight for Iran great thinking

 

[JoeB131]

So you fight for Iran great thinking

No, I just ask the sensible questions.
Why are we fighting Israel's war?
What is our plan here?
Does Bibi really have a copy of the Epstein Files he's ready to release if Trump doesn't play ball?

 

[Hafar1014]

No, I just ask the sensible questions.
Why are we fighting Israel's war?
What is our plan here?
Does Bibi really have a copy of the Epstein Files he's ready to release if Trump doesn't play ball?

Error one its our war
Error two you think its OK for fanatics to have weapons of mass destruction.

 

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Uh, yeah, risking armageddon because of silly religious beliefs is certainly not funny.

The funny part is both of them laughing at you.

I'm not sure why you think it is.

Because you are overly emotional about things beyond your control.

Inevitably, some Islamic nation is going to get the bomb, and everything goes explody... but you are fine with that, for some reason.

You act like I control it. I don't. But if you feel this way about it, you should be glad Trump and Israel attacked Iran, right?

 

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And Trump is now showing us, with people like you cheering on wildly.

"But it's okay if we do it because we're the good guys!!!"

According to you it's ok because "some Islamic nation is going to get the bomb, and everything goes explody."

 

[JoeB131]

According to you it's ok because "some Islamic nation is going to get the bomb, and everything goes explody."

My preferred solution would be to send the Zionists back to Europe so the Islamic world isn't riled up.

But that's too logical for the religious crazies.

Error one its our war
Error two you think its OK for fanatics to have weapons of mass destruction.

Why is it our war?

We didn't vote for war.

Trump ran specifically on the "I won't start any more wars in the Middle East" platform.

Then Bibi threatened to release the Epstein pictures.

As far as fanatics having weapons of mass destruction, only one nation has ever used nukes on people.

That would be us. Against a country that had already been defeated and was desperately seeking surrender terms.

But here's the thing. We had a perfectly good treaty with Iran to prevent them from getting nukes.

Trump tore it up because it had Obama's signature on it.