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Ex-Christian here. I'm fixin' to rant. You have been warned.

For 35 years I was a very committed, devout Christian, and owned a number of this guy's books, primarily because in stark contrast to the neo-Christian making-it-up-as-you-go-along writings that started to flood the Christian market back in the late 80s and early 90s, his were comparatively traditional, middle-of-the-road, "this is what Christians believed for centuries" line-by-line bible studies.

What I mean is that in multiple publications, over the span of multiple decades, this man not only read Every Single Line of the bible, many times over, he also did so in multiple languages and in consultation with historical records and commentary, and then wrote entire books about it.

If memory serves, he's literally written at least one full sized book on every single New Testament gospel and epistle (plus Revelation), and on some of them, like the gospel of John, multiple books. He may have also done so with the Old Testament, not sure anymore, and honestly can't even be bothered to look.

Jesus fucking christ. I am gobsmacked every time I see his name anymore, and that's not an exaggeration. I read his fucking bible commentary almost daily for years, and now this motherfucker is the most racist, antivax, fuck-your-brothers-and-sisters-in-Christ non-Christian "Christian" I have ever seen . . . and being old, I have seen a LOT.

This is honestly, from where I'm sitting, sort of like waking up one day to find that Florence Nightingale was actually vivisecting and selling off various parts of her suffering patients as a side gig.

So if there were an international prize for antichristian behavior, this dude is winning the Nobel, and I'm not even exaggerating. (Makes me wish I had gotten my copies on the high seas now, because the thought that I contributed to this motherfucker's right-wing causes literally turns my stomach.)

On the other hand, if I am EVER in need of a reminder that the WHOLE THING is fake and there is no god, there's John MacArthur to take up the cause. So . . . yay, I guess?

"MacArthur signs statement declaring that Jesus hates people who don’t hate LGBTQs."

Growing up I was taught Jesus was about love, acceptance, peace, helping others, etc. All good traits worthy of promoting (whether in a religious or secular manner). One good thing about the internet is that it has shown me others to whom I would never be exposed, and just how terrible some can be. (And how great others can be as well.)

christ isnt a christian to most christians.

you can tell by how they vote

John MacArthur, an influential right-wing megachurch pastor and author, told an audience at his church last week that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was “not a Christian at all.” MacArthur described the pastor and civil rights icon as “a nonbeliever who misrepresented everything about Christ and the gospel.”

Oh look, projection from a racist piece of shit.

“These are not the droids you’re looking for…”, continued the propagandist preacher.

They are so close to declaring the N-word acceptable.

Did anyone see some of the shit Trump said at the "black Republicans" thing? First of all, Kimmel showed a shot of the audience, which was mostly white. And some of what Trump said...

He said he only saw black people in the audience, he couldn't see white people.

He told them that black was his favorite color.

He said he was "rapping" with them.

He said black people like him because he gets discriminated against just like them.

Honestly, he was so close to saying something like, "I don't even say the word n- these days, folks!"

Accusations of improper response to domestic abuse

In March 2022, The Roys Report published an investigation implicating Grace Community Church and John F. MacArthur. [51]Several women victims of domestic violence were reportedly asked to return to their husbands, under threat of excommunication. MacArthur associate pastor Carey Hardy allegedly told a victim to lead by example and “suffer for Jesus” by enduring her husband’s abuse. A church elder, Hohn Cho, allegedly urged MacArthur to reconsider the victim's request, who told him "forget it." The victim was humiliated twice, in May 2002 and August 2002, by MacArthur in front of the congregation for having finally divorced her husband. In 2005, the victim's husband was sentenced to 21 years in prison for aggravated child molestation, corporal injury to a child, and child abuse. After the publication of the affair by Christianity Today in February 2023, the pastoral council denounced “lies”. [52]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacArthur_(American_pastor)

Anyone with a megachurch is not a Christian