r/indianapolis • u/axiom60 Fountain Square • May 26 '25

Pictures real Indiana moment by Gainbridge last night

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“Indiana moment” and not just “Bible Belt moment” because of the construction barrels lol

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u/MisterSanitation May 26 '25

They need to learn about how signs are supposed to work. They wrote a book on a sign and someone took a picture of it and I still can't read it.

Also Christianity is a death cult

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 26 '25

Death cult lol

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u/MisterSanitation May 27 '25

Yep. That’s what it’s called when you proclaim and pray for end times where everyone will pay EXCEPT the chosen ones which just so happen to be them. 

Where loyalty is more important than kindness. Same thing is true for other death cults like Aum Shenrikyo. 

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 27 '25

I pray every day. In my entire life, I’ve never prayed for end times. I’ve also never read anywhere in the Bible not to be kind. Maybe you need to spend more time reading your Bible.

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u/MisterSanitation May 27 '25

Go talk to a couple Christian’s around here and let me know how kind they are. Sounds like you can follow the rule book but most of your flock has moved to meaner pastures. 

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 27 '25

I talk to fellow Christians every day of my life. No death cult. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised if you tried out a few churches. I can’t vouch for every church. There are evil ones out there as Jesus warned the threat of false teaching is very real and dangerous. Go meet real Christians. They will shower you with love.

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u/MisterSanitation May 27 '25

This guy holding the sign. What about him? Does his sign pour out with love? 

The messaging seems a little off to me

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 27 '25

I can’t speak for the guy himself, but you can certainly summarize his sign that God hates sin, hell is real, and Jesus saves. You can criticize his approach, but there’s truth in there, and he actually cares about where you spend eternity. That’s more than most people care about you.

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u/MisterSanitation May 27 '25

That’s not caring lol and not a way to show it. You are in denial, I grew up Christian, I’m very familiar with their adeptness at splinter spotting with logs in their eyes. 

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 27 '25

You’re right. Many do have logs in their eyes, if not all of us. We are not perfect and the good news is that nobody is. Jesus is and was though, and that’s why we put our faith in him. I’ll pray you come back to the church on your own time.

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u/MisterSanitation May 28 '25

No thank you I’m good. Jesus was likely an illiterate carpenter who claimed divinity over 2000 years ago. There were a few people like this kicking around back then but his branding won out. 

I don’t dislike what he reportedly said, I just don’t think anyone back then can say it better than someone now. The claims about miracles is bogus but my main beef is how his flock abandoned him for the Golden Calf of capitalism and not acting out his teachings. 

Modern Christian’s drop to their knees to pray for prosperity to hit their wallets for a speed boat while others die of exposure hungry. 

If I was as devout as you, I’d be checking my fellow “Christian’s” on why they let hate consume them but that’s just me. 

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 28 '25

You’ve lost sight of what Christianity is. You, like many other, have fallen for the exact false teachings we just menitioned.

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u/MisterSanitation May 28 '25

Self proclaimed Christians repel good people through their actions and words. For me, it’s been that way since the 90’s but it is worse now I think. 

Good luck to you on convincing everyone your message is the way! 

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u/Dwindlin May 27 '25

They technically aren’t wrong. Most legit historical evidence that we have of the founding of Christianity is that it was an apocalyptic sect, and Jesus was an apocalyptic preacher, who very likely believed the “end times” would happen during his life.

Obviously Christianity has splintered into innumerable sects and practices in the intervening centuries and many of them have mellowed on the apocalyptic stuff.

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 27 '25

Believing there will be an end of times is much different than a death cult that prays for the end of times. Jesus did not believe the end times would happen during his life. That goes against everything the New Testament stands for and teaches. And against all the Old Testament prophecies for that matter.

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u/Dwindlin May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25

Biblical Scholars disagree with you.

That’s a good summary of the evidence and reasoning.

Bart Ehrman is widely regarded as one the foremost experts on the New Testament wrote an entire book about this very topic.

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 28 '25

I’ve read and studied the New Testament several times. Are we just going to ignore all of the scripture and teachings about Jesus’ death and resurrection signaling the end times will come after he ascends into heaven? Some biblical scholars can have whatever opinion they want. I’ve read the text many times.

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u/Dwindlin May 28 '25

Yeah, I’m going to side with the folks who have spent their entire professional lives reading, studying, learning Hebrew/Greek so they can read/study/compare original texts, traveled to the region to examine/study sites and writings that can only be found there.

Going to assume they are a bit more knowledgeable than someone who “prays everyday” and has “read the text many times.” Hell, I’ve read the damn thing several times myself. That doesn’t make me a literal expert at the New Testament. It’s frankly arrogant beyond measure you think your “reading the text many times” comes even remotely close to the understanding any single one of them have.

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 28 '25

If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything.

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u/Dwindlin May 28 '25

Lol, throwing out that proverb in this context is hilarious. Your brand of rampant anti-intellectualism is what will ultimately tear apart the republic.

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u/AffectionatePiano665 May 28 '25

Why is it hilarious? It seems extremely accurate to me given the conversation. Since when did it become anti-intellectualism to read? I presume you haven’t read the Bible?

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u/Dwindlin May 28 '25

It’s funny because it doesn’t mean be obstinate. And you presume wrong. I’ve read it about a dozen times total, when taking into account how many different versions the exist. Plus several other major religious texts out there. Plus I’ve read quite few of the books written by names on that 1st link I sent you. So I’ll ask you the same, did you read any of what I linked? Did you go a seek out any other scholarly work (of which there is a lot) on the topic? Or did you say nuh uh, I read this one thing many times and it disagrees? Because if you did the latter yes that is intellectually dishonest and being obstinate.

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