What is your source for hope as you live your life?

[BarryLiverstone]

[ellefia]

My faith in God and my trust in him, my trust in his plans

[BarryLiverstone]

Praise God!

[12karen]

Jesus Christ 🙏

[Massageman]

Amen!

[12karen]

@Massageman 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[normalice]

I don't have any. Mostly I'm just trying to do what I can to slow down christian nationalism so future generations might be able to find hope.

[BarryLiverstone]

Is there a diff form of Christianity? You are stopping nationalism which is obv racist af. But what’s the other side of being a Christian?

[normalice]

Christianity and Christian nationalism have nothing to do with each other. Religious nationalism is, to summarize, a means for forcing people to accept that they are wrong without doing the work of understanding their perspective enough to explain your own. The "christian" part is just the stripes on the tiger. The beast is adherence to "might is right," indeed probably 30% of the Christian nationalists in the U. S. would swear they are agnostic.

[BarryLiverstone]

Thanks. So you could be a Christian and find hope there

[normalice]

Christianity is nothing less than adherence to the teachings of christ. I haven't met any christians.

[BarryLiverstone]

I’d say 12karen is Christian.

[12karen]

@normalice Yup, I'm a Christian, nice to meet you

[normalice]

Eh. I'm not going to go through her history to vet her but in general those who claim to be Christian up front are the least christ-like people I've met.

[12karen]

@normalice Then you haven't met the right prsn

[normalice]

Well, perhaps but the thing it it's not my problem. It's not up to me to find the one genuine Christian. It's up to people who call themselves Christians to be genuine and hold each other to that standard so people like me don't have to look far.

[12karen]

Yes, you are right, I try to do my best to be a good and nice person, help and forgive the others and avoid sin as much as I can, just like how a Christian need to behave

[normalice]

The main problem with Christians is that they try to tell others what to do. It's fine if you avoid arbitrary "sins" but to tell others they must also avoid sins is crossing a line into christian nationalism.

[IslaTheWitch]

people around me, they warmth and affection...

[exitseven]

I mostly think about my talents and capabilities. Even if things turn ugly I will still management thr get through ièe r

[linka_pat307]

a better tomorrow

[AmyHew1tt]

A little bit of hope, I suppose.

[BarryLiverstone]

Oh I asked what is the source of your hope?

[AmyHew1tt]

I'm not sure honestly. Just hoping things will get better in the future.

[mandyfire98]

The people around me I'm close with and love.

[elaphe]

God, family, and friends.

[dreamstar72]

My wife and daughter, plus my helpful dog

[ManInChains]

Jesus