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You would think God would "bless" those who followed him, as opposed to those who didn't...right?
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Punisher__;706781 said:You would think God would "bless" those who followed him, as opposed to those who didn't...right?
alissowack;706928 said:No, I wouldn't think that. It would be foolish to think so. That is say is that if I just follow the rules, then God will make me rich. I'm making the false assumption that God will reward my moralistic acts with material gain. There is no reward in being "good" other than what I make for myself. Even if I am somehow "blessed", it shouldn't give me reason to think I had anything to do with it.
Punisher__;706781 said:You would think God would "bless" those who followed him, as opposed to those who didn't...right?
Punisher__;708706 said:Well isn't this the basis of Christianity? Doing good deeds in hopes of God rewarding you for it? It's pretty much the same as saying, "I'm gonna give this homeless guy 5 dollars. Maybe I'll get blessed for it."
Ironically, the idea that "there is no reward in being 'good' other than what I make for myself", is pretty much the same ideology that Katharine Hepburn, an atheist, held.
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usmarin3;783623 said:prayer doesn't work, it's essentially a way for people to calm themselves and ease their minds.
usmarin3;783623 said:prayer doesn't work, it's essentially a way for people to calm themselves and ease their minds.
dusouljah;783672 said:yea cuz in a crisis situation a calm and eased mind means absolutely nothing
usmarin3;783717 said:But what the fuck does that have with god or him fixing a situation, prayer is essentially the same fucking shit as meditation. I guess simple people need something to believe in, instead of controlling their own destiny.
usmarin3;783717 said:But what the fuck does that have with god or him fixing a situation, prayer is essentially the same fucking shit as meditation. I guess simple people need something to
believe in, instead of controlling their own destiny.
Shizlansky87;783739 said:Basically ur saying believe in yourself, I be trying to tell that to ppl all the time, and they always say some shit like god gon help me, and I be wantin to say u don't deserve help, but i I be don't wantin to get in the arugment about religion that much