SassyRamen@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSometimes you have to travel to fantasy world to pull someone out.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down15
arrow-up1494arrow-down1imageSometimes you have to travel to fantasy world to pull someone out.lemmy.worldSassyRamen@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareohellidk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·3 months agoThis is a smart strategy. “God” is telling them to quit being stupid.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up51·3 months agoFor some, maybe. I fear though, that God isn’t a real force in most of their lives except when they can wield God as a weapon against the vulnerable
minus-squareChocoboRocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·3 months agoWhat else do you need a God for if not to grant divine authority to dehumanize anyone or anything you don’t like?
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoIn my experience, Christians view their faith as a tool they can use by twisting it into a cudgel and beating anyone who disagrees into submission. Whether they’re consciously willing to vocalize that on the other hand…
minus-squareSassyRamen@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 months agoUnfortunatly they replied by sharing 10 cooking videos from facebook 🫠
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIt’s not hard to just say, no, you don’t know the will of god. It’s why we have so many different sects.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoMaybe, but god damn I would hate for the Democratic Party to get taken over by religious psychopaths.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThough I agree, I believe if it were to happen it would either be very slow, or instantly cause a third party to emerge.
This is a smart strategy. “God” is telling them to quit being stupid.
For some, maybe. I fear though, that God isn’t a real force in most of their lives except when they can wield God as a weapon against the vulnerable
What else do you need a God for if not to grant divine authority to dehumanize anyone or anything you don’t like?
In my experience, Christians view their faith as a tool they can use by twisting it into a cudgel and beating anyone who disagrees into submission.
Whether they’re consciously willing to vocalize that on the other hand…
Unfortunatly they replied by sharing 10 cooking videos from facebook 🫠
It’s not hard to just say, no, you don’t know the will of god.
It’s why we have so many different sects.
Maybe, but god damn I would hate for the Democratic Party to get taken over by religious psychopaths.
Though I agree, I believe if it were to happen it would either be very slow, or instantly cause a third party to emerge.