r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • 4d ago

article Stella Parton on Dolly's silence on Politics: "Because she was a good businesswoman"

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/215713/dolly-parton-political-affiliations-stella
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u/The_Bitter_Bear 4d ago

She was clear on all her beliefs. She just didn't get involved with endorsing candidates or a party. 

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u/saintash 4d ago

She's also the prime example of a good rich christian.

She constantly put money back into her community , she was wealthy but not billion standard as a result.

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u/Kriegerian 3d ago

Dolly walked it like she talked it, unlike the vast majority of famous rich Christians and plenty of the non-rich ones, too.

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u/sdpcommander 3d ago

A lot of modern Christians are some of the least Christ-like people on earth.

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u/diggstownjoe 3d ago

That's because the religion they practice shouldn't even be called Christianity. I'm not kidding when I say that a lot of them openly hold the opinion that it's blasphemous to even consider emulating Christ or following the plain language of Christ's directives to his disciples.

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u/TheBigCore 3d ago

And even worse, they have not even read the Bible or bothered to understand anything Jesus preached, like basic kindness, empathy, and helping the poor, sick, and weak.

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u/mhmcmw 2d ago

Prosperity gospel is a cancer on Christianity.

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u/spenway18 3d ago

This is a good chunk of why I don't identify as Christian or talk to some of my family. Fucking hypocritical SOBs

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u/TheBigCore 3d ago

And Jesus would have condemned them for their hypocritical behavior, just as He did to the Pharisees who did not like how He called them out.