The current Hot Take on the Gospel centers on the famous "But I say to you love thine enemies/Turn the other cheek" verses spoken by Jesus Christ.
The term "category error" should be applied when various "religious" gurus suggest that those verses should be applied to countries, as well as individuals.
Let's start with the micro here. Christ's commands obviously and easily apply to individuals. But it is not obvious, nor easy, to apply them to countries. Think of it this way: while you may 'turn the other cheek' to someone who assaults you, you are not entitled to walk away from an assault on another person (say, your wife/children/neighbor.)
That same distinction applies to the leadership of countries. Those individuals are not at liberty to "turn the other cheek" and allow an assault on 10, 20, 100, or 500 million citizens. Christ's counsel and commands are not "transitive" to third parties.
Bear that in mind when you are forced to listen to the babble of supposedly "anti-war" people. They are very happy that you are confused with their perversion of the Gospel. They are very good at perverting it for their own purposes, but religious observance is not a suicide pact.
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This is perversion of the faith.
Trump makes a profane post threatening genocide on Easter, trashes the Pope for refusing to worship him, and posts a depiction of himself as Jesus healing the sick.
The right-wing political pastors who promoted this scumbag fake Christian as someone chosen by God are charlatans.
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