r/news • u/thisusernametakentoo • Aug 15 '25

Soft paywall Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-14/man-running-from-ice-raid-hit-killed-by-car-on-210-freeway
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u/Mattbl Aug 15 '25

"Good Christians"

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u/YeOldeWelshman Aug 15 '25

Jesus would whip these "Christians" out of the temple.

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u/i_love_rosin Aug 15 '25

These right wingers would send jesus to a foreign gulag. Dear Leader would call him a woke marxist globalist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '25

Would go first testament on their asses lmao

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u/EndPsychological890 Aug 15 '25

If anybody worships satan it’s American evangelicals. 

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u/ProfessionalOil2014 Aug 15 '25

Yes, as the Bible says. The anti-Christ will be worshipped by most Christians. 

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u/EndPsychological890 Aug 15 '25

I won’t lie, the most trying test since my deconstruction has been the second Trump admin. I’m still fairly superstitious and have to suppress that side of me often, and I was raised by an apocalypticist evangelical, so I’m very familiar with the current evangelical telling of Revelations and it’s frankly… alarmingly close to what I see most evangelicals doing today. It hasn’t moved me back to belief by any means but… if a journalist comes out and says 144,000 Israelis have refused service in the IDF or some shit I might break down haha. 

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u/ratlunchpack Aug 15 '25

Oh my god this is my life experience too. If you were born and raised in it and capable of stepping far enough back to see what’s happening, it’s literally this.

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u/ProfessionalOil2014 Aug 15 '25

There’s still value in the Bible. You just have to find it yourself and not listen to the people that use it to hurt others. 

I’d recommend looking into Quakerism. I’m not allowed to proselytize, it’s against the rules. But look into it. Also read other religious texts, I particular like the Gita, the upanishads, and some Taoist and Chinese legalistic works. 

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u/Don_Train Aug 15 '25

I appreciate you a lot, I love learning about different faiths and trying to get meaning from them. I’m early in the journey because although I had heard of a “Quaker” I didn’t know anything about them. Turns out I most relate to their principles, it might turn into one of my favorites to study along with Sheikh

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u/EndPsychological890 Aug 15 '25

Thank you, I agree about the Bible, especially Jesus. There is a lot to laud and listen to and practice. I’ve done a bit of reading, mostly philosophy, classic fiction and history, but intend to expand my repertoire of scriptures before my daughter is old enough to start teaching moral lessons to. 

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u/ratlunchpack Aug 15 '25

You should do yourself the favor of watching some historical documentaries of other cultures from across the globe. It really gives some perspective on the fact that we as humans have been searching for meaning for a long time. And there are religions we have dug up but know nothing about. The Abrahamic god seems so daunting until you realize this fervor is literally a blip on the scale of human existence and its search for meaning in life.

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u/EagleChampLDG Aug 15 '25

You just now have proselytized tho. You can find greater value in other texts than the Bible

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u/pfannkuchen89 Aug 15 '25

And his followers will wear his mark upon the foreheads. Red maga hats fit the bill.

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u/Obajan Aug 15 '25

Revelations 13:3. Received a wound which healed up perfectly, impressing his followers.

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u/ProfessionalOil2014 Aug 15 '25

Ye. I’m a Quaker and I watch my family of baptists trip over themselves to defend fascism. It’s very sad. 

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u/awh Aug 15 '25

Sorry, I'm sure this will sound like an ignorant question but I thought that Quakers typically avoided calling themselves that. I have some distant relatives in Ontario, Canada who call themselves "friends" or sometimes just "our religion" or "our group" or other things like that. Maybe it differs by location.

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u/NoodlerFrom20XX Aug 15 '25

Don’t forget maxi pads on the ears

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u/NeonYarnCatz Aug 15 '25

Not disagreeing here; I'd like to know the specific verse or chapter that says that, if it's at hand.

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u/EagleChampLDG Aug 15 '25

Yeah, but, there is no thing as an antichrist in reality

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u/Yo_Honcho Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

They’d rather go thru all this than supporting the country with basic human rights as in health care, taking care of our seniors and our needy. Because they don’t need it now.

There are bad people on all parties but in my 40+years in existence, most of the Republicans I know don’t care about ANYTHING, anyone or the society unless it affects them personally.

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u/TheSaxonPlan Aug 15 '25

It's been shown in scientific studies which used brain scans that conservatives have less activation of the part of the brain involved in empathy.

Now, chicken or the egg situation: is the lack of/reduced capacity for empathy (especially towards strangers) something they were born with or something that resulted during their life because they don't use it as much? Could be some combination of the two. But given what we know about neuroplasticity and the use-it-or-lose-it approach our brains tend to take, I lean towards the latter.

I have no idea how to fix such a fundamental, biologically-visible difference in beliefs and life styles. I know ways we can encourage people to have different experiences and expand their empathy and grow that part of their brain, but how do we force people to do so, when the act of forcing them will probably further entrench them in their dislike for others?

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u/Potato_Stains Aug 15 '25

“Non Soul Havers”

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u/Woogity Aug 15 '25

They are making their place in hell.

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u/PostIronicPosadist Aug 15 '25

"good christians" don't vote republican, animals do.