I mean for a religious person everything should be god’s plan, right?
No, no, only the good parts.
Not good, just the convenient parts.
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.
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.
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”.
That’s the point of religion. Providing some kind of psychological comfort by giving answers to questions we can’t answer.
But we can answer the question of why god allows bad things to happen: god isn’t real.
TIL one in three Americans suffer severe mental health disorders.
At least one in three. Theres some in the democratic party and independents as well. Its probably at least half.
Unfun fact! Carter tried to establish community mental health care centers across America, but Reagan immediately undid it.
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.
Sounds about right.
I’ve heard that some people believe trump is indeed god’s plan, to bring an end to the US
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.
Pathetic fake fucking Christians
Pathetic fucking Christians is more like it.
Its a fucking death cult.
A blood death cult that got its start with child sacrifices…
But god is good…lol
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.
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”.
MAGA or Christianity?
Christianity. Its all about the end of the world.
Would be nice. But it’s more like a pedo cult.
Which god we talking here? Not the muslim or christian ones for sure.
The true American religion. The Church of Capitalism.
God’s plan also includes deadly plagues, global floods, and turning people into pillars of salt.
Capitalists all raise an eyebrow at the idea of all that free salt.
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.
A third of Americans are delusional
Imagine how stupid the average person is and now realize that half of them are dumber than that.
That’s a global percentage. I’m pretty sure that the United States is exclusively populated by the lower 15%
I’m a simple man. I see a Carlin quote, I upvote.
But that’s not how averages work. We’d really be imagining the median person.
About one third of Americans are bringing the average stupidity way, way down.
And imagine a law allowing them to buy as many weapons as they want.
Now imagine each one of them is constantly plugged into a 24/7 propaganda machine designed to be entertaining and foster a sense of community and emotional validation while pushing the will of corporations and authoritarian leaders.
Have these people read the part in the Bible that talks about the Antichrist??
Most of them can’t read.
If those people could read they would be very upset.
It’s part of a concept of a plan. Great flood, plagues of Egypt, …
So…God wants to punish America?
finally a rational decision
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.
They seem OK to be in a theocracy as long as it’s the flavor of “Christianity” they claim to belong to.
What if it’s a punishment from God for doing evil crap like supporting genocide?
Bioshock Infinite is a documentary.
Seriously, American style Christianity is just as awful as DAESH.
Ewwwww
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.
I think you meant “would not be” ?
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!
