Therefore when thou do thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But when thou does alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does:
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
And when thou pray thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which sees in secret shall reward thee openly.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which sees in secret, shall reward thee openly
~Matthew 6:1-18
Wait, isn't that, like pretty much every day??
I have to work tonight. If I go my regular way to work, I pass three churches, plus two more that are no longer churches and have been converted to other uses. If I go the back way, which is also the way I usually come home...I pass four more churches, all of them active, if not busy, on a typical Sunday or Wednesday night. I should add, I only live like two miles from where I work.
Not only do White Christians not need a "Visibility Day" but their own alleged Lord And Savior commands that they not have such a thing.
A Word to the wise: Other people existing and being recognized as existing doesn't make your share of the Universe smaller.
But tell me, Christians; What kind of recognition would you like when the son of an outspokenly Evangelical Christian Republican Congresswoman, Lauren Boebert, just got arrested for robbing a woman suffering from brain cancer of her last $75.00??
Whatever happened to "Thou Shalt Not Steal??"
Why is Crime just fine if you're a "Conservative??"
Where's the "Project 2025" people on that, or is all their bullshit proposed "Christian Nationalist" legislation only for everybody else??
What kind of recognition would you fuckers like for perpetuating every imaginable social malfunction known to man...even within your own damned families??
And often, doing so for no better reason than you think it's funny or you hate change and don't want to see anybody do any better than you have?? I get that in your head, everything is relative status, but come on.
And then you fuckers basically bow down and worship Donald Trump, whose stated goal, if elected, seems to be to rob America blind and then sell it off for parts basically for Vladimir Putin's pocket change.
I can't make this bullshit make sense.
I get that you motherfuckers hate America because you think it's too "Liberal" whatever that means, but don't you live here, too??
Not only do you, yourselves, want to live in what seems to be idolatrous misery while destroying yourselves with alcohol, drugs and junk food, but you want to wreck everything for everybody else, too by destroying your own country??
Again, I can't make this bullshit make sense.
I was taught right from wrong.
And "Conservatives" and so-called Republicans these days stepped over that Red Line a long damned time ago, as far as I'm concerned.
The only "Freedom" that right-wingers seem to even give a shit about is some kind of claimed "freedom" to abuse and dominate and hate and hurt other people.
I guess I was taught that's not freedom.
That's just a different type of bondage.
But these fucking people seem fine with being slaves, so long as somebody they deem as "Other" has to be a worse class of slave than they are.
Guess what, motherfuckers. Being a better class of Slave don't make you Free.
The Will of the Mob might, in your head, absolve you personally of responsibility, but that ain't being free. Part of being free is living with and learning from the consequences of your own actions and taking responsibility for yourself and the Civilization in which you live.
Living in misery, and being content there so long as somebody else supposedly has it worse means you're still miserable.
I don't know how people can't see this.
Be a Citizen, not a goddamned Slave.
I don't think you Christians need a visibility day.
I see you, and I see what you are, just fine without one.
And yes, I say that as an ex-Christian myself.
Get a fucking grip.
You either believe in your own God and His Word and act according to it or you don't.
You either believe in Freedom, or you don't.
It's really that simple. Pick a side.
Because yes, sooner or later those of us who want to be free are going to have to fight to keep it that way.
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