• FridaySteve@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    God’s plan also includes deadly plagues, global floods, and turning people into pillars of salt.

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      That’s why we must conquer heaven and kill god before his cancerous existence spreads any further.

      Also hell too, but they are not the main enemy. Heaven and God are. They are the real monsters.

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      19 hours ago

      Pathetic fucking Christians is more like it.

      Its a fucking death cult.

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          Its insane to me that people can’t see this. Sure, it has over a thousand years of good PR, but the evil shit isn’t hidden. Its all in the bible.

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            18 hours ago

            The Allegory of the Cave suites nicely with religious beliefs.

            “Keep watching the shadows. There is nothing but the shadows. If someone says anything different they are wrong and you are correct. Feels good to be correct. Be correct with us.”

            Being incorrect about things on a consistent and constant basis can be disheartening if you’re insecure. They are wrong about so many things all the time that it’s a nice change of pace to be right. Even if that means accepting “Noble Lies”.

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    I mean for a religious person everything should be god’s plan, right?

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      That is logical. Practically, though, this is used for justification of selected events. If a person confronts with something he doesn’t like, e. g. bugs in his home, he will actively try to change it.

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        Doesn’t mean they have to be passive. They could say God did this to provoke me to do something against this.

        I mean it’s similar to the question why god allows all this suffering and evil in the world. I think the common answer is to test us and to give us the opportunity to do good or something like that.

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          That is convenient. This way you can explain anything you like. I think, Sam Harris said “it’s like playing table tennis without a net”.

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            That’s the point of religion. Providing some kind of psychological comfort by giving answers to questions we can’t answer.

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    17 hours ago

    Be assured that THIS Christian who actually read the Bible knows that all of these people will rot in Hell when they die. A lot of repenting will be required to side step that one truth.

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      Idk, but in this instance, we have Paul the Apostle to thank for Christians’ submission to authority, no matter how vile it is:

      Romans 13 1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

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      2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

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    Unironically, those people shouldn’t get to vote. If it’s all a part of gods plan then they should let Jesus take the wheel with the votes too.

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      They seem OK to be in a theocracy as long as it’s the flavor of “Christianity” they claim to belong to.

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    There is no god,( a fact even more than a 3rd of americans would disagree with) but if the magic man would exist and after all this time decided to finally do some good, placing this clown at the head of the most destructive country on the planet would be a good move.

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        no.
        Glad a US president is doing a good job of fucking up his own country for once and not other countries as usual.
        I hope it goes to hell soon, carry on Donnie!

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    Given that only 25% of US citizens accept evolution theory as truth, I’m not surprised.

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      19 hours ago

      Do t forget the non zero amount of people who vehemently believe that the earth sun and moon are flat and the Sol system isn’t heliocentric…

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      Unfun fact! Carter tried to establish community mental health care centers across America, but Reagan immediately undid it.

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        Same thing for solar panels. When carter left, he installed the first solar panel on the white house and said ‘this will either mark a new beginning or a path untaken’. Reagan took it down.

        Now China is kicking everyone’s ass in solar panels. And Trump hates renewables so much that he wants to shut down a windfarm in New England that is almost finished, had already cost a lot of money, would employ thousands, and provide a fuckload of cheap electricity to a lot of people.

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      I’ve heard that some people believe trump is indeed god’s plan, to bring an end to the US

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        Unhappy, simple-minded people cling to prophecy of change, children’s fairy tales of a day when everything will be better and some paternal figure will protect them and give them all the presents they ever wanted.

        It’s not a coincidence that education and exposure to diverse cultures and beliefs tends to make for a less religious population and why religion is shrinking in larger cities and more connected locations around the world.

        The problem is that these people are basically armed serfs, in indentured servitude to their ideological leaders, they are pure political capital if you can harness them and holy shit have we seen that plan bear fruit.