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Ocelot II

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3. One of the best descriptions I've read of some "Christians" comes from, of all people,

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Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:31 PM

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Stephen Colbert, who said: “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”

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